The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-06-19
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

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The cry of no sectarian division of the
school fund comes up from Cincinnati.
This will be vital question whenever
any party in the country favors such
division. The Democratic party found
ed the Common School system and will
protect it.
"A CONTINUOUS and steady progress
toward specie payment" -Repnbf'eam
Platform.
This is rather cool for statesmen pledg-
ed to resume in 1879. How continuous
and steady should the progress be?
1.-THE Republican party has preserved
these governments TO the hundredth an
niversary of the nations birth."-Rep'sb-
iiean platform.
Pretty well done for party not much
more .han twenty years old. Did it not
have something TO do also with the dis
covery of America and the capture of
Jerusalem?
The land-grabbers at Cincinnati "re-
affirmed" their opposition to further
grants of the public lands to corporations
auG monopolies, and demand that the
national domain be devoted to free homes
Tor the people. Having stolen all the
public domain and divided it up among
themselves and the Credit MobilIer and
Pacific Railroad lobbies (see BLAINE's
letters) they could well afford to be gen.
erous and promise to give the remaining
deserts to the people. Having eaten the
egg, they magnanmoasly offer the owner
the she'll.
"The honest demands of this class of
citizens Tor additional rights and privl-
leges and immunities should be treated
with respectful consideration ."-Repmb-
i,can Platform.
"rhis class of citizens" means women,
and the heroic resolution TO treat them
with respect Is worthy of all praise.
+ "Duties on importation,
which, so far as possible, should be SO ad
justed rs TO promote the interests Of
American labor, and advance the pros
perlty OF the whole country."-Repu6tt-
can Platform.
Taxation is favorite Republican
method for promoting prosperity.
Secenteenth-The National Admins
tration merits commentator for its hon
orablc work ill the management Of do
nestle and foreign affairs, and President
Grant deserves the continued and hearty
gratitude of the American people for his
patriotism and his immense services in
war and IN peace.
The above is the final resolution of the
Cincinnati platform, and is fitting cor
ncrstone for the entire structure. Grant
ism is thus fully and unequivocally en-
dorsed in every particular. Not one
word against the crimes Of the admins
tration, against the bribe-taking of BEL
KNAP, the conspiracy of BABCoCK, Nc.
KyE, JOYCE and MCDONALD, the rob-
berries in the Navy Department, the
Swindles in the so called Department of
Justice, nor any other abuse or outrage
They are all endorsed and applaudcd,
and Grantlsm is made the leading issue
of the pending campaign.
The reforming Republication the
insde-is likely 10 be reminded by the
Cincinnati Convention of the experience
OF the missionary preacher with a
wealthy congregation. He sent around
his hat as IL contribution box, and got it
back-empty. Looking it all over, in
side and out, he lifted up his face rev.
-rcntly and said, Il desire to thank God
for getting back my hat--from this con-
gregation."
The platform is full of correct senti-
mcnts and beautiful, language. To be-
sure, il does not explain where all the
money has gone to, but we cannot expect
every thing, even in a!platform of seven
teen piunks. AS the Western orator
well said
ALTHOUGH, gentlemen, as President of
the '.lvillc National Bank our deceased
friend did not account satisfactorily for
the funds of that institution, yet his re-
marks upon the busting of the same
showed that his heart beat warmly tor
his native land"
PHILADELPHIA Times.
Well, we have got II platform, any
how, even il We have no candidate. And
such platform, There never was any
like it since the world began. 1t is q
sort of Centennial affair, as belts the
season, giving "reminiscences of the Re
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