The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-07-24
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PLATroRm

The Democrats of the United States in Con-
gention assembled declare:
First-We pledge ourselves anew in the Gen.
st.tutional doctrines and traditions OF the Dem
ocratic party as illustrated by the teachings
and example of a long line of Democratic states-
men and patriots, and embodied in tie plat
form of the last National Convention Of the
party.
second--Opposition to the centraiiza.ion ani
that dangerous spirit of encroachment which
tends to consolidate the powers of the Depart
ments in one, and thus create--whateyer the
forms OF governments real despOtism; 10
sumptuary laws separation OF church and STATE,
for the good of each; common schools, fosterea
and protected.
Third-Home rule; the strict maintenance OF
the public faith, State and National honest mon
ey, consisting Of gold and silver and paper con-
vertible into coin on demand; a tariff for Ieve-
Fourth THE subordination Of the military to
the civil power, and general and thorough re-
form Of the civil service.
Fifth-The right of a free ballot, as the right
preservative of all rights must and shah te
maintained in every part of the United States
Sixth-The existing Administration, repre-
sentative of conspiracy only, and It's claim of
right to surround ballot boxes With trocrs ari
Deputy Marshals to intimidate and uc.
elections, and the unprecedented use OF the veto
to maintain its corrupt and despotie power ir
StltS pcOplt anu L-lsLltubiCEs
Seventh-The great fraud of 1876, by which,
upon false count of the Electoral vote Of two
States, the candidate defeated at the polls wss
declared to be President, and for the first time
in American history the will Of the people was
set aside under a threat Of military vio,e ,ence,
struck deadly blow at our system of represen-
tative government. The Democratic party to
preserve the country from the horrors Of a civil
war, submitted for the time in the firm ami
patriotic faith that the people would runisl1
this crime in 1880. This issue frecedes and
dwarfs every other. 1t imposes mere sacre.i
duty upon the people of the Union than sye-
| before addressed the conscience OF free mea.
Eghth-We execrate the course Of this Ad-
ministration in making place fer political crime.
| and demand a reform by statote which sha,I
| make it forever impossible for defeated can
| dida.e to make his way 10 the feet Of uslxrsr
| by biIleting villains upon the people.
Ninth--Ihe resolution of SAMUEL J. Til6en
| not again to be candidate for election to the
exalted place to which he was elected by q ma
| jority of his countrymen, and from which he
VAS excluded by the leaders of the Republican
: party, is received by the Democrats Of the
United States with sensibility and they decIase
their confidence in his wisdom, patriotism ard
| integrity, which have resisted the assaults Of
| the common enemy; and they Further assuxe
| him that he is followed into the retirement he
/ has chosen for himself by the sympathy and
| respect of his fellow citizens who regard him 60
| one who, by eleyating the standards of nl5ra2i
| ty and adornng and purifying the pus1lic se.-
vice, merits the lasting gratitude of his country
| and his party.
Tenth-Free ships and % living chance for
| American commerce on the seas and on the
! land; no discrimination in favor OF transpoyte-
:, tion lines, corporations or rnonopohes
! EIeventh--Ihe amendment of the Buriin-
| game treaty; no more Chinese immig ratioa,
except for travel, education and foreign com
merce, and therein carefully guarded.
| Twelfth--Public money and public credit for
public purposes solely, and the public lands for
| actual sett ers.
Thirteenth--The Democratic party is the
| friend of labor and the laboring man, and
/ pledges itself to protect him alike against the
| cormorant and the commune.
| Fourteenth--We congratulate the county
upon the honesty and thrift of the Democratic
/ Congress, which has reduced the public expen-
| diture $40, 100000 a year, and upon the confinu-
| alton of prosperity at home and the faticnei
| honor abroad and above all upon the premise
of such a change in the Administered u Of The
Government as shall insure genuine and lasting
reform in every department of the plAiic ser
| yice