Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1876-07-06
rHE PLArFORBI


When, IN the economy Of Providence, I
this land was to be purged Of human sia- /
very. and when the strength Of the Gov |
ernmept Of the people, by the people, for
the people, was TO be demonstrated, |
the hepu9iican party came INTO power
Its deeds have passed into history, and we
look back to them with pride. lncited by
their memories and high aims for the
good Of our country and mankind, and
looking to the future with unfaltering
courage, hope and purpose, we, the rep
resentatives Of the party in National Con-
Vention assembled, make the following |
declaration Of principles;
i. The United States Of America y Z /
Nation, not league, by the com D1alea 1,lDs.
workings Of the National and o.aUe SSOf-
ernments. Under their respecaIi.Ve Son-
stitutions the rights Of every ~ elsl1sl N1laI e
secured at home ana .a,s,St.S oq'''
and the common welfare promoted. Il
D TSbe TSenu blfcan party has preserved /
tJIrea- q r,,-.r-1n 1nleufs to the one hundreth /
aDnIyyerSsfr5 Of the nations birth, and /
thev are now embOdiments Of the /
prest truths spoken at its cradle: that |
sil men are created equal; that they are
inalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty and the pursuit Of happiness; that
for the attainment Of these ends Govern
ments have been instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the con-
sent of the goYerneti." Until these truths
vigorously enforced, the work Of the Re
publican party is unfinished.
3. The permanent pacifcation of the
Southern section Of the Union, and the
complete protection of all its citizens in
the free enjoyment of all their rights, are
duties to which the Republican party
stands sacredly pledged. The power to
pies embodied in recent Constitutional
amendments is vested by those amend-
ments in the Congress of the United States,
and we declare it to be the solemn 0bliga-
tion Of the Legislative and Executive De-
partments of the Government to put into
immediate and vigorous exercise all their
Constitutional powers for removing any
just causes Of discomfort on the part of any
class, and for securing to every American
citizen complete liberty and exact equalf-
ty in the exercise ofalI civil, political and
public rights. To this end we impera-
lively demand q Congress and q
Chief Executive whose courage and
fidelity to these duties shall not falter
until these results are placed beyond dis
pute or recall.
4. In the first act of Congress signed by
President Grant, the National Govern
ment assumed to remove any doubts Of its
purpose to discharge all Just obligations
pledged It's faith to make provisions at the
earliest practicable period, for redemp-
tion of the United States notes in coin.-
Commerciall prosperity, public morals
and national credit demand that this
promise be fulfilled by a continuous and
steady progress to specie payments,
15. Under the Constitution the Presi-
dent and heads Of Departments are to
make nominations for office, the Senate is
to advise and cOnsentto appointments, and
the House Of Representatives is to accuse
and prosecute faithless officers. The best
Interests Of the public service demand
that these distinctions be respected: that
Senators and Representatives who may
be judges and aceusers should not dictate
appointments to office. The invariable
rule for appointments should have ref
erence TO the honesty, fidelity and capaci-
ty Of the appointees, giving to the party
IN power those places where harmony and
Ylgor Of administration require its policy
to be represented, but permitting all 9TH
ersto be filed by persons selected with
sole reference to the efficiency of the pub
lie service, and the right of all citizens to
share in the honor Of rendering faithful
service to their country.
q. We rejoice in the quickened con-
science Of the people concerning political
affairs, and will hold all public officers to
a rigid responsibility, and engage that
the prosecution and punishment of all
who betray official trusts shall be speedy,
thorough and unsparing.
.. The public school system of the sey-
eral States is the bulwark Of the American
republic, and with a view to its security
and permanencewe recomlne d an amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States forbidding the application Of any
public funds or property for the benefit of
any schools or institutions under secta-
rian control.
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expenditures and the obligations of the
public debt, must be largely derived from
duties upon importations, which, so far as
possible, should be adjusted to promote
the interest of American labor, and ad-
yanc heprosperity Of the whole country.
3. We reafirm cur opposition to further
grants of the public lands to corporations
and monopoIies, and demand that the
National domain be devoted to free homes
for the people.
10. 1t is the imperative duty of the Gov
ernment so to modify existing treaties
with European Governments that the
same protection shall be afforded to the
adopted American citizen that is given to
the native born, and that all necessary
laws should be passed to protect emigrants
in the absence of power in the States for
that purpose.
IL. 1t is the immediate duty of Con-
gress to fully Investigate the effect of the
immigration and Importation of Mongol-
ians upon the moral and material interest
of the coudtry.
u. The Republican party recognizes
with approval the substantial advance re-
Gently made toward the establishment of
equal rights for women by the MANY i'm
portant amendments effected by RepubIi-
can Legislature, in laws which concern
the personal and property relations of
wives, mothers and widows, and by the
appointment and election of women to the
superintendence of education, charities
and other public trusts. The honest de-
mands of this class of citizens for addi-
tional rights and privileges and immuni-
ties should be treated with respectful
consideration.
ID. The Constitution confers upon Con-
gress sovereign powers over the Territor-
les of the United States for their govern
ment, and in the exercise of this power it
is the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit and eXtirpate in the Territories
that relic of barbarism pOlygamy, and we
demand such legislation as shall secure
this end, and the supremacy OfAmerican
institutions in all the Territories.
IA. The pledges which the nation has
given TO our soldiers and sailors must be
fulfilled. The grateful people will always
hold those who periled their lives for the
eountry's preservation in the kindest re-
memhrance.
10. We sincerely deprecate all sectional
4SSllLlS anu CenuencleS. w e therefore note
with deep solicitude that the Democratic
party counts as its chief hope of success
upon the electoral vote Of the united
South, secured through the efforts of those
who were recently arrayed against the
nation, and we invoke the earnest atten-
ton of the country to the grave truth
that success thus achieved would reopen
sectional strife and imperil National honor
and human rights.
IS. We charge the Democratic party as
being the same in character and spirit as
when It sympathized with treason, with
making its control of the House of Rep
resentatiyes the triumph and the oppor-
tunity Of the nations recent foes: with
ressserting and applauding in the Nation