Year: 1878

credulOus masses Of the North


and it has uniformly abused it
power by administering the gov


ernment in the interest of tht


creditor and against the debto
| class; in the interest of the tay


consumer and against the tax
payer; in the interest of the ricl


and against the poor; in the inter


est of the strong and against the


weak; in the interest of the few


and against the many.


AS the legitimate fruit of its


maladmInistration, it has para
! lyzed all our industrial pursuits


it has destroyed the value of oul
property; it has deprived labor
of employmentand reward; it has
impoverished and bankrupted
the country; it has denied the
poor an opportunity to earn bread
it has filed the land with unrest


discomfort and agitation, the
unmistakable precursors of revo.
lutionary resistance to oppression
injustice and wrong.


For these crimes against hu-
manity and good government.
we denounce the Radical Repub-
lican party as unworthy the trust
and confidence of an intelligent
and patriotic people. As. the
representatives Of the Democrat
ic party, we congratulate the peo-
pie that our party has at last won
victory for them over the Radi
ical Republican party and its al
lies, monopoly and the money
power. Through the labors and
policies of the Democratic party,
domestic governments, repubIi-
can in spirit as we'll as in form,
have been restored to the South
ern States, and these States have
been replaced in the Federal cir
Gle with functions and rights CO.
equal with the other members of
the Union. For the accomplish
ment Of this great work this po-
litical organization deserves the
gratitude of the South and the
respectful consideration of the
whole republic; the gratitude OF
the former is due because it was
the direct recipient of the bless
ings of restored political and civ
il liberty; the respectful consid-
Grafton of the national republic
is due because by the success of
Democratic policies in this re
gard, the sword was eliminated
from its internal administration,
Capitalization arrested, and the
ancient forms and methods of the
Federal system re-esta ablished.
We pledge the people that our
grand old party will never lower
its banner nor take a step back
ward, until the prosperity of the
whole people shall be held to be
the supreme law of political ad-
ministration. In the name of
Democracy we denounce an in
terest-bearing public debt pub
lie curse; we denounce protection
a public robbery; we denounce
mOnoplies as hateful, and destruc-
tive to public liberty, and de-
mand that they be put away from
among the people. We demand
the restoration of the Federal
Government to its constitutional


limits, and return of its admin
istration to its original economy,
simplicity and impartiality.


We demand that the military
shall be subordinate to the civil
authority in fact as well as in
theory; the repeal of the laws
which have destroyed our COM
merce; the repeal of the de-
claration that the currency
bonds of the Government shall
be paid in coin, and the payment
in treasury notes of so much Of
said bonds as may be found due
after deducting the difference be-
tween the value of the gold paid
and the currency due thereon ac-
cOrding to the contract; the un-
conditional repeal of the resume
ton act; that the odious national
banking act be repealed and
greenbacks be substituted for the
circulation of the national banks;
the treasury notes be made re-
ceivable for all Government dues:
that no more interest bearing
bonds be issued; that all IL ans
required by the Government be
raised by the issuance of non
interest bearing treasury notes !
that the coinage Of silver be made
unlimited, and while it is the
cheaper metal that it be paid to
the public creditor exclusively up-
on all bonds justly payable in coin;
that the value of all foreign sill
yer coins be regulated and made
receivable for all Government
dues; to be recoined by the Gov
ernment and paid out to its cred
.ors; the repeal Of all laws which
deny to the people of the several
States the right to determine for