The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-10-08

i. We pledge ourselves anew to the constitu
uonal doctrines and traditions OF the Democrat
party, a. illustrated BY the teaching and example
o. long line Of Democratic statesmen and patri
ots and embodied in the platform of the las
national convention Of the party.
2. Opposition TO centrAiizaiiou and to fha
dangerous spirit Of encroachment which tend,
to consolidate the powers Of all the department.
In one, and thus create, whatever the form O
government, real despotism. No sumptuary
laws Separation Of Church and State. for the
good Of each. Common schools fostered and
protected.
Home rule, honest money, consisting of eold
and silver and paper convertible into coin on de.
mand strict maintenance of the public faith
state and national, and tariff for revenue only
Subordination Of the military to the civil
power, and general and thorough reform of the
g. The right to free ballot is the right preser-
vative of all rights, and must and shall be main
tained in every part of the United States
o. The administration is the representative Of
conspiracy only, and its claim of the right 10
surround ballot boxes with troops and deputy
marshals to intimidate and obstruct elections.
and the unprecented use of the veto to maintain
its corrupt and despotic power, insults the peo-
pie and imperils their institutions
2. The great fraud Of 1876-77, by which, upon
false count Of the electoral votes Of two States
tne u candidate deIested at the polls was declared
can hiaisry Ine will of the peone v.s -. ..:.i-
under the threat of military ~tofvuC5<-stfuck
deadly blow at our system of representative gov
ernment. The Democratic party, to preserve the
country from civil war, submitted for the time,
in q firm and patriotic faith, that the people
would punish this crime in 1880. This issue
precedes and dwarfs every other. 1t imposes
more sacred duty upon the people of the Union
than ever addressed the conscience Of a nation
of freemen.
O e Z.
ton in making places in the civil service a re-
ward for political crimes and demands a reform
by statute which shall make it forever impossible
for defeated candidate TO bribe his way to the
seat of a usurper by billeting Williams upon the
people.
O. The resolution Of Samuel J. Tilden not
again to be q candidate for the exalted place to
which he was elected by majority of his coun-
trymen, and from which he was excluded by the
leaders of the Republican party, is received by
the Democrats of the United States with sensi-
bility; and they declare their confidence in his
wisdom patriotism and integrity unshaken by
the assaults of a common enemy. And they
further assure him that he is followed into the
retirement he has chosen for himself by the SYM
pathy and respect of his fellowcitizens, who re-
gard him as one who, by raising the standard of
public morality and adoring and purifying the
public service, merits the lasting gratitude of his
country and his party.
ican commerce on sea and on land. No discrim-
ination in favor of transportation lines corpor-
ations or monopolies.
H. Amendment of the Burli1game treaty.
No more Chinese immigration, except for travel,
education and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
IL. Public money and public credit for public
purposes solely, and public land for actual set
tiers.
13. The Democratic party is the friend of labor
and the laborng man, and pledges itself 10 pro-
tect him alike against cormorants and commu-
nists
IA We congratulate the country upon the
honesty and thrift of the Democratic Congress,
which has reduced public expenditures 100000
at home and national honor abroad and, above
all upon the promise of such change in the
administration of the government as shall insure
us a generous and lasting reform in every de-
partment of the public service.