The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1880-07-30
DemocratIc NatIonnI Platform.

The following platform and resolutions were
adopted BY the National Democratic Convan-
tion assembled at Cincinnati, June 20, 1880:
The Democrats Of the United States in con-
venti0n assembled declare:
l. We pledge ourselves anew TO the Constitu-
tonal doctrines and traditions Of the Demo-
cratic party NJ illustrated by the teaching and
example of long line OF Democratic atateemen
and patriots and embodied in the platform OF
tho last National Convention Of the party.
2. Opposition to Capitalization ald TO that
dangerous spirit Of oncroachment which tends
TO consolidate in one, and thus to create what
ever the form Of government real dispotism;
no sumptuary laws; separation OF church and
state for the good OF each common schools fos-
tered and protected.
3. Home rule; honest money, consisting OF
gold and silver and paper convertible into coin
on demand, and strict maintenance OF the
public faith State and National. and a tariff Of
revenue only.
9. The slbordination of tho military to the civil
power, and genuine and thoroughreform of the
civil service
8. ifheright TO a free ballot is theright prestT-
yatiye Of all rights, and must and shall be MAIN
aimed in every part Of the United States.
g. The existing administration is the represent
ative Of conspiracy only, and its claim Of right
to surround the ballot-boxes with troops and
Deputy MarshalH TO intimidate and obstrnot the
elections, and the unprecedented use Of the veto
suit people and impeTil their institutions.
T. We execrate the ecourse Of this administration
in making places in the civil service a reward
for political crime, and demand a reform by
statute which shall make il forever impossible
for defeated candidate to bribe his way to the
seat Of uRurper by billeting villains upon tho
people.
8. The great fraud of 1876 and 1877 by
which, upon false count of the electoral votes
q 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 a threat OF military
violence, struck deadly blow at our system of
representative government. The Democratic
party, to preserve the country from the horrors
Of a civil war, submitted for the time, in the
firm and patriotic belief that the people wonld
punish this crime in 1880. This issue precedes
and dwarfs every other. II imposes more sa-
cred duty upon the people Of the Union than
ever addressed the consciences Of nation Of
freemen.
o. The resolution Of Samuel J. Tilden not
again to be a candidate for the exalted place 10
which he was elected by majority Of his coun-
trymen, and from which he was excluded bv
the leaders Of the Republican party, is received
by the Democrats of the United States with
deep senslbility, and they declare their conf
dence in his wisdom, patriotism and integrity,
unshaken by the assaults Of tho 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 fell
low citizens, who regard him as one who, by
elevating the standards OF the public morality,
and adjoining and purifying the public service
merits the lasting gratitude Of his country and
his party.
10. Free eshipsanda living chance for American
commerce upon the seas and upon the land.
No determination in favor Of transportation
lines, corporations or monopolies.
II. Amendment Of the Burlingame Treaty. No
more Chinese immigration, except for travel,
education and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
II. Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and public land for actual set
tiers.
13. The Democratic party is thefriend oflabor
and the laboring friend Of labor and the labor
ing man, and pledges itself to protect him alike
against the cormorants and the Commu( y
H. congratulate hecountry upon tb4 hon
esty and thrift Of Democratic Congress
which has reduced the public expenditure $40
100000 a year; upon the continuation Of pros
| perity at home, and the national honor abroad,
and above all, upon the promise Of such
change in the administration of the Govern
ment as shall insure US genuine and lasting
reform in every department Of the public
| service.