The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-02
Platform.

The Republican party Of Virginia, in Conven-
ton assembled, reaiiirm their devotion to the
principles of the National Republican Party of
the United States, as enunciated in the Chicago
platform at the last National Convention
We are in favor Of, and support as national
principles
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 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 sufficient yearly reduction OF
the national debt to convince the world of our
determination to ultimately extinguish it, while,
ut the same time, we carefully avoid burdening
the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa
ton.
That we heartily endorse the administrator of
President Grant, and ere unanimously In favor
of his denomination in 1872.
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 two-thirds ma
jority, has passed oppressive and unnecessary
laws, among which the funding bill stands prom
inent 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 IL 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 interest TO pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of September
1871, or forfeit Eve per cent, while we arc now
officially informed by the Treasurer of the State
thatthe money COLLECTED is not 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
State forcing its citizens 10 loan wealthy corpora
lions more than million dollars at the low rate
of four per cent. per annum, while at the same
time, under this extraordinary combination of
circumstances, our citizens are thus compelled to
borrow their own money at the rate OF twelve
per cent. per annun
The passage of such acts In Virginia by
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping with
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power, as exeInplifed 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
tatives when pleading for the admission of the
State to Federal representation.
They have created a parlizan judiciary, and
given the county Judges created by caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power
They have ress tablished that relic of barbar-
| GUS past, the whipping-post, and by giving the
Judges power 10 select The juries in all cases,
have enabled them to do, AS they have done in q
vast majority OF instances, exclude The colored
man from the jury box, 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 we are opposed to leyying
upon our citizens any further tax than is neces-
sary to a strictly economical administration OF
| the State government, 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 10
decrease the expenses of the State.
''Resolpe, That we demand the honest and
scrupulous enforcement of the constitution OF
| the State in all its parts, and such legislation
as 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