The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-29
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES
Adopted By the Territorial Republican Con.
v~entlon.

Resoired, That the United States is n
nation and not u mere confederation of
Independent states, and that II has am
Pile power to protect itself from all foes,
whether foreign or domestic, and to
preserve Its W existence, and has full
power to protect all its citizens of every
race, color, creed or condition, in the
enjoyment of the rights OF citizenship,
and that 1t Is the highest and most
sacred duty OF the nation to exercise
such power.
=. That the republican parts of Wyo-
ming territory re-afilrms its devotion
to the principle of the equality Of all
men before the law, and declares its
opposition to all monopolies and to all
action calculated to violate this funda-
mental principle of our organization,
and we heartily commend the efforts Of
the present administration to secure to
all the people of the southern states
full protection from unlawful interior
ence in exercising the elective fran
chise.
3. That 10 the republican party be-
longs the credit Of destroying slavery
in the United States, an a~ristocratic
system under which labor was robbed
W 10 Juob iuNdiu, Nuu ~ Will Ink no
step backward In protecting the inter-
ests and dignity of labor.
!. That the introduction of Chinese
abor into this country Is fraught with
serious AMI dangerous consequences to
the system Of free labor and free gov
ernment TO which the republican party
has ever been committed. We therefore
demand that immediate action be taken
by the federal government to secure the
abro1ation, or such modification of ex-
isting treaties, rs will protect the labor
ing classes of this country from the
unequal and unjust competition estab-
ished by the starvation prices Of Chi
nese labor.
o. That We commend honesty and
economy ! n Office, and the faithful ap-
plication Of the public to the
purposes of government, and we earn
estly condemn dishonest application.
useless appropriation, or extravagant
expenditure of county and territorial
funds collected from the taxpayers, and
we pledge ourselves to the prompt pun
ishment Of all malfeasance in office.
s6- That at the present crisis relief to
the commercial interests Of the country
is of first Importance; that the para
mount commercial necessity is n cur.
rency with an u%nvarying standard OF
value, rs free as possible from nuctua.
ton, 30 that OF what he has, be it much
or little, each man may know the exact
value; that for this standard we de.
mand coin rs the only n universally
recognized among the great trading ma.
lions CT the world, and the one that
will subject us, as a people, to the least
loss In our foreign exchanges; and for
u currency We demand coin, or paper
redeemable In coin on demand.
4. That the rapid absorption of our
n at lower and yet lower rates of
interest is u to the unvarying hon
esty with which government has
thus far met its obligations, both in
spirit and in letter, to its creditors; and
we deprecate and denounce any steps,
however slight, that tend either wholly
or IN part, to cause fluctuation in the
purchasing power of the money of the
country, and we therefore favor the re-
sumption Of specie payments at the
date now liked by law.
$: That the people of Wyoming are