Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-06-30

actual settlers, has given away the
peoples heritage till now few rail
roads and nonresident aliens, indi-
vidual and corporate, possess larger
area than that of all our farmers
between the two seas. The last
Democratic administration reversed
the improvident and unwise policy
of the Republican party touching the
public domain, and reclaimed from
corporations and syndicates, alien
and domestic, and restored to the
people nearly one hundred million
acres of valuable land to be sacredly
held as homesteads for our citizens,
and we pledge ourselves to continue
this policy until every acre OF land
so unlawfully held shall be reclaimed
and restored to the people.
Section :. We denounce the Repub-
lican legislation known as the Sher-
man Act of 1890 as cowardly make
shift, fraught with possibilities of
danger in the future, which should
make all Of its supporters as well as
It's author anxious fol speedy
repeal. We hold to the use of both
gold and silver without dlscriminat-
ing against either metal or charge
for mintage, but the dollar unit for
coinage of both metals must be Of
equal intrinsic and exchangeable
value or be adjusted through an inter-
national agreement or by such safe
guards of legislation as shall insure
the maintenance of the parity Of the
two metals, and the equal power of
every dollar at all times in the mar
kets and in payment of debts, and
We demand that all paper currency
shall be kept at par with and redeem
able in such coin. We insist on this
policy as especially necessary for the
protection of the farmers and labor
ing Classes, the first and most defense
! loss victims of unstable money and
huctuating currency.
Section s. We recommend that
the prohibitory 10 per cent tax on
State bank issues be repealed.
j Section 9. Public office is public
trust. We reatfirm the declaration
of the Democratic national conven-
ton of 1876 for the reform of the
civil service, and we cal for the hon
est enforcement of all laws regulat-
ing the same% The nomination of
the President, as in the recent Repub-
ican convention, by delegations CON-
posed largely of his appointees hold
ing Office at his pleasure, is scandal
Gus satire upon free popular institu-
tions, and a startling illustration OF the
methods by which the President may
crafty his ambition. We denounce
the policy nndor which the Federal
office-holders |; ;urp ehe control of
party conventions in the States, and
we pledge the Democratic party to a
reform of these and all other abuses
which threaten individual liberty and
local self-government.
Section 10. The Democratic party
is the only party that has ever given
the country a foreign policy consist
ent and vigorous, CON- sling respect
abroad and inspiring confidence at
home. While avoiding entangling
alliances, it has aimed to cultivate
! friendly relations with other nations,
and especially with our neighbors on
/ the American continent, whose des-
tiny is closely linked with our own,
and we view with alarm the tendency
to policy of irritation and buster,
which is liable at any time to con-
front us with the alternative of humil-
iation or war. We favor the main
tenance of navy strong enough for
all purposes of national defense and
to properly maintain the honor and
dignity of the country abroad.
Section II. This country has always
been the refuge of the oppressed from
every land, exiles for conscience sake ;
and in the spirit of the founders Of
our government we condemn the
oppression practiced by the Russian
government upon its Lutheral and
Jewish subjects, and we call upon
our national government, in the inter
est of justice and humanity, by all
just and proper means, to use It's
prompt and best efforts to bring
about cessation of these cruel per-
secutions in the dominions of the
Gar and to secure to the oppressed
equal rights. We tender our pro-
found sympathies to those lovers of
freedom who are struggling for home
rule and the great cause of local self
government in Ireland
Section II. We heartily approve
all legitimate efforts to prevent the
United States from being used as a
dumping ground for known criminals
and professional paupers Of Europe,
and we demand the rigid enforce
ment of the laws against Chinese
immigration or the importation OF
foreign men under contract to degrade
American labor and lessen its wages,
but we condemn and denounce any