The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-05
Address OF the Slate Committee.

The political campaign upon which
wo aro entering is ono of more than
ordinary importance, and NO there.
for invoke your hearty cooperation
in our efforts to press the claims of
tEe Republican party. to public con-
liloncc aud support.
Tho succes8 q thAt party Is essen
;ial III our Judgment, 20 The pros
pcrity Of the State, 20 the perpetuity
u tho Union, and to the permaucuco
of the principles upon which the
Government is founded.
The control OF the administration
u state a0air3 fell into Republican
hands iu lsGl, and We poin. with
pride % the record Of that control
The state dsbt has been reduced
from foity millions to twsnty' three
mLlioae u dollsta; tio state tsxcs
upon reel sstate and upon the per
oo,sl property employed i'll agricul-
turl pursuits havo been repealed I;
ihe rgOuTees of tie state have bcen
1evelo,lal; tao admirable school
syetom which distinguishes our
Commonwealth, has been fostered
and strengthened tho orphans Of
her brsyo soldiers ybo fell ia tho
wer have booa fed, clothed, educated
sua fitted for .etve life aud tho
varied interests Of tie people have
been protested aud encouraged
Under no previous administration
hao tho State been 20 uniformly
prosperous and well cared for; and
the slight experience which people
Lad Lad. winter in one branch Of the
Legislature under Democratic con
.rol may well lead them 30 tho con.
yiction that they h.yo everything to
loeS aud nothing to gain by q change
III the administration OF pubic at
fairs.
Tho candidates for state offices
presented by the Republican party
ue IN cyoIy way worthy Of public
confidence and OF n hearty support.
Governor llartranft during his six
years service NJ Auditor General,
erncda a very high character as u
public officer, and bis administration
If the Executive Department has
won the respect aud commentator
Of oil, without distinction of party.
Unilinching integrity, unbending
honesty and faithful attention to
the duties of his Office, have charact.
erizcd his administration through.
out, and certainly no Governor ever
more richly deserved a reelection.
Our candidate for State Treasurer
is now Ian to public life, but ono
III whom IL combined oil the qualii-
cations Of good public officer His
capacity for tho place is admitted by
all, and his ~el-known character for
integrity and business ability il also
conceded by his political opponents
Having, therefore, State ticket
strong in all tho elements that CONF
mend candidates to public favor, q
platform Of principles which has
challenged the admiration Of Repub
hcans throughout tho country, and u
record OF State administration to
which We can oil look back with n
pardonablo prido, We are justified,
as party, in claiming that we have
faithfully met our responsibilities
and that wo are entitled to q contin-
uanco Of public confidence
Parties are worthy ofsupport only
so long ~ they advance wiso and
patriotic principles and promote the
honest and efficient administration
of public affairs end as the Repub
lican party is entitled to tho credit
of both, it justly lays claim 70 o yer.
dict Of popular approval.
| There arc many matters Of detail
in which the Republican party difTera
from the Democratic but there is
one radical difference which, co long
as it exists, will render the existence
of the Republican party public ne.
cassity. That difference conaists in
tho fact That tho Republican party
bcHyoB tAnt the United States form
a Hation with Gll the furc;iuus oi a
Eo,iond Sovereignty. whilo the
| Democratic patty regards tho Foi'
cIG. GoyernlGoQt ~ mere league
between the states, which arc each,
IN III view, sovereign and irdcpenj
cnt. Tho republicans believe in the
indiasolubility Of tho Union OF the
| States, whilst the Democratic party
beliycs that tho Federal Government
has no power to protect it's own OK,
istenoo or prevent any state from
asserting its independence
This il the difference which in,
, wolves tho very life OF tho Govern
ment. When the rebellion broke
out in 1861, while James buchanan
. was still III Office ns President h,
5 shrank appalled, from tho duty o
preserving the Union intact, and
yielded to the advice OF his ATTORNEY
1 General that there was no rowor il
! the General Government TO coerce
| State, Had the rebellion occurred
! ut tho beginning, instead Of at tin
. close, OF his administration, it woul,
have boon at once successful UndeI
I the Democratic idea Of State rights
= MIR, Buchanan would have beei
compelled to lot the Southern State
2 go.
i With the prominence at pros.n
, givon by the Democratic party to it
| ono distinguishing doctrine Of Stat
Sovereignty, ~ opposed to that O
National Sovereignty, tho advent O
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