Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-05
WHOLE NO. 2,258.
the stern resolve of the American
people that such fraud has been
perpetrated for the last time.

" the StcTu IGSOING Vi NilG AHlcflCd
n people that such fraud has beei
1t perpetrated for the last time.
is REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
: : The Republicans of New York
4 appealing to twenty years of strug
= giles and triumphs as proof of Re
= = publican patriotism and fidelity
= and meeting the high demands o
= the hour in the same unfalterinS
spirit which saved the Union anC
: established it on the firm founda
: tion of freedom, make the following
declaration
: First-The faith of the nation is
! sacredly pledged to the payment oil
the public debt and the redemption
of the public promises, according to
. the spirit and letter of the engage
ment, and our good name and we'll
being require that the nations
honor shall be kept as inviolate as
the nations life.
Second-Under the management
|, of successive Republican admins
tratiOns, 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 pro-
gress. We hail the auspicious
signs of reviving trade and indus
try, and congratulate the people
upon this practical evidence that if
the good work shall be completed,
the depression which grew out of
financial disorders forced upon us by
the war of the rebellion will give
place to returning confidence and
j permanent prosperity, which can
rest alone on the fixed monetary
standard of the commercial world,
on settled values and full security
and certainty for the future.
misunderstanding unalterably for
the constitutional principles Of hard
money, we insist that greenbacks,
instead of being dishonored and de-
! preciated, shall be made as good as
! honest coin; that the labOrer's dol
lars shall mean real dollar; that
the fiuctuatiOn and uncertainties
which rob toll and paralyze trade
! shall cease; that our currency shall
be made the best currency, by
making all parts of it, whether pa
per or coin, equivalent, convertible,
secure and steady; and all public
servants, whether Executive Off
GERS, Senators or Representatives,
whose acts or votes cOnduce to this
high object, deserve our approba-
ton.
Fourth-The Electoral Commits !
sion was a wise and honorable mode |
of settleing dangerous dispute. All
parties were bound to abide its deci- |
sion, and any attempt to undo or
impair the conclusion it established |
is unpatriotic and revolutionary.
Fifth-While sincerely seeking |
fraternal relations in all just efforts /
and aspirations, we summon the |
people to renewed vigilance and un- |
tiinching warfare against the vast |
horde of claims and the 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 as the chief taX-paying State |
in the Union.
Sixth-We demand free and un-
intimidated elections in the South |
as in the North, and the full recOg- |
milton and observance of the equal |
rights and liberty OF all citizens, as |
ordained by the amended Constitu-
ton, and until they shall be secured !
the work of the Republican party
to protect human rights will be un-
finished.
Seventh-We renew our declara-
tions for the elevation of the public /
service on the basis of a secure ten
ure during the faithful performance
of official duties for a fixed term
for the pure, frugal and efficient adj
ministratiOn of national, State and |
local affairs for unyielding resist
ance to any further land grabs or
subsidies to corporations or mOnop-
Olies for the grateful recognition of
the brave soldiers and sailors of the
Republic; and for common schools,
free from sectdrian influence and
unmenaced by sectarian appropria-
tions.
Eighth-While recognizing with
satisfaction that many patriotic
Democrats do not share its spirit
and impulses, we arraign the dOmi-
nant forces of the Democratic party
as the disturbers of public tranquil
ity and confidence; as the wanton
foe of public security in its per-
sistent assaults upon the authority
and stability of established Govern
ment; as attempting to weaken the
nation by crippling the army in
time of uncertainty and danger as
guilty of false pretenses i'm claiming
for the Democratic House a reduc-.
ton of public expenditures, whose
frudulent character is proved by the
necessity for having deficiency
bills as dependent on asOlid South,
and thereby subservient to all its
demands; as aggravating the
troubles of the country by mischiev-
Gus agitation throughout the period
of its supremacy in the House of
Representatives; as faithless to the
obligations of national honor, and
the chief support of wild schemes Of
initiation, reputation ard utter fl
nancial disorders, which imperil
public credit and business security,
and its further or greater success
would be national calamity.
Ninth-An emergency in the his
tory of our country, second only to
the great struggle for its existence,
now cOnfrOnts us. As then, the Re
publican party was the sole organ
lied political protection against
national disruption, and patriotic
of whatever party names
rallied under its standard for the
defense of the Union, so now the
organization is the only
bulwark against national
and disgrace; and il I
again invites good citizens of what s
ever previous political ties to unite 5
with it in preserving the national {
honor. To all Republicans this ]
great emergency especially appeals,
to rise to its high obligations, and i
Join heart and hand for the triumph
of those vital principles upon which 9
the security and welfare of the re-
public depend. ,
The short Road.
Young men, cut out these rules
and paste them inside of your hat ,