The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-03

= The Republican party of Virginia, in Conyen-
ton assembled, reaiiirm their devotion to the
principles of the National Republican Party of
the United States, as enuncftted in the Chicago
platform at the last National Convention. 'a4
We. are in favor Of. and support as national
A tariff, which, while securing the necessary,
shall give incidental, protection to American in
dustry. I'D.
A national banking system, that shall give q
safe and uniform currency, and absolute security
to bill-holders.
: The policy of extending government aid to the
States in improving their rivers and harbors.
The absolute payment of all obligations of the
government, and a sufficient yearly reduction of
the national debt to convince the world of our
determination to ultimately extinguish it, while,
at the same time, we carefully avoid burdening
the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa
ton.
That we heartily endorse the administration of
President Grant, and are unanimously In favor
of his denomination in 1872
lAA STATE POLICY.
No honest man can deny that the tendency of
the Legislation of the past year in Virginia has
been to depress all the material interests of the
people. Taxation has been increased almost be-
yond the limits of human endurance, and the
Democratic Legislature, with its twothirds ma
jority, has passed oppressive and unnecessary
laws, among which the funding bill stands prom
nent Under its provisions taxation on the pro-
perty of the State will be double what it is now,
or not less than one dollar on every hundred.
Worse still, because 1t is unnecessary they have
compelled the people of Virginia to raise money,
either by sacrificing their property, or products,
or by paying an enormous rate OF nte est to pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of September,
1871, or forfeit five per cent, while We are now
Officially informed by the Treasurer of the State
thatthe money collected is not needed until Jan
nary and July, 1872 and is lying in the banks of
the city of Richmond drawing only four per cent.
interest," presenting the astonishing spectacle of
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
tions more than million dollars at the low rate
of four per cent. per annum while at the Same
tune, under this extraordinary combination OF
circumstances, our citizens are thus compelled TO
borrow their own money at the rate OF twelve
per cent per annum.
The passage of such acts in Virginia by
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping with
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power as exemplifled by that great leading
Democratic organization of the United States
the Tammany ring of New York. This Legis-
lature has passed laws neutralizing and render
ing void and of no effect the homestead provisions
OF the constitution; placing the execution of the
laws establishing common schools in partisan
and unfriendly hands, and have violated almost
every pledge made by their authorized represen-
tatiyes when pleading for the admission of the
State to Federal representation. y
They have created q parlizan Judiciary, and
given the county Judges created by eauc, us noml-
nations, unprecedented and uuheard of power.
They have reGsiithlished that relic of a bar bar
Gus past, the whippngrpost and by giving the
judges power 10 select the juries in all cases,
have enabled theGi to do, as they have done in u
vast majority OF instances, exclude the colored
man from the juFS7Sox, and deprive him of the
right dear to ALL OF defence before jury of his
peers. The Republican party invite the cooper
alton Of all good citizens in correcting these
abuses, and do hereby
-" ReSolue, That are opposed to levying
upon onr citizens any further tax than is neces-
sary 10 a strictly economical administration of
the State governments, and demand that our
representatives in the Legislature shall do all
in their power to alleviate to the greatest ex-
tent possible, the burdens of the people, and TO
decrease the expenses of the State.
"Resoloe, That we demand the honest and
scrupulous. enforcement of the constitution of
the State in all its parts, and such legislation
will secure the equal rights to all, guar
anteed by that instrument, equitable taxation,
the benefits Of the homestead act, a thorough
system of common school education, and an i'm
partial and non-partisan Judiciary