Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-06-17

several districts of the United States from Sc
Letting their delegates to the National conven.
tion. Mr.. Boutwell, accepted the amendment
and moved to add that the national committee
should prescribe the method within twelve
months. The report as amended was then
adopted.
REPORT on RESOLUTIONS.
The committee on resolutions was instructed
to report and Mr.. Pie;repHnt presented the
report, prcfaciRg it by saying there was Il
great difference of opinion but they had been
able to agree among themselves and not dis
| turb the harmony of the convention. Tho
resolutions arc Rs follows:
The Republican party, in national conven.
tiOn assembled, at the end of twenty years
since the federal government was frat CON.
nittCd to its charge submits to the people ot
the United States this brief report of its ad
ministratiOn. 1t suppressed rebellion,
which had armed nearly million Of men, tu
subvert the national authority. 1t reconstruct.
| eli the union of the states with freedom
instead of slavery, as its corner stone
1t transformed 1000 0OO human beings from
the likeness of things to tho rank os citizens
II relieved congress from the infamous wnrA
OF hunting fugitive slaves, and charged i. u
SIC that slavery does not exist. II has raised
the value Of our pager Currency from thirty.
eight per cent TO the par of gold. It has fc-
stored upon solid basis payment in coin for
| all the national obligations, and haS given
rs currency absolutely good and cqurl
m every part of our extended
country. 1t has lifted the credit of the nation
| from the roint where six per cent bonds sold
at cighty.six to that where four per cent
bonds are eagerly sought at premium I'm
der its administrations railways have Increased
from 3lOOO miles in 1860 to more than 81 O0)
| l' 1879, Our foreign trade has increased from
| iJUULOOl0 to :llj0 600 0j0 in the same
| tine and our exports, viii h were 100000, 600
| ,l.s than our imports in 1850 were :lG 0OJ.-
60 more than our imports in 1879. Without
r.-u.ting t. lpars it has, since the war clpsad
dcIrHycd the urdln1ry expenses of the govern
| mcut, besides the accruing interest on the
puf lie dsbl and dISbursed annually m0rc than
| -&H tn lOlO fIr Fo,diers' pensions. Il has pad
| -heSl JUO of the pubic debt by refunding
| h balance ut lower rates, and has reduced the
| apnual interest charge from nearly Slj0000
| U)j to less than :Sl,OC0OJl All the industries
VI the country have revived, labor is in de-
mand, wggCs have increased, and throughout
| the entire country there is evidence of Il
coming prosperity greater than We have
| ujuycd.
Upon this record the Republican party asks
'ur the continued confidence and support Of
| the pcDlic, ard this convention submits for
hoir approval the following statements Of the
| principals and purposes which will continue
! to guide and inspire its efforts.
Frst-Wc affirm that the work OF the last
| twenty-One years has been such as to CON
mend itself 10 the favor of the nation, ar
| that the fruits of the costly victories which
we have achieved through immense d'ilicul.
tics should be preserved; that the peace re-
| gained should be cherished; that the dssov
cred union now happily restored should be
pCrpctuatcd, and that the liberties secured to
this generation should be transmitted und.
| ninistcd to future generations; that the order
established and the credit acquired shonld
never be impaired; that the pensions prom
sed should be said that the debt so much re.
| du"ld should be extnguished by the full pnv
| mcnt of every dollar thereof; that the rcviv
| ing in Industries should be further promoted
| and that the commerce already SO great sh )ud
| be steadily encouraged.
SecOnd-The constitution of the United
| States is a supreme law, and not u mere con
| tract OF cUnfCdcated states. 1t made a soy
| crcign nation. Some powers are denied to the
| nAtiOn, while others are denied to the states
| but the boundary between the powers dele
| gated, and those reserved is to be determine
| by the NATIONAL and not the state tribunals.
Third-The work of popular education is
| one lett to the care of the several states. but
it ia the duty of the national government to
LtA lllJ HDlN u lut tNlCUl Dl llS CONSTITUTIONS
| al ability. The intelligence of the naticn is
| but the aggregate of the intelligence in the
| cycrsl staten, and the destiny of the nation
must be guarded, not by the genius of any one
| state, but BY the avcla5c genius of all.
Fourth-Thc constitution wisely forbids
| congress to make any law respecting an Cstab-
IishmCnt of religion, but it is idle To hope the
nation can he protected against the influence
of teCtrrausm while each state il. exposed tu
l's domination. We therefore, recommend
that the constitution be so amended as to lay
the same prohibition on the lcgisaureO of each
state, and to forbid the appropriation of pub.
lie funds Ia the support of sectarian schools.
Fifth--We reafirm the belief avcwed in
1876, that the duties levied for the purpose of
revenue should 50 discriminate as to favor
American labor; that no further grant of the
public domain should be made to any railway
or other corporation; that slavery having per.
ished in the states its twin barbaTity,
pOlygamy, must die in the territories; that
everywhere the protection accorded to Citi-
zen of American birth must be secured
to citizens by American adoption;
that we deem it the duty of congress to de-
veop and improve our water courses and har-
bors, but insist that further subsidies to
private persons or corporations must cease;
that the obligation of the republic TO the men
preserved its integrity in the day of bat.
tie are undiminished by tho lapse of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their perpet- |
ual honor is and shall forever be the greatfu |
privilege and sacred duty of the American
people.
Sixth-sinco the authority to regu
late immigration and intercourse be- |
tween the United States and foreign |
nations rests with the congress of the
United States and its treaty making powers,
the Republican party, regarding the unre-
strictcd immigration Chinese as an evil of |
great magnitude invoke the exercise of that
power to restrain and limit that immigration
by the enactment of such just, humane and
reasonable provisions as will produce that re-
suit
SeVenth-That the purity and patriotism |
which characterized the earlier career of
rutherford i. Hayes in peace and war which |
guided the thoughts Cf our immediate prede- |
cessors to select him for n presidential candi- |
date, have continued to inspire him in his ca |
rCer as chief executive and that history will |
accord to his administration the hOnors which |
arc due to mn efficient, just and courteous
discharge of the public business, and will |
honor his interpretations between the people |
and proposed partisan laws.
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic |
party the habtual sacrifice of patriotism and |
Justice to supreme and Unsuitable lust of |
office and patronage; that to obtain possession |
# the national and state governments and the |
control of place, they have obstructed oil |
.horts to promote the purity and to conserve |
the freedom of suffrage; they have labored to |
unseat lawfully elected members of Congress |
to secure at all hazards the vote of majority |
# the states in the house of representatives; |
navo endeavored to occupy by force and fraud |
the PLACES of trust given to others by the peo- |
pie of Maine and rescued by the courageous |
action of hlaine's patriotic sons; have by |
methods vicious in principle and tyrannical in |
practice, attached partisan legislation to ap. |
preparation bills, upon whose passage the very |
morCmc sts of the government depend have |
crushed the rights of the individual;
have advocated tho principles and |
sought the favor of rebellion against |
the nation, and have endeavored to oblterate |
the sacred memories of the war and to over. |
come its sinestimably valuable results OF nation |
ality, personal free dom and individual equali- |
ty, the equal steady and complete enforce |
neut of the laws and the protection of all our |
citizens in the enjoyment of all privileges and |
mmunitics guaranteed by the constitution, |
and the frat duty of the nation. The danger of |
u solid South can only be averted by a faithful |
performance of every promise which the ma. |
ion has made to the citizen. The execution |
IF laws and the punishment of all those who |
violate them are the only safe methods by |
which an enduring peace can be secured and |
genuine prosperity established throughout |
the South. Whatever promises the nation |
makes the nation must perform, and the ma |
ton may with safety delegate this duty to the |
states. The solid South must be divided by |