The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-03-30
The PrOudcst Political History
ON Record.

The frst of the resolutions adopted
BY the recent Republican State Con-
vcntiou IN Rhode Island, SIMS up
the record Of the accomplishments Of
the Republican party so tcrsely and
strikinsly that It deserves to be re.
peated far and wide. The grand sto-
ry which it briefly tells is not new
oue, but no Republican can read il so
often that iifails to Ic-anims,e him
with pride and faith iu the party:
Resolccd, That we gladly renew
our allegiance to tho principles and
policy of the Republican party, and
wo challenge tho history Of political
organization to par allel the record
fits ten years Of national rule.
A gigantic rebellion has been sup
pressed.
Armies Of y million raised and dis
banded
-Four million Of slaves set free;
Labor made free and honorable
Free homesteads offered to settlers
The Pacific Railroad built !;
e Universal liberty aud equal civil
and political rights, for the first time.
secured by constitutional amendments;
The States that broke their con:
ncction reconstructed and restored ;
Taxation frequently reduced, the
! last reduction being eighty millions
year /; ,tl
The national debt greatly reduced,
two hundred Millions of,he rcduc,ion
taking place under the present admin
istration.
The national credit raised at home
and abroad
The price Of gold brough. steadily
downward
The revenues vigilautly collected
ane honestly disbursed.
The perfect citizenship of all adopt
ed citizens for the FIRST time protected
by setting at rest the doctrine OF ex-
pstriation
The Monroe doctrine vindioated 10
tho cese OF the French invasion Of
Mexico fsa
Peace maintainsd and th. national
character kept in the highest respect
throughout the world.
We know no way Of judging the
fnture but by the past. The Repub-
liean party has never made pledge
70 liberty and union which it has not
redeemed, From beginning to end.
il has met the desperate opposition Of
the Democratic party.
Lett add TO this brief statement,
the isdtp<Bdents equally condensed
exhibit OF the financial policy of the
aduibistrstiop. We quote
General GRAFT has Just finished the
SECOND year Of kis Administration.
Upos kis 6sesl card we have S2Os,.
953,A7s % tbs amount paid On the
prinsipal Of the National Debt during
the hast two years, wish . tag reduc-
tI0a. 10 the mssutims, OF little
, saoss than eighty millions Of dollars.
. decline of about twenty per cent in
The premium oo gold, and. . very no
table Increase In the market value Of
the securities or tho United Statss.
The yearly gold Interest charge
March l4sk. 1860 suounted TO sl24,-
255, $50; and On March Alb. 1871, IL
suospted to. Sis, 104, ,949--showiag .
decrease Of III, ,060, ,l01 ia two years.
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