The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-06-30
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

Section /. The representative of
Inc Democratic parry of the United
states, in National Conveation as
$ mbled,, do affirm their allegiance
to the principles Of the party as for
, inulated by Jefferson and exemplifi-
td by the loLg and illustrious line Of
his successors in Democratic header
shiL from Madison to Cleveland. We
believe the public welfare demands
that these principles be applied in
! the conduct of the Federal Govern
fnent through the ACCESSION to powi.r
of the party that advocates them,
and we solemnfy declare That the
need Of return to these fundaIn5n-
tai principles Of afree popular gos-
ernnent, based on home rule and In
diyidal liberty, was never more ur-
gent than now, when the tendency
to centralize all power at the federal
capital has become a menace to the
reserved rights of the States, that
strikes at thevery roots of our gov
ernment under the constitution as
framed by the fathers of the Repub-
lie. go -itEEh ~*sH j #t- ftl'
j. IT, FORCE BILL. '..
. Sec. 2. We warn the people Of our
common country, Jealous for:he pre-
servatioh Of their free .institutions,
that the policy Of federal, control Of
elections. to- which the, Republican
party bas committed itself, is fraught
with the gravest dangers, scarcely
less momertods than would result
from revolution practically estab,
8ishing1nn oHsrchy or. the rhfris of the
Republic. ltstrikes at the North as
we'll as the South, and. Injuries the
colored citizen even more th an the
white; it means a horde Of deputy
marshals at every polling Place, ,arm-
ed with federal power; returning
iboards appointed and controlled by
federal authority; the outrage of the
electoral rights of the people in the
several States; the suhjugatien of
the coloree people TO the control of
the party I'm power and the reviving
of race antagonIsrns now happily
abated, of the utmost peril to the
safety and happiness of all; a mea-
sure deliberately and justly describ-
ed by leading Republican Senator
as t'the most Infamous bill that ever
crossed tle threshold Of the Senate y
Such q policy, if sanctioned by
law, would mean the dominance OF
a aself-perpetuating oligarhy Of office
holders, and the party first intrusted
with its machinery could be edislodg-
ed from power only by an appeal to
the reserye<lright of tie people to re-
siet oppression which is inherent in
all self governing communities.
Two years ago this revolutionary
policy was emphatically condemned
by the people at the polls; but in
contempt of that verdict the Repub.
lican party has defimtly declared in
| it's latest authoritative utterance that
bits success in the coming elections
Will mean the enactment of the Force
bill aud the usurpation of despotit
control over elections in all the
| States. f.E.ss ~ g. 5-sss- - 2
T. Believing that the preservation OF
Republican government in the Uni
ted States is dependent upon the de.
feat of this policy of legalized force
and. fraud, we invite the support oi
all citizens who desire to see the CON
stitution maintained in its integrity
with the laws pursuant thereto,whicf
have giEen our country hundred
years of lin exaihpfed prosperity, and
we pledge the Democratic party, il
it be inttusteH With power, not only
to the defeat of tire Force bill. but
also to relentless opposition to the
Republican policy of profligate eA
penditure which in the shortest space
of two years has squandered5 AN en-
ormous surplus and enptied an oyer.
flowing treasury after pilfng new
burdens Of taxation upon the already
| opertaxed labor OF the country.
'sfz . THE TARIFF.
! Sec. 3. We denounce the Republi
i can policy of protection as a fraud
/ GU the labor of the great majority o.
the American people for the bench
of the few. We, declare it TO be :
fundamental principle of the Demo
I Cratic party that the federal govern
| iment has unconstitutional power tt
impose aud collect tariff duties ex
.eept for the purposes of revenue on
lily, and We demand that1he eodiec
! ton OF such taxes shall be, imited t
I the necessities of the. .governmen
2 when honestly and economically ad
iministered. q r..''
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