Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-17

Of such pensions &s Congress may from
time TO time, grant such soldiers-A Ike
fund for the sailors having been already
provided, and any surplus should be paid
into the Treasury. We favor the Amer1-
can continental policy, based on more init
mate commercial and political relations
with the sister Republics OF North, Central
and South America, bat ent&iling an
alliance with none. We believe II honest
money, gold and silver. the coinage OF the
country, or 9 medium convertible into
such money, without loss. Asserting the
equality Of all men before the lag. We
hold that it i the duty Of the Government
TO neis on; equal and exact justice 10 all
citizens, Of vhssSver nativity race, color
or persuasion, religious or political. We
believe in . frs ballot and . fair count
We will rscsl to the memory CT the people
the noble struggle Of tks Democracy II the
Forsy-hfih and Forty sixth Congresses BY
which the reluctant Rsp1blesn opposition
was compelled TO ascent ~ legislation
making everywhere Illegal tie presence OF
troops a. the polls. As coneics!re proof
thsi the Democrats Administration viii
preserve liberty with order. the selection
o. FEDERAL officers in the Territories should
be restricted 70 citizens previously resident
b1ELE Z We 2RkO<[
yex citizens and interfere with individual
liberty. We favor honest Civil Service
Reform and compensation Of United States
cfseers By fixed salaries; separation OF
church and STATE, and the diffusion Of free
education BY common schools, % that
every child in the land may De taught tie
rights and duties Of citizenship. Nhlls We
favor ali legislation which Will tend 10 40
equitable disgioauoa Q! property, the
prevention Of monopoly. n the sirsei
enforcement Of individual rights against
corporate abuses, Es hold that the welfare
Of society depends on 8 scrupaloUs regard
for the rights of property, a. deaued o.
law. We believe that labor Is besi re-
xarded where i. ID freaisnd most eallght-
ened-it should be fostsred and cherished
We favor the repeal OF all Law restraining
the free sction Of labor, the enactment Of
laws BY which labor organizations NAY be
increased, and such legislation As will
tend 80 enlighten the people ss 70 tbs tue
relations of capital and labor. We believe
that the public lands ought, IS far - pos
sib!e, Be kept a. houestesds for actual
settlers; that all unssrned lands heretofore
improvidently granted 30 railroad eorPo-
rations By the Republican party, should be
restored to the public domain; no more
should be made 10 corporations, or be
allowed 70 fall into the ownership of alien
Absensees. We are opposed 70 any proPo-
osition which, by any pretext, would con-
vert the General Government into . ms
chine for the collection of taxes, 20 Be dis
trib1ted among the States or citizens
thereof. The declaration Of the Demo
cratic platform in 1856. that the liberal
principles embodied by Jefferson in the
Declaration Of Independence, and sane
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
she importation OF foreign labor, or the
admission Of servils races, unified by
habits, training, religion or kindred, for
absorption in the great body of our people,
or the citizenship which our laws confer.
American civilization demands that
against the immigration Of Mongolians to
these shores our gates be closed. The
Democratic party insists tina. i. ia the duty
Of the Government to protect with equal
fidelity and vigilance. the rights Of citi-
zens, native or nsturslized, at home or
abroad. To the end tina: this protection
may be assured, United States papers Of
naturalization, Issued by courts of compe-
tent Jurisdiction. must be respected by the
Executive and Legislative Departments of
our Government by all foreign powers. It
10 an imperative duty Of the Government
to efficiently protect all the rights Of per-
sons and property Of every American citi-
zen in foreign lands, and demand and en-
force full %reparation for any invasion there
of. An American citizen ia only respon-
sible to his own Government for any act
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-
triate an American citizen TO be tried in
any foreign land for any such act. This
country has never had a well defined,
educated foreign policy, save under Demo-
cratic administration /; that policy has ever
been in regard to foreign nations, SO long
as they do not act detrimentally TO the in.
terests OF the country, or hurtfully to our
citizens, TO let them alone; that as a result
OF this policy we recall the acquisition Of
Louisiana. 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
SUE run VI hcPuDAiCoA ouuAlulesI atiOu "a
nearly 9 quarter OF q 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-States easy and cheap transportation
to Underwater. Under q long period of
Democratic policy our merchant marine
was fast o~vertaking, and on the point of
outstripping that of Great Britain. Under
30 years OF Republican rule the policy of
commerce has been left to the British, and
almost has the American flag been kept off
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 ont a
market for the varied products Of Ameri-
can industries. Under q quarter Of a GEN.
fury Of Republican rule. q policy despite
the manifest advantages over all other
nations, in high-paid labor, favorable
climates and fertile soils; despite the free
dom of trade among the United States;
despite g population Of the foremost races
of men, and an annual immigration Of
thrifty adventurers Of all 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