The Phoenix herald. (Phoenix, Maricopa County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1879-1882, 1880-11-05
Republican National Platform.

The Republican party in Ma
tional Convention assembled, at
the end of twenty years since the
Federal Government was first com.
mitted to its charge, submits to the
people of the United States this
brief report of its administration:
It suppressed a rebellion which
had armed nearly million of men
to subvert the National authority,
Tapplause;] it reconstructed the
Union of States with freedom in
stead of slavery as its cornerstone,
[applause;l it transformed 4 100000
human beings from the likeness of
things to the rank of citizens, lap
plause;l it relieved Congress from
the Infamous work of hunting fug-
tive slaves, and charged it to see
that slavery does not exist, lap
plause;] it has raised the value of
our paper currency from 80 per
cent to the par of gold, Applause;
it has restored, upon a solid basis
payment in coin of all National OBJ
legations, and has given Us a cur
rency absolutely good and equal in
every part of our extended country,
[applause;1 it has lifted the credit
of the Nation from the point where
6 per cent. bonds sold at Sc. to
that where 4 per cent. bonds are
eagerly sought at premium, zap
plause.
Under its administration rail
ways have increased from $1,000
miles in 1860 to more than 50, 900
miles in 1879. [Applause.] Our
foreign trade increased from $780,
100000 to 81, 100000 in the
came time, and our exports which
were $2O.OOO,OOO less than our
imports in 1860, were $265, OO0,-
900 more than our imports IN 1879.
Applause, and cries of "Goodw
'Good!"1 Without resorting to
loans, it has, since the war closed,
betrayed the ordinary expenses of
Government, besides the accruiug
interest on the public debt. AMI
has disbursed annually more than
for soldiers and sail
ors' pensions. 1t has paid $780,
100000 of the public debt, and by
the balance at lower
rates, has reduced the annual in
terest charge from nearly $780,
100000 to less than SS9,OO0,OOO. !
All the industries of the country
have revived, labor is in demand, |
wages have increased, and through !
put the entire country there is evil
lence of 4 coming prosperity greater
han we have ever enjoyed.
UPON THIS RECORD
The Republican party asks for the
continued confidence and support
If the people, and this convention
submits for their approval the fol
owing statement of the principles
md purposes which will continue
o guide and inspire its efforts.
1st. We affirm that the work of
he Republican party for the last
twenty years has been such as to
it to the favor of the Ma
ion; that the fruits of the costly
Tictories which we have achieved
through immense difficulties should
,e preserved; that the peace re-
,ained should be cherished; that
he Union should be perpetuated,
md that the liberty secured TO this
should be transmitted
lndiminished to other generations;
hat the order established and the
redit acquired should never be i'm
'aired; that the pensions promised
hould be paid; that the debt so
much reduced should be extinguish-
d by the full payment of every
loller thereof; that the reviving in
lustries should be further promoted.
nd that the commerce already in
reasing should be steadily encour-
ged.
I'd. The Constitution of the
United States is a supreme law,
nd not a mere contract. ZAP
,lause. Out of confederated
states it made a sovereign nation.
iome powers are denied to the ma
ion, while others are denied to the
'tates, but the boundary between
he powers delegated and those re-
erved is to be determined by the
ational, and not by the State tri-
unal. [Cheers
Sd. The work of popular ed-ca-
ion is one left to the care of the
everal States. but it is the duty
f the National Government to aid t
hat work to the extent of its con- ,
titutional ability. The intelligence t
f the nation is but the aggregate S
f the intelligence in the several
tates, and the destiny of the ma {