Daily Republican., 1880-07-31
Demoe ratsc platform.

democratic FIntfOEm.
ME5sRs. EDIToRs The third resolu-
tion in the Democratic platform is as
follows
"Third. Home rule honest money
the strict maintenance Of the public
faith--eonsisting Of gold, silver and
paper convertible into coin on demand;
the strict maintenance Of the public
faith State and national, and a tariff
for revenue only"
The first sentence contains no mean
ing unless 1t applies to state rule, or
states rights. We endsavored to show
in preceding article that they care
nothing for such a principle except
where twill give them the power Of
Office, and that Is all it means here.
"Hopcst money" has more meaning
in 1t than the most Of that party agree
upon. Senator Bayard holds that
''honest money" means gold and silver.
Senator Wallace, Gov. Tilden and many
Of their strong men think the same.
Senator Thurman, Gov. Hendricks,
Senator Voorhees,, Senator Pendleton,
Gen. Ewing and many Of the strongest
men In the party do not think SO, and
are in direct opposition to such a senti-
meDt. .. .-
The question Of "honest money! i'm
plies money that is not honest. The
Sub Treasury system of the Democratic
party issued notes as low as fifty dol.
lars drawing interest, receivable for all
debts due the government. President
VanBuren In 1887 recommended con-
gress to issue notes Of denomination
Of twenty dollars without interest, re.
osivable for all debts due the govern
ment. All notes that have been issued
by congress have been based on the Sub
Treasury law of the Democratic party,
except to alter the denomination, and
to make them legal tender. 1t is this
money that is meant to imply as dis
honest. Gold and silver are always
cowardly, and in times Of trouble fly
from circulation into the pockets Of
those who are always fearful. It was
the treasury notes that fought the four
years Of war, it WAS those notes that
carried the nation through the war to
success, while this same party turned
up their noses and sneered at the
greenbacks. Many of the leading dem
ecrats to day favor the state bank sys
tenn, among the rest Senator Bayard.
How does "honest money" stand with
the State bank systemi With near
two thousand banks in existence, with
q capital Of $50 millions OF dollars in
paper to be convertible into gold and
silver "with only one half Of that
amount Of metallic money in the ooun-
try Is not quite up TO the third resolu-
tion. "a revenue tariff is bugbesr
by that party, they have had congress
now for the past few years and what
have they done with the tariff? In
the early part Of the last session Of
congress- they held caucus and re-
solved not to touch finance or tariff;
how does that compare with the above
resolution f.?
Out of power and Office for twenty
years, still they rally to the fight every
four years it holds together its organ
ization by the narrowness Of its issues.
Seventy years ago the Essex carried at
her mast head the motto OF Free trade
and sailors rights" which meant the
right of Americans to trade with all the
world. Now the Democrats have for
their motto, ''Free trade and honest
money" which in the hands Of that
party means to open the work shops of
foreign countries, and clope our own to
the detriment of the laboring classes Of
our country, but really to assist the
capitalist to become richer of Of for
eign trade and degrade ourselves.
''Fres trade and honest money" sim
ply means to grind down the face Of the
poor, to bring our labor into competi-
tion with the pauper labor of England,
and TINS to make and build up an
aristocratic class of "honest money"
changers here as in England where
ever we find an extremely wealthy class
on the one side, we always find pau
per class to offset IL; this is what free
trade means.
"Fourth. The subordination Of the
military to the civil power, and gen.
eral and thorough reform of the civil ser
vice."
"Fifth. The right Of free ballot is
the right preservative of all rights, and
must and shall be maintained in every
part Of the United States"
So far as the fourth resolution goes
all is we'll; at all previous Democratic
conventions the platform Of principles
was adopted previous to nomination, 80
as to require the candidate to stand
square upon it; bnt at Cincinnati the
choice was made first, then the plat
form to suit the candidates, hence the
fourth resolution.
As regards the fifth, let US apply the
principle at home; how many men in
this State have been and are denied the
free ballot9 We would like to see
this resolution carried into effect in our
own State; "free ballots must and
shall be maintained" sounds we'll, and
would be reltshed by every freeman in
Delaware. We hope to live long
enough to witness manhood suffrage
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