The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-06-11
POLITICAL.
NATIONAL cA.rArex FONTS
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Chicago. June lO.-The republican
Marty, in national convention assem-
bled, at the end Of twenty years since
the federal government Was committed
70 its charge. submits TO the people Of
the United States this brief report Of
its administration:
It suppressed q rebellion which had
armed nearly million men to subyert
the national authority.
II reconstructed the union Of states
with fresdom instead Of slavery as Its
center stone.
1t transferred 1900 900 human be-
ings from the likeness Of things TO the
rank OF citizens. iatf p - 3
II relieved congress from the infa-
nous work Of hunting fugitive slaves,
and charged It TO see that slavery does
not exist.
Il has raised the value Of our paper
currency from 50 per cent. to the par
Of gold.
It has restored upon solid basis the
payment in coin Of all national OBJ
legations, and has given US n currency
absolutely good and equal in every
part Of our extended country.
It has lifted the credit of the nation
from the point where six per cent.
bonds sold ht SO TO that where
four per cent. bonds are eagerly sought
at a premium.
Under its administration railways
have increased from 81, 900 miles in
1860 to more than 81, 900 miles in 1879.
Our foreign trade has increased from
$1,000. 900 TO 81. .150, ,0o0, 900 in the
same time, and our exports. which
were SO, ,000, 600 less than our imports
in 1860, were seG4, ,0oo, 900 more than
our imports in 1879.
Without resorting TO loans, 1t has,
since the war closed. betrayed the ordi-
nary expenses OF the government, be-
sides the accruing interest ON the pub
lie debt. and has disbursed annually
more than thirty millions for soldiers
and sailors' pensions.
1t has paid $3.50. 600, ,0oa of the pub
lie debt, and, by refunding the balance
at lower rates, has reduced the annual
interest charged from nearly $50, ,00o,-
600 to less than $50, 900 900.
All the industries Of the country
have revived. Labor Is In demand,
wages have increased, and throughout
the entire country there is evidence of
a coming prosperity greater than We
have ever enjoyed before.
Upon this record the republican par
ty asks for the continued confidence
and support OF the people, and this con-
vention submits for their approval the
following statement OF the principles
and purposes which viii continue %
guide and inspire its efforts:
First. We affirm that the work of the
republican party for the last twenty
years has been such as to commend II
to the favor Of the nation; that the
fruits Of the costly victories which we
have achieved through immense difiicul.
ties should be preserved; that the union
should be perpetuated, and that the
liberties secured to this generation
should be transmitted undiminished tc
future generations; that the order %.
established and the credit acquired
should never be impaired; that the pen.
sions promised should be paid; that the
debt, so much reduced, should be ex'
tinguished by the full payment Of every
dollar thereof; that the reviving indus
tries should be further promoted, and
that the commerce already % greal
should be steadily encouraged.
Second. That the constitution Of thu
United States Is supreme law and moi
mere contract; out Of the confederate
states 1t made q sovereign nation; soms
powers are denied to the nation, whill
others are denied TO the states, but thu
boundary between the powers delegates
and those reserved Is to be determined
by the national and not by the stat
tribunal.
Third. The work Of popular educa
tion Is one left TO the care Of the seve
raj states, but II is the duty of the na
tional government to aid that work r
the extent Of Its constitutional ability
The intelligence Of the nation Is hui