The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1884-07-26

with none.
We believe in honest money, the
gold and silver coinage of the Con
stitution, and IA circulating medium
convertible into such money with
out loss.
Asserting the equality of all
men before the law. we mold that
it is the duty of the government,
i'll its dealings with the people, to
mcte out equal and exact Justice to
all citizens Of whatever nativity,
race, color N persuasion religious
or political.
We believe in a free ballot and Il
fair count; and We recall to the
memory of the people the noble
struggle Of the Democrats in the
Forty-tifth and Eorty-sixth Con
crosses. by which a reluctant Re
publican opposition was compelled
to assent to legislation making
everywhere illegal the presence of
troops at the polls, asthe conclusive
proof that a Democratic admins
tration will preserve liberty with
order
The selection Of Federal officers
for the territories should be restrict
ed to citizens previously resident
therein.
We oppose sumptuary laws
which yeX the citizen and interfere
with individual liberty; we favor
honest civil service reform, and the
compensation OF all United States
officers by fixed salaries; the separ-
alton OF church and state; and the
diffusion o. free education by com
mon schools, 50 that every child in
the land may be taught the rights
and duties OF citizen ship.
While we favor all legislation
which will tend to the equitable
distribution OF property, to the pre-
ventiOn OF monopoly and to the
strict enforcement of individual
rights against corporate abuses, we
hold that the welfare Of society de
ponds upon Il scrupulous regard for
the rights Of property as defined by
law.
We believe that labor is best re-
warded where it is treest and most
enlightened. 1t should therefore
be iostered and cherished. We
favor the repeal Of all laws restrict
ing the free action of labor, and
the enactment Of laws by which
labor organizations may be incor-
porated, and of all such legislation
as will tend to enlighten the people
as to the true relations OF capita
and labor.
We believe that the public lands
ought, as far as possible, to be
kept as hOmesteads tor actual set %
tiers; that all unearned lands here %
totore improvidently granted to
railroad corporations by the action
of the Republican party should be
restored to the public domain; ant.
Thai no more grants OF land shall
be made to corporations, or be al
lowed to fall into the ownership Is.
alien absentees.
We + opposed to all PROPOSE
tons which upon any preteXt would
convert the General Government
into a machine for collecting taxes
to be distributed among the states,
or the citizens thereof.
In %reatirming the declaration Of
the Democratic platform Of 1886,
that 1.-THE liberal principles embod-
led by Jefferson in 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
principles in the Democratic faith, .
we, nevertheless, dc not sanction
the importation Of foreign labor, or
the admission OF servile races, UNI.
fitted by habits, training, religion
or kindred for absorption into the
great body Of our people, or for the
citizenship which our laws confer.
American civilization demands that
against the immigration or impor.
tationof Mongolians to these shores
our gates be closed.
The Democratic party insists
that it is the duty Of this govern
ment to protect. with equal fidelity
and vigilance, the rights Of its citi-
zens, native and naturalized, at
home and abroad; and to the end
that this protection may be assured
United States papers Of naturahza-
ton, issued by courts Of competent
jurisdiction, must be respected by
the Executive and Legislative de.
partments Of our own government
and by all foreign powers.