The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-09-09
qas at:onaIDemocratlc Platform.

The Democrats of the United
States, il convention assembled, de
'are:
Wepledge ourselves anew to the
,r=ustitu tional doctrines and traditions
If the Democratic party as Illus
mated by the teachings and example
=. loag line Of Democratic States
en and patriots, and embodied in
rae platform Of tie last national con
yonJion Of the party.
-. Opposition to Capitalization and /
10 that dangerous spirit OF enerOach- /
u.eut which tends to consolidate the /
lovers Of al the departments ID one, |
and thus create, whatever the form Of /
gavernment, q real despotism: no
unptuary laws; separation of
JLurch end State for the good Of
.acA; common schools fostered and |
rejected
3. Home Rule; honest money, |
onsisting of GOLD and silver and pa
aer convertible into coin on demand !
lie strict maintenance Of the public
faith, State and national, and a tariff
for revenue only.
4. The subordination Of the mill
tary 10 the civil power, and genuine
and thorough reform Of the civil
service.
5. The right to free a ballot is a
right preservatiye of all rights, and
must and shall be maintained in every
part Of TIE United States.
6. The present administration is the
representative Of conspiracy only, and
It's claim Of tight to surround the
ballot-boxes with troops and deputy
marshals, to intimidate and obstruct
the election, and the unprecedented
use of the veto TO maintain its cor
rupt and 1espotic powers, insult the
people and imperil their institutions.
7. We execrate the course Of this
administration i'll making places in the
civil Service a reward for political
crime, and demand a reform by statute
which shall make it forever impossi-
bic for a defeated candidate to bride
his way to the seat of usurper by
billeting Williams upon the people.
3. The great fraud of 1876-1877,
by which, upon false count Of the
electoral votes of two States, the can
didate defeated at the polls was de-
clared to be President, and for the
first time in American history the will
of the people was set aside under q
threat of military violence which
struck deadly blow at our system Of
representative government. The
Democratic party, to preserve the
country from the terrors Of civil war
submitted for the time in firm anC
patriotic faith that the people woulc
punish tbs crime in 1880. This issue
precedes and dwarfs every other /
imposes q more sacred duty upon Tx
people than ever addressed the con
science Of nation of freemen.
8. The resolution Of Samuel it'll
den not again to be a candidate for tn,
exalted place to which he was elected
by O majority Of his countrymen, anl
from which he was excluded by tia
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 mistaken b.
the assaults Of the common enemy
and they further assure him that he
followed into the retirement the ha
chosen for himself by the sympath.
and respect of his fellow-citiZens, VIII
regard him rs one who, by elevatinj
the standard Of public morality an
adjoining and purifying the public SCI
vice, merits the lasting gratitude ofhl
country and his party.
10. Free ships and a chance fc
American commerce on the seas, an
on the land no discrimination in fave
of transportation lines, corporations {
monopolies.
II. Amendment of the Burlingsm
treaty no moro Chinese immigration
except for travel, education and 70
eign commerce, and it even CAREFUL
guarded.
II. Public money and public cred
for public purposes solely, and publ
Land for actual settlers.
13. The Democratic party Ia Il
friend Of labor and the laboring maj
and pledges itself to protect him all
against the cormorants and the Cor
mUne.
Il. We congratulate the countl
upon the honesty and thrift of Der
ocratic Congress which has reduce
the public expenditures $40, 100000
year; upon the continuation of pro
perity at home, and the national hon
abroad, and, above al, upon Il
promise Of such a change in the q
Ininistration of the Government
shall insure US genuine and lasting 7
form in every department Of the pu
lie service.