The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-06-18

TEE View York Times, the leading Repuo-
licau paper o. the country, riddles the plat
form adopted By the Chicago convention Ia
this wise
Itisa urest Tlty shat the National Contention
OF the Republican party should have put out n
declaration Of principles and opinions aud pur
poses with one exception, so incomplete 50 weary
frame1 and 90 jumoied with matters o. lHpeft55E-
ence OF slight Importance me resolu
tious make not the remotest references % any pos
sible policy for the future regarding me currene!,
either the legal tenders the silver. Their aiiu
sion the tariff is foolish repetition Of the plat
form OF lsse. and shows that thcy haze no eaheeL-
tlon al the change which has taken place IN the
sentiment Of the party and ui the whole country
since then OF OF the duty and the opiigaloh Nhlch
present themselves IN this connection nt the pres
ent moment On the other hand. the c0mmit-
tee have seen nj 70 introduce tereTal deGISIh-
lions which in no wise reflect the general opinion
OF the party, and which are calculated 70 excite
dissent and confusion. Oi these, that agalnsl the
Chinese is perhaps. the most eonIpicuous ior lts
maladroitness and its obvious spirit Of buneomoe-
II is intended 70 catch votes on the faclnc coast
but bids for sectional votes are not In order IN a
national platform. and this one adds 70 the inuls
OF Darrovyne.s that OF ambiguity amounting almost
to duplicity. The resolution asks nothing sufii-
seems TO ask what a purely local and by no means
entirely rational sentiment Tor the moment re
quires. Another Of The declarations which 90 not
express the general sentiment Of the party is that
In favor of an amendment TO the Federal COnsti-
states in ala Of sectsran schools However oIpos-
ed 70 such appropriations Republicans as individ-
even fn thls-not one IN q thousand or the party
has even considered the notion Of for5idding them
In the Federal AuueLltutlol- Inc proposition l-
an u-considered one Il Involves confederation q
great Importance, II il not fair expression Of any
conviction of tho party. and 81 does not deserve q
place IN a national platform
The New York Sun exposes some Of the
glaring falsehoods Of the same platform in
this emphatic style
''The Republican party suppressed a rebellion
which had armed nearly a million Of men 20 sub
vert the national authority" No 30 didn't Tht
loyal people OF the Union suppressed that rebellion
''It has raised the value % our paper currency
from Is per cent. the par Of gold. No 10 hasn C.
The credit OF the nation and the industry Of the
people have brought the currency 70 par.
1t has restored upon solid basis payment lL
coin for all the tioual ohliga No 10 hasn &
1t has stood by while the laws Of trade have opeT
1T has paid ssss OcO OOo or the public debt. Nc
Il hasn't The people Of the United States have
paid the money. And but for the monstrous dis
honesty Of successive Republican administratiOn'
the public debt would have been further reduced
by hundreds Of millions OF the burdens of the peD
. pie would have been Ices Dy hundreds of millions
the hundreds Of millions wasted and stolen uu
der Grant.
we aiHrn that no further grant uf the publi,
domain should be made 90 amy railway OF Othc
corporation Nou affirmed the same thing fouI
away the public domain until the people made voc
stop
slavery having perfshed iu the States it, twin
harbarty, Uolygamy. must die in the Territorics-'
Nou pronounced Its death warrant four years ago
and have not raised hand 20 execute the sentence
History viii honor Rutherford 3. Hayes -
That Is lie.
The reform in the civil service shall he thorough
radical. and complete You promised 90 ia Isl.
and in 1916 You Hill keep ON promising u A. Ions
the promise wins the votes of fools
Inc real pitIoIH ol lho Heiui'lica parry wa
. enumerated at Chicago, not 10y the Hon Edwar.
Pierreuont, but 10y one Flanagan OF Texas. Il O.
truthful AID brief: What are We here i0r eZccp
to get Ofice?'