Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-08-07
NATIONAL PLATFORM.


ADOPTED BY THE cISc1SNaTI CONVENTION. 4
The Democratic party Of ihe United States
in convention assembled. decisrc: 4
First-We pledge ourselves anew to TIVE
constitutional doctrines and traditions OF the
Democratic party a. illustrated by the teach.
ing and examples Of q long line. of Democrat
ic Statesmen and patriots, and embodied
In the last national convention Of the party.
Second Opposition to Capitalization and
that dangerous spirit Of cncroachment which
tends TO consolidate the powers Of all the de-
partments in one, and thus to create, what.
ever be the iorms Of government, real dep.
otisni; no sun,ptuary laws; separation Of
church and State for the good of each; com.
mos schools to be fostered and protected.
ThiEd-Home rule, honest money, the
| strict maintenance Of public faitha consisting
OF gold. silver and paper convertible to coin
on demand; the strict maintenance of the
public faith, State aud national. aud o tariff
for revenue onlr.
Fourth the subordination of the military
TO the civil power, and general and thor
ough reform Of the civil service.
Fifth-Right to a free ballot as the right
preservxtive Of all rights, and must and shall
be maintained in every part OF the United
! States.
sixth-The existing administration is repre-
sentative OF conspiracy only, and its claims
If right to surround the ballot boxes with
| troops and deputy n,arshals, to intimidate
and obstruct the elections, and by unprece.
dented use Of the vote to maintain its cor.
rupt and despotc power. insults the people,
and imperils their institutions.
! Scventh-The great fraud of 1876, by
/ which, upon false count of the electoral
vote Of two States. the candidate defeated at
the polls, was declared 70 be President and
for the first time in American history, the
will Of the people was set aside under the
threat Of military violence, struck deadly
blow at oui system of representative govern.
ment. The Democratic party, to preserve
| the country from the horrors of civil war,
submitted for the time, in the firm and pat
siotic faith that the people would punish this
crime in $780, This issue precedes aad
dwarss every other. 1t imposes more sacred
duty upon the people of the>U MON than was
ever addressed to the conscience Of a nation
! of freedmen.
Eighth-We execrate the course of thisad-
n,inistrau,oa in making places for political
criminals and demand reform by statute
| u.l,icl, shall p,ol-o - i,,,v,n
defeated candidate to bribe his way to the
seat "f usurper by villainies upon the peo-
PIE. ..
Ninth--The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden
net again to be a candidate for election, the
exalted place to which he elected by q
majority Of hfs countrymen, AMI from which
he was excluded by the leaders of the Re-
publican party, is received by the Democrats
Of the United States with sensibility, and
they declare their confidence in his wisdom
and patriotism and integrity, unsullied by
the assault of the common enemy, and they
further declare tn him that he is followed
into the retirement he has chosen for himself
by the sympathy and respect Of his fellow-cit-
izens, who regard him as one who, by ele-
waiting the standard of public morality and
adorning and purifying the public service,
merits the lasting gratitude Of his country
and his party
Tenth Free ships and living chance for
| American commerce on the sea and OH the
land, no discrimination in favor Of transpor-
ta,ion lines. corporations or monopolies.
ElcrenM-Amsndment Of ths Burlingamc
Treaty; no moro Chinese immigration ezcep
for tsaeel, ee'acation and foreign commerce,
aud Asrein carefully guarded.
| Twelfth-Public money and public credi,
for paolis purposes solely. aud public lands
| for actual settlers.
Thirteeuth-The Democratic party is the
friend Of labor and the laboring man, ane
pledges itself to protect him alike against
the oorniorants and the commune.
Fourteentlt-We congratulate the country
upon the honesty and drift of the Democrat
ie Congress which has reduced the public ex
penditures to SIC, 600, 900 year; upon th'
continuation Of prosperity at home aud thu
national honor arboad, and above all, upo,
the promise of sucha change in the admins
tration of this government AZ shall insure it
genuine lasting reform in every department o
the public service.
MARkET REP0Rr.