The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-10-14
The National Democratic Platform.

The Democrats of the United /
States, in convention assembled, de
clare:
1. We pledge ourselves anew TO the /
constitutional doctrines and traditions
of tho Democratic party as illus
Srated by tie teachings and example |
OF losg line Of Democratic States I
mon aud patriots, and embodied IN /
the platform Of the last national conf
vpntioa Of the party.
2. Opposition 10 centraiizat,3n and
TO that dangerous spirit Of encroacA- !
mesrt which tcnds to consolidate the
-.owers Of all the departments in one,
and thus create, whatever the form of
gave ament, n veal despotism; 10
sumptuary laws; separation OIL
Church and State for the good Of
each; common schools fustered and
protected.
3. Home Rule; honest money,
consisting OF gold and silver and pa
per convertible into coin on demand
The strict maintenance Of the public
faith, State and national, and q tariff
"rr revenue only.
4 Th4 subordination of the milf
gary to tae civil power, and u genuine
and thorough reform Of Che civil
service.
5. The right to a free a ballot Is q
right preserv0tive Of all rights, and
must aud shall be maintained III every
part Of the United States.
6. The present administration is the
representative Of conspiracy only, and
Us claim Of right to surround the
ballot-boxes with troops and deputy
lnarshals, TO intimidate and obstruet
the election, and the unprecedented
use Of the veto to maintain its cor
rupt and desp0tic powers, insult the
people and impcril their institutions.
Z. We execrate the course Of this
administration in making places in The
civil service reward for political
crime, and demand reform by statute
which shall make it forever impossi-
bic for a defeated candidate to bride
his way to the seat OF usurper BY
billcting Williams upon the people.
8. The great fraud Of 1S76-1677
by which, upon a false count Of tho
electoral votes Of two States, the can
didate defeated at the polls was de
clared to be President, and for thI
FIRST time in American history the vii
of the people was set aside under {
threat OF military violence which
struck 8 deadly blow at our system o
representative government. Th'
Democratic party, to preserve the
country from the terrors Of q civil war
submitted for the time in firm anC
patriotic. faith that the people woulC
punish tbs crime III 1880. This issu,
precedcs and dwarfs every other, /
imposes g more sacred duty upon th,
people than ever addressed the con
science Of Il nation of froemen.
8. The resolution Of Samuel J.Tll
den not again to be q candidate for th'
exalted place to which he WIS elccte'
by Il majority Of his count.ymen, an,
from which he was excluded by til,
leaders OF the republican party, IS re
,ceived by the Democrats of the Unite,
States with deep sensibility, and the.
declare their confidence in his wisdom
patriotism and integrity unshai,en b.
the assaults Of the common enemy
and they further assure him That he i
followed INTO the retirement the ha
chosen for himself by the aympath.
aud respect of his icllow-citizens, VIII
regard him rs one who, by oieyatin.
1hq standard Of public morality an,
adjoining and purifying the public ser
vice, merits the lasting gratitude ofhi
country and his party.
10. Free ships and n chance 10
Ameri9sn commerce or the seas, ant
on the iapd no discrimination IN favo
Of transportation lines, corporations 0
mopopaiies.
II. Amendment Of tho Burlingam
treaty; no more Chinese immigration
except for travel, education and fol
cigA commerce, and 1t even careful
guarded.
-. Public money and public credl
for public purposes solely, and publ
land for actual settlers.
13. The DcmQcratic party is tn
friend OF labor and the laboring mar
and pledges Itself to protect him ahk
against the cormorants and the Con
munc.
II. We congratulate tho counlr
upon the honesty and thrift Of a Den
ocratic Congress which has reduce
the public expenditures SAC, eco, 600
year; upon the continuation Of pros
pcritv ut home, and the national homo
ABROAD, and, above all, upon til
Promise Of such change in the n
ADMINISTRATION of the Government :
shall insurcus genuine and lasting It
form in every department Of the pai
lie service.