Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-24
re PLATFORM.
Fur Text Of the Principles of the Demo
cratic Party.

party as formulated by Jeuefsuh anu On
emplified by the long INDUSTRIOUS hne OF
frcm Madison to Cleveland; we believe the
nubHc welfare demands that these princl- /
fles be applied to the conduct of the federal
Government through accession to power
of the party that advocates them; and we
solemnly declare that the need OF a return
to these fundamental principles of the pop |
ular govern ,ent based on home rule and
Individual liberty was never more urgent
than now. when the tendency to centraiize
all power at the federal Capitol has become
a menace to the reserved rights OF the
states that strikes at the very roots OF our
government, and under the constitution, as
framed by tie fathers of the republic
SEC Eve warn the people OF our COM
mon country Jealous of the preservation Of
their free institutions that the policy OF
the federal control OF elections TO when
the Republican party has comrnittId itself
is fraught with the grayest hangers,
scarcely less momentous than would result
from revolution practically establishing
monarchy on the ruins of the republic, lt
strikes at the north as we'll as the south
and Injuries the colored citizen, even mor'
than the white; it means hoard of deputy
marshals at every polling place, armed
with federal power, returning t f boarnS
authority, the outrage of the cleo,
toral rights of the people in the several
states the s, biugation OF the colored peo-
pie to the control of the party in power
and the reviving of race antagonlsms now
happily abated, of the utmost peril to the
safety and happiness Of all; measure ae-
liberately and Justly described by a leading
Republican senator as "the most infamous
bilf that ever crossed the threshold of the
senate" Such policy, If sanctioned Dy
law, would mean the dominance of SELF
perpetuating oligarchy OF office hold
ers, and the party first entrusted with us
machinery could be dislodgea from power
only nv an appeal to the reserved right or
the people to resist oppression, which Is IN
herent In all selfgoverning communities.
| Two wears ago this revolutionary policy
was emphatically condemned by the peo-
! pie at the polls; but in contempt OF that
verdict the Republican party has denantly
| declared in It's latest authoritative utter
| ances that its success in the coming cleo
| tions will mean the enactment OF the
force bill and the uSurpatlOn OF despoIlc
| control over elections in all the states. Be
| lieving that the preservation OF repupn-
| can government in the United States Is dc.
| pendent upon the defeat OF tnls poicy oa
| fepalized force and fraud, we invite the
| support of all citizens who desire to see
| the constitution maintained in its integrity
| with the l. IS pursuant thereto when
| have given cur country hundred years OF
| unexampled prosperity, and we pledge the
| Democratic party, if it be entrusted with
| power not only to the defeat of the force
| bill but also to the relentless opposition 70
the Republican policy OF prohlgate e * emu
| wears has squandered an enormous sur
| plus and emptied an overlooking treasury,
1 after Milling new burdens of taxation upon
/ the already overtaxed labor of the country
/ SEC 3.-We reiterate the oft repeated
i doctrines of the Democratic party that tne
= ont
Justification for taxation, and whenever a
i tax is unnecessary it Is unjustlhable; that
when custom house taxation is levied upon
Il articles of any kind produced in this coun-
Il try the difference between the cost OF LABOR
here and labor abroad, when such differ
ence exists, fully measures any possl93ise
: benefits to labor, and the enormous addl-
tional impostions Of the existing tariff fali
/ with crushing force upon our farmers ana
workingmen and for the mere advantage
of the few whom 1t enriches, exact from
4 labor grossly unjust share OF the expense
! of the government, and we demand such 9
, revision of the tariff laws us will remove
their iniauitous inequalities, tighten theii
| expressions and put them on constitute
tional and euuable basis But in making
n reductions in taxes, it is not proposed tc
injure any domestic industries, but to pro
! mote their healthy growth. From tht
foundation of this government the taxes
. collected at the custom house have beer
q the chief source of federal revenue. Suct
q they must continue to be Moreover, many
industries have come to rely upon leglsla
. ton for successful continuance, so thai
h any change of law must be at every stel
!, regardfui of the labor and capital thus in
u voIyed, The process of reform must b.
! subject in the execution to this plain die
Q tate of justice.
Il enacted by the Fifty-frst congress as tn
eliminating atrocity of class Legislation
we endorse the efforts made by the Demo
!, Gratis of the present congress 10 nlouily ~
g most oppressiy We features in the direction o
d free raw material and cheaper manutat
" tured goods that enter into general con
!, sumption, aud we promise its repeal as on
:. of tile bencfcent results that Will folioN
!. the action of the people in entrustln
" power to the Democratic party. since tn
Mckinley tariff went into operation ther
V have been ten reductions of wages of labo
II to one increase We deny that there ha
n been any increase of prosperity TO I'd
"A country since that tariff went into oper'
= ton, and we point to the dizziness and on
tress, the wage reduction and strikes l
% the iron trade as the best possible evident
IS that no such prosperity has resulted frol
lc the Mckinley act. We call the attentlo
of thoughtful Americans to the fact thu
o after the thirty years of restrictive TAX
a ton against importations OF torelR
u wealth in exchange for our agricultuii
u products, the homes and farms OF I'll
10 country have become burdened with re-
Is estate mortgage of over two thousand nv
t. Llndred million dollars exclusive of
q other forms of Indebtedness; that in Oh
:, of the chief agricultural states of the we
- there appears real estate mortgage del
averaging $l65 per capita OF y
total population, and that slnhl
conditions are shown to exist in other a
ricultural states. We denp6hce poli'
ga which fosters no industry So much as
= does that of the sheriff.
" SEC 4-Trade interchange on the bas
az of reciprocal advantage to this count
mt participating is time honored doctrine
oo the Democratic faith, but we denounce Z
p sham reciprocity which juggles with t
In peoples desire for enlarged foreii
of markets and freer exchange by preten
inG to establish trade relations for cou
try whose articles of export are almost
clusivey agricultural with other countr'
Ia that are also agricultural, while erecting
40 custom house barrier of prohibitive tar
'as taxes against the richest countries OF 7
is world that stand ready to tai &c our emit
ra surplus of products and to exchange the
~ for commodities which are necessary a
w are comforts of life among our own p
us Pile.
re-, nopolies, which are designed by capital
ire secure more than their just share of
joint product of capital and labor,
natural consequence of prohibitive tax
which prevent the free competition VIII
is the life of honest trade, but we BELT
rec their worst evils can be abated by law, a
lei we demand the rigid enforcement OF la
-ifs made to prevent and control them,
H., Rether wifi such further legislation in
" straint Of their abuses as experience N
eu show to be necessary.
are SRC. 6.-The Republican party, WI
all protesting policy of reserving the pul
I'm lands for small holdings by actual settle