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The "peoples'" Platform

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Parent Issue
Day
8
Month
August
Year
1873
Copyright
Public Domain
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We appond the resol uti ons adopted by the Oliio Pooples' Convention held at Columbus ou the 129Ui uit, This cotivehtion was ooustituted of the Liberal liepublicans and Al Ion Cuunty Departurists (Demócrata) : H,silrni, 1. That we declaro agalnst tho infallibility of party; that when the caueus or convention fails to present propel eahdidates ferr oiliue it is the high privilege as well the bonnden düt ,y ot all good citizens to vvithhold thuir votei from sunh candidatos, and regard less oí party affiliations to support the best man presonted tbr official position. . That both the liepubhcan and Democratie parties have cultivated the issues in which thoy had their origin, and have btitlived their usofulness, and a new organizatiou of parties is demanded in the interest of the public welfare. 3. That the llepublican party, havihg the control of both branches of Congress and of the executive department, is directly responsiblo for tho legislation knovvn as the salary grab ; for the squandering of the public lands in grants to private corporations ; for tho release oí railroads irom their just obligations to the government, and other manifestations of corruption as developed by the Credit Mobillei aud other investigations and that those members of the Democratie party who have aided or acquiesced in such legislation equally deserve public condemn&tion. 4. That we believe that the fundamental purpose of the government is the protoction of persons and property, and not the lneddling with and regulation oi the business, industry or conseiences oí citizens, nor the aranmption of such Works by Federal, State or municipal governments ss may safely and should properly bo left to individual enter ó. Tliat eortuption can be succossfully eolubnted only by tho removal or Ussenilig of teniptation. We are in faror of a reduction of the functions now txercised by the government and a consequent diminution of government bureaus and officials, believing, as we do, that a continually increasing army of Federal officers is an evil increasing in danger as the country grows. 6. That gnints of subsidies is land or ruoney, and of special privileges and exemptions to national banks and other great mo-eyed sorporatiuns, and all fosttrring of monopolies ut thf expense of the whole pcople are uujust and oppressive. 7. That the practico of electing stockholders and officers of national banks to seats in Congress, whereby the great gnins of a conlinued irredeemable paper uionoy are secured to those institutions by the votes of interesttd parties, is a uational scandal which deserves the condemnation of every good citizen and otight to be preveuted by proper legislation. 8. That we insiet upon a strict obserTance by the general government of the constitutional liiuitations of power, and wo dêmand home goverument in all local affairs. 9. We believe that the business of the government should be transacted upon the same principies that regulates tho business of private individuals. We believe, theretore, that the appointnient of subordinate officers shosild depend upon thsir qualiiieations, and that their tenure ahoald depend on their fitness and effieiency, and in this respect a return to the piactice of the early days of the republic is highiy desirable and necessary. 10. That duties on import, as long as such duties are necessary, should not be irnposed for purposes of benefiting or enriching private individuáis or eompanies, or favoring particular branches of industry at the expense of the whole peoplo. 11. That it is the duty of the government to repeal all laws that faror capital to the prejudiee of labor.

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