, 1876-06-01


liverancs from tho present iniquitous tariff
robbery, compared with which even ToM
Sco7T's subsidies and tho Pacific Rai1rond
land.swintllo look small and contemplate.
STARR, OF PEORIA, ON THE PLATFORM.
We print in another column letter from
1fr. J. s. STARn, Of Peoria, who was mcul-
Der Of tho Committee on Resolutions in tho
recent Republican State Convention, in which
be socks to c1tonuato and palliata tho frauds
and injustice of certain portions Of tho plat-
form adopted by tho Convention. Tho Sec
ond resolution, 1t will 10 remembered, de-
clarca that tho "policy Of lcnicncy 1,y tho
Republican party +" toward tho people recent
ly in rebellion Ind resulted in tho death by
violence of at lenst 5000 Unionists, hal filled
tho House Of Representatives with Demo-
critic minority, and had given over tho re-
cont1y robellious States to tho control of dis
loyal whites. Against this falso and malicious
libel upon tho policy Of reconstruction fol-
lowed by the Republican party The TRIBUNE
has protested. 11r. SrAnR objects to tho al-
most universal amnesty" granted by tho
Republican party, md insists TINT tho Union
men of tho South are left without protection.
Tho people Of tho South havo nil tho pro-
lection that tho people of the North llave, and
something more They Aayo special protection
in] laws which make it penal crimes to in
tin.idato or do violence or in any way inter-
fers with negroes because Of their color or
race, mud the Federal Courts have special
jurisdiction to punish all oiFenses against
negroes. The statuto-book is bur(cncd with
special laws for the protection of these col
orel people. The Republican party has had
the execution OF those laws, and tho Federa1
ofilcors havo nil belonged to tho class known
AZ Uniouists, Congress md the President
have done MI that is in their powor to pro-
tcct them, aud gradually tho conflict Of races
and the struggle for political mastery arc
becoming q,,ieted md, undor the Republican
policy OF pence, lifo and property are daily
becoming more secure. The President hna
never failed to intorposo the Executive au-
thority and military force when tho oircutu-
stnnccs authorized him to to 20. What
more Is wnntcl? Do these plntform-makers
mean TINT the President of the United States
ahall, by military force, Install Republican
politicians in possession OF all tho State
Governments, mud keep tlom permanently
in power? How long would the people OF
the North uphold n President or party TINT
would atlopt TINT policy? How long would the
State of Illinois sustain such policy Tho
"policy Of lenioncy" Of tho Republican
party, of which Mr. BLAINE has been cou-
spicuous champion as opposed to Mr.. CosH-
LIMO, Mr.. 1IonToS, aud BEN BUTLER, disci-
pies of tho bloody-ahirt doctrine, has been
and il ono Of the brightest and noblcst TINT
hay ever adorned the history Of any nation.
It hos robbed civil war Of its groatc<t hor-
rors, and hRs converted conquest, tlufeat,
humiliation, md loss into additional bonds
of union, peace, prosperity, and national
power. Tho day for Forco bills, standing
armies, and Military Governments has passed
away forever.
Mr.. SrAnR, in our Judgment, fails in his
construction of tho currency resolution.
rho statement "that it is the duty Of the
United States to redeem every promise it has
ma.lo in absolute good faith," IL understood
by Mr.. SrAnn to lnean the Resumption act
which promises to resume Bpecie payments in
1873, anil TINT such promise must be kept.
II tho Convention intended that tho He-
sumption law was to be carried into axecu-
ton according to its letter, why did not tho
Convention Say 10?
Moreover, il tho Resumption law in tho
fixed currency rolicy Of the Republican par-
ty.-thc withdrawal by payment of the
greontacks in l879,-wby did tile resolution
rofar to the Cincinnati Convention tho work
Ut solving the problc.,l of the currency? If
tho party WINS solomnly pledged to execute
tlls Resumption law antl roturl, to spocie pay.
| nenA by retiring the greenbackH in 1879,
| mud that promise was to be redeemed, what
currency problu,n did tho Committee suppose
WIZ left for tho Cincinnati Convention Ia
solyo2
hut to show that the resolution was not
intended to mean that the Resumption act
WINS to be enforced, it ia only necessary tc
quoso ths second clause of tho resolution,
which Eccitos TINT "tho Republican pArty
has giron to tue people the best system q
paper currency ever Devised" This paper i.
ut henry and tluctuating discount, and ir
redeemable. II such currency IL the "b.xs
systom Of paper money eyor devised, hov
| could the resolution meuu that tht
Resumption act, retiring TINT curren
cy in 1879. should be religiously executed
Did tho Convention mean that thu lest sya
ten of paper currency ever duyiscd shoul'
10 oblitorated2 What in either case va
left for tho Cincinnati Convention to DO
II tie present paper currency is the " best,
how is the currency "a difficult problem !"
Was tho Cincinnati Convention to devis
something better than the best2 And the
was it to declare ulat tho best currency tt
world ever saw must be swept out of skis
ence by enforcing the Resumption law j
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Iii. 6TAna oYetlooks tho faa$ that th