The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-04
The Indiana Democratic Platform

The Indiana Democratic Platform.
The Democratic State Convention Of
Indiana laid down on Wednesday plat
form which will attract attention. We
suppose 1t was drawn up principally by
Mr.. HENDRICKS. We quote:
"Conceding to the Federal Government
its lust rights and full powers, as delegated
in the Federal Constitution, and claiming
for the States and people, respectively, the
powers therein reserved to them, we ar
raign the Republican party at the bar OF
pubic opinion for its long-continued
course Of usurpation and misrule. 1t has
disregarded the rights OF the people and
the States. Ii has held on to its ill-gotten
power i'm defiance OF the popular will by the
corrupt use OF money in the elections,
and it has corrupted public morals by ele-
waiting to high places men who are known
TO be dishonest. We condemn the Repub-
lican party for enacting and enforcing laws
designed to place the elections under Fed
erai control, in violation of the rights OF
the States. We condemn it for the frauds
and periuries Of 1876, by which the will OF
the people was set aside and a usurper
placed in the presidential office for four
years. We condemn II for having kept up
and maintained IN time OF peace an onerous
and unjust system OF taxation, by means OF
which large sums OF money have accumu-
lated i'm the Treasury which ought to have
been left in the pockets Of the people; aud
we condemn IL for its wasteful cXtrava-
gance in the expenditure of the public
money.
"We condemn the Republican party for
its shameless disregard OF its pledges in
favor Of civil-service reform. We con-
denim IL for the systematic levy of black
mail upon the clerks and minor office
holders to raise fund for the corruption
OF the balot-boX, and we call especially
upon the voters OF Indiana to vindicate
their honor and to erase the stain that was
placed upon them by the Dorseyites in
Z. 1880. We demand that Federal taxes be
reduced to the lowest point consistent with
the wants OF the Government under an
honest and economical administration OF
lis affairs. and that such taxes be so adj
lllsted as TO secure an equitable distribu-
tion Of these burthens."
That is well-drawn indictment.
The last resolution commends Hon. ID.
w. VOORHEES, as an able and faithful repre-
sentative OF the State IN the Senate This
was done, we guess, because MIR. VooR-
HE'S had recently been good deal GEN.
silred for having made speech in the
United States Senate in favor OF pro-
tectiye tariff. The same Convention de-
ciared for revision Of the existing inlqui-
tous tariff. Also, fora tariffthat shall "pro-
mote the industries Of the country without
creating monopolies."
Indiana Is preparing for 1884, She had
to bear the brunt OF the great contests of
1872, 1876, and 1880, and In the first and
last her Democracy were conquered. In
1884 her elections win take place In No
yember, and there can be no such thing as
concentrating all the money, the bogus
voters, the speakers, and other well-known
Republican appliances, upon that State.
She win have hereafter no October cleo
ions, and ought 10 have had none in 1880. 4
The prospects Of the Democrats are In.