Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-10-23
DEMOCRATIC PI ArFoRM.

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time 10 our own--freedom. OF speech. freedom
OF tho press. freedom OF conscicncs ths
preservation OF personal rights. the equality
OF Gil cttizens before the law and tho faithful
observance Of constitutional limitations
During nll these years the dernocr SIC marty
has resisted the tendency OF scihsh fnterests
70 tho Capitalization OF government Il power
and stcudfastly maintained the iitezrfey OF
the do scher:e of government established By
the foundors OF this republic OF republics
Under It's guidance and tcachings the groat
principal OF local fcf-govcrnmen mt h ~ found
Its best Expression in the maintsnance OF the
rights OF the states and in its assertion OF the
necessity OF combining tho general government
to tho exercises of the powers granted by the
constitution OF the Unitcd States.
Tho constitution OF tho United States
guarantees TO every citizcn the right OF civil
and religious liberty. Tho democratic party
hns siwnys been L o exponent of political lib
erty and religious freedom. and It renows It's
OBLIGATIONS nd res firms its devotion to these
fundamental principles Of the constitution
Recognizing that the money question Is par
amount to oil others nj this time. We invite
attention TO the fact that tho federal consti-
tuition names silver and gold toge thor as tho
money metals of the United States, and that
the first coinngc law parsed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar tho
monetary unit of value and admitted gold to
free coinage at q ratio measured by tho silver
dollar unit
We declare that the not OF 1873 demonstrating
silver without the knowledge or approval Of
the American people has resulted in tho np-
probation OF gold and corresponding foil In
the prices Of commodities produced by tho
people: n heavy increase In tho burden OF tax
alton and OF oil debts public and private; the
enrichment OF tho moneY-lendinx class Mt
home and abroad; postration OF industry. and
impovcrishment of the people
We are unnltcrably opposed to tho single
gold standard which HIS locked fast the pros
perity OF an Industrial people in tho paralysis
OF hard times. Gold recommendation IS n
British policy and its adoption has brought
other nations into financial servitude to Lon
don IT Is not only un-Americrn but anti
American and IL can bc fastened on'the United
States only by the stifinR OF that ipdomitablo
spirit and love OF liberty which proclaimed
our political independence in 1916 and won it
In the war Of the revolution
We demand tho FREQ and unlimited coinage
OF both silver and gold at the present legal ratio
OF 10 to l. without waiting for the aid or consent
| OF any other nation We demand that tho
standard silver dollar shnll be full legal ten
der. equally with gold for all debts public and
private, and we favor such legislation 1, will
prevent the domonetiz ,tion OF any kind of To-
gal tender moley by private contract.
We arc opposed to the policy and practice
OF surrendering to the holders OF the obliga-
lions of the United States tho option reserved
by law to the government OF redeemtng such
obligations in either silver coin or gold coin
We are opposed TO the issuing OF Interest,"
bearing bonds OF the United States in time of
peace. and condemn the traficking with banl-
Ing syndicates which. In exchange for bonds
and AZ an enormous profit to themselves. sup
ply the ,deral treasury with gold to maintain
the policy OF gold monometaliism
Congress alone has the power to coin and
issue money. and President jackson declared
that this power could not be delegated 10 cor
porations or individuals.
We therefore denounce tho issuance OF
notes intended to circulate rs money by ma
tionai banks as In dcrogation OF the constitu-
ton and we demand that nli paper which Is
mado legal tender for public and private
debts. or which Is receivable for dues to tho
United States. shall bo issued by the govern-
ment OF the United States and shpll be re-
deemuble in coin.
We hold that turir duties should be lovIed
for purposes OF revenue. should also be ad-
iusted SO as to operat. equally throughout
tn country. md not discriminate between
clnss or section. md that tax ttion
should DO limited by the needs of the govern
ment honestly and economically administered
We denouncc rs disturbing TO business tho
republican threat to restore tho Mckinley
law which has boon twice condemned by tho
people In the national elections md
which. enacted under tho false plea of
protection to homo industry. proved prolific
breeder OF trusts and monopolies, enriched
the few ut the expense of the many, restricted
trade and deprived tho producers OF tho great
American staples OF access to thcir natural
markets Until the money question Il
settled VIC are opposed to my agita-
tioh Tor further changes In our tarin
tue oehctt In revenue caused by tho adverse
decision OF the supreme court on the income
tax There would be no deficit In the revenue
out Tor tho annuiment by the supreme court
OF law passed by q democratic congress in
strict pursuance OF the uniform decisions of
that court for nearly one hundred years that
court having in that decision gus
timed constitutional objections to its en-
nctncnt which has been previously over
ruled by the abiest judges who had ever sa,
on that bench We declare that fl Is the duty
OF congress- 10 use all tho constitutional power
winch remains after that decision or which
may como from its reversal by the court as n,
may hereafter be constituted. so that the bur
ucns OF taxation may be equally and mp,r-
italy laid to the end that wealth may bear Its
quo proportion OF tho expenses OF government
we hold that the most cnlcient way OF pro-
teetihg American labor is to prevent the i'm
portation OF foreign paupcr Ia Dor to compete
with 1t In the homo mark t. and with the v,,irs
of the home market TO our American farmers
and artisans Is greatly reduced by o vicious
monetary system which depresses the prices
OF their products below the cost OF production
ana thus dcprivcs thcm OF the means of pur-
CHASING tho PRODUCTS OF home mnnufac-
tories. und as labor creatcs the wealth OF the
country. We demand the passage OF such laws
MS may be necessary TO protect 1t In nll its
rights.
We are In favor OF the arbitration OF dtffer-
enccs between employers engaged in Interstate
commerce and their employees. and recon-
mcnu such legislation MS Is necessary TO carry
out this principle
Tho absorption OF woaith by the few. tho
consolidation OF our leading railroad systems
and the formation OF trusts and pools. REQUIRE
strictcr control by the federal government
OF those arteries OF commerce. We demand
tho en- argcmcnt of the Interstate commerce
commission. and such restrictions and guar
antces In the control OF railways as will pro-
tect the people from robbery and oppression
We dcnounco the proligate waste OF the
money vrun: rom the people by oppressive
taxation and the lavish appropriations Of re-
cent republican congresses, which have kept
taxes high. whiio tho labor that pays them is
unemployed and the product of the peoples
toll are depressed till tiey no longer repay the
cost OF production. We demand n return to
that simplicity and economy which bents
Adcmocratic government and y reduction In
Tho numb Of useless officers. the salaries of
which drain tho substance OF the people
We denounce tho arbitrary interference by
teoeral authorities In local Affairs az VIOLA
tion OF the constitution OF the United Statos
and crime against free institutions. and we
especially object TO government by injunction
IS new and highly dangerous form OF OPP
preston by witch federal judges. In contempt