The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-06
Platform.

The Republican party of Virginia, in Conven-
ton assembled, reafiirIn 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
shall give incidental, protection to American in
dtstry.
A national banking system. that shall give us n
safe and uniform currency, ana 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
mt the same time, we carefully avoid burdening
the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa
ti0p.
That we heartily endorse the administration Of
President Grant, and are unanimously in favor
OF his denomination in 1872.
sTArR POLICY.
Nc hsnest 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
jorty, 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 it 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 five per cent? while We now
officially informed by the Treasurer of the State
that the money collected is not needed until AN
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 q
State forsing 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
time, under this extraordinary combination OF
circumstance 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 q
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 Legis-
lature has passed laws neutralizing and render.
ing void and of 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 thu
State to Federal representation.
They have created partizan judiciary, ant
given the county judges created by caucus nomi
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power
| They have reestablished that relic of a barbar
Gus past, the whipping-post, and by giving thu
Judges power to select the jures in all cases
| have enabled them to do, as they have done in I
| vast majority OF instances, exclude the coloret
man from the jury-box, and deprive him OF th'