The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1880-07-30
The Republican Platform.

we nave Oeen Trying SINCE pafheo
and Arthur have approved the 50
called Republican platform. to read
il, and though we can report progress
the task Is unfinished. The first sen
tence is poser.
"The Republican party in National Con.
ventien assembled, at the end Of twenty
year. since the Federal Government was
first committed to H. charge, submits TO the
people Of the United States ihi. brief re-
port Of II. administration"
II is an inaccuracy aud an afecta.
ton to speak Of the administration
by the Republican party, and the
platform is not correctly described rs
a "brief report Then, IL it had
been twenty years since the Govern.
ment fell into the hands of the Repub.
cans, which it is not. why should the
word first" be displayed before
committed 2" The opening lines
are n failure, and show only pom
pous effort 20 be formal and display
the conceited phraseology common to
men who have been led to believe
themselves publicisis. Let us try
the next sentence
at suppressed a rebellion, which had
armed nearly a million OF men, to subvert
the National authority"
This is, as it stands, a plain declar-
alton that the suppression Of the re-
bellion was for the purpose of sub
verting the National authority. As a
matter Of fact the rebellion was sup
pressed by force Of arms, and the
Republican party was not military
organization. Why not plainly say
EARNED a million men," instead OF
"ncarly million Of men," The au.
thor Of the platform must have been
been watery with words. Next SEN
tence:
lit reconstructed the Union Of the
States with freedom instead OF slavery, a.
its cornerstone"
Slavery never was the corner stone
of the Union, whatever il may have
been Tor the Southern Confederacy.
Try the next;
at transformed four million human be-
ings FROM the Likeness Of things T. the
rank Of citizens
The likeness of things" is vile
phrase which means nothing. The
use of the word transformed" is n
blundsr, and the whole sentence is
cracked and vulgar. Go on:
at relieved Congress from the Infamous
work Of hunting fugitive slaves, and charg-
ed II to see that slavery did not exist"
To use the word infamous" does
not add strength. The work of hunt
ing fugitive slaves requires no adjec-
tives. The assertion that this party
relieved Congress OF infamy might do
in a stump speech, but grave histori-
cal documents should be held above
that line of literature. Thea the Re
publican party did not charge Con-
gress as stated. The States were
charged by Congress. The party new
err knew its mind on that subject un.
Ill after Lincoln's work was done and
he was dead. Once more:
at has raised the value Of our papeI
currency from thirty-eight per cent. to the
par OF gold.'
True, but it allowed the deprecia-
ton from par TO thirIy.eight per cent.
at has restored upon solid basis Of
payment in coin for all the National obli'
cations, and has given us a currency ALSO
lutely good and equal in every part Of our
extended country
The sentence would be bettered il
the words "solid," absolutely" and
Extended" were stricken out; and the
first part of the sentence is to clumsy
il suggests a misprint or wabble in
the mind OF the composer. Thus We
have passed through the first para
graph; and it is hardly worth while tt
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