Year: 1874

Democratic Convention of Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, August 27.-The Democrs-
tic State Convention met again at Jeffer-
son City this morning and adopted
platform which, after reviewing the
Democratic administration of State affairs
for the past two years, is as follows:


Resotr,d, That We arraign the Nation
al Republicon administration as having
proven false to the true principles Of the
government and to the Constitution, in
this: Revival Of the worst features of the
sedition law by the passage of an act known
as the Poland libel law: as disclosed in the
shameful Credit Mobilier revenue and
moiety and frauds. and We denOunce, as
especially unworthy of confidence, every
man, Democrat or Republican, who
voted for the equally fragrant increase of
Congressional and Presidential salaries.


Resolred, That We are opposed to the
passage of the Civil Rights Bill, believ-
ing it to be uncalled for by the blacks
and grossly unjust to the whites, and
sure to work great injury to the cause of
education throughout the nation and
possibly lead to a dangerous conflict be-
tween the two races. While thus de-
claring we announce ourselves in favor
of liberal system Of education for the
benefit of negro as we'll as white chill
dren of Missouri, but are opposed to the
mingling of the white and black races in
our public schools or other educational
institutions.


Resolred, That beyond guaranteeingt
,l, f,r #
ment neither, the President nor Congress
has the slightest right or justification for
interfering with their domestic concerns,
and that the personally irresponsible,
wasteful and annarchical rule in South
Carolina, Louisiana and other Southern
States, by which Republican institutions
have been brought into general disrepute
is a natural result of the violation of this
fundamental article of the Democratic
creed.


The Public Debt.


Resolred, That the public debt should
be paid in exact accordance with the con-
tracts whereby it was created and that
anything less would be repudiation and
anything more would be an unjusttiablc
abuse of the power of Congress in the in
terest of the bondholdcrs and to the drt-
riment Of every other class; and that the
5-20 bonds authorized by the act Of
February, 1872 and succeeding
acts, are distinctly, by their
terms, made payable in legal
tender notes or grccnbackS, and
the act of March lSth 1869, whereby
Congress solcmnlv pledged the faith Of
the United States to coin redemption
was an utterly unjustitiable usurpation of
power.
National Bank System and Customs.


RcsoLred, That while not conccding the
right of the government to issue and
maintain n National paper currency, if
this policy is to be persisted in, We favor
repeal of the National banking law
and the substitution of greenbacks to the
extent of the National bank redemption
of our bonded Indebtedness and the
saving of thirty-four millions of interest
annually to an over-taXcd people.


ResoIrcd, That the evils necessarily at
tendant upon an irredeemable paper cur
rcncy should be removed by II removal
of the cause, and that rs first We be-
lievc the only necessary step to such a
result is that the legal tender notes of the
United States in addition to being rcCeiv
able in payment of all debts and demands
of every kind to the United States and
to individuals should also be made rccei-
vable for duties on imports.


ReSoircd, That railroad and all other
corporations created for gain or profit
should be rendered subject to the public
good, and We demand such Legislation up
on subjects both State and national as
will rficctuslly secure the industrial and
producing interests ofthc country against
all forms of corporate monopoly and cX-
action.


Rc~olred, That we denounce the pres
cnt tariff as having been connected alone
in the interest of the eastern manuiactu-
rcrs. and in lieu of it we recommend a
tariff for revenue only, that will be just
to all sections of the country.


Rcsolrcd, That while the west is hcav-
itv burdcncd to sustain the manufactures
Of the east, a sum Of upwards of SlOO,-
OOO.OOO is annually collected from the
United States in the shape Of revenue tax
on distilled and fcrmcnted spirits, the pro-
duct ofour grain aud on tobacco which by
another unjust provision of the same law
the producers are prohibited from sell
ing in the best markets. We therefore
demand in q spirit of justice that this
law be repealed 50 that we may thereby
be relieved from this unjust and partial
system of taxation.