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The tust obligations to public credftors.
created when the Government was Il, fhe
throes Of threatened dissolution, and as an,
indispensable condition OF its salyation--
guaranteed by the lives and blood OF thou.
sands OF Its brave defenders are to be kent
with religious faith, as are all the pledges
subsidiary thereto and confirmatory thereof.
In my Judgment the pledge OF Congress
Of january IA, 1875, for the redemption Of
| the notes Of the United States In coin,is the
plighted faith OF the nation, and national
honor, simple honesty, and justice to the
people, whose permanent welfare and pros
perity are dependent upon true money as
the basis OF their pecuniary transactions, all
demand the scrupulous observance Of this
pledge, and 1T is the duty OF Congress to
supplement 1t with such legislation as shall
be necessary for it's strict fufflment.
In our system OF government intelligence
must give safety and value to the ballot.
Hence the common schools OF the land
should be preserved In all their yigOE, while,
in accordance with the spirit OF the Consti-
tuition, they and all their endowmeDts should
be secured by every possible and proper
guarantee against every form OF sectarian
influence. or control.
There should be the strictest economy IN
the expenditures Of the Government con-
sistent with its effective administration, and
all unnecessary Offices should be abolished.
Offices should be conferred only upon the
basis Of high character and particular ht-
ness, and should be administered only as
public trusts and not for private advantage.
The foregoing are chief among the eardi.
nal principles OF the Republican party, and
to carry them into full, practical effect Is
H. -. Tf< nftrr
pletion OF its great mission we address our
selves in hope and confidence, cheered and
stimulated by the recollection OF Its past
achievements; remembering that, under
God, it is to that party that we are indebted
in this centennial year Of our existence for
a preserved, unbroken Union; for the fact
that there is no master or slave throughout
our broad domains, and that emancipated
millions look upon the ensign OF the Repub.
lie Us the symbol OF the fulfilled declaration
that all men are created free and equal, and
the guarantee Of their own equality, under
the law, with the most highly-fayored citl-
Zens Of the land.
TO the intelligence and conscience OF all
who desire good government, goodwill
good money, and universal prosperity, the
Republican party, not unmindful OF the inn
perfection and shortcomings OF human or
ganizations, yet with the honest purpose OF
its masses promptly to retrieve all errors
and to summarily punish all offenders against
the laws OF the country, confidently sub.
mits its claim for the continued support OF
the American people. Respectfully,
WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
MISSOURI POLITICS.
JEFFERSON CRY, NO., July 20.-Henry
Brockmeyer, prominent German OF st.
Louis, was to-day nominated for Lieutenant-
Governor.
INDIANA POLITICS.
TERRE HAUTE, ND, July 20. The Green-
back Convention to-day nominated .. r.
Davis for Congress.
MISSOURI STATE CONVENTION.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, July 20.-Jchn s.
Phelps has been nominated for Governor
| by the Democratic Convention.
| DECLINES.
WORCESTER, MASS, July 20.-George I.
Hoar declines denomination to Congress,
desiring to return to the practice OF law.