The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-30

1. We pledge ourselves anew 10 the constitu-
tlonal doctrines and traditions Of the Democrafic
party, as illustrated by the teaching and example
Of long line OF Democratic statesmen and patri-
ots, and embodied in the platform of the last
national convention Of the party.
2. Opposition 10 centralizaiion and to that
dangerous spirit of encroachment which tends
to consolidate the powers Of all the departments
IN one, and thus create, whatever the form of
government, real desposism. No sumptuary
laws. Separation Of Church and State. Tor the
good of each. Common schools fostered and
protected
3. Home rule, honest money, consisting of gold
and silver and paper convertible into coin on de-
mand strict maintenance Of the public faith
State and national, and tariff for revenue only'
4. Subofdination of the military to the civil
power, and general and thorough reform Of the
civil service
5. The right to free ballot is the right preser-
vative of all rights, and must and shall be main
tanned in every part of the United States.
q. The administration Is the representative of
aconspiracy only, and its claim of the right to
surround ballot boxes with troops and deputy
and the unprecented NE of the veto 10 maintain
its corrupt and despotic power, insults the peo-
pie and imperils their institutions
z. The great fraud of 1876-77, by which, upon
false count of the electoral votes of Two States
the candidate defeated at the polls was declared
can history the will of the people was set aside
under the threat of military violence-struck
deadly blow at our system of representative gov
eminent The Democratic party, to preserve the
country from civil war, submitted for the time,
in rirm and patriotic faith, that the people
would punish this crime in 1880. This issue
precedes and dwarfs every other 1t imposes
more sacred duty upon the people of the Union
than ever addressed the conscience of a nation
of treemen.
8. We execrate the course of this administra-
tiOn in making places in the civil service re-
ward tor political crimes, and demands reform
by statute which shall make il forever impossible
for defeated candidate to brbe his way to the
seat of usurper by billeting williams upon the
people.
g. The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden not
again to be candidate for the exalted place to
which he was elected by majority of his coun-
trymen, and from which he was excluded by the
leaders of the Republican party, is received by
the Democrats of the United States with sensi-
bility; and they declare their confidence in his
wisdom, patriotism and integrity unshaken by
the assaults of a common enemy And they
further assure him that he is followed into the
retirement he has chosen for himself by the SYM
pathy and respect of his fellow citizens, who re-
gard him as one who, by raising the standard of
public morality and adoring and purifying the
public service, merits the lasting gratitude of his
country and his party.
lean commerce on sea and on land. Nodiscrim-
ination in favor of transportation lines, corpor-
ations or monOpolies.
II. Amendment of the BurIingame treaty.
No more Chinese immigration, except for travel,
education and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
12 Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and public land for actual set
tiers
Il. The Democratic party is the friend of labor
and the laboring man, and pledges itself TO pro-
tect him alike against cormorants and commu-
nists.
"a We congratulate the country upon the
honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress,
which has reduced public expenditures 10000
900 year. upon the continuation of prosperity
at home and national honor abroad and, above
all, upon the promise of such q change In the
administration of the government as shall insure
us a generous and lasting reform in every de-
partment of the public service.