The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-07-16


1. We pledge ourselves anew 70 the constitn-
tiCnal doctrines and traditions Of the Democratic
party, @ Illustrated By the teAehing and exnmple
of le0g line of Democratic statesmen and pnasi-
ois, and embodied in the platform Of the last
national convention Of the party.
,. OppO1ifion 20 centiasizafion and TO that
dangerous spirit Of encroachment which tends
% consolidate The powers Of all the departments
IN. one, and thus create, whatever the form OF
government, real despolism. No suiuptuary
laws. Separation Of Church and Htaaa. ior the
god of each. Common schools fossered and
prOtscted =
3. Home rule. honest money, consisting of gold
mand strict maintenance Of the public faith.
STATE and national, and tariff for revenue only.
4 6ubordination Of the military 70 the civil
power, and general and thorough reform of the
civil service
8. The right TO free ballot Is the right preser-
vative Of all rights, and must and shall be main
tanned IN every part Of the United Stases
8. The administration Is the representative of
. conspiracy only, and It's claim Of the right to
surround ballot boxes with troops and deputy
mArshAls to iniimidate and obstruct elections,
and the unprecented use Of the veto to maintain
Its corrupt and despotic power. insults the peo-
pie and fmpefils their Institutions
2. The great ffand of 167e-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-s,ruck q
deadly blow at our system of representative gov
country from civil war, submitted for the time,
In firm and patriotic faith, that the people
would punish this crime in 1880 This issue
precedes and dwarfs every other. Ii imposes q
more sacred duty upon the people of the Union
than ever addressed the conscience Of q nation
of freemen-
g. We execrate the course of this admnistra-
ton in making places in the civil service q re-
ward tor political crlmes and demands reform
by statute which shall make il forever impossible
for q defeated candidate to bribe his way to the
seat of usurper by billeting Williams upon the
people.
g. The resolution Of Samuel ]. Tilden not
again TO be a candidate for the exalted place to
which he was elected by a 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 q 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. Nodiscrim-
ination in favor of transportation lines corpor-
ations or monopolies.
IL. Amendment of the Buriingame treaty.
No more Chinese immigration, except for travel
education and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
12. Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and public land for actual set
tleR.
13. The Democratic party is the friend of labor
and the hboring man, and pledges itself TO pro-
tect him alike against cormorants and commu-
nists.
a. We congratulate the country upon the
honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress,
which has reduced public expenditures $4,000
600 year; upon the continuation of prosperity
At home and national honor abroad and, above
all, upon the promise of such a change in the
administration Of the government as shall insure
. generous and lasting reform in every de-
partment of the public service.