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Show TELEGRAPHIC SAMUEL J. TILDES. Second 0;iy oi' llm leiiiui':ilio National Coiivi'iiliun. A Li v e 1 y D ay 's Work a n d a 1 1 rand Hcsiilt. A Widu-atvake Itevolutitniaiy ri.itl'oi'iii. THE REPUBLICAN PAR'fY FLAYED AND ROASTED. The Veteran lteforiniT TiNluu lnt uii Hie 1 otirc. The Co ii vp ii I io ii Ail four iim lu , ('OUM)U'ie its Uork, I WAIT1NU FOlt THE 1'L.VTI OU.M. St. Lahiis, 2S. Before the tisaemb-linn tisaemb-linn M tlii! cmivenlion every sent and Hliindinj; plitL-o in the hall wjis filled. 1'rpsiitt'iit McClernnnti culli'd the coimnHion to order at five minutes aft i 11 and introduced futher Bnuly of St. Lou id. whooileied pruyer. Young of Georyi: oflored t resolu tion that Lite convention endorse the reform inaugurated bv the house of reprceentatived in eutliny down tho appropriations, approving their inves-tiyntions inves-tiyntions of fraud, ami emigration-ting emigration-ting the country upon bringint; public eriininuh to jubtieo. Tim chair decided that the resolution must go to th( committee on pUlf'irm. Cox of Xew York olferi! a rc-iulu-tion that the will of tho people, for retienehment in expressed in the appropriation hilla is and ouht to prevail. Referred lu the plutfnrm commilUe. Yilns of Wiseoiidin oflered a resolution resolu-tion confining delegates to five minutes min-utes except lhat ten mi miles be allowed for presenting each candidate nominated. Cox of Xew York presented a memorial of the Working Men'a central cen-tral union, expressing their views. He asked that it be m:.de a part of the proceedings of the convention. Ealon of Kansas moved that it be printed in the proceedings and reler-ml reler-ml to the platform committee; Kelly of Xew York at the request ; of some New Y'ork delegates, pre- I aented a paper signed by many prominent gentlemen in Xew York , state to show the character of tho gentlemen who are opposing the nomination of Governor Tilden. (Ap- . plause and hiwes ) i Jacobs of Xew Y'ork made the ' point of order that this was ouL, ol 1 ordpr, and the chair to decided. McLane of Maryland inquired as to j the order of business. The Chair The report of the committee com-mittee on resolutions is not yet made. I McLane mcved that the convention ! then proceed j AT OSCB TO BALLOT. (Applause.) There should be no attempt at-tempt by the convention to hasten the cmnmittee on reBolutious or bring any pressure I'pon them, but the convention bad the duty to perform of nominaung their candidates as early as possible, and he thought they j should lose no time in fulfilling that 1 duty. ! Woodson of Missouri moved an amendment that the convention will ; not billot until .after action on the j report of the committee on resolu- J tioua. He urged that no candidate j should be elected until alter the plat-; form is adopted. (Applause.) He suggested the possibility ofv two reports re-ports from the committee. He hoped there would be harmony upon prin-.ciple prin-.ciple if success is to be obtained. Abbott of Massachusetts moved to amend the amendment by a substitute, substi-tute, ordering a roli of the states to be called (or nominations and then pro-ceed pro-ceed to ballot. Wallace moved to Pay the whole subject on the table. McLane accepted Abbott's amendment, amend-ment, which was aeain read. Load cries of "Xo," greeted the proposition, that the declaration ot a state's vote ,by the chairman of any delegation shall alone be accepted. Wallace asked what would be the condition if the motion to table failed. The chair replied that the convention conven-tion would then come to vote on the amendments. The chair here announced that the committee on resolutions was ready to report. The request for a call of stales was withdrawn, and without taking a vote, the chair recognized 1 Meredith, chairman of the committee on platform, who eaid they had agreed on the resolutions, but had referred it to the committee on revision revi-sion and are to meet again ut 1 o'clock. Kernau moved a recess until 2 p.m. Carried. HUNGRY FOR SPEECHES. Alter the president left the chair, Pryor was loudly called for. The band played "Dixie," and when it had finished the cries for Pryor were renewed for some time, when the hand resumed "Dixie" and followed it with "Yankee Doodle," which was received with ciieera. Pryor failing to come forward, Ex-Senator Doo-liltle Doo-liltle took the platform and was greeted wilh applause. He said be had been laboring since he came here lo keep cool ineide as well as out. He did not think it was proper during tho recess of tiie convention to speak at any considerable length, and especially not to express any personal preference as to the candidates. He believed a great responsibility rested ' on this convention to Lake such measures meas-ures and present such a platform and candidates as shall make victory certain. Tue republican party is ft great party and not a weak party. He had fought wilh it and again t it. Ho knew it inside and out, and he claimed that for fifteen years it had been a war party, not only during the war, but after tho war had ended by the reconstruction of the south in order lo gain unlimited control of both houses of congress. He 5-w in tho senate a gentleman Stockton ol Xew York) now on thr door of the convention, driven from his seat. The speaker proceeded with further illustrations ot his charge, that t!:e republi-au party had usurped poiver, trampled the constitution consti-tution under foot, KOI1UGD TKX MILLION OK I'EOE'I.E of every civil right, and snbjeeud them to the rule ol military dictators. He argued that in the nomination oi Hayes and Wheeler the republican party has not changed its spirit, geniiiK and character. It will still be despotic, and it id for this convention to act wisely, calmly, without pnssion, ho as to eecuro a change ol ail m initilra lion, and so change the pulicy of tho country und restore constitutional government. Let the delegates look beyond the excited crowd assembled at tho hotels here and see t lie people and their view, sentiments and netuln. It wrnt anione. them the buttle was to be luoght, ln-or ln-or won, and tho convention's action must be addressed to the necc&sitiec of that field and nothing else. Breckenridne of Kentucky was next called for and took the platform Mil id applause. He acknowledged the compliment to himself and Ken lucky, and procedeed to urge KKOAl), NATIONAL, UN.SECTIONAL CO-Ol'EllATlON CO-Ol'EllATlON of all sectioin of the democratic parly to chano the national administration. admin-istration. They were here, not as eastern or western men, but as democrats demo-crats and Americans (applause.) Let them act only in that spirit, and no to bailie under some great leader who should guide them to ft great victory. It was no common foe they bad lo light, no ordinary enemy easy to overcome; it was a parly controlling control-ling the sword ar.d tho purse of t tie country, with no conscience to restrain re-strain ii from using them unscrupulously unscrupu-lously for the releniion of their power. In concluding he Hgahi counseled compromise, unity and coidial cooperation coop-eration for the common causa. Unilz Brown was next callel out at the suggestion of Doolitlle, to give his views of the liberals in the present campaign. Ho said he sympathized heartily and cordially wilh the efforts to adjust all minor differences and to urge a winning ticket. For tho lib erils he promised that Ihey would bo ' found ' IN THE l-'.iONT CI- THE COMIXG FIGHT. 1 (Applause.) They want reform ! and lehef and lie hoped the convon-1 convon-1 tion would put forward a platform and eand.diWs that would unmistakably unmistak-ably ombrace thusc ideas. Wallace of Pennsylvania followed with a caustic criticism of the repub-i repub-i lican parly, which, he said, had made a ticket born of the defeat of the jonly strong candidate, who was haled land denounced by the administration , of Grant. The men were nominated j for their negative characters alone. He ! exhorted to tolerance, forbearance i and harmony in the convention. ' AFTERNOON SESSION. The convention was called to order at 2.15. Judge Meredith of Virginia, chairman chair-man of the committee on resolutions, presented the report. He stated that a great many resolutions were presented, all of which had been carefully examined and discussed before be-fore comine to an agreement. He requested Dorsheimer of Xew York to read the report lo the convention as follows: THE PLATFORM. We, the delegates of the demo-, cralic party of the United States, in national convention assembled, do hereby declare the administration of tho federal government to bo in urgent ur-gent need of immediate reform, and do hereby enjoin upon the nominees of this convention and of the democratic demo-cratic party in each state a zealous eflort and cooperation to this end, and do hereby appeal to our fellow citizens of every former political connection con-nection to undertake with us this first and most pressing patriotic duty. For the democrats of the whole country coun-try we here reaffirm our faith in the permanence of the federal Union, our devotion to tho constitution of the United States with lis amendments amend-ments universally accepted 03 a final 1 settlement of the controversies that i .ivil ten r r-.H horn record our steadfast confidence in the I perpetutity of republican seK-gov ! eminent in the absolute acquiscence iu THE WILL OF THE MAJORITY as the vital principle.ofrepublicanisni ; in the supremacy of the civil over (he ( military authority; in the total sep-. aration of church and state, for the s.ike alike of civil and religious free-1 dom; in the equality of all citizens before just laws of their own enact- ment; in the liberty of- individual j conduct, unvexed by sumptuary lawd; j in a faithful education of the rising generation, that they may preserve, I enjoy and transmit these best con- ditions of human happiness and hope. We behold the noblest pro-ducts pro-ducts of a hundred years of chanceful history, but while upholding the fold of our Union and the great charter of these our rights, it bohoores a free people to practice- also that denial vigilance which is the price of liberty. Reform is necessary to rebuild and establish in the hearts ot the whole people the Union, and rescue it from the danger of a corrupt centralism, which after inllictiug upon ten slates the atrocity of carpetbag carpet-bag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of tho federal government itself it-self with incapacity worse than fraud; inflicted slates and municipallies with the contagion of misrule, and locked fast the prosperity of an in dustrious people in the PAR4LYSI5 OF HARD TIMES. Reform is necessary to establish a sound currency, restore the public credit ftnd maintain the national j honor. We denounce the failure for j all these eleven years to make good , the promises of the legal tender notes which are a changing standard o( , value in the hands of the people, and the non-payment o( which is a disregard disre-gard of the p-ightod faith of the na- 1 lion. We denounce tho improvidence which, in eleven years of peace, has taken from the people in federal taxes thirteen times tho whole amount of the legal tender notes and squandered four times this sum in useless expenses, without accumulating accu-mulating any reserve for their redemption. We denounce the finaucial imbecility and immorality of that party, which, during eleven years of peace, has made no advance ad-vance towards resumption ; no pre-, pre-, panitioQ for reiumplion, but instead has obstructed resumption by wasting . our resources and exhausting all our I surplus income, and while annually protesting to intend a speedy return I lo specie payment, has annually enacted fresk hindrances thereto. 1 A3 SUCH A HINDRANCE we denounce the resumption clause i of the act o 1S75, and we demand its repeal. We demand a judicious sys-! 1 tern of preparation by public economies, econo-mies, by official retrenchments and by wise finance, which shall enable the nation soon to assure the the whwle world of its periect ability and its d perfect readiness to meet any of its 1 promises at the call of the creditor entitled to payment. Wa believe such a system, well dovised, and above all entrusted to competent hands for execution, creating at no lime AN ARTIFICIAL SCARCITY of currency, and at no time alarming the public mind into ft withdrawal of that vaster machinery of credit, by which if! per cent, of all the business transaclioiiH are performed, a eye tern open, public, and inspiring general confidence would, from the day of its adoption, bring healing on its wings to all our harra-ied industries, et 111 motion the wheels of commerce, manufactures and the mechanical arts, restore omployment to labor and iho prosperity of tho people. Jto-Jorm Jto-Jorm is nccossary in the sum and mode of FEDERAL TAXATIuN, to the end lhat capital may be set free from distrust, and labor lightly burdened. We denounce the present larifJ, levied uuon nearly 4.0tO articles, as a masterpiece of injustice, inequality and false pretense. It yields a dwindling', not a yearly rising ris-ing icvenue ; it has impoverished many industries to subsidise a few; it prohibits imports that might purchase pur-chase our products; it has driven American commerce from lue first to an inferior rank upon the high 6eas; it has cut down the sale of American manufactures at home and abroad, I and depleted the returns of Ameri-1 Ameri-1 cau agriculture and industry, followed by half of our people; it costs the people five times more than it produces pro-duces to the treasury, obstructs the processes of production, and wattes the fruits oflabor; it promotes fraud, fostera smuggling, enriches dishonest officials and bankrupts honest merchants. mer-chants. We demand that the custom house taxation shall HE ONLY FOR REYES CE Reform is necessary in the scale of public pub-lic expenditures of the federal, state and municipal governments. Our federal taxation has swollen from $00,000,000 gold in 1SG0 to $4o0 000,-000 000,-000 currency iu 1870; our aggregate aggre-gate taxation from $154,000,000 gold in lSOO to $"OX,OCO,000 currency in 1S70, or in one decade from less than live dollars per head to more than eighteen dollars per head. Since the peace the people have paid to their tax-gatherers more than thrice the sum o the national debt and more than Wii'G that sum for the federal . government alone. We demand a vigorous frugality in every department depart-ment and from every oflicerof the , government. Reform is necessary to put a stop to the profligate waste of the public lanciB and their diversion from actual settlers by the party in power, which has squandered 200,-000,000 200,-000,000 of acres L'POX RAILROADS ALONE, and out of thrice that aggregate has disposed of less than a sixth directly to the tillers of the soil. Reform is necessary to correct the omissions of a republican congress, and the errors of our treaties and our, diplomacy which have stripped our fellow-citi-zena of foreign birth and kindred race recrossing the Atlantic, of the shield ot American citizenship, and have exposed our brethren of the Pacific coast Lo the incursions of a race not fpringing from the same great parent stock, and in fact now by law denied citizenship through naturalization as being neither accustomed accus-tomed to the traditions of a progressive progress-ive civilization nor exercised in liberty under equal laws. We denounce the policy which thus discards the liberty-loving liberty-loving German and tolerates the REVIVAL OF THE COOLIE TRADE, in Mongolian women imported lor immoral purposes and Mongolian men held to perform servile labor contracts, and demand such modification modifi-cation of the treaty with tho Chinese empire, or such legislation by congress, con-gress, within constitutional limitations, limita-tions, as shall prevent tho further importation im-portation or immigration of the .Mongolian race, nciorm is neces-I neces-I sary and can never be effected but by making it the controlling issue of the ekctions aud lifting it above the two lalse issues with which the office-holding office-holding class and the party in power seek to smother it. t First The false issue with which ; they would enkindle sectarian strife ' in respect to THE PUBLI3 SCHOOLS, . of which the establishment and sup-I sup-I port belong exclusively to the states, i aud which the democratic party has j cherished from its foundation and is j resolved to maintain without partiality partial-ity or preference for any class, sect or I creed and without contributing from, the treasury. Second The falsa issue by which they seek l) light anew the dying embers OF SECT HATE between a kindred people ones unnaturally un-naturally estranged but now united in one indivisible republic and a ' common destiuy. Reform is necessary neces-sary iu tho civil service. Experience ' proves thit the efficient, economical conduct of the government business : is not possible if its civil service be subject to change at every election be a prize fought for at the ballot box be a brief reward ot parly zeal, instead of a post of honor assigned for proved competency, and held for fidelity in ttio public employ, that the dispensing of patronage should neither be a tax on the tiuio of all our public men, nor the 1 INSTRUMENT OF THEIR AMBITION. S Here again professions falsified in the performance attest lhat the party in power can work out no practical or 1 salistactory reform. Reform is neces- ' sary even more in the higher grades of the public service the president, vice president, judges, senators, representatives re-presentatives and cabinet ollicers. The and all others in authority are -the people's servants; their offices are not private perquisites; they are a public trust. When the aunals of this republic Bhow tho disgrace and censure of a vice president, a lale speaker of the house of representa- , lives marketing his rulings as a presiding pre-siding olficer, three senators profiting secretly by their votes ib law makers, five chairmen of the leading committees commit-tees of the lale house of representatives representa-tives exposed in robbery, a lale secretary secre-tary of the treasury forcing balances in the public accounts, a lute attorney attor-ney ewut1 misappropriating public funds, a secretary of tho navy enriched en-riched or enriching friends by percentages per-centages levied oil the profits of eon-tractors eon-tractors with bis department, an ambassador am-bassador to England censured in a die honorable speculation, the president's presi-dent's private secretary barely escaping escap-ing conviction upon trial for complicity com-plicity in frauds upon the revenue, a SECRETARY OF WAR IMPEACHED for high crimes and confessed misdemeanors misde-meanors the demonstration is complete, com-plete, that the first step in reform 1 ; must be the people's choice oi honest1 men from another party, lest the - disease of one political organization 1 1 infect the body politic, and lest by 1 1 making no change of men or party , wo get no change of measurer and no reform. All line abuses, wrongs and crimes, the pn duct 01 sixteen years ascendancy of the republican re-publican party create a necessity for reform confess-d by republican themselves; but their reformers are VOTJfD DOWN IN CONVENTION, j and displaced from the cabinet. Tuc-psrty's Tuc-psrty's mass of honest voters is powerless pow-erless lo resist the 80,000 otliee hold ers, its leaders and guide?. Reform can only be had by a peaivfui civic revolution. We demand a change of system, a change ot administration, administra-tion, a change of parlies, that we may havo a change of men. Continued on Scond J'ti'r. |