Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1892-05-26

We, the Democratic party OF South
Carolina, in convention assembled,
recognizing the depressed condition
of the people, the reign of the pluto
crat and the unequal laws of the
national Congress, hereby reaAirm
our faith in Democratic simplicity.
We pledge anew our allegiance to
the principles first enumerated by the
illustrious statesman who founded
our free institutions and established
the Democratic party to protect and
preserve them.
/. We demand free elections,
untrammeled by 'force bills" or any
other Federal machinery, implying a
want of faith in the intelligence, the
honor or the patriotism Of any por-
ton of the American people.
,. We demand the abolition of
national banks.
We demand that the government
shall establish sub-treasuries or depos-
itories in the several States, which
shall issue money direct to the peo-
pie at low rate of interest, not to
exceed two per cent per annum, on
non-perishable farm products, and
also upon real estate, with proper
limitations upon the quantity Of land
and amount of money.
We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be speedily
i'.~5~a to not less than $50 per
capita.
3.-That s. we q, .het O. -
shall pass such ny
prevent the dea all
agricultural and, .5duc-
tions, providing a $1,000 system
Of procedure in trials that will secure
the prompt conviction and imposing
such penalties. as shall secure the
most perfect compliance with the
law.
4. We condemn the silver bill
recently passed by Congress, and
demand in lieu thereof the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
5. We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership Of land
and that Congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain all
lands now owned by aliens and for
eign syndicates; and that all lands
now held by railroads and other cor
porations in excess Of such as is actu-
ally used and needed by them be
reclaimed by the government and
held for actual settlers only.
6. Believing in the doctrine of
equal rights to all and special privi-
leges to none, VIC demand
q. That our national legislation
shall be so framed in the future as
not to build up one industry at the
expense of another.
b. We further demand a removal
of the existing heavy tariff tax from
the necessities of life that the poor
of our land must have.
C. We further demand Just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
income.
d. We believe that the money of
the country should be kept, as much
as possible, in the hands Of the peo-
pie, and hence we demand that all
national and State revenue shall be
limited to the necessary expenses of
the government, economically and
honestly administered.
I. We demand the most rigid,
honest and just State and national
government control and supervision
of the means of public communica-
ton and transportation, and if this
control and supervision does not
remove the abuse now existing we
demand the government ownership
Of such means Of communication and
transportation.
8. We demand that the Congress
of the United States submit an
amendment to the constitution pro-
viding for the eleesion @of United
States Senators by direct vote of the
people Of each State
We, the Democrats Of South Caro-
Ina, in convention assembled, and
representing as ne do. the voice and
sentiment Of the People of our State,
First. That We ase true and loyal
Democrats and endorse and will
ever snppo. the principles as enun-
ciated Thomas Jefferson and; reiss
ERASED 81 such statesmen as John g.
Calhoun, md Andrew Jackson and
ion these prineiples ne plant ours
selves and vii renaain: .s
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