Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-04-17
KINKX KENTUGA



lean who has represented Kentucky in
congress for many years, presided as
Chairman. Walter Evans received the
nomination for Governor, defeating Gen.
Eli FL. Murray. Evans received 759 votes
Ind Murray 7I2, the latter suffering de-
ieat by a union of all the elements of op-
posing strength. The speeches were all
ultra in tone and the resolutions which
follow were adopted with wild enthusi-
asm:
The Republicans of Kentucky contem-
plate with pride the history and achieve |
ments of the Republican party of the |
United State. We hold up to the world |
the record it has made, both in war and /
in peace. We do not ask that any of it !
be forgotten. On the contrary, we point |
to its great deeds and recall them to re-
The suppression of armed |
rebellion; its unparalleled magnanimity
to the overthrown enemies of the Union
the emancipation and enfranchisement of |
an enslaved race; its determined purpose
to honestl y pay the National debt Its
faithful stand on the side of honest mon
ey; the skill and prudence of its financial
management, and its steadfast purpose
that justice and right shall be done to all
citizens of the United States under the
laws without distinction of race, color,
or previous condition of servitude.
We firmly adhere to the principles de-
clared by the Republican party in the
platform adopted at Cincinnati in 1876.
The education of the people of all classes
is matter of the first necessity to the
welfare of the State, and it is wise and
most economical use of public resources
to advance to the highest efficiency our
common school system; and we pledge
our hearty support to any system of pub
lie schools that will adYance this end.
A Convention should be called at the
naFiinaf rraaNiRRl fin1n rouiCn and
amend our State Constitution, and we
urge upon all people of the State the duty
of voting on all proper occasions in favor
of calling such Convention.
We condemn in the strongest terms the
gross mismanagemento of public affairs in
Kentucky by the Democratic party, which
has had control of the State for the past
fourteen years. It has failed to foster a
common school system worthy of the
name, and has robbed the children of the
State. It has sacrificed the important in
terests of the State in internal improve
ments, and while it makes a boast that
the State has no debt, we have the morti-
flying spectacle of State with no Pub
lie works or enterprise, and meager, an
tiquated and Inadequate public institu-
tions.
By useless, reckless extravaganza the
current expenses of the State are nearly
three times as great as before the war,
while there is no reason or excuse for
their being any greater. By continuous
appeals to the lower passions of the popu-
lace, and encouragement of that spirit of
| contempt for constituted authority lately
rampant in the rebellion, the people OF
the State have been educated into a dis
regard of law and order until the good
/ name of Kentucky has been blasted in
the estimation of our sister States. The
/ frequent necessity to use the militia tC
| ct1rlnPacs ricorflnr and tho 1ox loas srSf
which stops short of no crime, from the
/ lynching of obscure white and colored
| persons to the assassination of judges on
| the bench, is the natural outgrowth ol
the perniciOus teachings of the Demo
cratic party.
The Republican party favors and de
mands such a change in the conduct OF
our State affairs as will encourage oul
own people to remain in the State, instead
of going out from US, and induce immi
grafton into our borders, that our sol
may be titled and our resources developed
While we favor economy, we demand
that it be practiced in cutting off useless
extravaganza, and we favor a more gen
erous and liberal expenditure of the pub
lie money for the purpose of fostering ou
internal welfare, and aiding and encour
aging our citizens in the general better
ment of the condition of the State.
tits cardinal principle of the Repub
lican party that the currency of the coun
try. shall be sound and uniform in value
regulated by the authority of the Nation
and convertible into coin at the will o
the holder.
The National debt should be paid il
the most scrupulous good faith. We ar
proud that the Republican party has al
ready been able to pay off a large portion
thereof and refund the remainder at
, low rate of interest. We are proud tina
the Republican party in the face of bite
Democratic opposition has been able t
resume specie payment; that it has estab
lished a currency that circulates wit
equal readiness in all parts of the coun
try, and that it5has made such a recor
upon financial questions that the Who'll
. world has an abiding faith that so long a
| it remains in power our National credi
will remain unimpafred.
Federal and State Governments ar
parts of one system, alike necessary fo
= the common prosperity, peace and SECT
rity, and ought to be regarded alike wit
cordial, habitual and immovabIe attacF
! ment. Respect for the authority of eac
: and the acquieseence in the just constitl
= tional measures of each, are duties r.
: quired by the plainest considerations
: the National, State and individual we
> !, fare. But the Constitution and laws
the United States, made in pursuanC
!, thereof, are the supreme laws, anythin
Z in the constitutions or laws of any Sta
: to the contrary notwithstanding.
The Legislative, Judicial and Exeeu
) tive departments of our National Cover
= ment are independent of each other, ar
- each should be left free to exercise i
: own duties under the Constitution. tt
= right of the President to veto a measu
is as clear as the right of Congress to pa
! it. We therefore with indignation vie
the present lawless attempt on the part
I, the Democratic Congress to coerce Il
. President into subserVieney to its vieV
= by the threat of Withholding appropri
e tions. In the trying position in whit
- the President is thus placed, hefs entitl
" to the encouragement and support of q
:, good citizens. The declared purpose
= the part of the Democratic members
Congress to refuse appropriations un
: he yields to their demand, is revolutio
ary in its spirit, and, as in 1861, secessit
:. was resorted to by those who could n
control the Government in their ov
way, so now this declared determinati
W to rule or starve the Government is a
4 other exhibition of rebellion, and eve
z; consideration of duty to the country 4
II mands that the President shall resist
as every constitutional means in his pow
We this spirit of Iawlessness.
Ce The Republican party is committed
le the doctrine that every voter is entitl
n to one vote, and but one. Holding Il
u doctrine, it stands in no terror of tho
OF wise and timely laws enacted by Co
ne gress to secure honest elections.
&c We have seen with pride and pleasu
re the distinguished honors paid to EXPIRE
G. ident Grant by all classes in Europe. f
" services in war, and patriotism and alb
ne ity in the discharge of the high civil d
7, ties to which the confidence of his cou
ed trymen has repeatedly called him,
IS. wisdom, prudence, moderation and
T7Nfa p 1t Al
a striking and remarkable exhibition
lr courtesy and respect abroad, and to t
IN lasting gratitude of his own people. T
III name and fame are inseparably link
al with the most important events in g
w cOuntry's history. 1t is our pleasure
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