The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-01-19
PLATFORM OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
OF VIRGINIA


The Republican party of Virginia in Conyen-
tion assembled, reaffr1n their devotion to the
principles to 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
principals
A tariff, which, while securing the necessary,
shall give Incidental, protection to American in.
dustry. ||f
national banking system, that shall give us
safe and uniform currency, and absolute So
eurity 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
at the same time, we carefully avoid blrdening
the people with onorous and unnecessary taxa,
ton. = -,
That we heartily endorse the administration of
President Grant, and are unanimously in favor
OF MS 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
| prominent. Under its provisions taxation on the
property of the State will be double what it is
| now, or not less than one dollar on every hum
dred. Worse still, because it is unnecessary,
raise money, either by sacrificing their property
| or products, or by paying an enormous rate of
interest 10 pay these onorous taxeI by the LIST
day OF September, ISL or forfeit five per cent,
| while we are now officially informed by the
| Treasurer of the State that that the money SO
collected is not needed until January and July,
| 1877 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 It's citizens 10 loan wealthy corporations
more than million dollars at the low rate of
four per cent per annuin, while, at the same
time, under this extraordinary combination of
circum stances, our citizens are thus compelled TO
borrow their own money at the rate of twelve
per cent. per annum. f
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 exemplifled Ivy that great leading
Democratic organization of the United States
the Tammany Ring OF New York. This Legis-
latnre 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 represent
tatives when pleading for the admission of the
State to Federal representation.
They have created partisan judiciary and
. given the county Judges created by caucus nomi-
nations, unprecedented and unheard of power.
Ihey nave reestablished that relic of a barbar-
7 Gus past, the whipping post, and by giving the
3 Judges power to select the juries in all cases
have enabled them to do, as they have done in q
vast majority of instances, exclude the colored
7 man from the jury. box, and deprive him OF the
right so dear to all, of defence before Jury OF
his peers. The Republican party invite the CO
operation OF All good citizens in correcting these
Resotre, That we are opposed to levyng upon
our citizens any further tax than is necessary tc
a strictly economical administration of the State
government, and demand that our representa-.
Q tives in the Legislature shall do all in then
power to alleviate, to the greatest extent posi-
| Gle, the burdens of the people, and to decrease
the expenses of the State. 'stt NY
Resoipe, That we demand the honest and scru
pulous enforcement of the constitution of thu
State in all its parts, and such legislation as viii
secure the equal rights of ALL guaranteed by tina
: instrument, equitable taxation, the benefits O
the homestead act, thorough system of com
mon school education, and an impartial and non
: partisan judiciary.
Resolutions.
S Resolved, That the battle of universal freedom
U and universal suffrage having been fought ant
won, and those amendments to the constitutio,
of the United States, designed TO secure in perpe
= tuity the rights Or man. accepted by a large par
. OF the Democratic party, and they pledged 4
' abide forever thereby, and these issues hayin
/, been thus soemnly and finally determined, Their
remains no excuse for orr natural and sympa
thetic friends, the Wings of Virginia, to continu
" n any degree their cooperation with the Demo
8 cratic party. ...4 ..-r
y ing by the faith of their fathers, and agreein
with us in all that relates TO our governments
? organization-the protection of American indus
/ try and manufactures, the system of nations
~ banking the right of Congress TO appropriat
y money for the improvement of our rivers an
harbors, and the construction of our great waite
line and commercial highway--are Republican
10 in all SAGE the name; and this Convention, in
RI pressed with these truths, and anxious that til
. Republican party of Virginia should avail itse
III Of the capacity, character, and love of countr
lie of this large element, is gratiffed in extending
them an earnest invitation TO join more i
patriotic battle against their old foe-the Demo
l. cratic party.
"a Resotped, That whether these gallant allie
= shall at once become the foremost of Republ
10 cans, standing within the strctest circle of on
&c party organization, or but yield to us their CO.
r. dial cooperation against the common enemy W
. pledge them, in either case, the wal m weicom
III of a Republican President, the sincerest graf
Il tude and fellowship of the Republican party, an
a full participation in all the benefits to be d.
rived from common victory over their oil
~ enemy---the Democratic party tr |
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