Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1870 — The two Platforms.—Which will You Choose? [ARTICLE]

The two Platforms.—Which will You Choose?

The republicnn State platform Was* adopted February 2 2d, 1870; the democratic January Bth, 1870. We call Attention to a few points of difference between them: The one rejoices over law ami nnd order; the other, (in plank 11), holds to the doctrine ‘‘That any attempt tv regulate the moral ideas, appetites, or innocent amusements of the people, by legislation, is unwise and despotic.” The ottc is in fatfor of paying the national debt, honestly and cheerfully; the other is in favor of repudiation, open or covert. The one favors a national government with three co-ordinate branches as wenow enjoy; the <.lher uleada for an independent judiciary, and stigmatizes the legisla. five and executive departments as an approach to “centralized despotism.” The one favors a currency founded on the national credit; the other is in favor of free, State banks and “wild-cat” shinplasters'. The one promises economy and a reduction of extravagant salaries, opposes subsidies and donations of public lands to corporations, favors education, and a fostering care for the wounded soldiers and the widows atrd orphans of deceased soldiers; the other has not one word in favor of economy, not one word in favor of public schools or education, ami no words of cheer or sympathy for the patriot wounded in defense of his country or the widow and orphans of the brave men who laid down their lives for the nation’s honor. The one is the republican, the other is the democratic. Which will you choose?