The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1878-08-15
Shelby 60. Democracy.
THEIR PLATFORM AND PRIl-
CIPLES.
GREENBACK AND SOUND TO THE
CORE.
Gen. LIKE E. Wright, Their Author.

WHEREAS, We the Democracy of
Shelby county, have assembled for
the purpose Of selecting delegates to
attend the GubernatoriaI Convention,
to meet in Nashville, on the 10Th in
slant; and
WHEREAS, That convention will, in
accordance with established precedent,
enunciate platform Of principles,
which will be a profession OF faith for
the present, and will also guide and
control the policy of the Democratic
party III the State for the future and
being painfully alive to the prostra-
tons OF trade, the paralysis Of indus
trial enterprise, the dearth of labor,
except at starvation wages, the depre-
citation and threatened destruction of
all values, save money or bonds, and
that these evIls-due largely to the
maladministration of National and
State affairs under Republican rule
can only be renedied by wise and pa
triotic legislation, we therefore instruct
our delegates to present to the said
Convention the following resolutions
as expressive OF the sentiments Of the
Democracy Of Shelby county; and
that they endeavor, by all means in
their power, to secure their adoption
! as part Of their platform
RESOLVED. That the Iabors and poll
cies Of the Democratic party restored
to the Southern States domestic gov
ernments, republican in spirit as well
as form, and replaced in the Federal
circle these States with functions and
rights co-equaI with the other members
Of the Union.
Resolved, That for the accomplish
ment of this great work this political
organization deserves the gratitude Of
the South, and the respectful consid-
Grafton Of the whole Republic; the
gratitude Of the former is due because
it was the direct recipient of the bless
ings of restored political and civil lib
erty; the respectful consideration Of
the National Republic is due because
/ by the success Of Democratic policies
in this regard the sword was eimina-
ted from It's inter-real administration,
Capitalization arrested, and the ancient
forms and methods Of the Federal
system re-established.
ResotUed, That we deem it unWise
and unjust to restrict the free coinage
Of silver, and demand that it shall be
placed upon the same footing with gold
in this respect.
ResoIUed, That We regard the pre-.
ent national banking system as burth-
ensome and oppressive, and favor the
immediate retirement Of the national
bank notes from circulation, and that
in lieu thereof greenbacks shall besub-
stituted; and that the act imposing q
tax of 10 per cent. on the notes of the
State banks, or bureaus, chartered by
any State be repealed.
ResOIuei, That we denOunce as q
crime against the people Of these Uni
ted States that legislation Of Congress
which gratuitous changed and added
to the terms and obligations of large
portion of our national bonded debt
that we regard such laws as a fraud
upon the rights Of the people, in nc
moral sense binding upon them, de,
mand their repeal, and favor the imme
date payment of said bonded debt II
the legal tender currency of the Uni
ted States.
Resolved, That the avowed policy Of
the Federal Administration, to syste
matically and forcibly control the cur
rency Of the country, constituting a:
it does the measure Of values and the
medium of exchanges, IS opposed to al
sound financial principles; that the in
Jury it has already inflicted Is incalcu
liable that to persist in it Is monstroui
and inhuman; that this policy SHOULD
Immediately be reversed; that the &C
of 1875, known as the rcsump tiOn act
be repealed, and legal tender currency
should be issued in sufficientquantitil
to meet the legitimate demands Of trad,
and industry; and to this end, extend
ing our sympathies to the debtor anC
IabOring classes, we invoke their co
6 operation and support.
q ResoIpcd, That we recognize the con
, stitutiopal power Of the General Gov
; eminent to make appropriations for in
, ternal improvements beneficial to larg
sections Of the country and which can
: not be accomplished by individual &C
ton; and having in view the fact tina
, the great bulk Of said appropriation
: in the past have been expended in tn
North and Northwest, and To the eX
>, clusion of the South, We submit 1t
Q but simple justice, and accordingl
urge that the Congress Of the Unite
! States shall extend aid to a Souther
Pacific Railway, shall improve tn
f Mississippi and its tributaries, and pre-
: tect and reclaim the lands subject t
inHndation from said streams.
ResolUed, That in the opinion of TIL
meeting it is Of doubtful policy to a
tempt any adjustment or settlement {
d the State debt until prosperity shall b
= restored to the business of the country
V and such a material amelioration /
Y our circumstances shall have occurre
as will not require the farmer, machaI
ic and laborer to deprive his chiidre
Of an education and to scant his fdmii
in food and raiment in order to NEE
c the demands Of the tax-gatherer, as
e the case now with our overwrou9f
e and overburdened people. But an
r settlement whatever, before becomin
IS a law, should be submitted to the pc.
Is pie for their approval or rejection.
Il RESOLVED, That no convict shall b
y worked outside the walls Of the Pen
/, Tertiary, except on or in mines or pull
q lie works.
is Resolred, That we demand a redu,
It ton in the fees Of office in conformit
+ to the general shrinkace of values an
the stringency Of the times, and tn
e adoption Of maximum Standard