Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-06-24

aud disinttrested latriotisin, do de.
claire
L. That in our celebrate judgment
it is absolutely essential to the sue
cess OF our candidates aud orr prin.
ciples in the coming presidential con-
test that all personal rivalries and
jealousies among our leaders and
their adherents should be buried and
forgotten; that the practice of crimi
mutton and recrimnation, already too
much INDUCED in, should no longer
be tolerated; that as brethren of the
same political household, and cher
ishing the same political faith. we
should cultivate spirit of concilia.
ton, concession and compromise and
that our watchword should be 'Eyery
thing for tho cause and nothing for
men"
ADHERE 70 CARDINAL PRINCIPLES,
2. We still maintain our allegiance
to those cardinal principles of gov.
ernment which we have been taught
to cherish rs the sheet.anchor of our
safety and the palladium of our lib
critics. We do not believe that all
the barriers of the Constitution have
been broken down, that all it's limita
tons Of power have been removed,
that the federal character of the Re
public has been destroyed and that
the government of we'll defined and
limited powers created by our faith
ers has been converted into IL con
solidated empire. We believe that
the "Union il to be indissoluble,
but that it is to be an indissoluble
Union OF free and independent
States"
8. That there has never been n
tlmo in our history when it was more
important to oppose the centralizing
tendencies of the General Govern.
ment and to maintain the States.
rights doctrine of strict construction.
If we would preserve our liberties
we must guard with ceaseless vigi
lance the right of local self govern.
mcnt and the reserved powers of the
States under the Constitutiop.-
While these exist the Republic will
live. When these arc overthrowu
the Republic will perish.
THE FORCE BILL CONDEMNED.
4. That we desire to place upon
record our earnest protest and sol.
emn remonstrance against any re-
newal of the attempt by those in au.
thority to secure the lmssuge of the
Force BILL" believing; as wo do that
tho enactment of that unconstitu-
tional and Infamous measure would
not only be wholly destructive of the
autonomy of the States and utterly
subvcrsive of the liberties of the peo
pie, but that it would seriously i'm.
peril the peace of orr homes and the
safety of our society.
That tariff is n tax. that nil
unnecessary taxation is unjust taxa
ton, that the Government has no
power under the Constitution to col
lect from the people any money ex
cept what is necessary to defray the
expenses of its economical admins
tration, that one class of our people
should not be required to pay trib
ute money for the benefit of another
class and that the burden of govern
ment should he imposed upon the
iuxurles and not upon tile necessa
ries of life.
6. That we favor the unconditional
and immediate abolition of the in.
ternal revenue systein-a nursery for
spies ana lniormers, n menace to the
freedom of elections, an intolerable
burden on the taxpayers, n source of
The greatest corruption in it's prac
teal operations, special burden on
the State and her interests.
THE OLD PLATFORM REAFF1RMeD.
T. That we reaffirm the Virginia
Democratic platform of 1889, upon
which Philip w. Mckinney was elect
cd Governor of Virginia, and all the
provisions thereof. We congratu
late our Governor upon his excellent
administration, and especially upon
the f"ct that it has been signalized
by the settlement through wise legis-
lation of the long vexed issue, the
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