The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-21


bonly when the American citizen, with
Hout regard to color, shall wear this pea
Aopty OF citizenship as fuify and securely
Hin the caHebrakes oi Louislanaas On the
banks oi the St. kawrenee.. Upon the
lqu stbon OF our Southern relattOhs, my
IlYIews were recently expressed as q
E1mem1er OF the ComAalttes Of the United
Staus House Of Representatives. upon
\ Southern Affairs. These views re-
main unchanged, and were thus ex-
pressed: We of the North DELUXE our
selves in expecting that the masses Of
II the SolIEh, so far We h5 nd in m ny' of tHei
battrfbutes Of enlightened Improvement
IandioiHIlIzabion,a are, in the hrief period
Of ten or tiIteen years, TO be transformed
| into our model Northern communities.
Tnat can only come through long
course of patient waiting, TO whicn NO
one can now set certain bounds. Hhefs
will be- O. good deal OF unavoidable fFie-
/ ton. which will call for foEbearance, and
which will have TO. be relieved by tenn
perate, fostering care Of the Govern
ment. One OF tue most potent, il not in
dlspensaDle, agencies i'll this direction
will be the devising Of some system to
aid in the education OF the masses. The
| TACT that there are whole cuunLies
in Louisiana. in which there is not
a solitary schooEhouse is ful,
EOf suggestions. We compelled these
people TO remain in the. Union, aud now
Iduty and interest demand that we leave
no just means untried to make them
good, loyal citizens. How to diminish
the friction, how To stimulate the eleVa-
tiOn of this portion OF our country, are
tproblems addressing themselves to euf
be5t and wlsest sLatesmansnip. The
Itoundation for these efforts must be- LAID
| in satisfying the Southern peo pie that
they are to have equal and exact jas tIce
laccUrded to them. GIVE them, to the
Eiuhest extent, every blessing which the
EGoyernment cenfers upon the most IA
Evored. Give them no just cause iOr com.
pfainJ, and then hold them by every
Unnecessary means TO an exact, rigid OBJ.
Isefyanee, OF all their duties and obIiga-
tions under the Constitution aud lis
amendments to secure TO all within their
Ebofders manhood and eitlzenship, with
Eeyery right thereto belonging.
The just obiisatIon 20 the public cred.
Eitors, created hen the Cover nmen Was
i'm the throes of threatened dissolution,
Hand as an Indispensable condition OF it's
lsalvati0n, guaranteed by the lives aud
Ibl0od OF thousands OF Its brave defend.
Iers is 10 be Kept with religious faiLn, az
are all the pledges subsidiary thereto
and contifmatory tfereo. In my j1Jg-
ment, the pledge OF Congress of january
IA, 1875, ior the redemption oil the notes
lo1 the United States in coin, is tine
Iplighted taiLh of the Nation and Ma
lIional honor, and simple honesty and
Ejustice to the people, whose permanent
welfare and prosperity are dependenl
upon true money as a basis OF their Pc
hcunlary transactions, all demand the
HscrupuIOus observance OF tins pledge,
and ~ Is the duty of Congress to sunpIe-
Ement it with sucn Legislation as shall be
Unnecessary for il 8 strict tu fillment.
In our system OF Government intelli
Igence must give safety and value to the
ballot. Hence the Common Schools o
the land should be preserved in all tneir
IVigor, while, in accordance with the
Esprit of the Constitution, they aud all
their endowments- should be secured by
Eevery possible and proper guarantee
Eagainstevery torm of sectarian Influence
FOR control.
There should be the strictest economy
fin the expenditures OF the Goverum mi
Iconsisl ent with it's effective adminIstra.
ti0n, and all unnecessary offices should
he ab1lIshed. Offices should be con.
Eferred only upon Tue basis of nigh char.
Eacter and particular illness, anu should
be administered only as public trusts
and not Tor private advantage.
| Fhe foregoing are tue chief among the
Icardinal principles OF the Repub ican
party. anu to carry them intn full pEacti.
cal effect is the work it now has on nand
70 The completion of its great mission,
we address ourselves in nope and con-
tidence, cheered and stimulated by the
recollection OF its past achievements,
remembering that under God 1t 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 OF slave tnrOu "a.
out our broad dOminiOns, and that eman-
Ecipated millions look upon The ensign OF
the Rspubiic as symbol of the FuIHIIed
declaration that all men are created Tree
and equal, and the guarantee of their
own equality under the law with the
lmost IIgnly-tavored citizens of the
Hand.
70 the intelligence and conscience OF
all who desire good government, gO0d
will. gOod money and universal pros.
Eperity, the Republican party, not un.
mindful OF the Imperiectiuns and short
feonings of human organizations, yet,
lWith the honest purposes oil Its masses
Epr0Inptly to retrieve all errors, and &c
tsummarily punish all Offenders against
the laws of The country, confidently sub.
mits its claims Tor the continued sup
Eport of the American people.
Respectfully,
WILLIAM A.. WHEELER,
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