Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1880-07-01
Tie Democratic Platform.

Ahs pihiloEu aaoENSa " AHe A''"
Gratis at their National Convention, and
which We publish elsewhere, should be
read by Republicans as well a. Demo
Gratis. II is a curious document. a.
Democratic platforms are ap: to be.
1t commences by ''pledging" the
party Ito the constitutional doctrines
and traditions. Of the Democratic
party a. Illustrated BY the teaching and
example OF long line Of Democratic
Statesmen aud patriots" which mus, re-
fer to Buchanan. JEFF. Davis, Vallan-
bingham. Floyd, Seymour and Pendle-
ton, to whose teachings the party is
pledged anew.
II is opposed to allowing the General
Government to maintain its supremacy,
declaring all efforts in that direction. TO
be Capitalization
II declares for homes; money, con-
sisting of gold and silver, and paper con-
vertible in coin on demand" This
looks well but how does il agree with
the views of the Democrats in this State
who are So intimately mixed up with
the soft money heresy: Right here j,
has been the custom for Democratic
platforms to demand the repeal Of the
Resumption Act. but that his wisely
been dropped out in the present in
stance
The right 10 free ballot is the right
preserratire Of all rights and mus
and shall BE- maintained an erery part
Of The United States" If We could
believe that this promise would be faith
fully carried out. we should have a
largely increased faith in the integrity
and patriotism of the Democratic party
but unfortunately news has already
come from the South Of the breaking up
Of Republican meeting, called 10 ratify
the nomination. Of Garfield and Arthur
and Wade Hampton in the Convention
promised as large a majority for the
Democratic ticket from South Carolina
As would be given by any State in the
Union. Every one knows, or ought 10
know, that The large Republican party
in tina, State is only KEEP, under by IN
timidation and actual violence. How
then does Wade Hampton eIpec, to OBJ
tain the majority Of which he boasts
Possibly through the tissue ballot, which
has proved so successful for the party in
the past, and against which there is nc
word of protes, to be found in the Dem
ocratic platform. There is an intima-
ton that this is the course TO be pursued
in the Sixth plank which declares tina,
the administration .'claim Of right to
surround ballot boxes with troops and
deputy marshals TO intimida,e electors
is AL insult 10 the people" Federal
troops and deputy marshals have been
the terror Of the Democratic party for
years, just as officers of the law are the
terror of criminals. They greatly pre-
fer to be let alone and allowed 10 carry
out their nefarious plans unmolested.
The great fraud of ls76-77" is
dwelt upon at considerable length and
declares that this point ''precedes aud
dwarfs every other" Ii was fitting that
this subject should receive considerable
attention in the nature Of an obituary
The party, by its nomination. has shown
TO the country that it did not believe the
assertions it has so persistantly made
during the last three years, and having
failed of the object which it WAS ex-
pected to accomplish, the cry Of Fraud
will no longer be heard.
1.-THE resolution Of Samuel J. Tilden
not again to be candidate" was &C
cepted with indecent haste and BY vote
of the convention, his lettsE was refused
q reading. No one can deny tbst this
was treating Tilden very shabbily, con.
sidering what he has done for the party.
One eas only infer that the ''sensibility'
With whieh his resolution was received,
refers to the knowledge Of the utter hol-
lowness of the pssteass that he was
elected in 1876.
A bid for The vote on tAe PAcikc
coaef il contained in the demand that
there shall be no more Chinese inni-
gFasieo.