Daily Texarkana Democrat., 1892-09-09
National QepHar8tIc Platform
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Section The reprSe'd lives OF the
DeAocra'ic par,y o. Ia Nniei NtateS, ia
National Cslvehtnn ,cni'i- d. 90 :, aiiirn
their alieglunca 10 thr psia,ir',9 Of The par.
ty as formulate by J.l'cr,un ~ q y sempli-
fed BY a long uni llu>trious Ill. 81 his sue
CessoFs n Demncfa'ir s.r,7rr.l,ip from Mad
ison to J.c'.,,,i,d SO h,ffy ,a,t the pub
lie welfare . nanis "a ii,'~" p,inrl, les he
applied TO ID" cundjci ul the eceral Gov
erument through th,. acc ssion to power of
the party that advocates then; and wo sal.
emniy declare that the nee ui a reluin to
these fundamental principles Of Il free pop
ular government based on Erme rule and
Individual liberty was never rore than now,
when the tendency to cen.ralizc all power
At the Federal Cal,ital has 5ecom mcnacp
10 the reserved rights nfthe States that s:,ike
al the very roots Of or Gyverhacnt under
the Constitution rs framed By the Republic
as 70 THE FORCE Bill
Sec 2. We warn he people of our C, NJ
u,1n ccunery, Jealous Tor the preservation OF
their free institute, Ia, that the poic. of Fed
era Control ot elections, to which the Re.
Drh Icrn party has committed lseli, is
fraught with the grsvest dangers, scarcely
less momantous that wcuid result from a
revolution, practically esla5li hing ronsr-
cby ,ll tle rains nj The lirrubic.
Ii slr'kes Vt tie North Ms well as tic Soutf
M inu es th' colored citizens even more
than ire Whites. Ii means horde OF dep
uty nsrshals at every polling pace, arned
wth'folor.l power, returning boards sp-
Doinled a;ai controlled by Federal aushor-
itY, the oljrage OF the electoral rights OF the
people in the several states, the suhiugaton
Of the coiored people to tbe control OF the
parry IN power n d tit reyiving oi race an
hlgonem, now happily abated, OF tie utmost
peril TO the safety and happiness OF all; q
measure Deliberately and justly described by
q leading Republican Senator "ss the most
infamous bill that ever crossed the threah
old Of lh Senate" such policy ii sane
Toned h, l,,w. would mean tb" dominance
Of sei l,erpetuatins oligarcay Of office
holders, and the party first entrusted with
its machinery could he dlslodgsd from pow
ar only by an appeal to the reserved rgh
Of the people to resist oppression which is
Inherent in al seI-governiDg communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary power
Eas mphatically co .demed by Tie people
At the pcI!; butl contenp; ci that yerdjct
.be Republican ps:ty has d'.iaDtly declared
IN its Latest authoritative uttn ancc that is
.ucce S ~ Tic coming election will mean
The enac ment of the torcs bill and the cusur-
patton o. aes otic control over elections in
al the states.
Believing that the pre,er alton Of Jepub-
Iicsn government in the United States is
dependent upon the defeat OF this policy oi
egalized force and fraud, W. inyite the
gnport Of Il CIT zens who desire to soc the
Constitution maintained N It's integrity with
he a@s pursuant thereto which have giver
Jus country a hundred years Of t,ueXamplcd
prcspcii.e;pnd " pledge tto Democrats,
0uFiy, il IL oe M ted wnh power, not
,uly u be defeat o the fore bill, hut also
o csoai'wsn position TO the Rcpuhlican
policy c( plffiEste eXrentlLure, which iD
he s5ort space ol tyo y ar' has SOU ulJerod
Al enormous surp Us nuo enplc.i an over.
lowag tro su y after pi'ing new Burdens of
.ayat"o epn tae ay5@y o1ertaIed labor
OF the country