MARYLAND. 



We, the delegates of the Democratic Conservative 

 party of Maryland, in Stale Convention assembled, 

 do hereby indorse thu platform adopted at St. Louis 

 Juno as, 187G, and tho candidates nominated by the 

 delegiitos <>f the Democratic party of the United 

 State* then usembled in convention, to wit: For 

 President, Samuel J. Tilden. of New York ; for Vice- 

 l're>id. -lit, Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana; and 

 we do hereby aopoul to our fellow-citizens of every 

 i''>niii-r politieui connection to unite with us in an 

 earnest effort to elect them, and thus give effect to 

 their pledges of immediate reform in the adminis- 

 tration nf t ho Federal Government reform in the 

 currency ; reform in the revenue; reform in expen- 

 diture ; reform in taxation ; reform in the civil ser- 

 vice ; reforms in all grades of the public service, and 

 in every depurtment of the. Government: therefore, 

 be it 



Resolved^ That the national honor and the public 

 credit should be sustained, and resumption of specie 

 payments be established, without unnecessary or 

 artificial contraction, and without disturbing the in- 

 dustry, trade, and commerce of the country. 



Resolved, That the revenue of the country should 

 be so adjusted that the largest revenue should be 



obtained from the lowest taxation, in lieu of the 

 present system, which taxes the large- hi posibl 

 number of articled at the highest possible r. 



Re>leed, That the public expenditure should be 

 reduced to $100,000,000 annually, exclusive of in- 

 terest on the public debt, and that the present 

 House of Representatives deserves the gratitude < f 

 Hie people for its successful efforts in thin direction. 



Resolved. That honesty, capacity, and fidelity, b 

 constituted the indispensable tests and qualifications 

 for the civil service, and that the present House of 

 Representatives deserves the gratitude of the people 

 for itn successful efforts to expose the dishonesty, 

 incapacity, and infidelity, of those now in possession 

 of the Federal Government. 



Resolved, That the Constitution of the United 

 States, with its amendments, universally accepted 

 as a final settlement of the controversies which en- 

 gendered civil war, is the supreme law of the land, 

 and commands our absolute oWdience. 



Renolvel, That the Constitution of the United 

 States establishes the supremacy of the civil over 

 the military powers, and that the order of Secretary 

 Cameron, and the instructions of Attorney-General 

 Tal't, recently issued in reference to the interference 



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of the military in elections, nre flagrant perversions 

 of law, and assumptions of power which deserve the 

 indignant denunciation of all honorable men. u A 

 free people should hold no middle term with tyranny, 

 oppression, ami usurpation." 



Jiesolvetl, That the Democratic party at all times 

 proclaims the ri;fht of free speech, and heartily de- 

 nounces all attempts at violence, riot, or interference 

 intended or calculated to abridge this sacred right 

 of the people. 



Resolved, That the Constitution of the United 

 States secures perfect equality to all citizens, of 

 whatever race or color, before the law, and that 

 while we abhor and detest the tyranny, oppression, 

 and usurpation, of the present Republican Adminis- 

 tration, we pledge our best efforts to guarantee to 

 every citizen all his rights of person and property, 

 without regard to race or color. 



Resolved, That the Constitution of the United 

 States secures the entire separation of church and 

 tate in the interest of civil and religious freedom ; 

 Wherefore, we pledge ourselves to oppose any appro- 



priation of the school-fund to sectarian institutions, 

 or any legislation which permits any sectarian inter- 

 ference with the public schools established by the 

 State for the education of the people. 



Resolved, That the Democratic party in the legisla- 

 tion of this State has demonstrated its willingness 

 and ability to extend to every rank, station, and 

 condition of society equal political, civil, and indi- 

 vidual rights, by extending to all a free und unob- 

 structed ballot, and by providing the means of 

 education from a common fund for the adTUtoeo 

 of every one, without respect to race or color, which 

 is the surest guarantee of their fairness and justice 

 to the whole people of the State. 



At the election on the 7th of November 

 there were 163,793 votes cast for presidential 

 electors. Of these the Democratic candidates 

 received 91,779 ; Republican, 71,980 ; "Green- 

 back," 83 ; and Prohibition, 1. The Demo- 

 cratic majority was 19,765. The six members 



