Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-18

pies enunciated by the Democracy Of
New York, in .the late Convention,
will command hearty response from
every honest man who understands
and appreciates the true principles
which underlie and form the ground
work of republican democratic gov
ernment. The denunciation of the
tendency of the Republican party TO
" Capitalization and consolidation" is
wcll-timcd in view of the bold and
defiant position taken by that party
and the administration in the last
Congress, and now reiterated and
made the burden of the leading arti-
cles of the subsidized press in its in.
tcrcst. We make the following ex-
tract
The Democratic party Of the State Of
New Iork,'in Convention assembled,
profoundly sensible OF the important
consequences depending on the imme.
diate result OF their deliberations, do
declare end reassert tho principles OF
popular liberty and rights laid down by
Washington, Jefferson and the other
founders OF the Republic. We hold to
tho Constitution, with all the amend.
ments, sacredly maintained and cnforc.
ed, and to tIe righ = OF the States uu.
der the Constitution. The tendencies
of the Republican party to centr.liza.
ton and consolidation are contrary TO
the principles OF our institutions. The
United States form nation IN the
sense, 10 the extent and for the pur.
poses defined in the Federal Constitu.
ton, and we resist every attempt 10
transform il into an empire. We insist
on unity, fraternity and concord. aud
that the issues settled by the war shall
not be revived. We deprecate the
efforts OF the Republican managers to
revive sectional feuds and to rekindle
the passions Of the past. We demand
honest elections and an honest count
of votes. Never again by fraud or force
shall the popular will be set aside to
crafty INSCRIPTIONS partsans The
Democracy oppose all favoriiism. No
single interest or class OF persons should
be protected at the expense Of Others.
Democracy means the Government of
the whole people. for the whole people.
and by the whole; but If any class is to
receive special consideration it should
be the working people. whom all other
Governments oppose and crush. The
rights OF the people should be scrupu.
lously protected from the encroach.
ments Of capital and the despotic greed
Of corporations.
The Democracy believe now. as they
have always believed, in gold and silver
as the constitutional money of the
country. We condemn the speculative
methods Of the present Secretary of the
Treasury the questionable favoritism
he has shown to particular monetary
institutions or sooalled syndicates,"
and the extravaganoe he has permitted
in his department in connection with
his refunding schemes. We look with
shame and sorrow on the disgraceful
reputation OF all their professions of
civil service reform by the Executive
and his supporters. Federal offices
have been freely given for despicable
partisan services. Leading officers OF
the Government are making partisan
speeches, managing political campaigns
and requiring their subordinAtes to con.
tribute to campaign funds in derogation
of every principle and promise Of an
honest civil service. The 10000 Fed
eral officers constitute an army moving
under a single direction to keep the
Republican party in power, and this
vast patronage is now used as corrup.
ton fund against the people.