| Show THE democratic PLATFORM A liberal popular and victorious alio democrats of the united states in convention assembled declare firs vve pledge ourselves anew to the constitutional doctrines ea and traditions of the democratic party as illustrated lust rated by tho teachings and example of a long libio of democratic statesmen and patriots and embodied in the platform of alie last national convention of tho parly opposition to centralization and thit dangerous cirit of encroachment croach ment which tends to consolidate the powers of oil the departments in one and thus to create whatever be the forms of government a real despotism no sumptuary laws separation of church and state for the good of eacle common school fostered and protected third bome rule honest money the strict maintenance of the public faith consisting of gold silver and paper convertible to coin on demand tho strict maintenance of the public feitli state and national and a tariff for revenue only fourth the subordination of the military to the civil power and a general and thorough reform of the civil service fifth the right to a free ballot as the right preservative of all rights must and shall be maintained in every part of the united states the existing administration is a representative of conspiracy only arid its claim of a right to surround the ballot boxes with troops and deputy to intimidate ind obstruct the election and the unprecedented use of the veto te maintain its corrupt and despotic power insults tho people and im perils their institutions seventh the great fraud of 1870 by which upon a false count of the electoral vote of two states the candidate defeated at the polls was deb dared to be president and for the first time in the american history the will of the people was set aside under a threat of military violence struck a deadly blow at our system of representative government the democratic party to preserve the country from the horrors of a civil war submitted for the time in firm and patriotic faith that the people would punish this crime in 1880 tin s issue proceeds and dwarfs every other it imposes a more sacred duty upon the people of the union than ever addressed the of a nation of free men eighth we execrate the course of this administration in making places for political crime and demand a reform by statute which shall make it forever impossible for a defeated candidate to bribe hs ivay to the eat of a usurper by billeting villains upon the people was read again in response to demands nd was received with anit the te solution of samuel J tilden not again to be u candidate for election to the exalted place to he was elected by a majority of his countrymen and from which he was excluded by the leaders of the republican party is received by the democrats of the united states with sensibility and they declare their confidence in his wisdom patriotism and integrity by the assault of the common enemy and they assure him that he is followed into the retirement he has chosen for by the sympathy and respect of his felloe citizens who regard him as one who by elevating the standards of public morality and adorning and purifying the public service merit tho lasting gratitude of his country and his party free ships aud n living chance for american commerce on the sea and on the land no discrimination in favor of transportation lines corporations or monopolies eleventh an amendment of mr pui lin games treaty no more chinese immigration except lor travel education cation and foreign commerce and therein carefully guarded twelfth public money and public credit for public purposes solely and public land for actual settlers thirteenth the democratic party is the friend of lubor and the laboring man and pledges itself to prot ct him alike against tho cormorants and the commune wo congratulate alie country upon the honesty and thrift of a democratic congress which has reduced the public expenditure a year upon the continuation of prosperity at homo and the national honor abroad and abobo all upon ohp pram ito of such a change in alio administration of the government as shall insure its genuine lasting reform in every department part ment of public service |
