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

, DEN IASfoBM.
pees9ration of Principles Adopted
by the Natsonaf Convention
The platform as adopted by the Demo.
cratic National Convention at Chicago il
as fnlEprs:,
SfcTtoN 1.-The representatives of ths
f5emocratic party of the United States in
Nattonat Convention assembled do re.
affirm their allegiance to the PRINCIPALS of
the party as formulated by Jefferson eni
Of bipp y the Long and iliastroas line
from Madison = to Cleveland We be.
iieve the public welfare demands that
these principals be applied in the
conduct Of the Federal Government
tnrouRh t the accession to power OF the party
that advocates them, and we solemnly de.
clare that the need of a return to these fun
damental principles OF a free popular gov
ernment, based on home rule aud individual
npertE wis never more urgent than now,
enthe tendency to centralizs all power at
the Federal capital has become a menace to to
the, reserved rights of the States. that
trtAes At the very roots OF our Copounment
under the Constitution as framed by fh6.
fathers of the Republic -
SECTION Eve warn the people of our
common country, jealous for the preserva.
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 momentons than would result
from revolution practically estab
fishing monarchy on the ruins of the
republic. 1t strikes at the North
as well as the South, and Injuries
the colored citizen even more
than the white; 1T means 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
III the several States, the suhjugation of the
colored people to the control of the party i'm
power and the reviving of race antac onisns
now happily abated of the utmost peril to
the safety and happiness of all; a measure
deliberately and justly describei by a lead :
ing Republican Senator rs the most IN
of the Senate"
Such policy, if sanctioned by law, would
mean the dominance of a self-perpetuatip,.
0lgarchy of office holders, and tho party
nrst Intrusted with its machinery could Eo
dislodged from power only by an appeai To
the reserved right of the people To resist on
preston which is inherent in all selfyov-
erning communities. Two Years ago This
revolutionary policy was emphaticaiiy con
,e,,neu oy the people at the polls; but in
contempt OF The verdict the Republican
party has defiantly declared in its latest,
authoritative utterauce that IT,; succass il,
the coming elections will mean the enact
ment OF the Force bill aud the usurpation of
uespot'c control over elections i'm all the
StateS. Believing that the preservation of
Republican government in the United states
Hependent upon the defeat of this poicy
vi Ieeaiized force and fraud, we invite tho
suppoIt or all citizens who desire to see the
nGns'itntien ;,h maintained in its integrity,
whin,, tn 'ne laws pursuant thereto
| "h'cn have given our country
hundred years of unexamplc,
prosperity, and we pledge the Democrati,
party II 1t bc intrusted with power, not onl,
10 inc defeat of the Force hill, but also t.
policy of profigate expenditure which h't in tn.
snoEe space OF two years has squandered at
enormous surplus and emptied an over
Sowans treasury after pilng new burdens Q
sECT,~~ ys,ys -
policy OF protection as fraud ON the laho,
| OF the great majority of the American neo
PIE tor the benefit OF the few. We decla,,
Nto De fundamental principle of the Dem
Sra'ic party that the Federal Government
mas no constitutional power to impose an
collect tariff duties except for tho purpose
Oh revenue only, and we demand that tn
coiiection or such taxes shall be limited {
the necessities of the Government when hoI
esciy ana economically administered
| SECTION 4.-Trade interchange on th
basis OF reciprocal advantages to the conn
uies participating Is II time. .honorei doc
uihe oil the Democratic faith, but we de
nouhce the sham reciprocity which jugsle
win tne peoples desire for enlarged foreign
markets and freer exchanges by pre-
tending to establish closer trad
articles of export are almost ey
c.uslvely agricultural products with othel
countries that are also agricultural Will,
eta;eeung custom House barrier OF prohib
| 'tiVe tariff taxes against the rich couutrie,
vi tle world that stand ready to take GU,
ehtre surplus OF products and to exchanc,
therefor commodities which are necessarie
anu comforts OF life among our own people
SEcrloN o-We recogniz, in the trust
ana combinations, which are designed to Ell
apie capital to secure more than its ius
snare or the joint products Of capital an,
| iaoor, natural consequence OF the prohib
ltive taxes which prevent the free comm,
tition which Is the life of honest trade nu
we believe their worse { ills can be abate
by law, and we demand the rigi enforce
ment or the laws made to prevent and con
trol them, together with such further legiS
lation In restraint of their abuses as cx
perience may show to be necessary.
| SECTION 6.-Tho Republican party. whil
protesting policy of reServing the pubIi
land for small holdings by actual settlers
has given away the peoples heritage TIL nov
lew railroad and nonresident aliens M
dlvidual anu corporate, possess a larger are
than mat OF H'I our farms between the tw
seas. The last Democratic administ ia ton T.,
versed the improvident and unwise policy G
the Republican party touching tho public
domain, and reclaimed from corporation
and syndicates, alien and domestic AMI re
stored to the people nearly one hundre
| million acres OF valuable land to be sacreil,
! held as homestea Is for our citiz ans and we
pledge ourselves to continue this policy un.
Til every acre of land Sd unlawfully hsli
shall be reclaimed AMI restored to the
people
SECTION I've denouuce the Republican
legislation known as tn, Sherman net o
1890 as cowardly makeshift fraughG wit
possibilities of danger in the future whicl
should make all of its supporters, as well a,
its author, anxious for its speedy repeal
We holt to the uss OF both gold an.
silver as the standard money of tn,
country, and to the coinage oil
of both gold and silver without discriminat.