Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-11
eureka pailp Sentinel.
nENocRAFC NATIONAL PLATFORM.


r,..t xa nledge ourselves anew In the
crnst;tut;ona doctrines and traditions OF
49, ner,ocrafic PARTY, as illustrated by the
sas.h;ncs and example Of q long line Of
Ds~,ocrstic statesmen and patriots and en-
hod;sd IN the platform Of the last National
Convention Of the party.
second-Opposition to Capitalization and
xhst dancerous spirit OF encroachment
hitch tends to consolidate the powers Of
ali tbe departments in one, and thus to
craata-vhateyer be the forms Of govern
roent-a real despotism; no sumptuary
laws: separation Of Church and State for
tba good Of each; common schools fostered
and protected. -,
Third-Home rule, honest money, the
strict maintenance Of public faith, con-
sisting Of gold, silver and paper convert
;hIa to co;n on demand. The strict main
-tenance Of the public faith, State and
National. and . tariff for revenue only.
Fourth-The subordination Of the mill
tarv to the civil power, and o general and
thorough reform Of the civil service.
Fifth-Right to a free ballot as the right
p-reseryative of ell rights, and must and
shall be maintained in every part OF the
United States.
Sixth-The existing administration, rep
resentstive Of conspiracy only, and its
claim OF right to surround the ballot boxes
with troops and Deputy Marshals to in
timidate and obstruct elections, and the
unprecedented use Of the veto to maintain
its corrupt and despotic power, insults the
people and imperils their institutions.
Seyenth-The great fraud OF 1876, by
which, upon a false count of the electoral
vote of two States, the candidate defeated
at the polls was declared to be President,
and for the first time in American history
the will Of the people was set aside under
q threat Of military violence, struck o
deadly blow at our system Of representa-
tive government. The Democratic party,
TO preserve the country from the horrors
of o civil war, submitted for the time in
the firm and patriotic faith that the people
would punish the crime in 1880. This
issue precedes and dwarfs every other. 1t
imposes q more sacred duty upon the peo-
pie of the Union than ever addressed the
conscience of q nation Of free men.
Eighth-We execrate the course OF this
Administration in making o place for po-
litical crime, and demand . reform by
statute which shall make it forever impos-
sible for q defeated candidate to see his
way clear to the seat Of q usurper by
bulleting villains upon the people.
Ninth-The resolution Of Samuel j. Ill
den not again to be a candidatefo election
to the exalted place to which he was elect
ed by q majority Of his c~ountrymen, and
from which he was excluded by the leaders
Of the Republican party, is received by
the Democrats Of the United States with
sensibility, and that they declare their
confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and
integrity, which have resisted the assaults
Of the common enemy, and they further
assure him chat he is followed into the re-
tirement he has chosen for himself by the
sympathy and respect Of his fellow citizens,
who regard him as one who, by elevating
the standards Of public morality, and
adjoining and purifying the public service,
merits the lasting gratitude Of his country
and his party.
Tenth-Free ships and a living chance
for American m on the seas and
on the land. No discrimination in favor
Of transportation lines, corporations or
~monopolies.
Eleventh-An amendment Of the Bur-
lingame treaty. No more Chinese immi-
grafton except for travel, education and
foreign commerce, and therein carefully
guarded.
Twelfth Public money and public credit
for public purposes solely, and public lands
for actual settlers.
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
Fourteenth-We congratulate the coun.
try upon the honesty and thrift Of the
Democratic Congress, which has reduced
the public expenditure $40, 000, 900 a year;
upon the continuation of prosperity al
home and the national honor abroad, and
above all, upon the promise Of such
change in the administration Of the gov
eminent as shall insure its genuine, lasting
reform in every department Of the public
service.