The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1892-08-13
THE PLATFORM OF 1910.

government 10 foster one branch
of industry to the detriment OF
another, or to cherish the interests
of one portion to the injury OF
another portion Of our common
country-that every citizen and
every section of the country have
right to demand and insist upon
an equality of rights and privil-
eges, and to complete an ample
protection of persons and property
from domestic violence or foreig n
aggression. This res )lution W IS
re affirmed in the platforms of 1S4I
aud 1913.
THE PLATFORM OF 1S4S,
in addition to the foregoing. "Re-
solved. That it is the duty of every
branch of the government to en-
force and practice the most rigid
economy in conducting our public
affairs, and that no more revenue
ought to be raise than is required
to defray the expenses of the gov
ernment and for the gradual but
certain reduction of the public
debt incurred by the war With
Mexico.)
"ites ,lved, Thai a high
and sacred duty is devolved upon
the Democratic party, as the party
of the people, to sustain aud adj
vance constitutional liberty, fra
ternity and equality, by continuing
to resist monopolles and exclusiv,
Legislation for the benefit of the
few, at the expense of the many,
and by vigIlant and constant adj
herence to those principles aud
cOmpacts of the Constitution,
which are broad and strong enough
to embrace and uphold the Union
as it was, the Union as it is, ant
the Union as it shall be in the full
expansion of the energies and
capacity of this great and pro-
gressive people" The same plat
form commended 'sthe noble inn
pulse given to the cause of free
trade by the repeal of the tariff in
1912 and The creation of the more
equal, honest and productive tariff
of 1846."
THE PLATFORM OF 1852
re ffirmed the foregoing declara-
ii ns and added
s'That the liberal principles en-
bo led by Jefferson in the DeclaIa-
ii - of Independence and sane
.lloned in the Constitution which
makes the land of liberty, aud the
asylum of the oppressed of every
nation, have ever been cardinal
principles in the Democratic faith,
and every attempt to abridge the
privilege of becoming citizens aud
owners of soil among us ought t.
be resisted with the same spirit
that swept Alien and Seditiou laws
from our statute books.
THE PLATFORM OF 1856
reaffirmed the foregoing declara-
tions, and proclaimed further
THAT the American Democracy
place. their trust IN theiutelligence,
patriotism and discriminating jl~-
tice of the American people," tie
1860 the National Democratic
party divided ou the sectional
issup.)
THE PLATFORM OF 1868
"Payment OF ali the public debt
as rapidly as praclic ,ble-all
money drawn from the people by
taxation, except so mnch rs is re-
CURED for the nect ctssities of the
government economically admins
tered, being honestly applied 70
such payment and where The OBJ
legations of tue government do not
expressly state upon their face, or
the law upou which they were is
sued does not provi le that they
shall be paid ii CON, they ought IN
right and iusiice to I've paid in the
lawful money! (viz: greenback>)
ssof the United States,p
"Equal taxation of every species
of property according to its re i
value, including government bonds
ami other securities"
Economy in the administration
Of the government, sim
plifieation Of the system and dis
continuance OF the iDquisitorial
modes OF assessing aud collecting
Interval revenue, 3 tasifl
for revenue upon foreign impor S,
and such equal taxation under the
Internal revenue laws as will affors
incidental protection to dom siit
manufactures, and as will without
impaitihg the revenue, impose ht
least burden upon, and best pro
mote aud encourage the great in.
dnstrial interests Of the country.
PLATFORM or 1872.
awe demand system Of FeieTa
taxation which shall not nuneees
sariIy interfere with the industry
of the People. and Which shall
PROV de the means necessary Z
pay the expenses of the govern
naenr economically administered
and recognizing thaf ther'
are many in our midst honest bul