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

me hhtian grows older -. ...ues ore
"'Tn y Tune aud prggr.ss and ia is les
perish. Bat the fan'la .oa M principles
% "'e democracy, approved /, he uni
'ed voice ct the people. re,a.;n ,nd viii
ever remain. as the hes, ~, ~ ecu.
r''y Tor the ~, continuance Of free govern.
ment The preservation - asrsoual
rights, the equality II aiI .;,;r.n. be'ore
The law, the reserved r;sL,s a the
Sat > and the suprenacy,1 ~ FEDERAL
government with n the limits - ii con.
stIintIon will ever form ia ,,as b,sis
Of our liberties. and can -. ~ /, .nr.
rendered Hi'hoat destroying tbst b,l.
auee OF tights and powers wb;.s on,llrs
continent to be developed II nasee and
social order to De maintained Il, m.,p.
OF local self government; but !, \ ;oJis
Pensable for the practical anpl;o.,;on N
enforccmsnt Of the fuudamen,sI ,,iuei.
PIES that the government sho,id q i.
ways lie controlled By cue political p,ry
frequen, change of admiaIstrst;oB. !. 4.
necessary. as constant recurrence 4 the
popular will. Otherwise ans. s;.,w
aud the government instead ~ bonr
carried on for the general welfare Be.
comes an instrumentaliiy for inno.ine
/ hcaEy, burdens on the MANY IN ~
governed for tie benefit Of tho fev wbo
govern Public servants thus bceome
arbitrary rulers.
This is now the condition of,ho ooor
try-hence change is demanded The
republican party, 50 far as principle IS
Concerned, is "reminiscences. In prae.
tlee II is an organization for enr;sb;no
those who control its machinery The
frauds and jobbery which have been
brought TO light in every department i
the. government arc, sufficient 10 have
called for reform within the rennbl;can
party. yet those in. authority, made
reckless 10y the long possession Of power
have succumbed to its corrupline inAu.
en- e and have placed in non,ina,;ou !
ticket against which the independent
portions Of the party are in open revolt
Therefore a change is demanded Snch
change was alike necessary in 1876
but the will Of the people was then dc.
feated by fraud which can never be for.
gotten nor condoncd Again in 1880
the change demanded by the people was
deceased by the lavish use Of money con.
tributed by INSCRIPTIONS contractor.
and shameless jobbcrs who had burgaiued
for unlawful profits or for high Office. =
The republican party during its legal
its stolen and its bought tenure of power
has steadily decayed in moral character
and political capacity. Its platform
promises are now list Of its past fail.
urcs; it demands the restoration Of on,
navy; it haas equandercd hundreds Of
millions to eraate a navy that does moi
exist; it call upon Congress to remove
the burdens under which American
shipping has been depressed; it imposed
and has continued those burdens.
1t Processes the policy of reservinp
the public lands for small holdings by
actual settlers; it has given away the
peoples heritage, till now few railroads
and nonresident aliens, individual and
corporate, possess larger area than that
of all our farms between they've seas.
1t Processes preference for free .n.ss: t;.s
tlons; it organized and tried to legalizC
control of State elections by federal
troops. IL processes . desire to elesstt
labor; it has subjected Anerican work
men 10 the competition Of convict ant
coiitract labor 1t. brofessg
gratitude sogaa who ~efse xis@s.ttcss
died in the war Leaving widows and o.
phans. 1t left to democratic House
Representatives the FIRST effort 10 equi-
ize both bounties and pensions. Il
proifers.a pledge TO correct the irreguhr-
tiles Of our tariff; it created and has ON
tinucd them. Its own tariff commisaon
confessed the need of more than ~ per-
cent. reduction: its Congress gave are
duction Of less than 1 per cent
1t processes the protection Of Apel-
/ ban manufacturers, ithas subjected them
to an increasing food of manufactured
goods and hopeless competition #nh
manufacturing nations, not one Of winch
taxes raw materials 1t PROCESSES 70
protect all American industries; il has
Impoverished many to subsidize few; 4
Processes protection of American labor;
it has depleted the returns of American
agriculture -an industry followed By
half our people; it Processes the equality
Of all men before the law, attempting b
fix the status of colared citizens; the acts
OF its Congress were overset by the De
cisions Of its courts; it accepts anew the
duty Of leading in the work OF progress
and reform; its caught criminals are per-
mitted to escape through contriycd de-
lays or actual connivance in the pr0@cu-
ton. Honeycombed with corruption,
uutbreaking exposures no longer shock
its moral sense Its honest mengbers,
its Independent journals. no longer,
maintain successful contest for AUTHOR
ity in its counsels or a veto upon. bad
nominations. That change is necessary
is proved by an existing surplus Of
more than 500, 900, 600 which has
yearly been collected from suffering
people.
Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa.
ton. We denosnce the republican par
} ty for having failed to relieve the people
from crushing war taxes, which have
paralyzed business. crippled industry
and deprived labor of employment and
of just reward. The democracy pledges
+ itself to purify the administration from
6 corruption, TO restore economy. bo>re-
siye respect for law, and to reduce taxa
ton to the lowest limit consistent With
due regard to the preservation Of tie
faith of The nation 10 its creditors md
: pensioners.
THE TARIFF PLANK.
Knowing full we'll, however that
Legislation affecting the occupationsof
the people should be cautions and con-