Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-07-19

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sacredlv devote, to the elevation Of tie /
people from he remaining burdens of
the war a,d De = mad ~ defray tSe eX-
penses for the 'are aHG comfort of !
worthy soldiers disabled n the line of
duty IN the wars of TIE repUb,ic, and :
for the payment OF such pensions az /,
Congress may from line TO time grant .
10 such soldiers, ike fund for the sail !
ors having been already prov ded, sld .
any surplus SHOULD De pad i:-to The .
treasury.
We favor an American continental
policy based upon moIc Intimate com
mercial and po,itlcsi relations win the (
fifteen sister republics Of North Central !
ami South America. but entaagiing .
alliance With none.
''N q believe in honest money, The
gold aud silver coinage ot the Constitu- I,
ton, and circulating medium convert I.
abe in.o such money without ,oss
Asserting the equality of ali TGen
before tue iaN, we hold chat It Is IN the =
C.G,y Of the government n its dealings
with the people 10 meet out equal and
exact Justice to all citizens, of @hateveI
nativity, race, co,or or persuasion, re- |
ligious or political. We believe in free
ballot aid a far count; and we recall to
tue memory of the people the noble
struggle Of the Democrats n the Forty
fifth ami Forty-sixth Congress, by
WHICH a reluctaUt Republican opposi-
ton was compelled to assent 10 legisla-
tiou making everywhere Illegal the
presence OF troops ut the polls, as the
conclusive proof that Democratic ad-
ministretan viii preserve liberty with
order.
"The selection of Federal officers for
! the Territories should b,- restricted to
citizens previously resident therein.
, We oppose sumptu3ry laws which yeX
the citizen and interfere with Individual
| liberty.
We favor honest civil service reform
! and the compensation Of all U.-lted
/ States officers 10y fixed salaries, the
/ separation of Church and State and the
diffusion of free education by common
schools so that every chiiG IN the land
may be taugnt TIE risAts and duties OF
citizenship.
! While we favor all legislation which
will lend to the equitable distribution
| OF property 20 the prevention ofmonop-
! oily and 10 the strict enforcement OF in
diyiduai rights against cooperative
abuses, we hold that the welfare OF So
ciety depends upon scTuprlOus regard
for the fights of property as deiiEe, by
law. We believe that labor il best re-
warded here It is freest and most en-
GghteneJ; it should, therefore, be fos-
tered and cherished.
I'VE favor the repeal of all laws re-
strictlng the free action Of labor and the
enactment of laws by which labor or
carnations may DO INCORPORATED, and
Of oil such legislation az wall tend TO
enhgh.en the people as to the true re-
latioi.s of capital ana labor.
ftWA haiipya that the rnhiiN lanI /,
ought, as far as possible to be kept as
homesteads for actual settlers; that all
uncarned lands heretofore ImproYio-nt-
. ly granted to railroad corporations by
, the action of the Republican party
should be restored To the pubiic domain,
; aud that no more grants of land shall
+ be made to corporations or be allowed
! to fall into the ownership Of alien alb
} sentees.
1--WE are opposed to al, propositions
, which. upon any pretext, would convert
the general goveromentiDto mac 1ine
/ for collecting taxes. u be distributed
} among the States or the citizens thereof
"In reaiiirming the declaration of the
: Democratic platform of 1856, that the
: liberal PRINCIPLES embodied by Jefferson
; in the Dee aration of Independence
: ard sanctioned in the Constitution
> which makes ours the land of liberty
. and the asylum of the oppressed q
& every nation, have ever been, cardinal
principles IN Democratic faith, we new.
D ertheiess do Eot sanction the importa'
7 ton OF foreig IN labor or the admission o.
10 seryiie races untitled 10y habits of train
2 ing, religion or kindred iOt absorption
/: into tie great body Of our people or fol
. the citizenship which our lave confer
q American civilization Geman1s thai
: against the immigration o. IN pOrtatior
! of Molgolians to these shores cur gate
should be closed.
D 1.-THE Democratic party insists that i
v is the duty OF the government 10 Drotec
E with fidelity ana vigilance the rights o
> its citizens, native and naturalized, a
j. home and abroad; to the end that thi:
f protection may be assured Uuited States
v papers STANDARDIZATION issued by courts
Q of competent Jurisdiction must be re
e spected by the executive AID Legislative
ell departments of our own gOvernmep
Y and by az foreign powers. u is an i'm
y peratiye duty of the govern ment {,
S efficiently protect All the rights Of per
e sons and property of every AYierical
e citizen in foreign lands, aud demaE,
b and enforce full reparation for any in
o vasion thereof.
i An American citizen is only RESPONSE
r b5 % MS own government Tor any ~
It done in his owl country, or under he
q fag ami can only be tried therefor OF
q his own sol ard according 70 her Jaws
q and 90 power exists in this goyernmen
Il 70 expatirate an American citizen to b
? tried IN any foreign land for any sucl
act. This cOuntry mas never nad wei!
L letined and executed foreign policy
save Under Democratic administration
" That policy has ever been in regard {
e foreign nations so cong as they do no
'e act detrimental 70 the intere t. Of tn
r. country or hurtfu' TO our citizens 10 lie
d them alone; that as the result OF thi
y police we recall the acquisition ofLouis
h lara, Florida, California, and If tn
D adjunct .ieXican territory by purcbas
20 alone, and contrast these grand acqui
l. sitions Of DEMOCRATIC ststesn apshi
E. with the purchase OF Alaska, the sol
% fruit of Republican administration i
~ nearly a quarter OF century.
[. he Federal Government shout
h care for and improve the blississipI
N river and other great water ways of I'll
n. republic so as t. secure for the interio
ne States easy snc cheap transportatio
,e to tidewater.
n "Urder long period OF Democrat
rule AID policy, our merchant naril
il was fast oveftaking, and OH the point
r. out siripping that of Great Britain; III
in der twenty years of Republican ru
N and policy our commerce has been lie
n to British bottoms aud aim st has IL
eff American flag been swept OF the big