The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-05

The Republican party of Virginia, ia Conven-
ton assembled, reaiilrm their devotion to the
principles of the National Republican Party of
the United States, as enumerated in the Chicago
platform at the last National Convention.
We are in favor of, and support as national
principles
A tariff, which, while securing the necessary,
shall give incidental, protection to American in
dustry.
A national banking system, that shall give us a
safe and uniform currency, and absolute security
to billhoders.
The policy of extending government aid to the
States in improving their rivers and harbors.
The absolute payment of I'LL 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 burtiening
the people with Onorous and unnecessary taxa
ton. 4isf
That we heartily endorse the administration of
President Grant, and are unanimously la favor
of his denomination in 1872
STAIR POLICY.
Ne 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-
You'd the limits of human endurance, and the
democratic Legislature, with its two thirds
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 it is unnecessary, they have
either by sacrificing their property, products,
or by paying enormous rate of interest TO pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of September,
1871, or forfeit five per cent, while
officially informed by the Treasurer of the State
that the money collected is needed until jan
uary 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 a
State forcing its citizens to loan wealthy corpora
tions more than million dollars at the low rat
of four per cent. per annum, while at the Same
tune, under this extraordinary combination of
circumstances, our citizens thus compelled to
borrow their own money at the rate of twelve
per cent per annum. a'.iE44 1rtr
The passage of such acts In Virginia by a
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping with
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power as exemplified by that great leading
Democratic organization of the United States
the Tammany ring of New York. This Legs-
lature has passed laws neutralizing and render
ing void and of no effect the homestead provisions
OF tho constitution placing the execution of the
and unfriendly hands, and have violated almost
tatves when pleading for the admission of the
State to Federal representation.
They have created partizan judiciary, and
given the county judges created by caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power.
They have reestablished that relic of barbar-
GUS past, the whipping-post, and by giving the
judges power TO select the juries in all cases,
have enabled them TO do, as they have done in a
vast majority OF instances, exclude the colored
man from the jnry-box, and deprive him of the