Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1880-09-11
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ApcffEp ~ TIE CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
TIE Democratic party Of the United States
iu essssation assembled. declare:
Fint-we pledge ourselves anew to TIE
constitutional doctrines and traditions Of the
neuocsatic party as illustrated by the teach
ing and examples Of long line Of Democrat
ic Statesmen and patriots, and embodied
in the last national convention Of the party.
Second Opposition to Capitalization and
tlat dangerous spirit of encroachnlent which
tends ~ consolidate the powers Of all the de-
| partments in sne. and thus to create, what
ever be the forms Of government, real dep
otisn,; no sumptuary laws; separation Of
| church and State for the good of each; COM
| mon scho"ls to be fustered and protected.
! Third-Home rule, honest money, tn
strict maintenance of pubic faith, consisting
nt gold, silver aid pwpes convertible to coin
on demand; the strict maintenance Of The
public faith, Stats snd national. and tariff |
for revenue only.
/ Fourth--tAs subordination Of the military |
to the civil power, aud a general and thor
Ough reform Of the civil service.
Fifth-Right to free ballot as the right
presesvative of all rights, and nnst and shall
be maintained i'll every part OF the United
: States. w -. 2
Sixth-The existing administrator is repre-
sentative ot conspiracy only, and its claims
. Of right to surround the ballot boxes with
troops and deputy marshals, to intimidatc
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u. dcnted use of the vote to maintain its cdr
rupt and despotie power, insults the people,
a,sd imperils their institutions.
Seven,h-The great fraud Of 1878, by
which, upon false count Of the electoral
vote of two States, the candidate defeated at
: the polls. was declared TO he President, and
for the first time il American history, the
j. vail Of the. people was Set aside under the
70 threat nf mill AIRY violence, struck deadly
n. blow At on, system Of representative govern
inent. The Democratic party, to preserve
the country FROM the horrors of civil war,
y submitted for tl,e time. in the firm and pat.
ct rio,ic faith fiat the people would punish this
h, eri.pe in 1880. This issue precsdes and
dyarfs every other. 1t imposes more sacred
duty upon the people of the Union than wa:
AZ ever addressed to the conscience OF "a natioi
of freedmen
at Eichth-We execrate the coarse Of thisad
~ .nlnistra..oA in making places for pclitica
criminals, End demand a reform by statut
which shall make it forever impossible for
80 defeated candidate to bribe his way to til
pe' seat III !. usurper by sillainies upon the pei
nd ole.
ii. Ninth-The resolution of Samuel ]. Tide
not again to be candidate for election, tn
: exalted place to which he was elected by
los' majority Of hts countrynen, ami from whc
ses- he was excluded by the leaders OF the H
,tse publican party, is received by the Democra
If the United Stntes with sensibiity, al
. they declare their confidence in his wisdo
'As, and patriotism and integrity. unsullicd
all the assault Of the common enemy, and th'
and further deelare to him that he is follow'
? II into the retirement he has chosen for hmst
,,.h by the sympathy and respect Of his fellow.c
isens, who regard him as one who by e
waiting the standard of public morality al
aderninx aid purifying the public servit
the merits the lasting gratitude of his count
an. and his party.
Tenth Free ships and living chance
American commerce on the sea and Oh
ana, land, no discrimination i'll favor OF transp
!, Is tatiou lines, corporations or monopoies.
lists Etevsra-Amsm Of the Burli"sa
q Treaty; no more Chinese Immigration CO
:. for tsursl, education and foreign comn'e'
~ and taerein carefully guarded.
Twelfth--Public money and public err
ring far puhlie purposes solely, and public la
and for actual settlers.
and Thireen<h-Ths Democratic party IS
Id a fri. nd of labn. and the laboring man,
49,. pledges itself to protect him alike aga
~- the cnrmorarts and the commune.
Fourtesnth--We congratulate the courl
IA upon the honesty and drift of the Demo
bofn is Congress which has reduced the public
6 -. penditures to $40, ,O0O, 600 year; upon
- continuation Of prosperity at ilerie and
P'Eseo national honor arboad, and above ull, l
lnate the promise 81 such change in the adm
easi traton of this government as shall insur
IS the genuine lasting reform III every osPa''ns
80 the pnblic service.
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