Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-06-16
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OrR PRINCIPLES
The Cincinnati Convention yesterday
devoted IL attention to the formation Of
. platform upon which the Republican
party will base ID claims 10 recognition
In the campaign now before US. The
full text OF that platform IL Pablishsd In
the columns Of The Nxvs to-day. II h
in Its entirety . declaration OF prin-
ciplss Of which the Republican party
has no cause 10 be ashamed. II re-
afirms the old tsnsts Of Rspublicanism.
that every q IL In the syssof the Law.
- in the eyes Of His Maker. a man.
and that his rights are the sAms whether
he b. white or black. Itprotssts against
the danger which at this time especially
threatens us. Of making our public
school system . tender to the religious
enthusiasm Of any particular sect. II
compliments General Grant, - he de-
serves, for the very Efficient manner In
which he has conducted the Affair." OF
the Government for the last eight ysars,
and charges the Democratic party with
being to-day ~ reasonable In its ssnu-
timsnts o. IL was sixteen years ago,
whom treason gained hesdvsy and
plunged the nation into civil war BY Ito
copnivanos. II not BY il active aid.
There 10 one plank In the platform
which will especially sppsal to the sym-
pathiss Of the citizens OF the Pscihc
Coast. That plank reads A. follows:
at Is the immediate duty of Congress
TO fully investigate the effect Of the immi-
grafton and importation Of Mongolians.
upon the moral and material interests III
the country"
Upon the adoption Of this plank there
was much earnest discussion. Mr..
Pierce Of Massachusetts, made . motion
10 szpunge Il from the platform. and Ar.
aued that the nation which had abol'
ished slavery could not consistently
make any distinction between . China
man and q white man II h needless 10
say that Massachusetts 10 not like Cali
fomia and Nevada. afiictsd with the
Chinese eurss. A few months OF such
afiiction would very materially change
the visws Of tho gentleman from ths
Bay STATE. The prohibition OF Chimes
emigration ID not an abrdsmsnt Of ha'
man libsrty. - Mr.. Pierce sssms 10 70
gard Il. We do not snslavs the China
man a. Ne did the negro. and ID 10 nc
insult 10 the memory Of Lincoln vhsr
We declare that they m . curss TO oul
land. and should b prohibited from
coming among NJ. Ships are quaran'
tined regularly In nj large ports. and Il
malignant diseases are found among
passengers or crew. passsngsrs and crew
are prohibited from landing. The meas
uts ID amply one Of protection. and IL ID
right. Why should ~ not also protect
Ourselves against the great moral evil
which the Chinese are bringing upon
the country Our power TO do 20 IL sp-
parent. What logical . can b
urged against nj exercising that povsri
senator Jones responded to Mr..
Pierce In speech. remarkable for IL
tsrssness and unanswsrsbls logic. He
told the Convention what he knew Of
the Chipamsn. He showed them how
this imam and brother" was not only
taking the bread from the mouths OF our
own eouutrymen. but was corrupting the
morals Of our youth. and spreading
bodily dissuse among az. The speech
wss electric. and Il bad its effect. Tbs
anti. Chinsss plank VA adopted BY the
Convention. AMI thus this great ques-
ton. over which vs Of the Pacific coast
have been struggling 30 long. has d last
been made one Of national imporsancs.
The RspablicAn party earriss on the
honors on this point. II 10 the hrst 10
recognize our burdens. and II lie
nominees are elected Ne are sssursd by
the platform that our troubles will soon
h at an end.
The platform. a. u stands. u worthy
Of tbs party which saved the Union. and
which Ia. since advanced the III Of
Republican Institutions. There 10 not
one plank which an honest American
citizen cannot heartily sndorss. The
party which proved the salvation Of the
country still stands BY the arst prpei'
Piles upon which Il was founded. What
ever candidate receives the nomination
ou the platform nov adopted. will com.
mand popular support. and the nszi
four yssrs under . R~spablicsn Presi-
dent will develop the inherent powers Of
the nation even more fully than they
have been developed in the pest. To
DAY the man Who 10 10 rule " after the
I,h OF pszt March viii b named. Let
N trs.t that the coming man will b
worthy Of The high honon 10 b accord
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