The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1876-09-01


cgates and audience repeated the
cheers.
The reyenuc necessary for the cur
rent expenditures and the obligations
Of the public debt must be largely
derived from duties upon importationb
which so far as possible, should be
adjusted to promote the interest Of
American labor, ard advance the
prosperity Of the whole country.
Ninth. Wa reaflirm our o~ppo4iiion
to further grants Of the public lands
to corporations and Monopolies, and
demand tnat the national domain be
devoted 90 free homes for the people.
Tepth. II is the imperative duty
OF the government to so modify exist
ing treaties with European govern.
ments that the same protection shall
be afforded to adopt American citi-
zcns that is given 70 native born, and
all necessary laws be passed to pro.
tect emigrants in the absence of pow
er In the State for that purpose,
Eleventh. 1t is the immediate Gu.
ty Of congress 10 full investigate the
effect Of the EMANCIPATION and impor-
tation Of Mongo,gins on the moral
and material interests of the country,
Twelfth. The Republican party
recognizes with approval the substan-
tial advance recently made toward
the establishment Of equal rights wo-
man by the many important amend.
ments affected by Republican Legis-
l%atures in the laws, which concern the
personal and property relations Of
wives, mothers and widows, and by
the appointment and election of wo-
men TO the superintendent of educa-
ton, charities and other public trusts.
The honest demand Of this class of
citizens, for additional rights and
privileges and immunitics should be
treated with respectful consideration.
Thirteenth. The constitution con-
fcra upon congress sovereign powers
over the territories of the United
States for their government, and in
the exercise Of this power, it is the
right and duty Of congress to prohibit
and extirpate in the territories that
relic Or barbarianism, polygamy, and
we demand such legislation as shall
secure this end, and the supremacy
of American institutions in all the
Territories. Applause.
Fourteenth. 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 cou-
try's preservation in the kindest re-
membrane.
Fifteenth. We sincerely deprecatc
all sectional feeling and tendencies;
we, therefore, note with deep solici.
tude that the Democratic party
counts as It's chief hope of success
upon the electoral vote of a united
South, secured through the efforts Of
those who were recently arrayed
against the nation, and we invoke the
earnest attention of the country to
the grave truth that & success thus
achieved would reopen sectional
strife and impcril the national honor
aad human rights.
Sixteenth. We charge the Demo
catic party with being the same in
character and spirit as when it SYM
pathizcd with treason, and making il
control of the House Of Representa-
tives the triumph and opportunity Of
the nations recent foes; with rcas-
serting and applaudi4s in the nation
al capitol the sentiments of umepent-
ed rebellion; with sending Union sol
diers to the rear, and with deliberate
ly proposing to repudiate the
plighted faith Of the Government and
obstruction Of Investigations; with
proving itself through the period Of
its asccndancy in the lower House Of
Congress utterly incompetent to adj
minister the Government. We warm
the country against trusting a party
thus alike unworthy, recreant and in
capable. Cheers.
Seventeenth. The National ed
ministration merits commentator for
its honorable work in the manage
ment of the domestic and foreign af-
fairs, and President Grant deserves
the continued and hearty gratitude Of
the American people for his immense
service in var and in peace. Cheers,