Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-08-17
Democratic PIatfGrm.-NO g.

Democratic PlRtfGrm.-NO g.
Eleventh. of the Bur-
lingame treaty. No more Chinese i'm
migration except for travel, education
and foreign commerce, and therein
carefully guarded.
Tx elfth.-Publio money anil public
credit for public purposes solely, and
public land for actual settlers.
Thirteenth.-The Democratic party
is the friend Of labor and the laboring
man, and pledges itself to protect him
alike against the ecrmorants and the
commune.
This resolution is taken from the Re-
publican platform, and denotes death
to the Democratic party. When in
days gone by the old whig party re-
tanned its organisation complete, II
had a platform of its own, separate and
distinct; the democrats opposed it.
The whig party in 1852 made its
platform on the question Of slavery ex-
actly in conformity with that of the
Democrats, it was their last effort, they
never lived after. Just 80 with the
present 1lth resolution, ii ia the same
sense Of the Chicago platform, and con-
tsins no opposition. The 18th, resolu-
tion partakes very much Of the same
sense. "Public lands for actual set.
tiers" is good in every way, and we
hsil the hour when they place such
language upon paper. For many years
they we're the opponents Of this princi-
pie and this simply tells the people
that the democracy is improving in The
hope 10 gain ofioe. But how about the
18th, when it tells the nation they are
"friends Of laber!" will the closing Of
our furnaces, mills, shops, factories, and
shipyards, leaving the laboring man to
want, beg or leave the country he any
sign OF friendship for the working
massesi
We have shown that free trade and
"f:ee ships" will bring about this state
Of thing or otherwise bring us all to
pauper labor in competition with the
French, Belgians or English low priced
labor. How will the low paid laborer
be able to keep bimself from the cor
morant (or glutton) when free trade
will be the very means Of making glut-
tons Free trade of itself will produce
an impoverished class on the sids Of
the laborers, jast as 1t has done in the
manufacturing nations Of Europe, and
in opposition to this class we will have
a wealthy, atiatocratic class who will
in time not be satisfied until they can
be named by title.
England aan undersell our people,
whyS Because Of the oormorants (glut-
tony in wealth grinding down the price
of labor.
Belgium can undersell England in
iron because their labor is still lower
than in Rngland. The English iron mer-
chants some time ego called a meeting
to consider the matter, and talked Of
asking protection against Belgium.
Workingmsn, skilled and unskilled
oilers, look this thing square in the
face. To enrich few men who are al
ready "cormorants," making wealth by
commerce; importers and merchants to
grow richer by importing goods from
Rurope, made in the interests Of glut-
tons-gluttons Of the very worst kind,
that will swallow all that the laborer
and his family ought to have; they will
"proteot us" bah, they said they were
lovers Of our country, but when they
thought they had all the black labor
as slaves, they then stretched out to
gluttonize tho white labor, and tour
years of war was waged ere the ques-
tion was settled.
''6ave us from the commune. 1t is
very hard 10 know what is meant by
this word in this place. 1t is Of French
usage and applies to collection Of
villages. No sirs. no such ideas are
meant to be conveyed, the meaning lies
deeper than 1t speaks they will pro-
teet the poor from the "oormorant"
(rich,) and the rich from the "com-
mune," Qaborers.) How here is the
rub, when the laborsrs strike for wages
they are the commune" Ii. y. commu-
nifty. then The Democratic party is
goiug to prevent strikes in the sommu.
nifty by making free trade and causing
you by sheer want to be glad to accept
the crumbs that fall from the "oSrmor-
ants" table.
Through some States Of Europe where
a cooperation exists 1t is denominated
the "commune," and where the work
ingmen band together for self defense
It has the name commune" applied
to them. Now the Democratic party
will put down the "commune," that Ia
defeat the object Of the strikers. Free
trade In steamships will effect this by |
cleaning out all the yards in this city |
and letting some two thousand Of
workmen run idle.
The people Of the North havs not for
gotten the time when this same demoo-
racy claimed that capital should own
labor, that labor was elassed as the
'mud-sills" Of society; "that the
workers Of the North would not fight
for freedom, but would reach across the
lake Of fire to grasp dollar"
They are coming with the same trick
aud ideas again, but clothed in little
iifFsrent language by talking Of "cor-
norants and commune"
The 14th or last resolution, Is self
and amounts to nought bat
vain Boosting. The promise to change
ihe administration is bombsst and un
worthy Of Statesmen and patriots."
The reform they promise will never
,ome to pass, for revolutions never 90
backward. Yours 5 to 7.
Anp. Q. 1870.