Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-08-27
To Democrats of the United
States.


Of the Republic. Party after party
has attempted its overthrow. Some
have achieved temporary triunphs.
With each triumph was heard the
prophecy that the Democratic party
would surely die. Ii has survived
all defeats. by virtue of its indie
structihlr principles il has Witnessed
the birth and death ri every rival
save one, and this. its present great
anita Toni,t, vim ~ history of no more
than forty Years, had M part in lay
ing the foundations of constitutional
or popular government. For more
than Il century men of high princi-
pies, noble. ambitious, IlnS"liiSh and
patriotic aims, have adhered to the
Democratic party with II cons fancy
OF devotion unparalleled in the his
tory of politics. For more than Il
century, through good and evil rr-
port, III times of prosperity and days
Of adversely, it HIS kept its faith.
Without VariablpnvSS or shadow of
turning, il has held fast to HE funda-
mental principles of free government
formulated by its principles and sub
scqucntly enforced by lis great lead
crs from Jefferson To Cleveland
For NOR" than a century no man
WAS ever in doubt as to what consti-
tutcd Democracy. lie who proclaim
ed himself Il Democrat defined his
principles. lie believed, and this
was the cardinal article of his polit-
zeal faith, in the ability of every I'M
dividual, unassistcd, If unfcttered by
law, Ia achieve his own happiness;
and, therefore, that to every citizen
there should he secured the right and
opportunity to pursu" whatever
course cf conduct he would, provided
such conduct deprived no other indi-
vidual of the equal enjoyment of the
same right and opportunity. lie
stood for freedom of speech, freedom
of conscience, freedom Of trade and
freedom of .rontract, all of which are
implied by the century-old battlc-cry
of the Democratic party, individual
| liberty"
As a consequence every Democrat
believed in the rule of law and the
rule of an impartial law in the I'M
| hesitating protection not only of the
lives of citizens, but of private rights
and property, and in the enforcement
of obedience to duly constituted
authority. Every true Democrat in
sisted upon II strict observance of the
mandates OF the Federal Constitution
and of the limitations therein pre-
Scribed, as well a. upon ii loyal sup
port of all the institutions thereby
created To be guarantees of the liber-
ty it sought to perpetuate. He pro-
foundry disbelicved in the ability OF
government through paternal legfs-
lation ar supervision, to increase the
happiness of the nation. He was
opposed to all attempts to conjurC
comfort into the homes OF its citizens
or wealth into their pockets He
believed that it is the function OF
government to provide the people
with an honest and stable medium
of exchange, thus ena' .. 'em to
transact their buSino -.;.r and
conveniently in every .'d nar-
ket in the world. Ii .. TED
every attempt To supply N,... 49,
means of legislation thatN ..-.
il can poSSess only by reasOr - II
qualities that render it accep. tC
the world when supported by leES-
lative fiat. He believed in the gTC.
est measure to freedom OF trade 4
industry compatible with the nee, =.
sity to obtain by constitutional means
an adequate revenue for the support
a simple, economical, honest 0."
efficient administration of the ati.ir,
of the nation to the end that th'
erty of the people, should be pre-
served with least possible resulting
burden and the or rtest possible Ger.
taiuty. With sucg rac0 and sucl
IA creed, the Pr a4..l borrower
being DemOcra cla.;.,- ma p'lt
form reaffirmini IT,, -0uHt p'iuciplei
of Democracy, the Demo .,s,- p.Et-
,FIs called rHou go @,,'"Cc dclesate
To- a nation..l ~ W;iOu.
The delegates ., tire cOGv nj ~
I, I'D at CT icago wcT authorize IT,
, / ad the power to proclaim platfgf0
, ,mbodyinG their views ol the ri
solution of the particular problem
of government now agitating the IA
j ton, but upon the condition tina
such platform should be consisten
with the cardinal principles held b,
the party throughout its existence
These principles constitute the es
| sential element of the party's life
They distinguish it from all othe
political organizations. If they ar
, abandoned, the party ceases to exist
1t was, therefore, not within th
/ power of any majority of the dele
, gates assembled at Chicago to bin
the Democrats of the United State
to platform inconsistent with iii
party's principles, or to any actiol
/ that should result in their surrender
, In violation of the trust committee
to them, a majority of the delegate
; assembled in that convention, ignor
, ing the rights of the minority, un
} seated egularly-elected delegates t
, make places for others in sympath
with themselves. They prOclaime
sectional combination of the SOut
, and West against the North and Easj
They impeached the honesty am
patriotism of President Cleveland
who, under exceptional embarrass
ments produced by errors of legisl;I
ton, has especially maintained It'd
I honor and integrity of the republic
[ Against the protest of One-third q
the delegates, they promulgated
platform ut variance with the essen
tial principles of the Democrat
E party.
= This platform is in its policies dan
gerous to the welfare and life of fire.
government. 1t is mischievous i
its tendencies. But even more threat
{ ening and mischievOus was the spiri
? of the convention that adopted it
spirit manifested not alone by il
affirmative action, but as well by ii
reckless rejection of every PROPOSE
r ton tending to temper the declara
o tions of the convention with consery
. atism and justice.
The platform proposes to degrad
1 the coin of the United States b.
r means of the free, unlimited and in
G dependent coinage of silver by ou
government, and by the exercise c
the power of the nation to compt
the acceptance of deprecated coin
: at their nominal value, thereby work
I ing an injustice to creditors, defraud
, ing the laborer of a large part of hi
earnings and savings, robbing per
: stoned soldiers of a part of their per
e sions, contracting the currency b
| the expulsion of gold coin from circu
. lation, injuring, if not destroying, dc
nestle trade and foreign commerce
While protesting to advocate
|, policy of bimetallism it censures tn
, present Democratic administrative