The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1886-08-26
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by its representatives in convention
assembled, congratulates the coun
try at large on the restoration Of
the democratic party to power in
the administration of the general
government, 1t indorses the adj
ministration of President Cleveland
and upholds him in his efforts to
purify the government from corrup-
ton, to restore economy, to revive
respect for the constitution, to re-
duce taxation, to reform the exist
ing tariff, to allay sectional animos-
tiles, to guard the treasury against
unwarranted appropriations of the
public money, and to restore the
government to the simple and hon
est methods of administration
known and practiced by its foun-
ders.
1t indorses the administration of
Gov. Bate as honest, intelligent and
patriotic, and it particularly ap-
proves the settlement Of the state
debt, which has been so happily
effected during his administration,
On terms alike satisfactory to the
public creditors and the people of
the state.
2. 1t indorses the platform adopt
ed by the democratic national con-
vention at Chicago in 1884.
3. 1t Endorses the action of our
representative in congress in their
efforts to redeem the pledges of the
party made at Chicago, by attempt
ing to secure a reformation of the
tariff laws and a reduction of
taxes.
4. Holding fast to the teachings
of Washington, Jefferson, jackson
and Polk, the democrats OF Tennes-
see regard a national debt as a ma
tional curse and declare it a crime
against the people to hoard money
raised by taxation in the treasury,
rather than pay it on the national
interest bearing Indebtedness of the
government. 1t demands that the
surplus revenue now or hereafter in
the treasury, whether gold or silver,
be applied to the extinguishment of
the public debt; and it denounces
any effort of congress to appropri-
ate the revenues of the government
for any purpose not authorized by
the constitution as subversive of
the rights of the state and the peo-
pie thereof.
5. The democracy, while recog-
nizing the supremacy of the general
in the exercise of the
powers delegated to it by the con-
has ever upheld and de-
Tended the reserved rights of the
states; therefore, believing local
self-government to be the only
method by which a free people can
maintain their institutions and Sc
dure a system of laws adapted to
their wants and necessities, it cor
daily joins American citizens of
Irish nativity or extrac ton in their
sympathy for Ireland in her strug
gle for home rule.
6. We favor the maintenance and
improvement of our system of pub
lie schools and the education of all
classes of our people.
Z. We oppose the farming out of
convicts so as to bring them in COM
petition with the honest labor of
our state, and favor the enactment
Of such laws as will terminate as
early as practicable, such compe-
tition.
s. Recognizing the sovereignty OF
the people, in response to their de-
mand made through their represen-
tatives in the last general assembly,
we favor submitting to them, for
theiI adoption or rejection, the pro
posed constitu tional amendment
prohibiting the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating liq4ors as a bever-
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