Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-06-16
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
Resolutions Adopted by the Ma
tiOnaI Convention.
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.

First-We affirm that the work Of
the last twent y.one years has been
such az to commend itself to the fa-
vor Of the nation, and that the fruits
of the costly victories which we have
achieved through immense difficult.
ties should be preserved. That the
peace regained should be cherished.
That the discovered linton, now hap
PLY restored, should be perpetuated,
and that the liberties secured to this
generation should he transmitted I'M
diminished to future generations.
| That the order established and the
credit acquired should never he i'm
periled. That the pension promised
should he paid. That the debt so
much reduced should he extlnguished
by the payment of every dollar there
of. That the reviving industries
should he further promoted and that
the commerce already so great should
be steadily encouraged.
Second-The Constitution of the
United States is the supreme law,
and not mere compact. Out of
| Confederate States it made SOW
erei On nation. Some powers are de-
MED to the nation, while Others ars
retained by the States; but the boun-
daries between the powers delegated
and those reserved is to be deter.
mined by National and not by State
tribunals.
Third-The work of popular edr.
cation is one left to the care of the
several States. but it is the duty of
the National Government To and that
work to the extent of its Constitution
al ability. The intelligence Of the
Nation is but the aggregate of the
intelligence of the several States, and
the destiny Of the Nation must be
! guided, not by the genius of any one
State. hut by the average genius of
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Fourth-The Constitution wisely
forhids Congress to make any law
r.spre,ing m establishment of rrliy
ian. bus it is idle to cope that tie
Nation can be protected against the
i"fluence of scctaiianism, while each
State Is exposed IT, its particular
domination. We therefore recon-.
mend that the Constitution I've .o
amended as to Law some prohibitions
upon the Legislature of each State,
and to forbid the appropriation of
the public funds to "the support Of
sectarian schools.
! Fffth-We reaffirm the belief
svowed in 1875, that the duties lev
led for the purpose of revenues
should so discriminate as to fav Or
American labor. That no further
grant of the public domain should
be made to any railroad or other
corporation. That slavery having
persisted in the States. its twin bar.
barity, polygamy, must die in the
Territories. That everywhere the
protection accorded to citizen of
American birth must be secured to
citizens by 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 cor
porations must cease. That the obli-
cations to the men who preserved its
integrity in the day of battle are un-
diminished by the lapse of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their
| pCi pCtuht uOuOt 10 nuu suHtl iOTcVcT
be the grateful privilege and the sa-
cred duty of the American people.
Sixth-Since the authority to
regulate immigration and intercourse
between the United States and for
eign nations rests with the Congress
of the United States and its treaty
making powers, that The Republican
party, regarding the unrestricted i'm
migration of the Chinese as an evil
of great magnitude, involves the. ex-
ercise Of the power TO restrain and
limit that immigration by the enact
ment of sach just. humane and ress
enable provisions as will produce the
result. Cd rr9 .fFgx a.sft r
Seventh-That the purity and pa
triotism. which characterized the