The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1880-10-01


100000 to 81, I5O,0OO.0OO in the
same time, aud our exports which
were $20,O00,O00 less than our
imports in 1860, were 1865, 0oO,-
coo More than our imports IN 1919.
Applause, and cries of "Good!''
'-Goodl''l Without resortirg TO
loans, it has. since the war closed,
betrayed the ordinary expenses of
Government, besides the accruing
interest on the public debt. AMI
has disbu:sed annually more than
$40, 100000 fer soldiers and sail
ors' pensions. It has paid $780,
100000 of the public debt, ard by
refunding tie balance at lower
rates, has reduced the annual in
terest charge from nearly $780,
100000 to less than S89,OOO,OO0.
Ali the industries of the country
have revived, labor is in demand,
wages have increased, and through
out the entire country there is evi-
dence of q coming prosperity greater
than we have ever enjoyed.
UPON THIS RECORD
The Republican party asks for the
continued confidence and support
of the people, and this convention
submits for their approval the fol-
lowing statement of the principles
and purposes which uill continue
to guide and inspire lis efforts.
Ist. We affirm that the work OF
the Republican party fer the last
twenty years has been such as to
commend it to the favor CT the Ma
ton; that the fruits of the costly
victories which we have achieved
through immense difficulties should
be preserved; that the peace re-
gained should be cherished; that
the Union should be perpetuated
and that the liberty secured to tins
generation should be transmitted
undiminished to other generations;
that the order established and the
credit acquired should never be i'm
paired; that the pensions promised
should be paid; that the debt so
much reduced should be eXiinguish-
ed by the fall payment of every
doller thereof; that the reviving in
dustries should he further promoted,
and that The commerce already in
creasing should be steadily encour-
aged.
ID. The Constitution of the
United States is supreme law,
and not a mere contract. ZAP
plause.l Out of confcderated
States it made a sovereign nation.
Some powers are denied to the ma
ton, while others are denied to the
States, but the boundary between
the powers delegated and those re
served is to be determined by the
national, and not by the State tri-
bunal. [Cheers.l
Sd. The work of popular educa-
ton is one left to the care of the
several States, but it is the duty
of the National Government to aid
that work 30 the extent of its con
stitutional ability. The intelligence
of the nation is but the aggregate
of the intelligence in the several
States, and the destiny of the ma
ton must be guided, not by tue
genius of any one State, but by the
average genius Of all, [Applause.l
4ih. The Constitution wisely for
bids Congress to- make any law re-
specting the establishment of re
ligion, but it is idle to hope that the
nation can be protected against the
influence of secret sectariamism,
while each State is exposed to its
domination. We, therefore, rec
ommenl that the Constitution be
so amended as TO lay the same pro
hibition upon the Legislature of
each State, and to forbid the appro-
priation of public funds TO the SUP
port Of sectarian schools. TCheers.l
18th. We reaffirm the belief
avowed in 1876 that the duties
levied for the purpose of revenue
should so discriminate as to favor
labor, [cheers;l that no
further grants of the public domain
should be made to any railway Or
other corporation; that slavery haT-
ing persisted in the States its twin
barbarity. Poiygamy. must die in
the Territories; that everyw here
the protection accorded to a citizen
of American birth must be secured
to citizens by American adoption.
That we deem it the duty of Con-
gress to develop and improve our
seacoast and harbors, but insist
that further subsidies to private
or corporations must cease,
reheers;l that the obligations of the
to the men who preserved
its integrity in the day Of battle
are u ndiminished by the lapse of
eileen years since their final VIC
tory. 10 do them honor is and
shall forever be the grateful priv
Lege and sacred duty of the Ameri-
con people.
9th. Since the authority to reg
aiate immigration and intercourse
between the United States and
foreign nations rests with the Con-
gress of the United States and the
-reaty making power, the Repubii-
IAN party, regarding the unre-
immigration of Chinese as |
| matter of grave Government uu-
Ter the exercise of both these |
powers, would limit and restrict
hat immigration by the enactment |
If such just, humane and reason
bic laws and treaties as will pro-
luce that result.
18th. That the purity and patriot
SIN which characterized the earlier
.aree~ of Rutherford B. Hayes in