Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-08
REPUBLICAN PLATFORm.

First-The principles of the Republi-
can party, as written in the history of
the country, as specifically declared in
the National platform of the party. as
made sacred by the blood of patriots shed
in defense of the union and freedom, we
hereby reaffirm.
Second-To the soldiers who sacrificed
so much in defense of our common coun-
try there is a debt of gratitude due which /
can never be fully discharged. The |
pledges made by the Republican party, |
and by our patriotic people, is binding |
and sacred obligation, never to be for |
gotten, never to be impaired, but to the |
fullest extent, to be fulfilled. We, there |
fore, denounce as unpatriotfc, heartless
and infamous the act of the Ohio Legls1a-
ture, introduced by a deserter, bounty
/ Jumper and convict, intended and ealcu-
| lated to drive from the Soldiers Orphans
Home the orphans and children of de-
ceased or disabled soldiers, or to rob the
| widows and families of such patriots of
the pittance paid to them BIZ the Govern
| ment of the United States, and demand its
unconditional repeal.
! Third-The fina neia1 question having
been disposed of by Congress, and the
country at present needing reposes in. Or
der that capital may seek investment, and
/ that industries may revive, thus increas-
ing the demand for labor. the situation
i ought to be accepted, and we oppose the
time as injurious to business, and devoid
| of other than evil results.
FOurth-The disposition, as exhibited
by conservative men in the South, to op-
/ pose revolutionary methods on the part Of
| Northern Democrats as shown, first, in
: their refusal to oppose the consummation
, of the Electoral count, and more lately in
the expression of sentiment in disappro-
baton of the proposed attack upon the
Presidents title, is received as promls-
: ing omen, and the Republicans OF ONO
? ! cordially greet such citizens OF the south
as adhere in good faith to the terms upon
, which the issues of the war were settled,
! including the constitutional amendments
. guaranteeing equal civil and political
rights free speech, a free press, san un-
trameIed ballot of all citizens. Upon these
conditions alone can sectional strife be
allayed, and sectional lines. which now
2 | separate in great measure the South
= from the North be eobliteFated.
Fifth-A tariff for. revenue should be
maintained and so adjusted as to secure
t Incidental protection to home industry.
4 I True economy requires that the Govern
ment should make sufficient appropriation
to carry forward the work on all public
), buildings without delay, and this should
g especially be the aim when the supply OF
labor is in excess of the demand. The
= mining interests of Ohio require an in
" spection intelligently administered, and
we condemn the action of the Governor
It in prostituting that department, the OBJ
n iect of which should be to protect life anC
promote the comfort of miners, to mere
partisan purpose. =
Sixth-The revolutionary movemen
inaugurated under cover ofinvestigation
but really as an attack upon the Presi
y dents title, calculated as it is to Mexican
e ize the affairs of this country, to caust
10 general distrusL, to PROSTATE our indus
tries and aggravate and prolong the dis
tress of laboring and industrial classes
lie we unqualif1edly condemn. Presiden
a Hayes having been duly elected, and hi
title subsequently settled under the Con
d stitution by the highest tribunal and By
the act of both political parties, it can no
;, be questioned; and we recognize in hi
= administration the highest integrity anC
= patriotism; the most sincere effort to pro
,p mote political purity and harmony, ant
,e to rescue general business prosperit.
throughout the whole country.
Seventh-The present Legislature is
e warning to the people of the State, and
lie proof of the dangerous character of tn
y, Democratic party. The majority of tina
nv body, in an unusually long session, pass
ed no laws for the benefit of the people c
the State, but they reVOlutiOniZed ever
Ii State Institution to make places for Demo
IL cratic partisans. They subordinated tn
- welfare of the insane, the blind, the NUT
sc and the orphans to the interests of tn
e- Democratic party.
a Eighth The Constitution having neve
co contemplated more than one Congress
sional districting of the State during
term of ten years between the taking {
n the censuses, we. condemn the recent out
be rageous and unjust redfstricting of tn
m State by the Legislature, in violation
:" usage, and at the dictation of Speake
Is, Randall, by which, on the basis of tn
z, vote of the last Presidential election
X when majority OF the votes was Repul
lican, the Democrats would be enabled I
carry fourteen out of twenty Congress
las men.