The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-07-01
SATURDAY, JULY l, 1882.
The DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.


We republish below the democratic
platform, with several errors and
commissions corrected:
The Democracy afYTennessee, in
State Convention assembled, declare:
That the Democrats of Tennes-
see, with their majority of the popular
vote are the rightful guardians of the
honor and good name of the State,
and that they willingly accept the, du~
ty and responsibility of preserving
them from faint or suspicion, and that
it is equally their right and duty to
settle its Indebtedness.
That while we accord to all an
honest difference ofopinion, we regard
the enactment of the 60-3-4-5-6 as
unwise, because it is, in our opinion,
not in accord with the views of the
people,
That there is portion of the
State debt, such as the bonds issued
for the building of our Capitol, for
the purchase of the Hermitage, ETC.,
and commonly known as the State
debt proper, with accrued interest,
the validity of which has never been
disputed by any portion of our party,
we consider as valid and sacred OBJ.
legations of the State, and favor the
payment of the same in full, less war
interest.
That we tender to our creditors
a settlement of the remainder of the
state debt by paying one half of the
principal and accrued interest by is
suing the bonds of the State bearing
interest at rhe rate of three per cent.
per annum. ..a
That the twenty>nine bonds held by
Mrs. James X. Polk shall be paid like
the State debt proper, in full.
That we are in favor of paying in
full all bonds held On the 1st day of
January, 1882, by educational, CHAIR.
table and literary institutions.
That we are opposed to the calling
of a Constitutional Convention at this
time because the principal object of
the same, as declared by the Republi-
can party through its Executive Com
mittee, was to make coupons receiva-
BILE for taxes, and this we forever OPP
pose.
That we are unalterably opposed
to every species of monopoly as de-
structive of liberty and the best inter,
est of the people, and to this end we
favor the establishment of a commits
sion, the object of which shall be to
regulate the tariffs charged by the
railroads of the State so as to put an
end to the unjust discrimination by
said roads in favor of through as
against local freights, and we are in
favor of sich a system of taxation as
will force railroad companies to pay
their Just proportion of the taxes of
the State according to the real value
of their property.
That the Democratic party is ops
posed to all unequal taxation upon
the merchantile and manufacturing
interests, or any other person in Ten
nessee.
That we favor the time-hOnoreo
doctrine of instruction and recognize
the right of the people at all times
and upon all questions to communicate
their views to their representatives.
That we favor an efficient public
school system and liberal education
of all the children of the state.
We arraign the Republican par
ty for its venality and corruption in
the administration of the State and
Federal Government, and for its total
disregard of all civil service reform;
and do hereby declare our unqualified
opposition to the practice of said par
ty in levying upon the employees of the
Government IA tax for political pur-
poses.