The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-13

Haynes. The electors for the state
at large are Gen. Geo. Nancy and A.
4. Taylor. Horace Maynard was
recommended as suitable candidate
for Vice President: Eighteen out of
the twenty-four delegates to the Chi
cago convention are said to be for
Grant.
THE PLATFORM.
The Republican party, in conven-
ton assembled, do declare as follows:
Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm
our devotion to the National Republi-
can party, and to Its principles, as
heretofore declared, believing those
principles to be founded in political
wisdom, and essential to the prosperi-
ty and equality Of every citizen, and
to the union of the States under the
Constitution.
Resolved, That the bonds of Ten
nessee, heretofore deliberately recog>
nized by both the Democratic and Re
publican parties as legally issued and
valid, is an Indebtedness binding in
law and morals upon the property and
conscience of the State, and upon the
property and conscience of all her cit
Izens, and any attempt to impair the
obligation of that Indebtedness, or i'll
any other manner to change the letter
and spirit of the contract, without the
voluntary consent of the bondhOlders,
previously fairly and understandings
ly obtained, is downright equalization
and an act of higlfmlnded dishonesty.
Resolved, That the voluntary prop
ositi0n from our creditors to take less
than the face value of their bonds, by
them made ia view of eur losses con-
sequent rpon the war of rhe rebellion,
should ,e thankfully and unhesitat-
ingly accepted, and the new contract
and promptly complied
with; and We denounce the refusal of |
party to accept the 90 |
and & proposition rs a refusal of lib
eral and voluntary deduction; and we
recognize in said refusal Overwhel- |
ming evide.lce that a large majority |
Of the Democratic party intends to re-
pudiate the bonded debt of the State,
and thereby subject our State to the |
of all people who regard |
the contracts of state with her cred
itors as of sacred in yiolability.I Il
{ Resolved, That the reasons promptly
ing the Democratic party of Tennesl
see and other States of the South to
repudiate the debts of their respect>
i've States will, when logically applied,
prompt them also to repudiate the en-
tire war debt of the United States,
and we hereby declare our solemn
Judgment to be that as soon as the re-
pudiating element of the Democratic
party has wiped out the debt of their
States, they will declare in !
favor of repudiating the debt incurred,
by the, ,nation,in preserving the Union.
\ Resolved, That we renew our decla- |
ratiOns in favorof free common schools |
for the education of all the children /,
If the State, we believing that school
houses are cheaper than court houses,
and that intelligence is the mother of
Resolved, That we recognize the |
right of the laboring men and women |
Of Tennessee rs deserving of our most |
tender parental solicitude, and we de. !
nounce all legislation that discriminates |
against the poor and in favor of the |
rich, believing that the poor should be |
protected and that labor is the crea-
tor of our wealth, and that there can !
be no permanent public or private
prosperity except it be based upon |
perfect harmony between labor and |
capital.
Resolved, THAT we are opposed to
convict labor in unnecessary
with free labor, and to
prevent this we favor the employment |
Of penitentiary convicts below cer>
tain grade on public roads. =
Resolved, That we are in favor ofN
law and opposed to mob violence; |
that we demand the impartial enforce
ment of the law everywhere and at all
times; that we denounce social ostra,
,ism because of political opinion as a