San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-10-09
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Tho following Il the platform adopt
ed BY tho Democratic national confen
ton a. Cisoiousti, revised and correct
cd 10 conform to the Official report OIL
the proceedings: a..
/. we pledge ourselves anew 70 the
constitutional doctrines and trsdiuons
of the Democratic party. a. illustrated
BY tho tesehings and example Of q loos
lioe of Democratic Statesmen ana pa
triots and embodied in the platform o
tho last uatio aal conyeotion oil the piry,
2. Opposition 10 centrslixation anu
to that dangerou, spirit Of ensloaea
ment which tends 10 consoiidate lne
powers OF al the departments 10 one,
and thu, 10 Gro ite, whatever the iolm
OF eoyernm q real despotpm; 10
sumptusry laws, separation OF inc
ohuroh AMI state, Tor tho good OF eac',
common schools fostered aud protected
3, Home rule; honest money. consist
ing Of gold and silver AMI paper cya.
vertible iuto coin on demand inc s'Iici
maintenance Of public faith. state ana
national, and 0 tariff. for revenue Only.
4. The subordinatiou OF the military
to the civil power. and ssengioo ana
thorough reform Of tho civil serves,
3. The right TO . free ballot is . righ
preservative Of oil rights. and must 40 u
shall be maintained 10 every part Of ID
United States.
6. The present administration 10 the
representative OF conspiracy Only. ana
10 claim OF right TO surround the ballot
boxes With troops and deputy marshalls
10 intimidate and obstruct the elections
and the unprecedented use OF the veto
N msintain lie corrupt aud despoti 10
novers. insult the people and imp,r u
their iustitutions. lrt :.
Z. We execrate the course OF this ad'
naturalization in making places 10 the
civil service . reward for political crime,
and dsmsud a reform by statute which
shsIl make IL forever impossible for a
defeated candidate to bribc bis way TO
the seat Of a usurper, BY billetipg villains
unon the people. I ~ VA =
g. The great fraud Of 1867, by
which upop false count Of the ciecto.
raj vote OF two states the candidate do.
fssted at tho polls was declared TO be
president. and for the first time in A..
mericau history tho will OF the people
vas set aside under threat OF military
violence. struck o deadly blow ut the
system OF representative government.
Tho democratic party, 70 preserve the
ii war. submitted for the time 10 the
Arm and patriotic faith that the people
would punish this crime in 1851. rms
issue precedes and dwnris every o.nef
II imposes o more safisa uu,! apvn %" oJ
people .. DIM; .no on u ; n.,;oo 81 freeman
'"e ' nv" rsSoi,t;on If S,muel j. Tii.
sen not arain to be A candidate for the
exalted place to which no was elected
~ majority Of bis countrymcn, and
from which he was excluded by the lead
ers Of OF tho Republican party, Is feceiv
"a by th9 Democrats o. INC ,t Un'. lou
STATES WIN ooep seuslD''" ~; "' , .J o M
S.a.1 ,uua oud ;n,egr;,v unsbaten by
~ .sssni,s ~ rho cannon enemy. and
thew further assure him that be is fol-
lowed into tho retirement, he has cho-
sen tor himself by the sympathy and re-
spect Of bis fellow citizens. who regard
him as one Who by eleva'lng ing tne a stand
ara o. pubic a., mO,a h,;o s amu ou mor;,s
~. ~ ,p. u;'s or '"H " of hi. country
and II, tsrty.
TO- Free ships and a living chance
for American commerce upon the seas