The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-02

prosperity and the settlement Of many
distracting questions. The restoration
Of sound money, the large reduction Of
cur public debt 6ni of the bur len Of in.
%terest, the high Advancement Of the
public credit, all attest the ability aud
courage OF the Republican party 10 deal
with such financial problems as may
hereafter demand solution.
Dor paper currency is now as good as
gold and silver, snd is performing it's
legitimate function for the purpose OF
exchange. The principles which should
govern the relations OF these elements OF
the currency are simple ana 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.
TIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
The value Of public education can
hardly be overestimated, although its
interests must, Of necessity, be chiefly
coDhded to voluntary effort and the in.
dividual action OF the several States.
They should be encouraged 30 far as the
constitution permits by the generous CO.
operation of the national Government.
The interests OF the whole country de-
mand that he advantages Of our COM
mon school system should be brought
within the reach OF every citizen, and
that no revenues OF the nation or of the
States should be devoted TO the support
OF sectarian schools.
Such changes should be made in the
present tariff and system OF taxation as
will relieve any ov~srburdened industry
or class and enable our manufacturers
and artisans to compete successfully with
those of other lands.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
The Government should aid works OF
internal improvement national in their
character, and should promote the de-
velopment of our water courses and har.
bors wherever the general interests Of
commerce may require.
WHAT Il PARTY RELIES ON FOR SUCCESS.
Four years ago, as now, the nation
stood at the threshold CT a Presidential
election, and the Republican party, in
soliciting q continuance OF its ascend
sncy, founded its hope of success, not
upon its promises, but upon its hist Dry.
Its subsequent curse has been such as
to strengthen the claims which it then
made to the confidence and support of
the country. On the other hand, con-
siderations more urgent than have ever
before existed forbid the accession OF its
opponents to power. Their success, if
success attends them, must chiefly come
from the united support of that section
which sought the forcible disruption of
the Union, and which, according to all
the teachings Of our past history, will
demand a~scendancy in the councils of
the party to whose triumph it will have
made by far the largest contribution.
There is the gravest reason for appre-
hension that exorbitant claims upon the
public treasury, by no means limited
to the hundreds and millions already
covered by the bills introduced in Con
gress within the past four years, would
be successfully urged if the Democratic
party should succeed in experimenting
its present control of the national legis-
lature by electlpg the executive also.
There is danger in intrusting the control
of the whole law-making power of the
Government to a party which has in al
most every Southern State repudiated
obligations quite as sacred as those to
which the faith of the nation now stands
pledged. / do not doubt that success
awaits the Republican party and that its
triumph will assure a just, economical
and patriotic administration.
am. respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
@. A. ARTHUR.
To the Hon. George F, Hoar, President
of the Republican National Conven-
ton.