The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-07-17
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

The Democrats Of the United States in Con-
vention assembled declare:
First We pledge ourselves anew in the Con.
stitutional doctrines and traditions of the Dem
ocrat;c party, as illustrated by the teachings
and example of a long line of Democratic states
men and patriots, and embodied in the plat
form Of the last National Convention OF the
party.
Second Opposition to the Capitalization and
that dangerous spirit of encroachment which
tends to consolidate the power Of the Depart
ments in one, and thus create whatever the
forms OF governments real despotisni;
sumptuary laws separation of church and State
for the good of each; common schools, fostered
and protected.
Third--Home rule; the strict maintenance OF
the public faith, State and National honest mon
ey, consisting of gold and silver and paper con
vertible into coin on demand; a tariff for reve-
nue. only
Fourth The subordination of the military to
the civil power, and general and thorough re-
form Of the civil service.
Fifth-The right of free ballot, as the right
yreservative of all rights, must and shall bv
maintained in every part of the United States
Sixth The existing Administration, repre-
sentative of conspiracy only, and its claim Of
right to surround ballot boxes with troops and
Deputy Aarshals to iHtimidate and obstruct
elections, and the unprecedented use of the veto
to maintain its corrupt and despotic power in
suits the people and impers their institutions.
Seventh. great fraud of 1876 by which,
upon 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 threat of military violence
struck deadly blow at our system of represen.
tative government. The Democratic party tu
preserve the country from the horrors of a civil
war, submitted for the time in the firm 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
before addressed the conscience of free men.
Eighth--We execrate the course Of this Ad-
mnistration in making place for political crime.
and demand.a reform by statute which shall
make it forever impossible for defeated can.
ddate to make his way to the feet of usurper
by billeting villains upon the people
Nifth-Ihe resolution of Samuel j. Tilden
not again to be a candidate for election to the
exalted place to which he was elected by ma,
lority of his countrymen, and from which he
pas excluded by the leaders of the Republican
party, is received by the Democrats of the
United States with sensbility, and they declare
! their confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and
integrity, which have resisted the assaults Of
the common enemy; and they further assure
him that he is followed into the retirement he
has chosen for himself by the sympathy and
respect of his fellow citizens, who regard him
| one who, by eleyating the standards of moral.
vice, merits the lasting gratitude of his country
and his party.
Tenth-Free ships and living chance for
| American commerce on the seas and on the
! land; no discrimination IN favor of transports-
/ ton lines, corporations or monopolies.
EIeventl--The amendment of the Burlin-
| game treaty; no more Chinese immigration.
| except for travel, education and foreign com,
! merce, and therein carefully guarded.
| Twelfth--Pubhc money and public credit for
public purposes solely, and the public lands for
actual settlers.
Thrteenth-The Democratic party is the
| friend of labor and the laboring man, and
| pledges itself to protect him alike against the
! cormorant and the commune.
| Fourteenth-We congratulate the country
| upon the honesty and thrift of the Democratic
| Congress, which has reduced the public expen-
| diture S4o,O00,000 year, and upon the continui
| alton OF prosperity at home and the national
| honor abroad, and above all upon the promise
| of such change in the administration of the
! Government as shall insure genuine and lasting
reform in every department OF the public SCR
| vice.