Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-10-02
pEMocRATIc III ATFoRM.

DEMOCRATIC PL ATFORM.
We. tire democrats OF the u..s.cd States 81
national ronveDtton Assembled do reaiiirm
our allegiance to those gre essential print
eipics OF Justice ard i'll erty uron whith our
institutions are fund, &. Il III which the demo-
! crasic plrty has drccated from Jefferson s
time TO cur own-freedom OF speech. FREEDOM
OF the press. freedom of conscience. the
| preservation OF personal rights the equality
| OF all citizens before the iir arid the faithfn.
Observance Of constitutional .iinitltioas.
During all these years the democratic party
| has resisted the tendency o.. selfish interests
| to the centraliz itton OF government Il pow2r
| anu steGdtastly IN intained .he iitcyrit; o.
| tho dh scheme Of government estaeiishcd by
! the founders OF shis repub &c OF REPUBLICS
| Under It's guidance and teachings the rreat
! principal OF local scf-x overnment h rs founi
| Its best expression in the maintenance of tho
rights OF the states and In its assertion of the
! Necessity OF contininF the general government
70 tho exercises of the powers granted by the
| Constitution OF the UaiteG States
Tho constitution OF the Unittd States
| guarantees to every citizen tho right of civil
| and religious liberty. Tue democratic pirts
has always been the exponent of political lib.
erty ard religious freedom. and 1t renews It's
OBLIGATIONS !; nd rel dlrms its devotion TO thesti
fundamentai principles tf sh6 Constitution
Recognizing that the money question is mar
amount to all others ut this time. we invite
attention to the ct that tho federal constI.
tuhioh SILVER ana kOiu together us she
money metals OF the United STATES, and thns
the hrst coina"c law parsed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar tho
monetary unit OF value and admitted gold ID
Tree coinage at ratio measured by the silref
dollar unit
We declare that the net OF 1873 demonetizit,s;
silver without the knowledge or approval Of
the American people has resulted in the ntj:
probation OF gold and corresponding fall Id
the prices Of commodities produced by tho
DpODiO n hpltv n ~
alton and OF all debts public and private; tho
enrichment OF tho moncv-lcnding class as
home and abroad: postratioE OF industry and
| impovarishmcnt OF the Yeople
We are uualtcrably opposed to the sfnvls
| gold standard which u. locked fast the bross
perity OF an Industrial people In the Paralysis
OF hard times. Gold monometaDi.m is n
British policy and its adoption has brought
other nations into financial servitudc to Lon
! don It's not only un-Amcrican but anti-
American and 1t can be fastened on the Uni, ed
States only by the sitting OF that int,omitabic
spirit and love OF liberty which proclaimed
our political independence h 1875 and won il
In the war OF The revolution
! We demand the free and unlimited cotr,gA
OF both silver and gold the pres cnt legal ratio
OF 10 to l. without waiting for the I'D or conson,
OF any other nation We demand that the
standard silver dollar shall be Il fan legHl tenn
oer' equally with gold for all DEBTS. public and
private. and we favor such legislation as VIII
prevent the demouetin zion OF any kind OF lci=
gal tender money by private contract.
we are opposed TO the policy and practice
OF snrrenderinS to tho holders OF the obliga-
lions OF the United States the option reserved
by law to the goycrnm cnt OF rctccmiup sueh
obligations in either silver coin or gold coin
we are opposed to tho iss uirg OF Interest,"
bearing bonds of the Uniiel States In time of
peace, and condemn the traflickin. with bank;
Ing syBdicascs which. in exchange for bonds
aud Ut an enormous pfofit 10 ,hcn;seiyes SUP:
ply the federal treasury with gold 10 maintain
the policy OF gold monomctailism
Congress alone has the power to coin and
issue money. and President jackson declared
that this power could not be delegated TO corr
porations or individuals.
We therefore dcnottce the issuance o.
notes intended TO circulate as money oy In:
tionai banks as in dcrogatior OF the cons,itt-
ton and we demand that all napcr which l.
made legal tender for public and private
debts or which is receivable for dues 10 TIC
United Strtcs. shall be issued by TN. govern
ment OF the United States and shsll TIC re:
dccmahle in coin.
We hold that tariff duties should Inc levicf,
for purposes OF revenue. should also be ad
1ustcd so as to operate equally throughou.
the country, ard not discriminate between
class or section. und that taxation
should be limited b. the needs OF the govern
ment honestly and economically administered
We dcnounce us disturbing to bti ,incss the
republican threat to restore the Mckinley
law which has been twice condemned by tho
pCOplc III Tue national elections
which. enacted under tho false plea of
protection to home industry. proved a prolinc
breeder OF trusts and monopohes. enriched
the few ut the expense of the maiiv. restricted
trade and deprived the producers OF the great
American staples OF access TO their natural
markets Until the money question In
settled &c are opposed to nby agita-
ton for further changes in our tariif
laws, except such as are necessary TO meet
The deficit In revenue caused by tho adverse
decision OF the supreme court on the income
tax There would be no deiicit In the revenue
nut Tor the annulmcat by the supreme court
OF law passed by a democratic congress in
strict pursuance OF the uniform decisions of
that court for nearly one hundred years. that
court having In that decision sus-
taincd constitutional objections to its on-
actncnt which has been previously over:
tuicd oy the ublcst judges who had ever SAT-
on That beach. =. We declare that IL is the duty
OF congress- 10 use all the constitutional mower
which remains after that decision or which
may come from its reversal by the court rs It
may hereafter be constituted. so that the bur
dcns OF taxation may be eotiaiiy and i,npIr-
tiaily laid TO the end that wealth may bear its
auc proportion Of the expenses of government
we hold that the most efficient way OF pro-
tccting American labor Is to prevent the inn
nortation OF foreign paurcr labor TO compete
"lh 1t In The home marls-t and with the value
81 the home market to our American firrners
vicious
monetary system which dcprcsscs the prices
OF their products below the cost of production
ana thus dcprivcs them of the means OF nur-
chasing the PRODUCTS OF our home manufac-
tories ana as labor creates the wcaisn OF the
country. We demand the passage of sucn L VS.
as may be necessary 10 protect It IN all its
rights
We arc In favor OF fhc arbitration OF d!ner-
chccs between employers engaged in interstate
commerce and their employees, and recon-
menu SuCn legislation Y : r.
out this principle
The absorption OF wealth by the few. the
consolidation of Our leading railroad systems.
and the forma ton OF trusts and pools require
strictcr control by the federal government
OF those arteries OF commerce. Wo demand
the enlargement OF the Interstate commerce
commission and such restrictions ana guar
nntces In the control OF RAILWAYS as viii pro.
tect the people from robbery and oppression
we denouncc the proflLsatc waste OF the
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