Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-16

bodied in the recent constitutional
amendments is vested by those amend-
: ments in the congress OF the United
T States, and Wa declare It to be the
{ solemn obligation CT the legislative and
executive departments of the govern
} ment to put into immediate ana Vigor-
Gus exercise stlrs their constitutional
powers for removing any just causes of
} discomfort on the part of any class, and
for securing 10 every American citizen
; complete purity aud exact equality
In the exercise of sIl their civil, political
and pubic rights. [Applause To this
end We imperaiively demand congress
and chief executive whose courage
and fidelity to their duties shall not fal.
ter Uutil these results are plac I'D beyond
dispute or recall. Applause.
FOurth--In the fret act Of congress
signed by President Grant, the national
government Es ,uned to remove any
doubts OF its purpose to discharge all
just obligations to the public creditors,
and sOlemnly pledged Its faith to make
provision, ST the earliest practical mo-
ment, for redemption of the United
States notes In coin. 4 Cheers. Com
nercial prosperity, m0fais and national
credit demand that this promise be fol-
filed by continuous and steady pro-
gress to specie payment.
Fitth-That under the constitution
the President and heads Of departments
| sre to make all nominations for office;
! the senate is to advise and consent to
| the appointments and the house of rep
Tesentatives is to sccu;e and prosecute |
faithless officers. The best interests Of |
the public service demand that these |
| distinctions be respected; that the sena- |
! tors aud representatives who may be |
I i 4 -
! tate the appointments to Office. The |
invsIiable rules for appointments should |
! have reference to the honesty and fideli-
| ty and capacity of the appOintees, Civ |
| ing to the party ia power those places
| where harmony and vigor Of sdminis-
| tratiOn require its policy to be repre-
sented, buE permitting all others TO bs
| filed by persons selected with sole ref
erence to the efficiency OF the public SER
vice, and the right of ali citizens to |
share In the honor OF rendering faithful
service to their country.
SiXth-Ne rejoice 10 the quickened
conscience Of~the people concerning po-
litic8l affairs, and viii hold all public
officers to rigid responsibility, and en-
gage that prosecution and punishment
Of all who betrsy official trusts shall be
speedy, thorough and unspsring.
Cheers.
SeYenIh-Tbe public school system of
the several States is the bulWark OF the
American republic, and, with q view to
its security and peimRnence, we recon-
mend sn amendment to the constitution |
Of the United States, forbidding the SD.
plicstion Of any public funds or proper
Iy for the benefit OF any schools, or in
stitutiOns, or any sectarian control.
TGraat cheering, which was continued
for several minutes. In response to re-
peated calls, General Hawley read this
plank the second time. and the delegates
and the audience repeated their cheers.
Eighth-The revenue necessary for
current expenditures and the obligations
OF the public debt must te largely de-
rived from duties upon imports, which,
30 far as possible, should be adjusted to
promote the interest Of American labor
ana advance the prosperity Of the whole
country. Cheers.
Ninth-We Teaffirm cur opposition to
further grants OF public lands 10 corpora
tions and monopolies, and demand that
the national domain be devoted to free
homes for the people.
Teuth-It is the imperative duty of
the government so to modify the exist
ing treaties with the European govern
ments%hat the same protection shall be
bnOEuGu " sti7 duCJ5Su alACLiChu
zen that Ia given to the native born, and
that all necessary laws should be passed
to protect emigTants IN the absence OF
power in the States for that purpose.
Eieventh-It is the immediate duty
OF congress to fully investigate the effect
of the immigration and importation of
MoUgOlians upon the moral and mate.
rial interests Of the country. APP |
plause
Twelfth-The Republican party re-
cOgniZes with approval the advance re-
Gently made toward the establishment
Of equsl rights for women by the many
important amendments effected by the
Republican legislatures, in the laws
which coEeern the personal and prop
eTty relations OF wives and mothers and
widows, and by the appointment and
election of women to the superintend-
eEce of education, chsrities and other /
public trusts; The honest demands of
tbis class of citizens for additional rights
and privileges and immunities, should
be treated with iespectful consideration.
[Applsuse
ThirteenLh-The constitution confers
upon con Dgress sOvs' eig0 power over the
Territories OF the United States for their
government, aud in the exercise OF this
power, it is the night and the duty of
congress to prohibit and extirpste in the {
Territories that relic OF barbSTism, ,polyg.
amy, and we demand such legislation
as shall secure this enc, ,aud the suprem- /
acy Of American institutions in all the
Territories [ApolaUss !. {
FOurteenth-The Pledges which the {
nation has given to our soldiers and sail
ors must be fulfilled. The grateful peo- '
pie will always hold those who perillei {
their lives for the cOuntry's preservation {
in the kindest rem mbr6n nee.
Filteenth-We sincerely deprecate all
sectional feeli; & AMI tendencies. We ]
therefore note with deep sOlicItude that
the Democratic party counts, as its l
chief hope of success, upon the electoral I
vote Of the united south secured through '
the efforts OF those VINO were recently c
aIrsyed against the nation, and we in c
woke the earnest attention OF the cOun. '
try to the grave truth that success g
thus achieved would reopen sectional g
strife and imperil the national honor
and human rights. I
SiXteenth-We charge the Democrat s
ic party as being the same in character
and spirit as when it sympsthized with
treason; with making its control Of the b
house OF Representatives the triumph b
and the opportunity OF ths nations re-
cent FOES; with reasserting and applaud C
Ing IN the GaLlOD3I CapltOt tn9 S6nu- Z
ments OF unrepented rebellion; with [
sending Union soldiers to the rear, aud
promoting Confederate soldiers to the o
front; with deliberately proposing to re. t
pudate the pligbted faith Of the gov
ernment with being equally false and {
im becile upon the Overshado wing finan- /
elsI question; with thwartIng the ends q
of justice by its partisan mismanaga- 8
ment aud distinctions of investigation: f
with proving ITSELF, through the period Z
of its ascendsncy 10 the lower house Of
congress-, utterly Incompetent to admin q
lister the government. We warn the v
country against trusting a party alike
Tecresnt and incapabIe.
[CheeIs. {
SsvenVeeuth-The natiopal admins 4
tIstion merits commentator for its | il
honorable work IN the management of n
our domestic and foreign affairs, and 2
President Grant deserves the continued 8
and hearty gratitude OF the American I
people for his patriotism and his inn s
menss services in war and In peace. d