The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1880-09-10
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
The following is the platform passed by the recen,
Republican, convention held at Chicago ss

The following is the platform passed by the recent
Republican, convention held at Chicagp:s
s-Rspubfcsnrue has restored upon solid basis pay
for aiLahe national obligations and has
eaa he credit q tie naaioI ffem the point where
per aI bonds sold at g, 40 that where per cent
bonds Ere eagerly sought at q premium Under its
administration, railways hsTe increased from 81 600
miles in fs6oyto more than 81 900 miles in 1879 Our
foreign trade has increased from 500, 900 to ST.
$50 00e e0e the same and exports in 1860
Were saei COO coo more than our imports in 1879.
close betrayed the ordinary expenses of the Govern.
ments besides the accrung interest the public debt
and ashured annually more than $50 600 for sol
tders pensions 1t has paid $3.50 900 900 of the .pub-
lie debt and by refundng the balance lower rates.
has reduced the annual interest charge fron;iieary
tries q the country have revived lsbcrs in demand,
wages have increased and througlout the eRtirecoun
try there is evidence of coming prosperity greater
lican party asks for the cphsnued confidence and sup
port of'tne people, andsth convention submits to
their approval the folloing statement Of the princi
pies and Thsch wll centinne to guide and in
First We tfiIm that the york of the last 81 years
has been such as TO cOnfd itself to the favor of the
nation and that the ffits Of the costly victories which
we have achieved through immense difficulties should
be preserved that the discovered union now happily
restored should be eYpetiIated and that ts liberties
secured to this generation should be transmitted f-
diminished to future geIeatoas that the brder es-
tablishe6 and the credit Acquired should never be i'm
that the debt SO much reduced should be exffngushed
by the payment Of every collar thereof that the
vivng industries should ever be promoted, and that
the conlmereealready great should be encouraged
| Scoend-The constitution of Che United States is
the supreme law nd not mere contract Of confeder
atcd states, " made sovereign nation. Some pow
ersre denied to the ustonwhfi others retained
hy the sates, bat the boundary between the powers
delegated and those reserved is to be determined by
| national and not by state t,ibunglsa ~.
Ihird he EoEx e pppuhs sdueation is one left
nat i0rnl rloi1 hat SO
tent of its constitutional ability The intelligence of
the nation is but the aggregate of the intelligence in
several states and the destiny of the nation
be guided not by the genius of any state but by
| the average genius of all.
| Fourth-The constitution wisely forbids congress
to make any law respecting establishment of relig
ion but it is idle to hope that the nation can be pro-
teeted against the influence of sectaranism while
each state is exposed to its particular domination We
therefore recommend that the constitution be so
amended to lay some prohibition upon the legsla-
ton of each state and to forbid the appropriation OF
the public funlstO the support Of sectafiad schools
| Ffth-We reaffrm the belief .avawed in 1876 that
the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should
discriminate as to favor Aniertoan labor that fur
ther grant OF the Puclic dkmais should be made to any
RAILROAD or other compensation that slayery having
perishcd IN the states It's twain baIhari.y. polygamy
must die IN The territories that everywhere the pro-
lection accorded to- American birth be secured
to citizens by American adoption that ills the duty
OF CONFESS e develop and ,pfage snT atsr
private persons corporations mist cease; that the
obligations TO men its integrity in the
since their final victory their perpetual honor is
shall be the greatfu privilege and the sa-
cred duty of the American people.
Sixth-Since the authority. t6 regulate Immigration
and intercourse between the United States andfoeign
nations rests with the congress of the United States
and its treaty making powers, the Republican party
regarding the unrestricted immigration of Chinese
an evil Of great magnitude, nvokes the exercise of
that power to restrain and limit that immigration by
the enactment Of such just, humane and reasonable
| provisions as will produce that result.
Seventh-That the purity and patriotism which
characterized the earlier of r. b. Hays In
and war; and which guided the thought of his iiinie-
diate predecessor to him for presidential candidate,
have continuedto inspire him in his career chief
executive. and that history will accord to his ad-
justans1 courageous fulifment Of the pHblic busi-
Hess, stid viii onor This interp0sition between the
pesplsssd EsspSssa partisan q, laws
habisaa sscrt6essa a sskfiabism and Justice toa
prelie and uas=:able bust sae office and patronage
that to obtain possession of ye nntona and state gov
ernncnts, ,id of the colstrni of place and position
they have obstfucted all the efforts to preserve the
purity and conserve the freedom Of suffrage hve dc
vised fraudulent returns and certificates brye ebored
to unseat lawfully elected members ef congress
care at all hazards the vote f the, majority of the
St t os, N s aro sSa5s
to others by the people Of Maine and reseie by the
courage and action ef Mains atriatc sons, have by
methods vicious IN p3nciEle and tyIanic.l in practice
attached partisan legislation to appropriation, bills
have crrshedthe rights CT iniipdass and vindieated
the principle and soughtthe favot Of rebellion against
the nation and hare eudeayored to hiiterate the "a
cred memories Of the ts overcome ine.tinabls
good results, freedom and individual equality.
We affirm it to be the duty and purpose of the Re
publican party to all legitimate means OF tits i'm
| ion to secure the perfectharmony which may be prac
ticabe and we submit TO the practical sensible peo
pe OF the United States to say whethe it would not
e dangerous to the best interests of country al
to surrender the admiDist ation ef the
rn G noex a are 70 90
porous, and thus bring destruction and sconfusiOI
where there is now order and conidence and hope.