The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-07
Platform.

The Republican party of Virginia, in Conven-
ton assembled, reaillrm 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
A tariff, which, while securing the necessary,
shall give incidental, protection TO American in
dustry.
A national banking system, that shall give Us
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,
at the same time, we carefully avoid burdening
ton.
That we heartily endorse the administration Of
President Grant, and are 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
iority, 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,
not less THIN one dollar Oh every hundred.
Worse still, because it Is unnecessary, they have
either by sacrificing their property or products,
or by paying an enormous rate of inte est to pay
these onorous taxes by the LIST day of September
1871, or forfeit five per cent, while we
officially informed by the Treasurer of the State
that the 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 foreing 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
under this extraordinary combination of
circums tances, 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 n
Democratic Legislature is only in keeping with
Democratic legislation wherever that party OBJ
tains power, as exemplifed by that great leading
Democratic organization of the United States
the Tammany ring OF New York. This Legis-
lature has passed laws neutraizing 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 partizan judiciary, and
given the county judges created BY caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power.
They have re9stablshed that relic of n ban bar
past, the whipping-post, and by giving The
judges power to select the juries in al eases,
have enabled them TO do, as they have done in
vast majority OF instances, exclude the coored
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
''ReSolDe, That we are opposed 10 leyyng
upon our citizens any further tax than is naces-
sary to q strictly economical administration of
the State government, and demand that
representatives in the Legislature shall do all
in their power to alleviate TO the greatest
tent possible, the burdens of the people, and TO
decrease the expenses of the State.
'Resotre, That we demand the honest and
scrupulous enforcement of the constitution of
anteed by that instrument, equitable taxation,
the benefits of the homestead act, thorough
system of common school education, and an inn
partial and non-partisan judiciary