The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-10-07
The National Democratic Platform.

The Democrats of the United |
States, ia convention assembled, de |
clare:
/. We pledge ourselves anew to the
constitutional doctrines and traditions
OF the Democratic party rs illus
trated by the teachings and example
of long line of Democratic States
men and patriots, and embodied in
the platform of the last national con
yenti0n of the party.
2. Opposition to Capitalization and
to that dangerous spirit Of encroach
snent which. tends to consolidate the
powers Of all the departments in one,
and thus create, whatever the form Of
government, a real despotisan: no
sumptuary laws; separation of
Church and State for the good Of
each; common schools fostered and
protected.
3. Home Rule; honest money,
consisting of gold and silver and pa
per convertible into coin OH demand
the strict maintenance Of the public
faith, State and national, and tariff
for revenue only.
4. The subordination of the mill
tary 10 the civil power, and u genuine
and thorough reform of the civil
service.
5. The right TO free a ballot is a
right preservative of all rights, and
must and shall be maintained i'll every
part of the United States.
8. The present administration is the
representative of conspiracy only, and
ats claim of right to surround the
syballot-boxes with troops and deputy
.nnarshals, to intimidate and ohstruct
the election, and the unprecedented
use of the veto to maintaiR its cor
Tupt and despotic powers, insult the
people and imperil their institutions.
Z. We execrate the course of this
administration in making places in the
civil service a reward for political
crime, and demand areform by statute
which shall Rtake it forever impossi
bic for defeated candidate to bride
his way to tho scat of Il usurper by
.ibilleting Williams upon the people.
8. The great fraud of 1876-1S77
by which, upon a false count of thC
electoral votes of two States, the can
4didate defeated at the polls was de
vclared to be President, and for the
sfirst time in American history the viii
of the people was set aside under {
threat of military violence whicl
struck deadly blow at our system o
representative government. Thu
Democratic party, to preserve TIN
country from the terrors Of a civil war
. submitted for the time in firm ant
patriotic faith that the people woulC
punish tbs oEime .in 1886. This issu
precedes and dwarfs every other. /
Imposes a more sacred duty upon tn
people than ever addressed the con
science of q nation of freemea.
8. The resolution Of Samuel -5~TIl
den not again to be candidate fer til
exalted place to which he was electe,
by majority of his countrymen, am
from which he was excluded by til
leaders of the republican party, Is re
ceived by the Democrats of the Unite
Staten with deep sensibility, and the
declare their confidence III his wisdom
patriotism and integrity mistaken b.
the assaults Of the common enemy
and they further assure him that he
followed into the retirement the ia
chosen for himself by the sympa.h
and rc.rect Of his fellow-citizens, VIII
regard him as one who, by elevatin
sGlls stan lard of public morality an
adorniag and purifying the public SCI
vice, masitS the lsetilag gratitude ofhi
country and lis parry.
10. Free ships and Il chance f.
American commerce on the seas, an
on the land no discrimination in fave
of transportation lines, corporations c
mOnopolies.
II. Amendment Of the Burlingam
Streaty no more ChiDaGe ian1ligratior
except tor travel, eaneaaon and fo
eigh commerce, NAd it .eReR CAREFUL
guarded.
II. Public 1sOney and public cred
for public purposes solely, and publ
giahd for actual settlers.
10. The Democratic party is tn
friend of labor and the laboring MAJ
and pledges itself to protect him alik
against the cormOrants and the Con
mune.
II. We congratulate the countr
Supoa the honesty and thrift of a Den
.ocratic Congress which has reduce
the public expenditures $40, 900, 900
year; upon the continuation of pro-
perity at home, and the national hone
abroad, and, above all, upon I'll
promise of such change in the az
Ininistration of the Government 1
shall insure us genuine and lasting r
form in every department Of the puI
lie service.
Tennessee Democracy Platform.