Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-07-14
Of the United States relating 70 the
dness. the ieoai-tender

Of the United States relating 10 the
4,,bl;,. ;ndebtedness, the legal-tender
notes included, as constituting a
,pledga and moral obligation of the
Government which must in good
faith beikept It is my conviction
that the feeling Of uncertainty in
separable from an irredeemable pa
per currency. with its fluctuations
Of values, Is one of the great obsta-
cles to a revival of confidence and
business, and to atretnrn Of prosperi-
ty. 3 That uncertainty can be ended
in but one way-the resumption of
specie payments; but the longer the
instability connected with our pres
sent.money system is permitted to
continue. the greater will be the in
jury inflicted up@n cur economical
Interests and all classes of soeie-
aty. If elected. ] shall approve every
appropriate measure to accomplish
the desired end, and shall oppose any
step backward h.
III PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The resolution with respect to the
public school system is one which
sht Md receive the hearty support of
the american people. Agitation
upon this subject is to be apprehend-
ed until, by constitutional amend
ment, the schools are placed beyond
all danger of sectarian control or in
7erference. The Republican party
5 pledged to secure such an ameOd-
ment. q la
.T THE SOUTHERN STATES.
The resolution of the convention
on the subject of the permanent
purifcation Of the country, and the
complete protection of all its citi.
zens in the full enjoyment of all
their constitutional rights, is timely
and of great Importance. The con-
, dition of the Southern States attracts
the attention and commands the SYM
pathy of the people of the whole
Gnion. In their progressive recov-
cry from the effects of the War,
their first necessity is an intelligent
and honest administration of Govern
Inent which will protect all classes
liof citizens in all their political and
s private rights. What the South
6 most needstis peace, and peace de-
apends upon the supremacy of the
!. law. There can be oenduring peace
= if the constitutional rights of any
portion of the people are habitually
al1isregarded. A division of political
parties, resting merely upon distlnc-
ton of race, or upon sectional lines,
is alwaTs unfortunate, and may. be
disastrous. The welfare of the coun-
iltFy depends upon the attractions 1t
acanioffer to labor, to immigration,
and TO capital But laborers will
mot go, and capital will,not be ven
,atured, where the Constitution and
1.-The laws are set at defiance and dis
tfaction, apprehension and alarm
take the place of peace, and loving
and law-abiding social life All
parts of the Constitution are sacred
and must be sacredIy 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 effectuallyadvanc
qed by a hearty and general recogni-
tion of the rights of all, by all "a
recognition without reserve or excep-
tion." n..,a afs..,af IS ssaass
With such a recognition fully ac-
corded, it will be practicable to pro-
mote by the influence of all legiti-
mate agencies of the General Gov
ernmen, the efforts of the people of
those States to obtain for themselves
7the blessings of honest and capable
local Government. If elected, l
shall consider it not only my duty,
but it will be my ardent desire to Ia
Dor for the attainment of this end.
Let me assure my countrymen of
the Southern States that if | shall be
charged with the duty of organic
ing an Administration, a it will be
one which viii regard and cherish
their truest interests, the interests
OF the white and the eolored people
both, and equally, and which will
Pnt forth their best efforts in behalf
OF civil policy which will wipe out
forever the distinction between the
North and South in our common