Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-13

Of such pensions - Congress may, IRON
time 70 time. grant such soldiers like
fund for the sailors having oeen already
provided, and any surplus should Be paid
into the Treasury. We favor the Amen
can continental policy, based on more Inii-
mate commercial and political relations
With the sister Republics Ok North, Central
and South Americs, b1t entziling Al
alliance With none. We believe in honest
money, gold and silver, the coinage Of tbs
country. or . medium convertible into
such money, without Ices. Asserting the
equality OF all men before the law. We
hold that is Is the duty Of the Government
10 msis out equal and exact justice 30 al
e.fizsns, Of whatever nativity, race, color
or persuasion. religious or political We
believe il 3 free ballot and . fair eoani-
We will recall to the memory Ct the people
the noble struggle Of the Democracy N the
F0rty-atth and Forsysixih Congresses, BY
which the reluctant Republican opposition
xss compelled 10 assent ~ legislation
making everywhere Illegal the presence OF
troops a. the polls. As conclusive proof
that she Democratic administration VIII
preserve liberty with order, the selectson
OF Federal officers in the Territories should
be restricted to ciiizsns previously resident
therein. We oppose s1mpiuArY laws which
Eex citizens and interfere WITH individual
liberty. We favor honest Civil Serv1cs
Reform and compensation Of United States
ofoers BY 1xsd salaries; separation OF
church aud State, aud the diffusion OF Ese
education By common schools, 30 shAf
every child in the land may Be taught TIE
rights and duties Of o~iazsnshIP- While Ss
favor sll legislation which Will tend 10 a.
equitable ~disaib1non of property. the
prevention Of monopoly. and the ssylei
enforcensni Of individual rights against
corporate abuses, ve hold that The welfare
Of society dspsads on . scrup1loCs regard
for the rights OF property, a. dsaneo oy
law. We believe that labor L. best re-
Earded where j. il frssstx1d most enllghi-
eued-ii sha1ld Be fosiered and cherished
We favor the repeal Of al laws restraining
the free action OF labor, the eDscfmsni OF
laws BY which labor organizations msF Be
increased, and such legislation A. vii
tend 70 ~enIighien the people Es 10 the III
relations Of capital and labor. We oeiisTe
that the p1blio lands ought, As far - pas
sible, BE Kept as homests4ds for actual
settlers; that all 1nezrned lands hsretoiors
improvIiently granted 20 railroad eOrPo-
rzsions BY the Republican party, sho7ld Be
restored 20 the public domain; NJ more
should be made to corporations, or Be
allowed 10 fall into tbs ownership Of alien
~sbsentees. We are opposed 20 any proPo-
osiiion which, By any preseIi, would eon-
vert the General Government into . 1s-
chine for ;hs collection Of tAxss, TO Dc dis
sribQied among the States OF citizens
thereof. The declaration OF the Demo
cratic platform in 1885. that the liberal
principles embodied By Jefferson in the
Declaration q Independence, and sznc-
toned in the Constitution, which make
land one Of liberty, and an asylum Of
the oppressed Of every nation, have ever
been cardinal principles II the Democratic
faith. We nevertheless do not sanction
the importation o. foreign labor, or the
admission Of servils races, united by
habits. training. religion or kindred, f0r
absorption in the great body of our people,
or the citizenship which III laws confer.
American civilization demands that
ssainst the immigration Of Mongolizas 20
these shores our gates be closed. Tbs
Democrats party insisis that il il the duty
Of the Goysrnment to protect with equal
fidelity and vigilance, the rights Of eiti-
ems native or naiurzlized, az home or
abroad To the end thst this protection
may be assured, United States papers OF
naturalization, Issued by court OF compe-
jurisdiction, must be respected by the
Executive and legislative Departments Of
oar Government by all foreign powers. Ii
Is an imperative duty Of the Government
TO efficiently protsci all the rights Of per-
and property Of every American cisi-
zen in foreign lands, and demand and en-
force full reparation for any INVASION there
Of An American citizen il only respon-
sible 10 his own Government. for n act
done in his country or under her flag and
Law, and ar only be tried therefor on her
own soil and according to her laws, and no
power exists in this Government to exps-
triate an American citizen 70 be tried in
any foreign land for any such act. This
country has never had . well defined,
educated foreign policy. save under Demo
cratic administration I; that policy has ever
been in regard TO foreign nations, so long
~ they do not act detrimentAlly to the in
teresss Of the country, or hurtf1lly to n
citizens, TO let them alone; tina. a. 3 result
Of this policy We recall the scquisition Of
Louisiana. Florida, California, and
Of the adjacent Mexican territory
by purchase alone, add contrast these
grand acquisitions Of Democratic states
mAnship with the purchase Of Alaska, the
sole fruit Of Republican administration for
nearly . quarter of 8 century. The Federal
Government should care for and improve
the Mississippi river and other great water
ways of the Republic. 80 as to secure to the
inter-States easy and cheap transportation
to tide-water. Under 8 long period of
Democratic policy our merchant marine
was fast o~vertsking, and on the point OF
o~utstripping 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 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 8 policy for
our merchants, flying the stars and stripes
in every part, successfully searching out q
market for the varied products Of Ameri-
can industries. Under q quarter Of q CEN
fury Of Republican rule, 9 policy despite
the manifest advantages over Gil other
nations, in high-paid labor, favorable
climates and fertile soils; despite the free
dom OF trade among the United States;
despite q population Of the foremost races
Of men, aud an annual immigration OF
thrifty adventurers Of all nations; despite
the freedom here from inherited burdens
Of life and industry in the old world
monarchies. their costly war navies, their
vast and consuming standing armies;
despite 20 years of peace. that Republican