Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-02
the PLATFORM.
The Benens OF Repnbiiesu Rule so
she whole County aud People
Popular Edaeasisa-Ihs Chtsese
Quessies = Charges AEainss sne
Democratic PaFsy.

currency absolutely good and legal. and
equal in every part Of our extended coun'
try. Il has lifted the credit Of the nation
from the point whore six per cent. bonds
sold at So, TO that where four per cent.
bonds are eagerly sought st premium.
Under its administration railways have
ipereased from IL 600 miles 10 1850 TO
more than 81, 900 miles In. 1879. Our for.
eisu trade has increased from s700, ,0O0, 900
to 81, ,i50, 900. 900 In the same time. and our
exports, which were $40, 900, 900 less than
our imports In 1850. were s26t oo,ooo
more than our imports in 1870. Without
resorting to loans, IL has, since the war
closed, betrayed the ordinary expenses OF
government, besides the scoruing interest
on the public debt. and disbursed annually
more than $50, ,000. 900 for soldiers pen
,sions. It has paid $3.50. 900, 900 Of the
public debt, and by rsfunding the balance
At lower rates, has reduced the annual
interest charge from nearly $l6l .0OO. 900
10 less than $50, 900 900. All the indus.
tries Of the country have revived; labor is
In demand; wages have increased. and
throughout tho entire country there IL
evidence Of . coming prosperity greater
than we have ever enjoyed. Upon this
record tho Republican party asks for the
continued confidence and support Of the
people, and this convention submits Tor
their approval the following statements oi
the principles and purposes which will
continue to guide and inspire its efforts:
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
Fir,t-we Affirm that the work Of the
Last twenty-one years has been such as to
commend itself to the favor Of the nation.
and that the fruits Of the costly victories
which We have achieved through immense
difficulties should be preserved. That the
peace regsined should be cherished. That
the discovered Union, now happily restored,
should be perpetuated. and that the liber-
ties secured TO this generation should be
transmitted undiminished TO future gener-
atoms. That the order established and the
credit acquired should never BE- imperiled.
That the pensions promised should be paid.
That the debt 30 much reduced should be
extinguished by the full payment OF every
dollar thereof. That the reviving indus
tries should be further promoted. and that
the commerce already 20 great should DO
steadily encouraged.
second-The Constitution OF the United
States IL the supreme law. and not . mere
compact. Out Of Confederated States IL
made Q sovereign nation. Some powers
are denied to the Nation, while others are
retained by the States; but the boundary
between the powers delegated and those
reserved 10 to be determined by National
and not by State tribunals.
Third-The work Of popular education
10 one left to tho care Of the several States,
but IL Is the duty Of the National govern.
ment 10 aid that work ts the extent OF Its
Institutional ability. The intelligence Of
the nation 10 but the aggregate OF tho in
telligsnce In the several States, and the
destiny Of the Nation must be guided. not
by the genius Of any one State, but the
average genius OF sll.
SoN.sEcTAnIAS SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbids
Congress to make any laws respecting an
establishment Of religion. but 1t is idle to
hope that the Nation can DO protected
against tho influence Of sectarianism while
each State h exposed to its particular
domination. We therefore recommend
that the Constitution be 30 amended a. to
Law some prohibition upon the Legislature
Of each State and to forbid the appropria-
ton Of public funds TO the support OF sec
tartan schools.
Fifth-we rsatfirm tho belief avowed In
1876, that the duties levied for the purpose
Of revenue should so discriminate as to
favor American labor. That no further
grant Of the public domain should be made
10 any railroad or other corporation. That
slavery having perished In the States. Its
twin barbarity, polygamy. must die in the
Territories. That everywhere the protec-
ton accorded to Q citizen OF American
birth must be secured to citizens OF Amer
ican adoption. That IL is the duty Of Con-
gress to develop and improve our water
courses and hsrbors. but We insist that
further subsidies to private persons or cor
porations must cease. That the obiiga'
tions TO the men who preserved Its integ
rity In the day Of battle are undiminished
by the lapse Of fifteen years since their
fual victory. Their perpetual honor Is
and shall forever be the grateful privilege
and the sacred duty Of the American
people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth--Since the authority TO regulate
immigration and intercourse betwesn the
United States and foreign nations rests
with the Congress Of the United States
and its treaty. making powers, that the
Republican party, regarding the unre-
stricted immigration Of the Chinese as an
evil OF great magnitude, involves the exer.
else OF the power to restrain and limit that
immigration BY the enactment 81 sush Just,
humane and reasonable provisions a Will
produce the result.
seven,h-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career of
Rutherford B. Hayes. in peace and war,
and which guided the thought OF his i'm
mediate predecessor to him for Presi.
DENTAL candidate, have continued TO in
,pire him in his career a. chief executive,
and that history will accord to his admin.
istrstion the honors which are due to an
efficient, lust and courageous fulfillment
Of the public business, and will honor his
Interrogation between the people and pro-
posed partisan laws.
rSiouIrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eighth-we charge upon tho Demo
cratic party the habitual sacrifice OF pa
triotism and justice 10 . supreme and in
satiable lustfor Office and patronage; that
to obtain possession OF the National and
State GOvernmenb, anu VI tnc couuoi VI
place and position. they have obstrueted
all the efforts to preserve the purity and
conserve the freedom Of suffrage; have
devised fraudulent certificates and returns;
have devised fraudulent certificates and
returns: have labored to unseat lawfully
elected members Of Congress, to secure ai
ali hazards the vote Of the majority oi
States in the House Of Representatives,
have sndeavored to occupy by force and
fraud places Of trust given TO others by
the peopls Of Maine, and secured by
the courage and action Of Maine's patri'
otio sons; have by methods vicious 10
principle and tyrsnnical In practice, at'
tschsd partisan legislation to appropria'
tion bills; have crushed the rights Of indi,
yiduals, and vindicated the principles and
,ourhI the favor Of rebellion against the
nation, and have endesvored 70 o6lisrste
the sacred memories Of the war ana te
overcome its ipsstimable good results
freedom and individual equality. we
affirm II to be the duty and purpose oI .ne
/ A., all thu l8Rlumnt tf