The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-07-22
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The Democrats Of thc United
States, in convention assembled, dc
clare;
| We pledge ourselves ancw to the
constitutional doctrines and traditions
Of the Dem jcratie party as ili,;a-
trated by tie teachings and example
OF long line Of Democratic State
men and patriots, and embodied in
the platform Of the last national con
veution Of the party.
2. Opposition to Capitalization and
to that dangerous spirit Of cncrcach-
ment which tends To consolidate the
powers Of all the departments in one,
and thus create, whatever the form Of
government, q real desp0tism: no
sumptuary laws; separation Of
Church and State for the good Of
each common schools tt,stered 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 a tariff
for revenue only.
+. The subordination of the mill
tary to the civil power, and Il genuine
and thorough reform Of Tie civil
service.
5. The right to free a ballot is q
right preventative Of all rights, and
must and shall be maintained in every
part Of the United States.
+. The present administration is the
representative of conspiracy only, and
its claim of right to surround the
ballol-boXes with troops and deputy
narshalS, to intimidate and obstruct
the election, and the unprecedented
use of the veto to maintain its cor
rupt and 1espotic powers, insult the
people and impcTil their institutions.
Z. We eXccrate the course Of this
administration in making places in the
civil service a reward for political
crime, and demand reform by statute
which shall make it forever imposs;,
bic for u defeated candidate to bril- c
his way to the seat of a usurper by
billeting Williams upon the people.
s. The great fraud of 1S76-1S77,
by which, upon a false count of the
electoral votes of two States, the can
didate defeated at the polls was de
clared to be President, and for the
first time in American history the vii
Of the people was set aside under 4
threat Of military violence which
struck deadly blow Mt our system o.
representative government. The
Democratic party, to preserve the
country from the terrors Of q civil war
submitted for the time in firm anC
patriotic faith that the people woulc
punish tbs crime i'll 1880. This ISSUE
precedes and dwarfs every other. l
imposes Il more sacred duty upon tn,
people than ever addressed the con
science of a nation of freemen.
8. The resolution of Samuel Jill
den not again to be candidate for tn
exalted place to which he was electe,
by majority of his cOuntrymen, an,
from which he was excluded by tn
leaders of the republican party, is re
ceived by the Democrats Of the Unite
States with deep sensibility, and the
declare their confidence in 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 ha
chosen for himself by the sympath
and respect of his fellow-citizens, VIII
regard him rs one who, by elevatin
the standard of public morality an
adjoining and purifying the public Sc
vice, merits the lasting gratitude Ofh
country and his party.
10. Free ships and a chance f
, American commerce on the seas, an
, on the land no discri mination in fave
of transportation lines, corporations
: mOnOpolies.
: II. Amendment of the Burlingan
2 treaty no more Chinese immigration
t except for travel, education and fo
e eign commerce, and it even CAREFUL
l guarded.
. u. Public money and public cred
f for public purposes solely, and publ
= land for actual settlers.
Is. The Democratic party is Il
0 friend of labor and the laboring MAJ
$ and pledges itself to protect him all
i against the cOrmorants and the Con
!: mune.
: Ii. We congratulate the countl
upon the honesty and thrift of a Der
: Ocratic Congress which has reduce
= the public expenditures $40, 200, 900
year; upon the continuation Of pro
perity at home, and the national hon,
abroad, and, above all, upon Il
. promise of such q change in the a
S ministration of the Government
e shall insure us genuine and lasting I
e form in every department of the pu