St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1880-07-10
THE PLATFORM.

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First-We pledge ourselves anew
to the constitutional doctrines and
traditions of the Democratic party.
rs illustrated by tbs teaching and
example of long line of Democratic
statesmen and patriots, and en-
bodied in the platform of the last
national convention of the party.
STANDARDIZATION to central
izatiob and to that dangerous spirit
Of encroaehment which tends to
consolidate the powers of all depart
lnrnts III one. and thus to create.
whatever be the form of government.
a real despotism. No sumptuary
laws; separation of church and
htate for the good of each; common
schools fostered and protected.
Third Home rule; honest mon
ey, consisting of gold and silver,
nnd paper convertible into coin on
demand; strict maintenance of pub
lie faith, State and national, and a
tariff for revenue only.
Fourth-Suboptlination of the
military to tue civil power and gen
eral and thorough reform Of the civ
il service.
Fifth-The right to free ballot
is right preseryatiye of all right,
and must and shall he maintained
IN every part of the United States.
Sixth-The existing administra-
ton is o representative of conspiracy |
only, and the claim of right to sur
round the ballot boxes with troops
and deputy marshals to intimidate
and obstruct elecgors, and unprece-
denied use of the veto to maintain
its corrupt and dtspotic power, in
suits the people and imperils their
institutions.
Seventh-The great fraud of
lS76-77, by which, upon a false
count of the electoral votes of two
States, the candidate defeated at
the polls was declared to be Presi-
dent. and for the first time in
American history the will of the
people was set aside under the
threat OF military violence, struck
o deadly blow at our system of rep !,
resentatiye government. Tie ,
Democratic party, to preserve the
country from civil war, submitted
for the time. in the finn and patri- !
otic talth that the people would
punish the crime in 1850. This :
ISSUE precedes and tlwarfs every
other, 1t imposes q more sacred
ltuty upon the people of the Union
than ever addressed the conscience
Of Il nation of freemen. !,
Elghth-We execrate the course
Of this administration in making
llaces III the civil service a reward
or political crime, and demand re-
orm by statute which shall make it !,
orever impossible for the defeated
to bride his way to the
eat of the usurper by billiting vii
aims upon the people.
lNote-Ihis was read again, in
esponse to demands. and was re- CT
eived with applause,
NintlI-The resolution of Samuel
{. Tilden not again to be candidate
Or the exalted place to which he
las elected by II majority of his
and from which he
as excluded by the leaders of the
t the Republican party, is received
= the Democrats of the United
tates with sensibility, and they de- Or
are their confidence in his wisdom,
atrlotism and integrity. mistaken
the assaults of common enemy:
not they furthur assure him that he -
followed into the retirement he W
Is chosen for himself with the Coz
'mpathy and respect of his follow pu,
tlzens, who regard him as one who
elevating the standards of pub
: morality and adjoining and puri-
ing the public service, merits the
sting gratitude uf his country and
$ party.
Tenth-Free ships and a living
ance for American commerce on
e seas and on land; no dis
in favor of transporta- ure
N lines. corporations or monopo-
=.
amendment of the
IrllnSame treaty, no more Chinese
except for travel, edu- T
ION and foreign commerce, aud
'rein carefully guarded, pi r.
>selfth- Public mumey and pnblic -
lit for public purposes solely;
l public land for actual settlers,
Thirteenth = The Democratic
,ty Is the friend Of labor and iii.