Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-20

for it. Itcorrupts politics aud sisksln snshi i
alike in all their spheres of zcsf8. from The
ward.room of The caucus to the nsmoer o.
the Senate and the couDcil-rooz1d q the eabi-
net. 1t is a standing menace to fhs persona
! Independence of 100000 citizeusin tine Fed
eral employ, and unless 1t is spes1lr stopped
il will undermine our instiiutioH and sap
the very foundation OF popular soser rnment.
SIrth.-Fifness, not favor, sbeall o1 tne
passport to public service. Thslssnossia be
no removals. Of government empigyes before
the expiration of their terms o. sefvite
except fer cause. and no assessns1ts on The
salaries paid them by the xple people
should be levied for ..ae perpeiuaion Of de
parry -. power. We therefore ten,and a
civil service consistent and harmeoious with
the nstiro OF the American go<rnment-
established by law and protected py law
that, like the government itself. may be
the agent of the Law and net Of nsD, 10 the
end that it NAV be kept free of al corrupt
dependence upon political favor ssd patron
age. We favor the principles d the Pen
dleton bill in regard to appointmfnis IN The
civil service. and the Willis bill 10 regard 10
the stsessn,ent OF Federal ofhcehoI1ers-
SeveneA-Tbe thorough and imnsdiate re-
form of the tariff. The constitutDn oi the
United States sanctions taxation she'her py
excise, import or customs, 10 the mount OF
the necessary expenditures Of iR govern
menf, whether in war or peace, to rhich all
it's revenues must be limited. The national
are now 30 great that all 4
proper protection can be given to American
labor under those limits Therefse We call
upon Congress to reform The present. war
tax 90 that hundreds Of millions nay not
be, as now, needlessly extracted rom The
OF our people to lie IN he treasury
as temptation 10 wicked and reckless ap-
for extravssant public cbuIldings
and useless and reckless river aud harbor
oills. That no taxes shall be levied upon
he necessaries Of life or ppon raw material
which is not found or produced IN our coun-
~. That tariffs shall be 90 judeiously sd-
listed that American commerce shall be |
ostered, and. above all, american labor ele- !
Eated and amply rewarded. We. lfss,--Tt1iHs
n these rvsuffs can Be fEiTy realized under !
! tariff limited in amouutto the sum necss- |
ary and adequate for the revenues.
Eighth. of extravagant State |
with direct taxation necessary |
o sustain them, which rnder the eo1finuous |
ule OF the one party in poEer Tor more tnan
eventeen years sincs the war has steadily |
increased, year by year, until in The year |
SSl, by direct taxation, the enormous sum
f SIS, ,343, ,SS4, has been drawn from The earn |
pgs OF the people of the State in additlonfo |
State tax of 81 100000, and in he year |
S82, by the addition of S5C0,O00 70 oue OF
he direct State taxes, the vast sum OIL 81 |
1884 is imposed upon the people q this
tate, or more than 81 to each man, xoman
nd child in the commonwealth. Werrqulfe, |
therefore,, amendment OF the laws BY which I
MS immense burden shall be reduced; and,
Irther, that all taxation shall be 90 levied |
nat large portion of the property o. the I
shall not escape taxation ior :
he benefit OF the few and wrong OF many, I
nd that all taxation shall be an equal bur- |
en- upon all men.
Ninth.-No sumplusry laws infringing ON
lie sacred rights OF personal Liberty; no
ouble or any unequal taxation; no partial
1forcement of the laws; no class Je~..-,u- 4
on-these are axioms C. Democracy doui- |
ant always in Its faith and practice In tiiis /
ay OF giant monopolies, powerful corpora /
ops and concentrated wealth, seeking 10 !.
lbsidize every function OF the government |
their own exclusive benefit. The Demo
-ats3 of MASSACHUSETTS proclaim their
rinciples anew in behalf cf the laboring
asses and ell their rights, to the end that |
lis government may be- and may continue
be "the peoples government" as the
tbers OF the republic designed and in |
nded.
The following is the text Of the resoluiions
garding the labor question as ameuded by /
arbox and adopted:
Resolved, That the safety of Democraticin-
ltutions depends upon the material pros
'rity oil the la6oring classes; that the Demo- /
attic party pledges itself to support reason
lie legislation tending to lessen the hours
labor, to increase and protect the wagesof 1
e laberer, and that the disclosures made By |
e last report of the late bureau on the co1-
ton OF the factory operatives at Fall |
ver shows that legislation for the improve-
snt Of the laboring classes is OF the most
essiHg Importance, and demands the imme-
ale attention of the best statesmanship Of /
2 party.
The convention then adjourned.