The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-10-22
THE PLATFROM

THE PLATFROA
OF the National Democratic Party as
Adopted 1t Cincinnati.
The Democrats Of the United States III
Convention assembled declare:
We pledge ourselves anew to the consti-
tutional doctrines and traditions Of the
tesohinr and Example Of a long line Of
Democrstic statemen and patriots, and en-
bodied IN the platform ofthe last National
Convention OF the party.
Second. e,l.
Opposition to Capitalization and that dan
gerOus spirit Of encroachlnent which tends
in one. and thus to create, Whatever may be
the form of government, real despotism;
no s9niptasry laws, separation of Church
schools fostered and protected.
Third.
Home rule, honest money, strict MAIN
tenance Of public faith consisting Of gold
and silver, and paper convertible into coin
on demand, strict maintenance of public
faith, State and National, and tariff Cor row
enue only.
Standardization of military to civil power
and 2 general and thorough reform Of the
o.s'. SOC 49, Fi0h1r Asa.ss ~ M
herisht - : Me- bollot is the right pre-
servative ofsall rights, and must and shall
b matntalned in every part of the United
The existing Administa alton is a repre-
sc St Ct to BALLOT its Vain
troops and deputy marshals to intimidate
and obstruct elections. and the unpreced
0nted use of the vote to maintain its corrupt
and despotic power, insults the people and
imperils their institutions.
seventh.
The great fraud of 1876 and 1877, by which,
fnls oft no olo nf
two States. candidate defeated at the polls
was declared to be president, and for the
the people was set aside under u threat of
military violence, struck q deadly blow at
our system of representative government.
The Democratic party, to preserve the
country from civil war. submitted, for the
time, in the firm and patriotic faith that
This issue precedes and dwarfs every other.
It imposes more sacred duty upon the
the conscience of a nation of freemen.
Eighth.
We execrate the course of this Admins
tration In making places in civil service
reform by the statute which shall mako it
forever impossible for a defeated candidate
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Ninth.
The resolution of Samuel J. Tilden not
again to be candidate for tho place to
which he was ae elected d by h;o %%ao, Of his
cluded by the leaders of the Republican
party, is received by tho Democrats of the
United States with sensiblity, and they
declare their confidence in his wisdom,
patriotism and integrity unshakcn by the
assaults of q common enemy. and they
further assure him that he is followed into
the retirement he has chosen for himself by
sympathy and respect of his fellow-citizens,
ing standards of public morality and
purifying public service, morris the lasting
gratitude Of his country and his party.
Tenth.
Free ships and living chance for Ameri-
can commerce on the seas and on board.
No discrimination of favor of transporta-
ton lines, corporations or monopolies.
Eleventh,
Amendment of the Burlingame treaty ;
travel, education and foreign commerce.
and therein carefully guarded.
Twelfth.
Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and public land for actual
Thirteenth.
The Democratic party is the friend of
labor and the laboring man, aud pledges
itself to protect him alike against cormor-
ants and commune.
Fourteenth.
We congratulate tho country upon tho
honesty and thrift of the Democratic con-
gress which has reduced public expendi-
the continuation of prosperity at homo and
National honor abroad, and all upon tho
promise of such change in the admins
tration of the government as shall insure
tis genuine and lasting reform i'll every
department of public service.
MISCELLANEOUS.
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