The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-06-21

TIE REPUBLICAN CONNENTION.
Concerning the Republican Tieke; dominated
at Detroit las; week Thursday. the Detroit
Eyening News bears most excellent testimony
to IT. merits and WORTH The reader need not
be- to,d that tia: journal las all along been
oatsPoken in its opposition to the Republican
party and has omitted no occasion to show
that opposition. Therefore the following
editorial article from that paper, Of june llth,
shows what i tanks OF the work OF the Con
ventlon, aud the ticket put before the people
fog their suffrsges this fall:
" IL ia extremely seldom that a. independent
journal, owning no allegiance 10 party. can
honestly express such entire satisfaction with
tue rssu., Of party convention as the Evening
News feels regarding the conduct OF that
WHICH filled the Detroit opera bouse Yesterday.
The convention Itself was as we said Yesterday.
.compuse1 Of the best political material il the
state Republicans throughout the State evi-
IDENTITY fully appreciated the peculiar aud en-
barfasslng situation in which the party Is
placed. a-d sen: their very BEST men to repre-
sent them. The result was the most respect
able political gathering that ever assembled in
the state
Their action jusuded tAe hopes that we're
based upon .heIr genera. character and appear
aoce The tehe, nominated is mostly the one
with Wish the Republicans carried the State
two years ago. and where a change has been
made 1t has zen made for the better. All
c!asae, OF citizens. Democrats a. vel as Re
publcaus. recognize the competence and hon
esty OF Governor CrosswelI- administration.
aud testify to the good sense good heart and
integrity OF tho man himself There is little
IL any. fault to be found WITH tie rest Of tic
ticket
The best work Of the convention. however.
was done in the platform. It's principal char
acteustc i its manly fearlessness There l.
not demagogic line in It net an ambiguous
phrase uron which the crossroads politician
can siraddle the vital question OF the day. Ii
Is an uneompromising demand upon the gov !
eminent for ;La: plain simple honesty il its
dealnsa which al individual civilized men
demand Of each other. This honestly is defined
as consisting IN the payment by government Of
every debt ii owes. TO the ful face value OF Its
evidences OF debt in ore hundred cents to the /
dollar, ard IL money that shall command the i
same respect and recognition all over the
word as at home. Such money is gold dollar. I
Containing 25s grains. and 10 inAauouist con-
gresham can make anything else OF it. All !,
Michigan Republicans must come up to this
standard, nor scratch one single grain aBav.
Had We the making Of the platform orr il
selves, we would have put but this one plank Il
III It, Tor this Is all there is in the politics Of Il
our day All other questions have either been j,
decided in the past. or mus; be pushed into the y
future Civilized lie Is exchange. Until we =,
have determined upon what terms we sbau :,
maze our exchanges civilized life can only he =
SAID to be existing on suffrance Even the "a
question OF free trade is less vital than the
question G: honest trade, and there can be no u
honest trade without homes. money. u
Tho remainder OF the platform il mildly an
e'sospectiye' but carefully avoids the dangers pr
vhich we took occasion to point cut yesterday. g.
ts ailuslon to the presidential title Il entirely ..
aEmless, as il avoids iodorsing the palpable
raajs upon which Mr.. Hayes election was =.
"a e. while maintaining the full technical -
'gaty o. bis title as resting not oa the votes in'
tas people. not on the votes Of the Electoral wo
ollese, not on the fnilng OF tie Electoral Val
bat on the decision OF the Forty do
oufth Congress, the only true constitutional ma
ass OF that title. which the Evening News
as the frs among the papers o. the country
point Out. sou
With such ticke, an5 such aplatforn. We n'g
'''eye tae Republican party OF Michigan nee 10
iye no fear OF the result" OF
a.