The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-22

tributiohs to further the political
aims Of the appointing power
Z. Complete and universal amues.
| lty, for all those who participated in
! the civil war, upon 4 basis Of mutual
Reconciliation, such as the spirit of
the age demands, and the permanent
Icy of our institutions require,
s. A return to the old landmarks
Of AnglO-Saxon liberty. viz: No sus-
pension OF the writ of hdbeas cor1asin
time Of peace; trial by jury of the
ficiaoye when the prisoner demands
ii; freedom of the press; and religious
or expurgatofy political tests for
suffrage, or office holding,
o. No interference by the General
govefAneat with education or relig-
iaonin The State upon any pretext
aehgtevera however plausible.
tli Finn and uncomprOmising
resistancc to the further infection Of
lfe American mind with the spirit
ef speculation, plumber and uniyer-
6l9eaaap ptinpii sDihoes iinaugprated
BY the Republican purity, fostored BY
the war, and eliminating in the dis
gusting indeCenCy practiced by the
present administration,
1st. That while we belong to a deb
tor State, and believe that the Re-
publican party has treated such
States unfairly by its financial poll
cy; and while we favor an immediate
repeal Of the specie resumption acts,
the taxation of United States Bonds,
like other property; and a modifica-
tion or abolition of the present bank
ing system, yet, at the same time, we
emphatically deprccate the effort to
divide the Democratic party upon
issues involving the issues of money
only, and recommend that such
issues be RENTED tothe Congrcssion-
al districts or otherwise subordinated
to those great moral and constitu-
tional questions which underlie the
very existence of the Union and its
institutions.
q inaI Ina! we aTralgh anu oPP3s2g tiig NJ
hGpGoiicah party us having Hioi"Ieu 'I
an Of 'he ConstlIItiona5 CnI PIlnciPieS P.lt tI
iicIeil ln, Eni niouilCtu ~ "uu 'i,sS S ~; w
nently due to Il Democratic House of
hep[eS.cil'as'yes, lot eAP9si.is ~ "Icm g,; "
colu'C'pn vi coIIuPVioii ~ s'ic uG,l,i a;m
hahI party us Ienucrs Iileli ~; Go'itinu I:ill.
ahce III power dangerous W @ 'iiu iioul ,l
tleS OF the people GilaS we VI. my ~ GTn- %
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tiohai convention VIII supPotS gii.y W
Inosc ., VINO aFe proper rtPLeSenHnSi,cS re- S W. >
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lcave I'lem lrGc 10 eNeL'lS' s my siiei' tst uis
cteVipi' ~ 70 tilg c,,otIu ~. VI M
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al ail1lrS, tIat N thc il''Gtest9 !, s 81 Puto
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apass1i'sa .lsHas a'psit = -
v" = Nv. q ,o,or ~ r. cor,i;oII,
apMd p",'g oorn"stIr rn" fi invito all honest mon
ro r", mont;Yo & of forn,or %l nnrt,. % %o6,Ifn:
tions r 70 mite with ne II the comina
campaign. :,
Conservative party of West Virgin
ia to the preservation of our public
school system. free from scctarian in
iluencc or control. to the continued
reduction of State and local taxation,
to the prompt inauguration of such
changes in our statute or organic law
as the wishes and interests Of the peo-
ple may from time to time demand,
and especially to such reforms in our
Judiciarv system as experience and
growth Of the State NAV prove to be
necessary.
John J. Davis a member of the
Committee on Resolutions, who sign
ed the majority report, did not con;
cur with the majority as to the thlrd
resTluslGn; SoaS n,;, co,,,,o,t;on od;or,,
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Motion adopted and the Conycn-
is'' ''''N l'N~S'