The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-20
THE NEW LIBERAL PARTY.

The Liberal League convention in I'm
cinnad, the other day, adopted platform
upon which to erect new party, that was
in something's, very obnoxious to Ingersoll
Wright, and quite all the eminent gentle
men who engineered the affair to a focus
The socialists of Cincinnati swarmed int
the hail in great numbers, and by adroit
management, changed the character of the
convention from a delegate to mass con-
vention. This purpose accomplished, il
was with the socialists to concedc or take
precisely what they pleased.
Upon most of the planks Of the platform
the Liberalists can stand; but to the planks
most in favor with the socialists, they are
irreconcilably opposed, and avow purpose
to discard them at the first favorable OPP
portunity. So, it seems, the New Party is
born with a big quarrel on its hands, and
with breaker ahead, upon which it de-
clares purpose to wreck itself.
The most obnoxious plank to such
Liberalists as lngersoll, Mendum,
Wright, Butts, Denton and
confederates, Is the plank that demands the
repeal of all temperance laws. They
would have accepted protest against Sun
day and sumptuary laws; but to ask that
all the legal restraints that have been
thrown around the manufacture, sale ard
use of intoxicating liquors shall be stricken
down, was to call out from all the men o.
Ingersoll's way OF thinking, loud and ear
nest protest.
The "buncombe" portion Of the platform
is good, but taken as q whole, it may safely
be assumed that no great party will ever bl
built up on such superstructure. The
resolutions are very lengthy, and we mus
satisfy ourselves, therefore, with the tcle
graphic abridgement;
The convention declares that the genoa
motive Of the National Liberal party is tc
realize more fully than has ever yet been
done the main object of government by
the people as expressed in the Declaration
of Independence and preamble OF the con-
stitution of the United States that to Sc
cure these purposes new party is necessary
to administer and reform the national and
state governments. The principles cnunci.
ated are equal and exact justic to all men
of whatever state Or persuasion, religious OF
| political; peace, commerce and honest
friendship with all nations, entangling al
liances with none; the support of the state
| governments in all their rights as the most
competent administrators of our domestic
| concerns and the surest bulwarks against
anti-repnblican tendencies; the preservation
of the general government IN It's whole
constitutional vigor; freedom Of religion, OF
the press, of persons under protection of
habeas corpus and trial by juries impartially
selected; labor reforms of various kinds
are asked for, legislation against tramps
condemned; reforms in the currency in use
and occupation OF land, female cmancipa-
tion, universal compulsory secular educa.
ton, condemning the creating Of corpora
tons except for the public good and present
methods of legislation, advocating til,
election of all public officers directly by The
people and favoring the repeal Of al
Sabbath, sumptuary and temperance laws
| There are tubs fus all sorts of whales il
the platform, but as each whale can't takt
the tub that suits him and knock the bottom
out of the tubs. THAT don't suit; it is alto
gcther probable that there will be the devil
to play among the whales, from the VERY
, commencement. |,