Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1876-07-18

eleCteu, not 10 De u CuuuluAle LOT eleC-
ton to a second term.
On the currency question have fire.
quently expressed my views In public,
and stand by my record on this sub
ject. In regard to all the laws of the
United States relating to the payment
of the public Indebtedness, the legal
tender notes included, as constituting
a pledge aud moral obligation of the
government which must in good faith
be kept. 1t is my conviction that the
feeling of uncertainty inseparable
from an irredeemable paper currency,
with its fluctuation of values, is one
of the greatest obstacles to revival of
confidence, and business to return of
prosperity, that uncertainty can be
ended in but one way, 1.-The resump-
ton of specie payments But the
longer the instability connected with
our present money system Is permitted
to continue the greater will be the
injury inflicted upon our economical
interests and all classes of society. II
elected shall approve every appro-
pirate measure to accomplish the
desired end, and shall oppose any step
back ward.
The resolution with respect to the
the public school system is one which
should receive the hearty support Of
the American people. Agitation upon
the subject is to be encouraged until
by constitutional amendment the
schools are placed beyond all danger
of sectarian control or interference.
The republican party is pledged to
such an amendment.
The resolution of the convention on
the subject of the permanent pacifica-
ton of the country and the complete
protection of all its citizens in the free
enjoyment of all their constitutional
rights, is timely and of great import.
ance. The condition of the Southern
States attracts attention and commands
the sympathy of the people of the
whole Union in their progressive re-
covery from the effects of the war.
Their first necessity is an intelligent
and honest administration Of govern
ment, which will protect all classes of
citizens In all their political and pri-
vate rights, What the South most
needs "peace," and peace depends
upon the supremacy Of the law. There
can be no enduring peace If the con-
stitutional rights of any portion of the
people are habitually disregarded. A
division of political parties, resting
merely upon distinctions of race or
upon sectional lines, is always unfOr-
tunate and may be disastrous. The
welfare of the South, like that of every
other part of the country, depends
upon the attraction IL can offer to
labor, to immigration, and to capital;
but laborers will not go and capital
will not be ventured where the con-
stitution and laws are set at defiance,
and distraction, apprehension and
alarm take the place OF peace-loving
and peace-abiding social life.
All parts of the constitution are
sacred and must be sacredly observed
the parts that are new no less than
the parts that are old. The moral and
material prosperity of the Southern
States can be most effectually advanc-
cd by u hearty and generous recogni-
ton of the rights of all by ala re-
cognition without reserve or eXcep-
ton. With such recognition fully
accorded it will be practicable to pro-
mote by the influence of all Legitimate
agencies of the general government
the efforts of the people of those States
to obtain for themselves the blessing
of honest and capable local govern
ment. If elected l shall consider it
not only my duty, but it will be my
ardent desire to labor for the attain
ment of this end.
Let me assure my countrymen Of
the Southern States, that if l shall be
charged with the duty of organizing
an administration it will be one which
regard and cherish their truest in
terests-the interests of the white and
of the oOlOred people both and equally,
and which will put forth its best eff
forts in behalf of civil policy which
will wipe out forever the distinction
between North and South in our COM
mon country.
With civil service organized upon
system which will secure purity,
experience, efficiently and economy, a
strict regard for the public welfare
solely in appointments, and speedy,
thorough and unsparing prosecution
and punishment of all public officers
who betray official trusts; with asound
currency, with education unsectarian
and free to all, with simplicity and
frugality in public and private affairs
and with fraternal spirit of harmony
pervading the people of all sections
and classes, we may reasonably hope
that the second century of our exist
ence as a nation will. by the blessing
of God, be pre-eminent as an era o.
good feeling and period of progress
prosperity and happiness.
Very respectfully, your fellow-citizen
II. h. HAYES