San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-10
ISSUES OF 1850.
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The following is the platform adopt
ed by the Democratic national conven'
ton ut Cincinnati. revised and correct
cd 10 conform to the official report Of
the proceedings /:
!. We pledge ourselves anew to the
, constitutional doctrines and traditions
of the Democratic party, as illustra-
, , ted by the teachings and example OF .
, long line Of Democratic Statesmen and
patriots and embodied 10 the platform
Of the last national convention Of the
party. Hr !.
2. Opposition to oentralizatiou o nd
to that dangerous spirit of encroaoh'
ment which tends to consolidate the
powers Of all the departments in one,
and thus to create, whatever the form
Of government, real despotism. No
sumptuary laws separation OF church
and state Tor the good Of each; com
mon schools fostered and protected.
! 8. Home rule honest money, con-
sistiug OF gold and silver and paper
convertible into coin on demand; the
strict maintenance Of the public faith.
state and national. and tariff for
revenue only.
4. The subordination Of the militia.
ry to the civil power. and q genuine
and thorough reform of the civil SER
vice.
s. The right to free ballot is right
preservatiye of all rights. and must and
shall be maintained in every part of
the United States.
6. The present administration is the
representative of o conspiracy only,
and its claim Of right to surround the
ballot boxes with troops and deputy
marshals to intimidate and obstruct
the election and the unprecedented use
OF the veto to maintain its corrupt and
despotic powers, insult the people and
imperil their institutions.
z. We execrate the course of this
administration 10 making places in the
civil service a reward for political
crime, and demand reform by statute
which shall make it forever impossible
for defeated candidate to bride his
way to the scat Of usurper, by billet
ing villains upon the people.
8. The great fraud of 1867. by
Which. upon false count Of the electo
raj votes 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 peo-
pie was set asid aside under a threat
OF military violence, struck a deadly
blow at our system Of representative
government. The Democratic party,
to preserve the country from the hor.
ors of civil war, submitted for the
time, in firm and patriotic faith that
the people would punish this crime in
1885, This issue precedes and dwarfs
every other. Itimposes more sacred
duty upon the people Of the Union
than ever addressed the consciences OF
a nation of treemen.
9. Tho resolution of Samuel j. Til,
den not again to be candidate for
the exalted place to which he was elect
ed by a majority OF his countrymen,
and from which he was excluded by
the leaders Of the Republican party,
is received by the democrats of the
United States with deep sensibility,
and they declare their confidence in his
wisdom, patriotism and integrity un
shaken by the assaults of the common
enemy. and they. further assure him
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he has chosen for bimself by
the sympathy and respect OF
his fellow citizens, who regard
him as one who. by elevatiug
the standard Of public morality and
adjoining and purifying the public ser.
vice, merits the lasting gratitude of
his country and his party.
10. Free ships and living chance
for American commerce upon the seas
and upon the land no discrimination
in favor of transportation lines, corpo.
rations or mouopolies.
II, Amendment of the Burlingame
treaty no more Chinese emigra ton
except for travel. education, and foreign
commerce, and it even carefully
guarded.
II. Public money and public credit
tor public purposes solely, and public
land for actual settlers.
13, The Democratic party is the
! friend of Labor and tba Iabo-: -