The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-08-17

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Ito the constitution htFtg be- do.
yised-separating III aistinct- bills
tho appropriation Stha various
departmental pub service and eX-
Guiding from eaGh 81 appropria7
Etions for other obie indepen.
dent legislation, s FaF alone
can the reyisory p zach ofthe
two Houses and Of cutlye be
preserved, and es ~ from the
rafduress which ahipels as
sent to .objectnanH pliatlnns
Irather than STOP. H9 iie ofs the
government, s.'l
Az. AccEs ~ 4 :,
e,,hancinq tLs q n, 81 aisiness,
/. .sa KY fsNnd'iS fSs 81 r shs Ts1,
| y, ~ lIortablo ~ NJ 'raisa. ei ,tossd
An X M 49, ~ ssii lles
sl,s eslI5iS IN 1Fant M
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.6ee.ntlI ss,lss a
fraSdnlenf .bonds. .tbe scanty 4 WI & Il
whicL ware wasted orsstoIeA and the
existence Of which is a sbublic dis
rcrodit fenIing TO tbn ba}kmntev or
renndiotion 9Taxes generally op-
pressiye. have in some instances
eonfiscated the entire income Of prop-
erty and totally DESTROYED its market
able value.
1t is impossible that these evils
should not react upon the prosperity
ofthe whole country. The nobler mo-
tives of humanity concur with the
material interests of all in requiring
that every obstacle be removed by a
complete and durable reconciliation
between.a kindred population once
unnatturally estranged, on basis
recognized by the St. Louis platform,
VIZ the Constitution OF the United
states WIN us amenomentS uhlvefr :
saily accepveU Us Il i5lial seIVlelll9HIo5
tne controversies Which ehgehuereo
civil war
buI IN alo 81 4 result so DohelcenCi
tne moral lh4uehce Oh every goo3
cltiZeh, Us wen as seVery goYefm,ehVal
authorlVy, oughI TO- oe eNefVca noI
alone 10 MAINTAIN t3GiF Just equailIyy
before . the law ONt likewise 10 estao-
llsh
a CORDIAL FRATERNlTf'
and goodwill among citizens, what
ever their race or color, who are now
united IN one destiny OF a common
seli-goVernment.
II the duty shall be assigned to me
| sh?uiu hoI iaii 10 exercise exercise the pow
et win Whlch Vhe laws iIhaeoh'Ci!uc :
lions OF our country eI9the its chlel
lnSsisElave 70 p[o!ocI AZ lSs ,;ti ciIl%ehs
Whatever l.l!3 thsir former CONDITION IN
PoliIical ana personal rlsht'
REFORM Is NECESSARY,
declares the 81. Louis Convention, to
establish a sound currency, restore
the public credit, and maintain the
national honor and it goes on to de-
mand a judicious system of prepare
tion by public economies, by official
retrenchments, and by u wise finance
which shall enable the nation soon
to assure the whole world of its per-
feet ability and its perfect willing
ness to meet any of It's promises at
the call of creditors entitled to pay
ment. The object demanded by the
Convention is a resumption of specie
payments,
IN LEGAL TENDER NOTES
Of the United States Tbot wopld
not only restore The nubIiccrclit and
maintain the national honor bnt il
would establish A sound currency for
the people.
The methods by which this object
is to be pursued, and the means by
which IT IS TO be attained, are dis
closed by what the Convention de-
mandcd for the future and by what
it denounced IN the past.
The resumption ofspecie payments
by the government of the United
States on its legal tender notes would
establish specie payments by all the
hanks on nll thpir nOtns The Ollicl-