The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-23
The Republican Platform.

Republicans at Cincinnati has been skillfully
constructed so as TO hold, without jostling,
such rcformcrs rs Bristow and "bloody shirt"
men Ms Morton and Blaine.
1t starts out with the customary nu,la.
ton of the Republican party, which it de-
clares has preserved our National and State
governments 10 the hundredth anniversary
of the nations birth-a very singular dcca-
ration, which might be accepted by very
small infants or by persons who do not know
that the Republican, party is scarcely twenty
years old.
permanent pacification Of the South is
called for, and declaration made that il is
the solemn obligation Of the government TO
put into immediate and vigorous exercise
all their constitutional powers securing TO
every American citizen complete liberty and
exact equality in the exercise of all civil, 20.
lilical and public rights which means that
if successful, the Republican administration
will put in operation again the outrage
mills and deprive white citizens of the
South of their liberty and property, in def
ancc of law, in order to carry elections
The financial plank is so Inserted that
neither hard money men nor inilationisls
can take much exception To it. 1t may
mean anything
"Ihc invaliahlr rule for appointments"
says the platform, "sh,uld have reference
to the honesty, fidelity and capacity Of np-
poinloca, giving 10 the party in power those
places where hnImony and yipor Of admins.
tlaiion require It's policy To be represented,
but permitting all others to be filled by per
sons selected with sole reference to efficiency
of the public service" This may be CON
sirued perhaps, 10 mean, that after all the
Radical applicants have been supplied with
Office, those which are left may be given to
Dcmocrats-a gracious condescension which
Democrats who take the trouble 10 estimate
the number of Republican Office seekers,
will heartily appreciate,
The sixth plank is as follows:
1--WE rejoice in the quickcncd conscience
of the people concerning political AFFAIRS
We will hold all public officers to II rigid
responsibility, and engage that the prosccu-
ton and punishment of all who bcray OIL
cial trusts shall be speedy, thorough and UNI
sparing"
The odium cast upon Secretary Brstow
for cndeayoring to bring the whisky ring to
justice, and his consequent rejection by the
party, are sufficient comment upon this point.
A bid is made for anti Catholic votes, by
the endorsement of President Grants plan
for the adoption of an amendment to the
Constitution prohibiting appropriations for
sccLarian schools The fact is overlooked
that the management of the public schools
belongs exclusively 10 the States themselves,
and is something with which the general
government has nothing whatever to do.
There is no danger in any State Of the cs-
Establishment of scctarian schools by law, as
substitute for the nOn-scclaran public
schools, and this plank is therefore only bun
cumbc.
The platform rcallirms the opposition of
the Republican party to further grants of
public lands To corporations and mOnopolies
This comes rather late. All the subsidies
nave ltcn granted. MlillDllS oil acres OI our
best public lands have been diverted from
those for whom they were intended the
honest, hard working men, who carry civil
cation into the wilderness and build M our
frontier The people have been pundcrtd
by corporations ON every hand, and now
when the universal voice j. against this rob
berry, the Republican platform chimes in and
declares lis opposition 10 it.
The Pacific slope is cniolcd with promise
that the effect of Monaghan immigration
shall be investigated by Congress.
Women are commended rs an institution,
without any definite assertion Of their rights,
and they are declared 10 he entitled lo he
treated with respectful consideration"
The revival Of sectional issues Except du
ring election times and in proper quarters
is deprecated, and reform is promised by II
strong communication Of Grants Administers
ton and its honorable management of Our
domestic affairs.
The platform is merely a screen and blind
of words. 1t comes ont st1ong ON every
point on which there is no disagreement
among the American people, but carefully
avoids the bold and open expression Of any
opinion on doubtful points.