Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1880-07-29

ducfion of our public debt and of thu
burden Of interest, the high ADVANCE
ment OF the public creiiit-all attest the
ability and courage of the Republican
party to deal with such financial prob.
lens as may hereafter demand solution.
Our paper currency il now as good
as gold, and silver is performing its
legitimate function for the purposes OF
change. The principles which should
govern the relations of these elements
of currency are simple and clear.
There must be no deteriorated coin, no
deprecated paper And every dollar,
whether of metal or paper, should stand
the test of the worlds fixed standard.
The value of popular education can
hardly be overstated. Although its in-
terests mnst, of necessity, be chiefly
coniided to the voluntary effort and in
diyiduai action Of the several States,
they shOnld be encouraged so far as the
Constitution permits, by a generous
cooperation of the national govern
ment. The interests of the whole couu-
try demand that the advantages of
our common school system should be
brought within the reach Of every cit
izen, and that no revenues of the ma
to the support of sectarian schools.
Such changes should be made in the
present tariff and system of taxation as
will relieve any Overburdened industry
or class, and enable our manufacturers
and artisans to compete successfully
with those of other lands.
The government should aid works Of
internal improvements, national in their
character, and should promote the de-
velOpement of our water courses and
harbors, wherever the general interests,
of commerce require.
-Four years ago, as now, the Ma
tion stood on the threshold Of Pres
idential election, and the Republi-
can party, In soliciting a continu-
ance of Its aseendency, founded its hope
OF success, not upon its promises, but
upon Its history. Its subsequent course
has been such as to strengthen the
claims which it then made To the con-
i,lence and support of the country. On
the other hand, considerations more ur-
gent than have ever before existed for
bid the accession of its opponents to
power. Their success If success attend
them, must chiefly come from the united
support of that section which sought
the fOrcible disruption Of the Union,
and which, according to all teachings
of our past history, will demand ascen-
dency in the councils OF the party to
which triumph 1t will have made by far
the largest contribution.
There is the grayest reason for appre-
hension that the exorbitant claims
upon the public treasury, by no means
limited to the hundreds of millions al
ready covered by bills introduced in
Congress within the past four years,
wOnid be successfully urged If the DEM
Ocratic party should succeed i'm supple
present control of the National
Legislature by electing the Executive
also.
There Is danger IN intrustlng the
whole lawmaking power Of the Govern
ment' to a party which has hi almost
every Southern State -repudiated obli-
cations quite "a sacred as those to which
the faith Of the nation now. stands
pledged, = = '-s1s'..ss
do not doubt that success awaits the
party, and thst its triumph
will assure r just, economical, and pa
triOtic administration. am, respect
fully, your Obedient servant, st'4t ,e
G. A. ARTHUR.
To Hon. George F. Hoar, President of
the Republican National Convention. |