Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-08-01

by the courts Of last resort. State and
Federal, and will oppose all agitation
of the question, or any disturbance
of that settlement by appeal or other
wise.
! rHIRD-INTEgNAL REVENUE.
| We favor unconditional and imme.
date abolition Of the internal.revenue
system-a uisery Of spies and in
formers: menace to the freedom OF
election; an intolerable burden on the
taxpayers; source Of the create st
corruption, and in its practical opera
ton is a special burden on this State
and her interests.
| roURTII-TARIrF.
We favor a tariff for revenue limi.
ted to the necessities OF govern
ment economically administered, and
so adjusted in its application as to
prevent unequal burtheu: encourage
productive interests at home and af-
ford just compensation to labor, but
not to create or foster monopOlies.
FIFTH-TREE EDUCATION.
The Democratic party of Virginia,
having founded and organized the
public-schcol system, and originated
every act Of the Legislature which se-
cures its efficiency, pledges itself TO
its continued support until every
child in the Commonwealth, Of what.
ever color, may secure the benefits
of free education.
sIxTH-No MIXED SCHOOLS.
We oppose the mixing of the white
and colored race in the public schools,
and the placing Of colored trustees
and teachers over white children, and
are in favor Of preserving the schOo
organization for the two races as sep
arate aud distinct as possible, giving
10 the colored people for their schools
all the preferences aud privilege
which we demand for the whites, in
GLIDING colored trustees and te achers
and making no discrimination 10 th'
distribution of school fund on account
Of color, and we pledge the DemOcra'
tic party to adopt all necessary legis
lation to perfect this plan as best 70
all concerned.
SEVENTH STRICT ECONOMY.
We demand ard will exact sirc
economy in all the branches of the
Government-State and Federal a nd
that The number of officers and the
mounts OF their salaries shall be re-
duced and kept within the minimum
requisite for the due performance o
the public service
EIGHTH-REAL CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
We demand such real civll-servic'
reform as will make merit the test o.
official fitness, and exclude the loalh
some system Of bargain and sale o
Office, and the partisan preferences fo
the ignorant, vicious, and corrupted
which is now the disgrace Of the Stat
and Federal Governments; and w
deuounce the sham methods which
have heretofore been practiced, anC
which have rendered examinations
Investigations, and trials new sources
of corruption and new objects Of jus
dersion.
I NINTH-oPPOsITIoS TO BOssIsM.
We are infexibly opposed to the
system Of bossism which BELTS only
the minions of a tyrant, which is at
war with every principle Of honor
manllness. and republican freedom
and has been but recently introduc I'd
iu Virginia only to corrupt, degrade
and disgrace her.
RING RULE IN VIRGINIA.
We denounce the ring now il
power in Virginia and masquerading
under such DISCUSSES as Liberal and
Coalitionists, and charge i. before The
people
!. For betraying the Democrat
who voted the Hancock electora
ticket put forth as the only true
Democratic ticket into The hands Of
the worst political enemies of the peo.
pie.
2. For supporting the partisan vote
of the United States Senate whereby
the removal of disabilities of an ex-
Confederate was prevented.
3. Ia seeking TO establish servile
and subsidized press by requiring off .
cial publications to be made 10 parti'
san journals, without regard to their
circulation or fitness.
4. For multiplying Offices aud In .
creasing salaries to reward favorltes.
5. For Attempting to take the bust
ness of the people out Of their hands
by creating more than one hundred
new officers to be called comm ission-
ers Of sales, and at the same time re-
fusing to allow the people to elect
them.
6. For attempting to legislate cir
cult jud les out of Office befors the
expiration of their term', and dis
honoring the judiciary in many III.
stances by toe select Of juds.s no-
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