State Platforms of the Two Dominant Political Parties in Indiana, 1850-1900Press of W. B. Burford, 1902 - 128 Seiten |
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Seite 22 - in the spirit of conquest or subjugation, nor for the .purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or institutions of the States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Seite 12 - assert as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American Continent by the free and independent condition which it
Seite 24 - established institutions of any of the States, but to suppress and put down a wicked and causeless rebellion, defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union
Seite 103 - proper place in our monetary system, either through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as shall insure the maintenance of the parity of the two metals, and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the markets and in payment of debt; and we demand that all paper currency shall be kept at par
Seite 17 - be preserved intact; the original compacts of the Constitution maintained inviolate, and the* perpetuity and expansion of the Union insured to its utmost capacity; embracing, in peace and harmony, every future American State that may be constituted or annexed with a Republican form of government. Resolved, That,
Seite 101 - done so much to debauch the politics of the country and corrupt the legislative department of the government. We denounce tariff protection of every kind as a fraud and a robbery of the great majority of the American people for the benefit of the few. We maintain that no tariff taxes should be levied except for the purpose of revenue only
Seite 37 - That we reverence the Constitution of the United States as the Supreme law of the land, and a wise embodiment of the principles of free government, and following its teachings we will adopt from time to time such amendments as
Seite 44 - we acknowledge the broad principle, that difference of opinion is no crime, and hold that progress toward truth is made by difference of opinion, while the fault lies in bitterness of controversy. We desire a proper equality, equity and fairness, protection for the weak, restraint upon the strong; in short, justly distributed burdens and justly distributed powers; these
Seite 17 - that by the uniform application of this Democratic' principle to the organization of Territories, and to the admission of new States with or without domestic slavery, as they may elect, the equal rights of all the States
Seite 17 - solution of the slavery question upon which the great National idea of the people of the whole country can repose in its determined conservatism of the Union: non-interference by Congress with slavery in State