The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-27

1. We pledge ourselves anew to the constitu.
tional doctrines and traditions Of the Democratic
party, - illustrzted by the teaching and example
Of long line Of Democratic statesmen and pstri.
ots and embodied in the platform Of the lasl
national convention OF the party.
Q. Opposition to centIalizaiion and to thai
dangerous spirit of encroachment which tends
10 consolidate the powers Of all the Department.
in one, and thus create, whatever the form 81
government, q real despotism No sumptuary
laws Separation of Church and State, Tor the
good OF each Common schools fostered and
protected
). Home rule, honest money, consisting Of gold
and silver and paper convertible into coin on de-
mand; strict maintenance Of the public faith
State and national, and tariff for revenue only
4. Sabordinaton Of the military to the civil
power, and general and thorough reform of the
civil service
5. The right to free ballot Is the right preser.
vative Of al rights, and must and shall be main.
tanned in every part of the United States
8. The administration is the representative Of
q conspiracy only, and its claim of the right 10
surround ballot boxes with troops and deputy
marsnals 70 intimidate and obstruct elections
and the unprecented use Of the veto to maintain
its corrupt and despotic power, insults the peo-
pie and imperils their institutions.
Z. The great fraud Of 1676-77, by which, upon
false count Of the electoral votes of two States
the candidate defeated at the polls was declared
to be president, and for the first time in Ameri-
can history the will of the people was set aside
under the threat of military violence-struck q
deadly blow at our system of representative gov
ernment The Democratic party, to preserve the
country from civil war, submitted for the time
in q firm and patriotic faith, that the people
would punish this crime in 1880 This issue
precedes and dwarfs every other 1t imposes a
more sacred duty upon the people of the Union
than ever addressed the conscience of q nation
of freemen.
8. We execrate the course of this administra-
ton in making places in the civil service a re-
ward for political crimes, and demands a reform
by statute which shall make il forever impossible
seat of q usurper by bieting Williams upon the
people.
8. The resolution of Samuel j. Tiden not
again to be q candidate for the exalted place to
which he was elected by majority of his coun-
trymen, and from which he was excluded by the
leaders of the Republican party, is received by
the Democrats of the United States with sensi-
bility; and they declare their confidence in his
wisdom, patriotism and integrity unshaken by
the assaults of a common enemy And they
further assure him that he is followed into the
retirement he has chosen for himself by the SYM
pathy and respect of his fellow-citizens, who re-
gard him as one who, by raising the standard of
public morality and adoring and purifying the
public service, merits the lasting gratitude of his
country and his party.
10. Free ships and living chance for Amer
ican commerce on sea and on land No odiscrim-
ination in favor of transportation lines, corpor-
atoms or monopolies.
H. Amendment of the Burlingame treaty.
No more Chinese immigration, except for travel,
education and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
-. Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and pubic land TO- actual set
tiers.
13. The Democratic party is the friend of labor
and the laboring man, and pledges itself TO pro-
tect him alike against cormorants and commu-
nists.
IA. We congratulate the country upon the
honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress,
which has reduced public expenditures 100000, :
600 year; upon the continuation of prosperity
at home and national honor abroad; and, above
all, upon the promise OF such . change in the
administration of the government as shall insure
us a generous and lasting reform in every de-
partment of the public service.