Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-12
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DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL PLATFORM.


First--Ws pledge ourselves anew In til
Constitutional doctrines and traditions o
ths Democratic party, as illustrated by tn
teachings and example Of . long line o
Democratic statesmen and patriots and EN-
bodied in the platform Of the last Nationa
Convention Of the party.
secopd-Opposition to Capitalization ans
tbst dangerous spirit Of e~ncroachmen
which tends to consolidate the powers o
All the departments in one, and thus Il
create-whstever be the forms Of govern
ment-a real despotism; NO sumptuar,
laws; separation Of Church and State fol
the good Of each; common schools fosterei
and protected
Third-Home rule, honest money, thu
strict maintenance of public faith, con
sisting Of gold, silver and paper convert
ible to coin on demand. The strict main.
tenance Of the public faith, State and
National, and a tariff for revenue only.
Fourth-The su~bordination OF the mill.
tary to the civil power, and q general and
thorough reform Of the civil service.
Fisth-Right to . free ballot as the right
preservative Of ell rights, and must and
shall be maintained in every part Of the
United States.
eixth-The existing administration, rep
resentstive OF conspiracy only, and its
claim Of right to surround the ballot boxes
with troops and Deputy Marshals to in
timidate and obstruct elections, and the
unprecedented use Of the veto to maintain
its corrupt and despotic power, insults the
people and imperils their institutions.
6eventh-The great fraud Of 1875, by
which. upon Q false count OF the electoral
vote Of two States, the candidate defeated
ct the polls was declared to be President,
and for the first time in American history
the will Il the people was set aside under
threat OF military violence, struck .
deadly blow at u system Of representa-
tive government. The Democratic party,
to preserve the country from the horrors
OF . civil war, submitted for the time in
the firm and patriotic faith that the people
would punish the crime in 1880. This
Issue precedes and dwarfs every other. It
imposes . more sacred duty upon the peo-
pie OF the Union than ever addressed the
conscience Of q nation Of free men.
Eighth-We execrate the course Of this
Administration in making o place for po-
Htical crime, and demand q reform by
statute which shall make it forever impos-
sible for Q defeated candidate to see his
way clear to the seat Of . usurper by
buliesing villains upon the people.
Ninth-The resolution Of Samuel J. Til
den not again to be . candidate for election
to the exalted place to which he was elect
ed by . majority Of his countrymen, and
from which he was excluded by the leaders
Of the Republican party, is received by
the Democrats Of the United States with
sensibihty, and that they declare their
confidence in his wisdom, patriotism and
integrity, which have resisted the assaults
OF the common enemy, and they further
assure him that he is followed into the re-
tirement he has chosen for himself by the
sympathy and respect OF his fellow citizens,
who regard him as one who, by elevating
the standards Of public morality, and
adjoining and purifying the public service,
merits the lasting gratitude of his country
and his party.
Tenth-Free ships and q living chance
for American m on the seas and
on the land. No discrimination in favor
OF transportation lines, corporations or
monopolies.
Eleventh-An amendment of the Bur-
iingame treaty. No more Chinese immi-
grafton except for travel. education and
foreign commerce, and therein carefully
guarded.
Twelfth Public money and public credit
ior public purposes solely, and public lands
Tor actual settlers.
Thirteenth-The Democratic party is the
friend OF labor and the laboring man, and
pledges itself to protect him alike against
the cormorant and the
Fourteenth-We congratulate the coun-
try upon the honesty and thrift Of the
Democratic Congress, which has reduced
the public expenditure $40, 600, 900 q year;
upon the continuation Of prosperity at
home and the national honor abroad, and,
above all, upon the promise Of such .
change in the administration Of the gov
eminent as shall insure its genuine, lasting
reform IN every department Of the public
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