The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-18

Iciples of our platform OF 1853, Vlha!,
Gated by victory at the polls, and
prosperity in our fields, workshops
and mines, and make the following
declaration Of principles:
We reaf1rm the American docJrlne
OF protection. We call attentlon toiUs
growth abroad. We maintain tna6 Gne
prosperous condition Of u country B
largely due to the wise revenue legL75ra-
ton of the Republican Congress. we
believe that ali articles wh2ch cannon
be produced in the United States, ex-
cept ~luxuries. should be admitted free
of duty, and that on all imports com
ing into competition with the products
of American labor there should be
levied duties equal to the difference
bet ween wages abroad and at home.
We assert that the prices OF manutac-
tured articles of general consumption
have been reduced under the opera
tions of the tariff act of 1890. We de
/ nounce the efforts of the Democratic
majority of the House of Representa-
tives to destroy our tariff laws, as is
manifested by their attacks upon wool,
lead and lead ores, the chief produces
| of a number of States, and we ask the
people for their judgment thereon. We
point to the success of the Republican
policy of reciprocity, under which our
export trade has vastly increased and
new and enlarged markets have been
opened for the products of u farms
and workshops. We remind the peo-
pie of the bitter opposition of the
Democratic party to this practical
business measure, aud claim that exc
cuted by a Republican administration,
our present laws will eventually give
us control of the trade of the world.
The American people, from tradition
and interest, favor bimetallism, and
| the Republican party demands the use
of both gold and silver as standard
money, with such restrictions and
under such provisions, to be deter
mined by legislation, as will secure the
maintenance of the parity of values of
the two metals, so that the purchasing
and debt paying power of the dollar,
whether of silver, or gold or paper,
shall be at all times equal. The In
terests of the producers of the country,
it's farmers and it's workingmen, de-
mand that every dollar, paper or coin,
issued by the Government shall be as
good as any other. We commend the
wise and patriotic steps already taken
by our Government to C u an inter
national conference to adopt such meas
ures as will insure a parity Of value
between gold and silver for use as
money throughout the country.
We demand that every citizen of the
United States shall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot in all
public elections, and that such ballot
shall be counted and returned as cast,
that such laws shall be enacted and
enforced as will secure to every citi-
zen, be he rich or poor, native or
foreign born, white or black, this
sovereign right guaranteed by the
Constitution. The free and honest
popular ballot, the just and equal
representation of all the people, as
we'll as their just and equal protection
under the laws, are the foundation of
our Republican institutions, and the
party will never relent it's efforts until
the integrity of the ballot and the
purity of elections shall be fully guar
anteed and protected in every State.
edenouncet the continued inhuman
outrages perpetrated upon American
citizens for political reasons in certain
Southern States of the Union.
Wefavor the extension of ~ourforeign
commerce; the restoration of our mer
camille marine by home-built ships and
the creation of a navy for the protec-
tion Of our national interests and the
honor of our flag; the maintenance of
most fri 3ndly relations with all foreign
powers, entangling alliance with none,
and the protection of the rights of our
fishermen.
We reafirm our approval of the
Monroe doctrine and believe in the
achievement of manifest destiny of the
republic in it's broadcast sense.
We favor the enactment of more
stringent laws and regulation of crimi-
nal, pauper and contract immigration.
Wefavor efficient legislation by Con
gress to protect the life and limbs of
employees of transportation companies
engaged in carrying On interstate com
merce, and recommend legislation by
the respective States that viii protect
employees engaged In State commerce,
In mining and manufacturing.
The Republican party has always
been the champion of the oppressed
and recognizes the dignity of manhood,
irrespective of faith, color or nation
ality; it sympathizes with the cause
of home rule in Ireland and protests
against the persecuti IN of the Jews in
Russia.
The ultimate reliance of free popular
government is the intelligence of the
people and the maintenance of freedom
among its men. We therefore declare
anew our devotion to liberty of thought
and conscience, of speech and press,
and approve all agencies and instru-
mentalities which contribute to the
education of the children of the land:
but while insisting upon the fullest
measure of religious liberty, we are
opposed to any union of Church and
State.
We reathrm u opposition. declared
in the Rannhlina nfnteo.A e ESaa