Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-08-28

regarding the unrestricted luiihiBrotAUH Va
Chinese as an evil of great magnitude, In
wolves the exercise of the power to restrain
and limit 1t, and restrain that immigration
by the enactment of such just, humane and
reasonable provisions as will produce the re-
suit.
seventh-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career Of
Rutherford B. Hayes In peace and war, and
which guided his predecessor in the Presiden-
tial Office, have continued to inspire him In
his career as Chief Executive, and that histo-
ry will accord to his administration the hon.
ors which are due to an efficient, just and
courteous discharge of the public business,
and will honor his vetoes interposed between
the people and attempted partisan laws.
Eighth-we charge upon the Democratic
party the hsbitual sscrafce Of patriotism and
justice to supreme and Unsuitable lust for Of
fee and patronage; that to obtain possession
of the National aud State Governments, and
the control of place and position, they have
obstructed all efforts to promote the purity
and to conserve the freedom Of the suffrage;
have devised fraudulent ballots, and invented
fraudulent certificates of returns, have labor
ed to unseat lawfully elected members OF
Congress to secure at all hazards the vote OF
majority Of the States in the House of Rep
resentatives; have endeavored to ocsupy by
force and fraud the pieces Of trust given
to others by the people OF Maine, and res
cued by the courage in action of Maines
patriotic sons; have, by methods vicious in
principle and tyrannical in practice. attached
partisan legislation to appropriation bills upon
whose passage the very movement OF the
Government depended; have crushed the
rights of the individual; have advocated the
principles and sought the favor of the rebel
lion against the Nation. and have endeavored
to obliterate the sacred memories of the war
and to overcome its inestimably valuable re-
nationality, personal freedom and in
dividual equality. The equal and steady and
complete enforcement Of the laws, and tbs
protection of all our citizens in the enjoyment
of the privileges and immunity guaranteed
by the Constitution, are the first duties OF the
Notion, The dangers of 3 " Solid South" can
only be averted by faithful performance Of
every promise which the Nation has made to
the Gil izen. The execution OF the laws sad
the punishment of all those who violate .hein
are the only safe methods by which an endur-
ing peace can be secured and the guarantee
Of prosperity established throughout the
| South, wha.o yer lEo iuiscs the Nation makes
the Natl mL5: perform. Nation cannot
with So ETY. relsgate this duty to the States.
| The Solid south" must be divided by the
peaceful. agencies Of the ballot, and all honest
opinions must there find free expression. To
| this end the honest voter must be protected
| against terrorism, violence and fraud, and we
affirm it to be the duty q, the purpose of the
Republican party to use all legitimate means
to restore all the States of this Union to the
most perfect harmony which may be possi-
BILE: and we submit to the practical, sensible
people of the United States to say whether it
would NOS be dangerous 10 the dearest inter-
ests of our country at this time to surrender
the Administration of the National Govern
ment to a party which seeks 10 overthrow the
existing policy under which We are 80 pros
porous, and thus bring distrust and confusion
where there is now order. confidence and
hope.
Ninth--The Republican rarty, adhering to
the principles affirmed by its last National
Convention of respect for the constitutional
rules governing appointments to office, adopts
the declaration of President Hayes that the
reform of the civil service should be thorough,
radical and complete. To this end it demands
the cooperation of the Legislative with the
Executive Departments of the Government,
and that Congress shall so legislate that ht-
ness. ascertained by the proper practical
tests, shall admit to the public service.