The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-09-02
STATE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
Adopted at the Gubernatorial Convention
AUGUST 9, 1892.

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The Democracy of Tennessee, in State
convention assembled, reaflirming an
abiding faith in the great truths of human
liberty and constitutional government an
nounced by the author of the declaration
of American independence, illustrated 10y
him in his administration Of the Federal
Government, and inculcated by his State
papers and by his wise teachings, and
since, in the varying conditions Of our ma
tional life, promulgated and enforced in
national Democratic platforms and adj
ministratiOns, hereby indorse the latest
utterances OF the national Democracy as
embraced in the platform adopted at Chi
cage.
Employing therein the fundamental
and unchanging truths of constitutional
representative freedom, the national De-
mocracy placed thereon as candidates for
President and Vice-President Grover
Cleveland and Adlai +. Stevenson, men
worthy OF the faith OF the party; fully
qualified to be its opponents before free
people, and thoroughly equipped to exer-
else the sacred functions of the high Off
ces for which they have been nominated.
This convention of Tennessee Democ-
racy heartily and ungrudgingly indorse
their nomination and candidacy, because
freemen can trust men who believe that
"Public office is public trust ;" that con-
stitutiohal government is an agency OF
the people; that taxation in whatever
form or guise, beyond the plain needs of
government economically administered,
is robbery of the people; that the terror
OF bayonets and the infamy of force bills
around the ballot-boxes of freemen are
not the Safeguards of honest elections
and independent States; that class legis
lation, however framed, and paternalism
however yelled, are the source of monop
oily, and its entenched fortress, whence
! either boldly or secretly, come the men
} ace to pure government and the corrupt
: ing poison that emasculates individual
! manhood and who, believing these eter
, nal truths, will eXemplify their virtues il
the performance of their administrative
duties and in the exercise of their officia
powers.
With respect to State affairs, the De
mocracy has no wish or purpose incon
sistent with the rights OF the people ant
the highest welfare of our State. 1t ha
| no secrets and will conceal no aim il
q vague words or behind indirect methods
We, therefore, declare for an economical
State Government, and that econom
\ shall rule in so far as our party can sc
cure it, in all departments and subdivis
ions Of our State government, SO that tn
D. product of labor may remain for thos
n who made it.
}. ID Labor in its various forms is tn
source of individual wealth and the bas
I of 4 vigorous Statehood, and that labC
:. may receive its own it must not be undt
), duress from convict labor and its corpo
ate organization. We, therefore, fave
/, the abolition of the penitentary leas,
It system at the earliest date legally pc
|. missible, and the erection, at a propC
place, OF prison of sufficient dimension
y to hold our convlcts, and constructed wit
I. reference to their classification, so thu
}. youths and those convicted of the less,
ofenses shall not be subjected to the a
e ISOLATION and influences of the abandonC
- and hardened criminals. While our pen
;; institutions and theirmanagement shou
be founded i'm humanity and prompted