Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-05-05
Democratic Platform, as Adopted
Last Week at Harrisburg.


The Democratic Platform, as adopt
ed by the State Convention lastweek,
is composed of twelve resoiations.
The first resolve is to stand by the
faith of the Democratic fathers of
the past, and may be construed to
mean to adopt slavery and every
thing else that Democratic fathers ad-
vocated in the past.
The second resolve is not SO dan
gerous a one. 1t resolves that the
liberties of the people are vital to
the life of the nation. The Republi-
cans thought SO when they gave free
dom to the colored people.
The third resolve is in regard to
keeping the military power under the
civil power. They forgot to put into
the resolution that the Republican
party had to raise armies to crush
out the military power of Rebellion,
which overthrew the civil power of
the nation wherever it could do SO.
The fourth resolve is in regard to a
free ballot. They forgot that Demo
Gratis and Democratic rebels made it
necessary oftimes to call out the mill
tary to secure men against the as
sault If the bully at the polls, who
sought to keep people from voting a
free ballot.
The fifth resolve is that President
Hayes does not hold his seat by a
legal decision of the people at the
polls, which is correct, for there has
not been legal election held in the
South since the war; people there
have been bull-dozed into voting
against their convictions.
The sixth resolve favors currency
redeemable in coin, which the Repub-
hcans have always done If they be
lieve that such Republican plank
will help them they can have it.
The seventh resolve declares against
system of subsidies by the Govern
ment, State and Nation, and gives it
to rings, corporations, &c, but it
does not say that it favors the action
of the Democratic Daddies on those
points; that would be a little dan
gerous in the light of the fact of the
corporate bank charter business that
Democratic Legislatures used to in
dulge in, and in the light of the fact
of the canal ring business in Penn
sylvania. They don't want the his
tory of the Democratic fathers on
those points.
The eighth resolve is that the Dem
ocratic party is the friend of the
workingmen. Here again history is
against Democracy, for it was Dem
ocracy that organized rebellion to en-
slave workingmen.
The ninth resolve is against trans
portation companies being put on n
plane above the law.
The tenth resolve is an effort to
create the impression that Repubh-
cans, more than other people, were
trying to get the four million riot
damage bill through the Legislature
of Pennsylvania. The history of the
case is against the platform. and
clearly proves that it was the bust
ness of the Commonwealth and not
the politics that sought to get the
four million bill through The lead
ing men against the four million bill
were Republicans, and the leading
men against the bribipg lobby were
Republicans.
The eleventh resolve is in regard
to the Hayes and Tilden campaign,
and charges that Hayes did not re-
ceive his election by righteous means.
The right way to answer and settle
that question, will be for the people
to vote for the Republican Presiden-
tial candidate in such numbers that
his majority will be too large to dis
pute over.
The twelfth resolve is that Demo
cratic Delegates to the National Con
vention are instructed to vote as unit
upon all questions, and they are fur
ther instructed to oppose the abro-
CATION of the two-t thirds rule