The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1878-10-08
NEW YORK.
The Platform Adopted by the Re-
publican Convention.

Associated Press Dispatch.
The following platform was unani-
mously adopted:
The Republicans of New York, ap-
pealing TO 30 years of struggles and
triumphs as proof Of Republican pat
riotism and fidelity, and meeting the
high demands of the hour in the same
unfaltering spirit which saved the I'm
ion and established il on the firm foun-
dation Of freedom, make the following
declaration:
/. The faith OF the nation is sacredly
pledged to the payment OF the ipublic
debt and the redemption OF the public
promises according TO the spirit and
letter OF the engagement, and our good
name and well-being require that the
nations honor shall be kept as inyiola-
BILE as the nations life.
2. Under the management OF sue
ceeding Republican administrations
the country has advanced To the point
Of specie resumption, and the highest
interests OF business, no less than the
plighted faith Of the Republic, demand
that there shall be no step backward
and no postponement. With this steady
DIOkItrN VIC uttll llC HAkhH
Of reyiving trade and industry, and
conPratulate the people upon this prac-
tical evidence, that il the good work
shall be completed the depression
which grew out Of the financial disor-
ders forced upon US by the war Of the
rebellion will give place to returning
confidence, and that permanent pros
perity, which can rest alone on the fixed
monetary standard OF the commercial
world, on settled values, and on full Sc
curity and certainty for the future.
3. Standing unalterably for the con-
stitutiopal principles Of hard money,
we insist that the greenbsck, instead OF
being dishonored and deprecated, shall
be made as good as honest coin; and
that the laborer's dollar shall mean a
real dollar; that the fluctuations aud
uncertainties which rob toll aud para
lyze trade shall cease that our cur
rency shall be made the best currency
by making all parts Of il, whether pa
per or coin, equivalent, convertible,
secure aud steady, and all public ssr-
wants, whether executive officers, Sena-
tors or Representatives, whose acts OF
votes conduce to this high object, de-
serve our appreciation.
4. The Electoral Commission was n
wise and honorable mode to settle a
dangerous dispute. All parties were
bound 10 abide 10y its decision, and any
attempt 90 undo or impair the conclu-
sion it established is unpatriotic and
revolutionary.
3. Sincerely seeking fraternal rela-
-. al -. .ssI
we summon the people to renewed Wig
ilance and unhinching warfare against
the vast b )rdes Of claims and raids on
the treasury, which count for success
on Democratic rule under the mastery
of a solid South, and which would fall
with special hardship on New York "a
the chief tax-paying Statei in the Union.
g. We demand free aud unintimida-
ted elections in the South as in the
North, and full recognition aud observ-
ance OF the equal rights and liberty OF
all citizens as ordained by the amended
Constitution, aud until they shall be
secured, the work Of the Republican 10
protect human rights viii be IN
/ finished
Z. We renew our declarations for the
elcNaeiOu VI thc pubhc scfNlcc on tne
basis OF secure tenure during the
faithful performance Of official duties
for fixed term for pure, frugal, and
efficient administrati) On Of national af.
fairs for unyieldipg resistance 10 any
I further land grants OF subsidies 10 cor.
porations or monopolies for grateful
recognition OF the brave soldiers aud
sailors Of the Republic. and for com.
mon schools free from scctarian inhu.
ence and unmenaced by sectarian APP
propriations.
s. While recognizing with satisfac.
tion that many patriotic Democrats dc
not share its spirit and impulses, We
arraign the dominant forces OF the
Democratic party as a constant disturb.
er OF the public tranquility and conf.
deDce as the wanton foe Of public Sc
crrity IN it's persistent assaults upon
the authority aud stability Of the e.
tablished Government as attempting
Co weaken tie nation by crppling the
army in time Of uncertainty and dan
- rs guilty OF false pretonses in