Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-05

of such pensions e. Congress may from
time to time, grant such soldiers Ike
fund for the sailors having been already
provided. and any surplus should be paid
into the Treasury. We favor the Ameri'
can continental policy, based on more init
mate commercial and political relations
with the sister Republics OF North, Central
and South America, but ens2lling 81
alliance with none. We believe IN honest
money, gold and silver, the coinage Of tbs
country, or 8 medium convertible into
such money, without loss. Asserting the
/ equality Of sill men before the law. We
hold that il is the duty Of the Government
10 mele out equal and exact justice 10 al
citizens, Of whatever nativity rsce, color
or persuasion, religious or political. We
believe in 3 free ballot and 8 fair count
We will recall to the memory Ct the people
the noble struggle of the Democracy IN the
Forty-iiih and Foriysixth Congresses, BY
which the reluctant Republican opposition
wss compelled 20 assent to legislation
making everywhere Illegal the presence OF
troops az the polls. As conclusive proof
that the Democratic administration VIII
| preserve liberty with order, the selection
OF Federal officers il the Territories should
be restricted 10 cisizans previously resident
therein. We oppose sanpfUA-y laws which
yex citizens and interfere with individual
liberty. We favor honest Civil Service
Reform and compensation OF United States
officers BY fixed salaries; sepArSiioo OF
church and State. and the diffusion OF free
educsiion by common schools, 50 that
every child in the land may be Taught TIE
rights and duties of citizenship. While We
favor all legislation which will tend to ~
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prevention Of monopoly, snd the strict
enforcement Of individual rights Assinsi
corporate abuses. ne held that tbs welfare
of society depends on q scrQpaioGs regard
for the rights o. property, s. de1ced hy
Law. We believe thst labor IS best re-
zxried where il il and most enlighi-
ened-ii should Be tosiered and cherished.
We favor the repeal Of 2l laws restraining
the free seton OF labor, the enactment al
laws by which labor organizations NAY Be
increased, and sueh legislation as vii
tend 10 snlighsen the people a. TO the true
relations Of capital and labor. We b=l!svs
that the public lands ought, s. far a. pos
sibls, be kept a. houestesds for Actzsl
settlers; that all GneArnei lands hsEst0.ors
improyldeniIy granted - railroad eorpo-
rations By the Republican party, sho7l3 Be
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should be made TO corporations or Be
allowed to fall into the ownership Of alien
sbssn;sas. We are opposed 10 any propo-
osition which, by Al! prsIsxt, would con
vert the General Government into 8 M
chine for the collection Of taxes, 10 Be dis
tributed among the States or citizens
thereof. The declaration o; the Demo-
cratic platform in 1856, ihxi the liberal
principles embodied By Jefferson in the
Declaration Of Independence, and sxnc-
toned in the Constitution, which make
our land one Of liberty, and an asylum Of
the oppressed Of every nation, have ever
been cardinal principles in the Democratic
faith. We nevertheless do not sanction
the importation Of foreign labor, y the
admission Of se-Fils rsces, united by
habits, training. religion or kindred, for
absorption in the great body Of our people,
OF the citizenship which our laws confer.
American civilization demands that
against the immigration Of N0ngolizns 10
these shores our gates be closed. The
Democratic party insists that il i the duty
of the Government 70 protect with e4uAl
fidelity and vigilance, the rights Of ciii-
Zsns, native or ~nsigrAlized, 81 home or
abroad. To the end that this protection
may be assured, United States papers Of
naturalization, Issued by courts Of eompe-
tent Jurisdiction, must be respected By the
Executive and legislative Departments Of
our Goyernmsni by Al foreign powers. II
i sn imperative duty Of the Government;
10 efficiently protect all the rights of per-
and property Of every American citi-
zen in foreign lands, and demand and en-
force full PREPARATION for any invasion there
Of. An American citizen Is only respon-
sibls TO his own Government for any set
done in his country or under her flag and
law, and can only be tried therefor on her
own soil and according TO her laws, and no
power exists in this Government to expa-
an American citizen TO be tried in
any foreign land for any such act. This
has never had 8 well defined,
foreign policy, save under Demo
cratic administration ; that policy has ever
been in regard to foreign nations, so long
IS they do not act deirimentslly 20 the in
terests OF the country, or h~urtfally to our
citizens, to let them alone; that ss . result
Of this policy we recall the acquisition Of
Louisians, Florida, California, and
Of the adjacent Mexican territory
by purchase alone, and contrast these
grand acquisitions Of Democratic states
manship WITH the purchase Of Alaska, the
sole fruit Of Republican administration for
nearly 8 quarter of & century. The Federal
Government should care for and improve
the Mississippi river and other great water
ways Of the Republic. so as to secure to the
inter-SiAtes easy and cheap transportation
TO nde-water. Under q long period Of
Democratic policy our merchant marine
was fast overtaking, and on the point OF
o~utsripping that of Great Britain. Under
20 years OF Republican rule the policy of
commerce has been left to the British, and
almost has the American flag been kept of
the high seas. Instead Of the Republican
British policy, we demand for the people of
the United States an American policy
under Democratic rule, and q policy for
our merchants, flying the stars and stripes
In every part, successfully searching out a
market for the varied products of Ameri-
can industries. Under & quarter Of a CEN
fury OF Republican rule, q policy despite
the manifest advantages over all other
nations, in high-psid labor, favorable
climates and fertile soils; despite the free
dom OF trade among the United States:
despite = population Of the foremost races
OF men, and an annual immigration Of
thrifty sdventurers OF sll nations; despite
the freedom here from inherited burdens
OF life and industry in the old world
monsrchies, their costly war navies, their
vast and consuming standing armies.
despite 20 years of peace, that Republican
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