Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-07-08
A'i:sdGuTaRa Adopted by the Ma
saornaA COkavcsaaEOBR OF tho
DcEHaGcraaIc Party, .Bumc
ssssh, ESS0.
Tho Democrats of tho United Statos in
(lon occcn,bloJ Ionl,ro.


First Wc pledge ourselves anew to tho
| Constitutional doctrines and traditions Of
tho Dem ocratic party as illustrated by tho
teaching and example Of long limo Of Dom
ocratc statesmen and patriots and embodied
in the platform of the last National Conycn-
tion Of the party.
Second. Opposition to Capitalization and to
that dangerous spirit Of onroachmont which
tends to consolidate The powers Of all depart
mcnts in one, and thus create, whatever bo
the form OF government, real dcspotism:
no Sumptuary laws separation Of Church
and State Tor the good oc each; common
schools iostorci and protected.
Ihrd. Home rulo, honest money, strict
n,aintcnance Of public faith o currency con-
sis,nS Of gold and silver and paper convert.
iblo into coin or demand, and tariff for
revenue only.
Fourth. Subordinaion Of military to civil
power, and general and thorough reform of
civil scryicc.
Fifth. Tho right to free ballot is tho right
rrcservativo OF all rights, and must and shall
be maintained in every part OF the United
States.
Sixth. The existing Administration is The
representative Of q conspiracy only, and it's
claim Of right to surround the ballot boxes
with troops and deputy marshals to intimir
date and Distract elections, and the unprc-
cedcntcl use OF the veto to maintain it's
corrupt and doSpotic power insults the people
and impcrls their Institutions.
s;cYco,h. Yne &rcat fraud Of lS7G-T7, by
which upon false count Of the electoral
votes Of two States a candidate defeated at
Tie No!s wop declared to be President, and
i"r The fra' time in American history tho
viii Of the pcoplo was set aside under q
threat Of military violence, struck deadly
blow at our system Of representative governs
mont. The Democratic party 70 preserve tho
country from civil war Submitted for the time
in tho firm and patriotic faith that the people
would punish this crime in 1880. This issue
pvccoIcs and dwarfs every other 1t imposes
u more sacred duty upon the people of tho
Union than ever addressed the conscience of
y nation Of frcomcn.
Eighth. We cXccrNtc the cause Of this Ad-
minstraton in making places in the civil
service reward for political crime, and do
mand reform by y statute which shall mako
it forever impossible 70: defeated candidate
to brbc his way to the seat of usurpcr by
bllctins villains upon tho people.
This was read again in response to do
mnnds. and received with applause,
Ninth. The resolution Of Samuel j. Tilden
not again to bc n candidate for tho cxa,tcd
place to which he was elected by q majority
Of his coun;rymcn and which he was cx-
c'ulcd by the leaders of the Republican
party, is received bv tho Democrats Of tho
United States with scnsibi,ity, and ,hoy de-
clare their confidence in his wisdom, notriot,
ism and integrity unshakcn By the assaults
of common enemy, and they further assure
him chat l,o il (ol]owod into tho ret;rcmcnt
ho has chosen for himself by The svmnothv
md rcsncct Of his ccllow ,is;zcns who rocord
him ~ ouo who Nv clcyotine inc standards
Of nnbjic morality and odorn;nn and nur;rv-
gratitulc Of his county and his party.
Tenth. Free ships and living chance for
American commerce on tho seas, and on
l"nd no discrimination in favor of tr"nsp0r'
% Eleventh % Tho amondman. o0u,op Of 4ho nor,;r.
gemo Treaty. No moro Chinese immigration
except for travel, education and foreign ooms
merco, and carefully guarded.
,1,' I~e'i.h, Public money, public credit for
p"u o,", o.1, purposes S0'VS' ana po0''' 'an' LOT
Tsir,con.h. The Democratic party is tho
fFiepa Of labor and the laborins man, and
pledges itself 10 protcc: him alike against
corr cor'a0ra"'s and tho commune
Eo1,'on'h' We c0nsratall"to ,s',t.l the country
"ppn Io nDn's @ LIN" 'ha' hn ronoS ., ena n1%G ao
expenditures corty millions year., upon % tho
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