The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1880-06-17

Inc lDuuA 10 our
shores of hordes of people who are
to perform the duties Of
of the citizen, or to recognize the
binding force of our laws and Gus
toms, is not to be encouraged; and
believing that respectful attention
should be paid to evils complained /
of by our brethren on the Pacific
coast, we urge the renewed atten-
ton Of Congress to this important
question, and suggest such change
Of our existing treaty obligations as
will remedy these evils.
6. That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier ca
reer Of Rutherford B. Hayes IN
peace and war, and which guided
the thoughts of our immediate pre-
decessor to him for a Presidential
candidate, have continued to inspire /
him in his career, as chief executive, /
and that history will accord to his
the honors which are
due to efficient, just, and courteous
fulfIlment of the public business, /
and Will honor his interpOsitiOn be-
tween the people and proposed par
tisan laws.
Z. We charge upon the Democrat |
ie party the babitual sacrifice Of pa
triotism and justice TO a supreme
and Unsuitable lust Of Office and
patronage. That to obtain posses
sion of the National and State Gov
ernments and the control Of place
and position, they have obstrueted
all efforts to promote the purity and
to conserve the freedom Of suffrage;
have devised fraudulent certificates
and returns; have labored to
unseat laWfully-elected members Of
Congress; to secure at all hazards
the vote of a majority Of the States
in the House of Representatives
have endeavored to occupy by force
and fraud the places Of trust given
to others by the people Of Maine,
and rescued by the courageous
action of Maine's patriotic sons
have, by methods vicious in princi-
pie and tyrannicaI in practice, at
tached partisan legislation to ap-
propriation bills, upon whose pass
ace the very movements Of the gov
ernment depend; have crushed the
rights of the individual; have ad-
vocated the principles and sought the
the favor of rebellion against the
| Nation, and have endeavored to OBJ
Tterate the sacred memories Of the
war, and to overcome its inestimably
valuable results Of Nationality, per
sonal freedom and individual equai-
tv. The equal, steady and complete
enforcement Of the laws, and the pro
lection of all our citizens in the en-
ioyment of all privileges and immuni-
| ties guaranteed by the Constitution,
is the first duty Of the Nation. The
| dangers of q Solid South can only
be averted by q faithful performance
Of every promise which the Nation
has made to the citizen. The exc
cution of the laws, and the punish
ment of all those who violate them,
| are the only safe methods, by which
an enduring peace can be secured,
and general prosperity established
throughout the South. Whatever
promise the Nation makes, the Ma
| ton must perform, and the Nation
cannot with safety relegate this du-
tv to the States. The Solid South
must be divided by the peaceful
| agencies of the ballot, and all Opin-
ions must there find free expression,
and to this end the honest voter
must be protected against ter
rorism, violence aud fraud; and we
affirm it to be the pur-
pose and duty of the Republican
party to use all legitimate means
to restore all the States of TINS
Union to the most perfect harmony
which may be practicable; and we
submit 10 the practical, sensible peO-
} pla Of the United States to say,
whether It would not be dangerous
to the dearest interests Of our coun-
try at this time, to surrender the ad-
ministration of our National Govern
ment to q party which seeks to over
throw the existing policy under
which we are so prosperous, and
> thus bring distrust and confusion.
where there is now order, confidence
and hope.
8. The Republican party, adhering
to the principle affirmed by its las
National Convention, Of respect fol
7 Observation-Disclosures governing ap
! pointments to Office, adopt the decla
ration of President Hayes, that th'
a.. reform of the civil service should b'
4. thoroughly radical and complete
TO this end it demands the cooper
J alton of the Legislative with the
Executive department Of the Govern
Z ment, and that Congress shall So
Iegislate that fitness, ascertGlned by
proper practical tests, shall admit t.
the public service; and that thr
power Of removal for cause, with du
responsibility for good conduct o
J subordinates, shall accompany tn
appointment.
The eighth plank was added to th
e report as an amendment, and adopt