New-York tribune., 1880-02-05

1874 with the charge of balance in our favor and
over the successful resumption ana nalnt1nin i tba
specie payments, may reasonably clailn trv ~
financial soundness and prosperity OF tne co'n., m
as the natural results of the financial policy We d.
party have sustained. u,o,+ bav-
Secoad-The resumption of specie pay yment Iar Ia "
ing been accomplished at the time appointed pS INV
and the finances of the country being III .nV, 20
oughly healthy condition. we regard 10 ~
engage many new attempt at hpanciai nnc;aI svs
The country is prosperous under our linancla,
tenn as it is, and we know OF no gOod reaSoi ""'
that system should be disturbed. r. r,odoro
TLiyd-1he PERSISTENT efforts of the Free lrauclS
to destrov our tariff piecemeal by legislation 10 re-
peal the duties on special articles admonlshes u %
the necessity of adhering more strongly tnlI i hos
the tariff policy of the past twenty years foStored
built up our grand system of manufactures
the revenues of the Government ana pIoinoVeu Va.
National prosperity. The business OF the county, @
will not bear this tnkering OF the taIi M ~ bnmid
revision of that tariff to be made at ALL IL siouiu
be done through commission OF capaDe lnen nv. .h
patient and thorough hearing of all parties u '"o
interests involved. . =, .,or,nts
70 enact new tariff through the agency OF comuel I
cial treaties treaty framed, neRota.eu, ,,, nod
cussed and ratified in secret Is not propel
of reculating the revenues OF the GOVerhileut
ES1b"in view of recent events in Congress and
In tie Southern States and atterly in the STATE ol
Maine we deem this htting opPoiT,tuIoS opPi,ownSS prin
ciples VIZ: FTst-The union OF the 0'a.os
with equal rights indestructiPIe py any ~
tho person. liberty and property OF
the citizens of the United States in each and every
portion of our common country wherever n9 ;no anns
choose TO move, demanding OF him ohiy opeIl1o9P P
10 the laws and proper respect for the rignts VI
Others ThiTM-Stnct mteglty in tuinIilng All @ o'i
obligations state and National. FOWfh-lhe per
feet security of free thought free speech ana Ireo
press and of equal rights and privileges to all men,
eyeryyhere, irrespective OF natlOnanty, coloI, VI
religion. fifh-A free and pure ballot, thorouGhy
projected so that every man cnttIeu 10 itIout jSV
vote may do so just once at each electloh wlsnout
fear of m0lestaton, moral or physical on accouus
of his political faith nationality, or the bue OF MS
skin. SiEih-HOnesty IN elections Inc peoPie ha
selves our government must depend 1or lts Sta-
biIty upon honest elections untll man
legal vote. our government VIII not De
safe and whoever depriyes cltlzen OF MS IHnu
10 vote or of thc legal effect of his vote, Is traitor
TO our Government. SereaM-An honest count oI Hll
votes legally cast and an honest return Of whoever
is elected free from all attempts 10 dcIauu the Peu
ple of their choice through technicalltes OF Oy an
arbitrary rejection of their votes. ~
Silfh-We extend 10 the Republicans of Maine our
CONGRATULATIONS the peaceful and succe ssinl r.
slstancc to an effort to dcfraud the people OF lu"o
State of the right 10 choose their own kepfeSehtu-
tives and to the atempt to steal the government Oh
that state Onr republican form OF government
will be a signal failure when any political party can
succeed defylng the pubic VIII as SHOWN oJ tho
people mt the balot-bOx. -
Strenfh-We deeply regret the growing tendency
to throw elections aside mere technlcaltles anu
iuformalities. The right of the people 70 chOose
their M bc servants is too sacred 20 be subverted
upon any prctcXt that the returns of election are
deficient in some trivial matters oil iorni;, .-
EiQbt-Wc thank our Senator and Representa-
tives at Washington in the last Congress ana IN
this for their firm adhesion to Republican prin-
ciples and policy and for their opposition to Demo-
cratic schemes to renew the obsolete doctrine OF
State Rights and to cripple the. Goyernment Dy
withholding needed appropriations IN order 10 co.
cree legislation repeating nll National laws tha'
project the purity Of the ballot-bOX. -
ResoIred, That the Chairman Of the Republican
State Committee Is hereby instructed and required
To carefully examine whether any person today
placed on the electoral ticket be legally disquaied
from any cause from serving as an electOr, ana III
case any snch legal disability he found the state
Committee shall substitute another name from lhe
same Congressional district.
This declaration of principles it may be seen is
remarkable, chiefly for its declarations in
favor Of tauf commission and against
com ruercial treaties and its clear fcEci6le
expressions in relation TO the Maine fraud 1t was
adopted with entire unanmty. An old gentle
man from Somerset raised a laugh by saying
it was the first thing the convention had
done during the day which ne could honestly ap-
prove. At half past the convention hnished us
work by making up the Central Committee ana ad-