The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-07-17
OUR PLATFORM,


The report of the Committee OF
Resolutions at the Chicago Conven.
ton is so volupinous that we car
only publish that portion relating tC
tariff in this issue, but will try tc
give il entire 10 our next.
'FThat a change is necessary is
proven by an existing surplus OF
more than 500 600 900 which has
yearly beer collected from suffer-
ing peoole. Unnecessary taxation
IS unjust taxation. We denounce the
Republican party for having failed
to relieve the people from the crush j.
ing war taxes which have paralyzed
business, crippled industry and de
prlved labor of employment and a
lJustreward. The Democracy pledges
itself to purify the administration
from corruption, to restore economy,
to revive respect for law and to re-
duce taxaiiJn t. the lowest limit
consistent with due regard to he
preservation of the faith Of the ma
ton to its creditors and pensioners,
knowing full well, however, that leg
islation affecting the occupations Of
the people should be cautious and
conservative in method, not il ad
vance of public opinion.
"But responsive to its demands,
the Democratic party is pledged to
revise the tariff 10 spirit Of fairness
to all interests.
But in making reduction in taxes
1t is not proposed to injure any
domestic indIsties, but rather to
promote their healthy growth From
the foundation of this government
taxes collected at the custom.house
have been the chief source of Fed.
eral revenue; snch they must con
tinue; moreover, many industries
have come to rely upon legislation
for successful con ontinuance, SO that
any change of law must be at every
step regardful of the labor and capi-
tai thus involved. The process Of
reform must be subject in the execu-
tion to the plain dictate of justice.
"All taxation shall be limited to
the requirements of economical gov.
ernment. The necessary reduction
in taxation can and mus be Effected
without depriving American labor of
the ability to compete successfully
with foreign labor, and without i'm
posing lower rates of duty than will
be ample to cover an increased cost
of production which may exist in
consequence of the higher rate Of
wages prevailing in this country
Sufficient revenue to pay all expen
ses of the Federal Government eco
nomicGl!y administered, including
pensions, Interest and principal of the
public debt can he got under our
present system of taxation from
custom house taxes on fewer im-
ported articles, bearing heaviest on
articles Of luxury and bearing light
est on articles Of necessity w
therefore denounce the abuses Of the
existing tariff, and subject to the
preceding we demand that Federal
taxation shall be exclusively for pub
lie purposes, and shall not exceed
the needs of government economI-
cally administered.
The system of direct taxation
known as the internal revenue tax is
a war tax, and so long as the law
continues the money derived there
from should be sacredly devoted to
the elevation Of the people from the
remaining burdens Of the war and be
a fund to defray the expenses for
the care and comfort of worthy
soldiers disabled in the line OF duty
in the wars of the republic, and fol
the payment of such pensions as
Congress may from time to time
grant to such soldiers, like fund
for the sailors having been already
provided, and any surplus should be
paid into the treasury.
I'VE favor an American continen'
tai policy based upon more intimate
commercial and political relations
with the fifteen sister republics Of
North, Central and South America
but entangling alliances with none,
"We believe in honest money, the
gold and silver coinage of the Con-
stitution. and a circulating medium
convertible into such money without
loss.