The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-06-29
CLEVELAND,
NOMINATED ON FIRST Ball
L0T---HE RECEIVED
619 1-2 VOTES. 49,.
The Text of the Platform.

49, Y ~ = AN'S~
The Text Of the Platform.
Section |. The representa-
tives of the Democratic party
Of the United States in national
convention assembled reaffirm
their allegiance to, the princi-
pies of the party as formulated
by Jefferson and exemplified
by a long illustrious line of his
successors of Democratic lead
ership from Madison to Cleve-
land. We believe the public
welfare demands that these
principles be applied to the con-
duct of the federal government
through accession to power of
the party that votes them; and
we solemnly declare that the
need of a return to these funda-
mental principles of free, popu
lar government, based on home
rule and individual liberty, was
never more urgent than now,
when the tendency to central
ize all power at the federal capi-
tai 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 the
fathers of the republic.
Sec. 2. We warn the people
of our common country, jealous
for the preservation of their
free institutions that the policy
lof the federal control of elec-
tions to which the Republican
party has committed itself, is
fraught with the gravest dan
gers, scarcely less momentous
than would result from a revo-
luton practically establishing
monarchy on the ruins of the
Republicans. II strikes at the
North as we'll as the South, and
Injuries the colored citizen even
more than the white; it means
a 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 right of the
people in several States, the
subjugation of the colored peo
Iple To the control Of the party
in power and the reviving oi
race antagonisms now happily
abated, of the utmost peril &c
the safety and happiness Of all
a measure deliberately and just
| " defined, by a leading Republi
can Senator as "the most infa
nous bill that ever crossed tht
threshold Of the Senate.
Such q policy, if sanctioned
by law, would mean the domin
ance of a self perpetuatinl
oligarchy of Office holders, ant
the party first entrusted will
its machinery could be dislodg
ed from power only by an ap-
peal TO the reserved right Of Oh,
people TO resist oppression
which is inherent in all sci
governing communities. Twi
J years ago this revolutionar,
! lpolicy was emphatically con
demned by the people at tn
polls; but in contempt of tina
verdict, the republican part!
has deiinately declared il it
= latest authoritative utteranc,
5 that its success in the coming
1 elections will meet the enact
E ment of the force bill and th
lusurpation of despotic contru
over elections in all States. BE
/. lisying that the preservation o
republican government IN tn
Z United States is dependent NJ
: on the defeat Of this policy Q
: legalized force and fraud, W
E invite the assistance of al
) citizens who desire to see th
: constitution maintained in its in
E tegrity with the laws pursuan
I thereto which have given ou
E county a handred years Of un
j exampled prosperity; and "
/ pledge the Democratic party
/ if il be entrusted with powel
. not only to the defeat of th
: force bill, but also to relentles
I llopposition TO the republica
Q policy Of profligate expenditure
which in the short space Of tw
0 years has squandered an enol
! nous surplus and emptied q
j, overIlowing treasury after pi
. ing new burdens Of taxatio
S upon the already overtaxe
q labor Of the country.
Sec. .. We reiterate the Of