Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-07-17
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AporgEp ~ TEK eEcusxarr CONVENTION.
The Democratic party Of the United States
in eoRyeatien sasemhllfd, declare:
FlstE pledgs ourselves anew to the
constitutional doctrinss spd traditions Of the
Democratic pszty .s ilyAtrased by the teach
ing and ezamples # long line Of Democrat
&c statesnf:f esHf PATRIOTS. and embodied
In the last national esnyention of the party.
Second Opposition te csntralz.tion and
shat Saugerousspirit ef sserpse8ment which
ts6aS tS sdnsoiidate the powers Of al the de-
partments in one. and thps te create, what.
sysr be the forms Of government, real dep
otism: noessnmptpary laxs; ssparation Of
church aadsslsts for the good Of each; com
mon schools tp be. fOstered and protected.
Thisl-Hsme. rule, honest u9nsy. the
stHct maintenance Of public faith. consisting
oi gold. silver and paper convertible to coin
on demand; the strict maintenance Of the
public faith. State and national. and tariff
for revenue only.
Fourth-ths sshordipation Of the military
TO the civil power. and q general and thor.
ough rsforu ofs the civil service.
Fifth-Right to free ballot as the right
pEescryativs Of all rights. and must and shall
M naaiaaained in every part Of the United
States.
SixthAThe existing administrators is rspre-
sentstiYe efs conspiracy only, and Its claims
Vt ssght TO surround the ballot boxes with
troops and deputy n,arshals, to intimidate
and obstruct the elections, and by unprece.
dented use of tho vote to maintain its cor
rnpt and .despotic power, insults the people,
and inspsriis thsir institutions.
.Seyenth--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. fsrst time in American history, the
will Of the people was set aside under the
threat Of military violence. struck deadly
blow at aas system Of representative govern
,aeat.. The Democratic party, to preserve
the country from the horrors Of q civil war
submitted for the time, in the firm and pat
riotic faith that the people would punish thi,
crime in 1850. This issue precedes and
dwarfs every other. 1t imposes more sacred
duty upon the people of the Union than wa.
eyer addressed to the conscience of nation
Of freedmen.
Eighth-We c1ecrate the course Of this ad
ministration in making places for politica
criminals, and demand reform BY statut,
which shall make it forever impossible for I
defeated candidate to bribe his way to thu
seat of usufpcr by sillainies upon the peo
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Ninth-Thc resolution Of SamuelJ. Tildei
net again to be a candidate for election, tn
exalted place toawhich he W as elected by
nasj6Eity Of his conntrymen, anl from whicl
he was excluded BY the leaders Of the Re
publican party. is received by the Democrat
of tie Unitsa States with sensibility, an
they declare their confidence in his wisdor
and patriotism and integrity, unsullied b
ths sssauk of the common enemy, and the
further declare to him that he is followe
into the rctirement he has chosen for himse
by the sympathy and respect Of his fellow-ci
izsps. who regard him as one who, by ell
va.ipg the standard Of public morality an
Adorning and purifying the public scrvic
merits the lasting gratitude Of his conntr
aud his party.
Tenth-Free ships and living chance I,
American con,nerce on the sea and ON Il
land, no Discrimination in favor of transpo
tktion lines, corporations or monopolies.
EiesenM-A meudment Of the Burlingan
yNafyS no: more Chinese tnsnigratioa ezcs
.}or rrarss, edrcation and foreign eon,merc
and therein carefully guarded.
Twelftll-Public money and public cred
for public purposes solely, and public lant
for actual settlers,
sThirteenth-The Democratic party is Il
friend Of labor and the laboring man, NJ
pledges itself to protect him alike again
the cormorants and the commune.
Fourteenth-We congratulate the count
ppon the honesty and drift Of the Democrs
ie Congress- which has reduced the pu bic
re4aisasss to 4aa10Qo0 year; upon t
eaptipuatisn of prosperity at home and t
national honor arboad, and above all, mp
she promise Of such q change in the admin
tFation Of this government as shall insure
seanine.lasting reform in every department
the public service.
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