Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-07-18

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nv administered. including pensions.
interest and principal Of the public debt.
can be got under our present system Of
Iara,ion FROM custom-house taxes cn
fewer imported articles, bearing beavi-
j, On articles Of luxury, and bearing
li,btest on articles Of necessity. We
denouncc the abuses Of the ex-
sting tariff, and, subject to the preced-
Inc limitations. we demand that federal
,axation shall be exclusively for pub
lie purposes and shall not exceed the
needs Of the government, economically
administered.
INTERNAL REVENUE TAXES
The system Of direct taxati known
=. the internal revenue" is war tax.
and so long as the law continues the
money derived therefrom should be
.a,rslly devoted to the relief of the
neopIe from the remaining burdens Of
H.. war. and be made fund to defray
the expense Of the care and comfort Of
'vorthy soldiers disabled in the line Of
duty in the wars of the republic, aud for
The payment of such pensions as Con
er.s. from time-to time grant to such
soldiers. like fund for the sailors having
been already provided. and any surplus
should be paid irrO the treasury.
4 CONTINENTAL POLICY.
We favor as American continental
policy based upon more nitima,e com
mercial and political relations with tie
fifteen sister republics Of North. Central
and South America, but sntanglng
alliances with none.
HONEST MONEY.
We believe in honest money, the gold
and silver coinage Of the constitution
and circulating medium convertible
into such money without loss.
Asserting the equality of all men be-
fore the law, we hold that il is the duty
If the government in its dealings with
The people to mete out equal aud exact
Justice to all citizens OF whatever ma
t.eity race, color or persuasion, reIigi-
GUS or political.
A FREE BALLOT.
We be ieve in a free ballot and faiF
count, and We recall to the memory of
the people the noble struggle of the
democrats in the Forty-fifth and Forty
six Congresses. by which reluctant re-
publican opposition was compelled 10
assent to legislation making everywhere
/ illegal the presence Of troops at the polls
as tie conclusive proof that democratic
administration will preserve liberty with
order
The selection of federal officers for
the Territories Should be restricted to
citizens previously resilient therein. -
We oppose sumptuary laws which vex
the cilzen and interfere with indlvidu-
al liberty We favor honest civil ,ervice
reforms aud the compensation of United
States officers by fixed salaries; the sepa-
ration OF Church and State, and the
diffusion of free education by csmmon
schools, 50 that every child III the land
may be taught the rights and duties Of
citizenship:
MoN0POLIEs. E.
While We favor all legislation which
Twill tend TO the equitable distribution Of
property, to the prevention of monopoly
and 10 the strict enforcement of individu.
l,al rights against corporate abuses. We
hold that tie welfare Of society depends
upon scrupulous regari for the right
ofypr0retry' as defined by law. W,
4 afas1 shat labor is best rewarded wher,
80 .eess and most enlightened. |
should. therefore, be fostered aud cher
ished.
We favor the repeal of all restrictin,
the free action of labor and the enact
mcnt OF laws by which labor organlza
tious many be Incorporated, aud Of al
such legislation as will tend to enlighter
the people as to the true relatio Of CAPT
tai and labor We believe that the pub
IIc, land ought as far as possible to b,
be. kept holnesteads for actual settlers
that all unearned lands heretofore i'm
providently granted to rlilrold corpora,
tions by tue action of the republican
party should be restored TO the publ.s
domain, and that no more grants Of LAND
shall be made to corporations, or be
allowed to fall into the owership of alien
absentces.
We are opposed to all propositions
which upon an prctext would convert
tie general government into machine
for collecting taxes to be distributed
among the States or the citizens
thereof.
OLD PRINCIPLES REAFFIRMED.
In reaffirming the declarations of the
democratic platform of 1856 tha5 the
liberal principles embodied by Jefferson
10 the Declaration OF Independence and
sanctioned in the constitution, which
make ours the land of liberty and the
asylum of the oppressed Of every nation
have. ever been cardinal princip es ia
the democratic faith. we nevertheless do
not sanction the importation of foreign
labor or the admission Of servi!e races
naftted by habits, training. religion or
kindred for absorption into the great
body of our people, or for the citizen
ship which our laws confer. Americas
civilization demands that against the
immigration or importation Of Mongo.
Gans to these shores our gates be clos
ed.
The democratic party insists that it is
Lhe duty Of the government TO protect
with equal fidelity aud vigilance the
RIGHTS OF its citizens, native and natural
ize1. at home aud abroad, and to the
end that this protection may be assured,
United States papers of naturalization
issued BY courts Of competent jurisdiction
must be respected by the executive and
legislative departments of our own gov
ernneut and by all foreign powers.
PROTECTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.