The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-07-15

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fsSxbS raasforus. Is sasdepted hy the Demo.
esionals Co0ycntlon at Chicago is
kctIos i -Ths rspssssasasiyss Of the
nocrstic party OF the United States In
Nsttonss Convsntion assembled, DO re-
the party ss formulated by Jslferseu ana
of his saoes eors ID Democratic iesSsrshiS Z isdo
fscm Aadisoh 10 Cleveland We be-
thssc principals be applied ia the
/ oonduct Of the Federal Government
through thu accession TO power OF the party
that advocates them. and We solemnly de.
clare that the need Of q return 10 these fun.
ernnaent, based on home ruie aud individual
liberty wis never more urgent than now
'shs Esdsss{ has becQme q monaco to-
sssifs sss ~ ~ s ~ s, m 2sss: that
Under the Consti titutions es sfrAmsd by fh6-
fathers Of the Republic. = -
SEcrIoN ave warn the people OF our
common country, jealous for the preservs
ton OF their free institutions, that the
policy Of Federal control of elections, to
which the Republican party has committed
itself, is fraught with the gravest dangers,
scarcely less momentous than would result
from revolution practically estab.
fishing, monarchy on the ruins of the
as well as the south, and iniures
the colored citizen even more
than the white; IL means n horde of deputy
marshals at every polling place, armed with
Federal power; returning boards appointed
and controlled by Federal authority; the
outrage of the electoral rights of the people
in the several States tho suhjugat,on Of the
coiored people 10 the control of the party in
power and the revying of race antas sonisns
now happily abated, OF tho utmost peril to
the safety and happiness OF all; a measure
deliberately and justly describei by Load
ing Republican Senator as "the most IN.
famous bill that ever crossed the threshold
Of the Senate"
Such policy, IL sanctioned by law, would
mean the dominance of a sef-perpetuatinr
oligarchy Of office holders, and tho party
first intrusted with its machinery could 6o
aislod9at from po~Sec only by an appoal 10
the reserved right of the people To resist on.
preston which Is inherent In all self-yov-
erning communities. Two years ago this
revoIntl1nary ,,i h policy was -emphatically con,
heinned by the people at the polls but I'm
contempt OF the verdict the Ropublcnn
party has dellantly declared in its latest
authoritative utterance that its success i'm
ment of the Force hill and th ,'1,r, ."e o',aoI
desnotjc contrnJ n',,' "'I eue usu P"'Ioh Oh
States. Believing that the preservation Of
hePuoilcan government i'm the United States
Is dependent upon the defeat OF this policy
support or oli cit;ysns ,rL, I,; '..o wv
Constitution mointa;naI -; a., " SOC inc
with the laws n,rs,,o,'t "tSrItS'
which hay. giy.n n',, , snoi o.o,
n bundrad yoo,, ~ 'ouhIy
PROSPERITY and n VI uheA"'hPicu
party. if il ko intrustnJ 81, 'ie Do'iiocrht'c
To tho defeat of tbn Enrca LII H., Nv, o'.y
relentless onnositi,, o., ,i, u.o uiSo W
policy of profigota nx,andi," ' ~. ..
short SPACE of two v.nrs Los s',n,'Snra, =" 'ne
enormous surplus and nm,n,;ad '''o, om ona,. a..
flowing treasury nfter niIinn "n,,, @ c oae'
SECTION s We ,,,,rn mo~ .I vi
policy of protection AS n fraud on tho labor
of the great ma iority of the American pco.
pie for the benefit OF tho few We declare
it to he Fundamental principle of the DEM
cratic party that the Federal Government
has no constitutional power to impose and
collect tariff duties except for tho purposes
of revenue only, and we demand that the
collection of such taxes shall bc limited 10
the necessities of the Government when hon.
estly and economically administered
SECTION 4.-Trade interchange on the
basis OF reciprocal advanta ges to tho couu-
Cries participating Is II time honorei doc.
trinc OF the Democratic faith but We de-
| nounce the sham reciprocity which juggles
| with the peoples desire for enlarged foreign
| markets and freer exchanges by pre-
tending to establish closer tr:a,
| relations sy, n country whose
| articles of export are almost ox
cusiveIy agricultural products with othet
countries that are also agricultural while
| erecting a Custom House barrier OF prohib.
tive tariff taxes against the rich countries
| of the world tiut stand ready to take our
| entire surplus of products and to exchange
therefor commodities which are necessaries
and comforts Of life among our own people
SECTION 5.-We recogniz, i'm the trusts
and combinations, which are designed to on.
| able capital to secure more than its Just
share OF the joint products Of capital and
labor, Il natural consequence OF the prohib-
tive taxes which prevent the free compe