Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-23
The REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

litions adopted by the Republican National
Convention at Chicago:
Republican rule has restored upon a solid
basis pay nsent in coin for all the national OBJ
legations, aud has given us a currency abso-
I0Gely good and legal, and equal IN every
part or our extended country. 1t has lifted
tho credit of the nation from the point where
SIX per cent. bonds sold at Sc, to that where
bar per cent. bonds are eagerly sought at y
premium. U,der its administration rail ways
have increased from q 900 miles in 1860 to
more than 81, 600 miles in 1879. Our foreign
trade has increased from 800 OOO, 900 to 81 ,l5O
900 200 IN the same time, and our exports,
which were $20.OO0.OO0 less than our imports
ia 1850. were 1854, 0OO, 900 more than our i'm
pors in 1870. Without resOrting To loans, it
has. since the war closed, betrayed the OrdIn-
sry expenses of government, besides the &C
sruing interest on the public debt, and dis
bursed annually more than $50. 600. 900 for sol
dier-' pensions. 1t has paid 1880, 600 900 of the
Pabl,c debt. and hy refunding the balance at
lower rates, has reduced the annual interest
cha'ge from nearly $l5l 100000 to less than
S39.OO0,000. All the industries of the country
bAvs revived; abor is in demand; wages have
Increased, aud throughout The entire country
there Is eviienre of a coming prosperity
greater than We have ever enjoyed. upon
this record the Republican asks for the con-
tnued confidence and support of the people,
end this convention submits for their appro-
val the following statements of the principles
snd purposes which will continue to guide
and inspire its efforts:
ENUMERATIoE OF PRINCIPLES.
Nrst-We affirm that the work ef the last
twenty -one years has been such as to COM
Rlend itself to the favor of the nation, and
taat the fruits of the costly victories which
We have achieved through immense difficult
ties should be preserved. That the peace re-
gained should be cherished. That the dissev-
o;od Union, now happily restored, should be
perpetual ed, and that the liberties secured to
this generation should be transmitted undi-
i,bA f,t,rr hGan
der established and the credit acquired should
never be imperiled. That the pensions prom
sod should he paid. That the debt so much
reduced should be exiingui>hed by the full
payment of every dollar thereof. That the
feviving industries should be further promo
led. and that the commerce already so great
should he steadily encouraged.
SscOnd-The Constitution of the United
states il the supreme law, and not a compact.
Out Of Confaderated States it made nation.
Some powers are denied the Nation, while
others are retained by States; but the bound
airy between the powers delegal ed and those
served is to be determined by National and
Mt by State tribunals.
rhird-The work of popular education is
ors left to the of the several States, but |
ii is the duty of the National government to |
aid that work to the extent of its constitutional |
ability. The intelligence OF the nation is but |
the aggregate of the intelligence in the sever |
al States, aud the destiny OF the Nation must |
he guided, not by the genius of any one |
State, but the average genius of all.
NoN-SECTARJAN SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbds
Congress to make any laws respecting an eS- |
tablishing of religion, but it is idle tn hope |
that the Nation can be protected against the |
nfiuence of SectarianSm while each State is |
exposed to it's particular domination. We |
therefore recommend that the Constitution be |
so amended as TO lay some prohibition upon |
the Legislature of each State and 10 forbid |
tho appropriation of public funds TO the sup |
port of sectaran schools.
Fifth-We affirm the belief avowed in 1876. |
that the duties levied for the purpose of reve
uue should SO discriminate as to favor Amer
ican labor. That no further grant OF the |
public domain should be made to any rail-
road or other corporation. That slavery hav-
ing persisted in the State. It's twin baroarity,
p0lygamy, must die in the Territories. That
everywhere the protection accorded to a citi- [
Zen of American birth must be secured to
citizens of American adoption. That it is the
duty of Congress to develop and improve our
water courses and harbors, but we insist that
further subsidies to private persons or corpor-
atoms mnst cease. That the obligations to the
mon who preserved its integrity in the day of
battle are undiminished by the lapse of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their perpet
ual honor is and shall forever be the grateful
privilege and the sacred duty of the Ameri-
san people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth-Since the authority to regulate i'm
migration and intercourse between the U nited
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gress Of the United States and it's treaty
making powers, that the Republican party.
regarding the unrestricted immigration of
the Chinese as an evil Of great magnitude,
in wolves the exercise of the power 20 restrain
and limit that immigration by the enact
ments of such just, humane and reasonable
provisions as will produce the result.
Seventh-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 immediate
predecessor to him for Presidential candi
date, have continued to inspire him in bis
career as Chief Executive, and that history
will accord to his administration the honors
which are due to an efficient, just and courag-
sous fulfllment of ne public business, and
will honor his inter POSITION between the peo-
pie and proposed partisan laws. |,
INIQUITIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY. |,
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic {
party the habtual sacrifice of patriotism and
Justice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust for :
office and patronage; that to obtain possession
Of the National and State Governments and 8
for the control of place and position, they a
have INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
purity and conserve the freedom of suffrage 9
have devised fraudulent certificates and re- t
ed members of Congress, to secure at all :
hazards the vote of the majority of States in :
The House of Representatives.; have endeav- t
pred to occupy by force and fraud places Of il
rust given to others by the people of Maine, 7
and secured by the courage and action of 1
Maine Q patriotic sons; have by methods :
Vicious in principal and tyrannical in practice I
attached partisan legislation to appropriation b
bills; haye crushed the rights of individuals, +
avor of rebellion against the Nation, and
,ava endeay ored to obliterate the sacred |