New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06


served its integrity in the hour OF battle are
undiminished by the lapse of the fifteen years
since their final victOrV-tO do them perpetual
honor is, and shall forever be, the grateful
privilege and sacred duty OF the American
Sirfh-Since the authority to regulate immi-
grafton and intercourse between the United
States and foreign nations rests with Congress
OF with the United States and its treaty making
powers, the Republican party, regarding the
unrestricted immigration of the Chinese as an
evil of great magnitude invoke the exercise of
those powers to restrain and limit that imml-
grafton by the enactment OF such just. hu-
name and reasonable provisions as Will pro-
duce that result.
Serenth-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career OF
Rutherford B. Hayes in peace and war, and
which guided the thoughts of our immediate
predecessors to him for a Presidential candl-
date have continued to inspire him in his ca
reer as Chief Executive, and that history will
accord to his Administration the hOnOrs which
are due to an efficient, just and courteous dis
charge of the public business, and will honor
his interpositiOn between the people and pro-
posed partisan laws
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
party the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and
justice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust Of
Office and patronage; that to obtain posses
sion of the National and State Governments
and the control of place and position they
have INSTRUCTED all effort to promote the
purity and TO conserve the freedom of suffrage,
and have devised fraudulent Qualifications
and returns; have labOred to unseat lawfully
elected Members of Congress, to secure at all
hazards the vote OF majority or the States
III the House of Representatives,; have en-
deaYOred to occupy by force and fraud the
places of trust given to others by the people
of Maine, and rescued by the courageous
action of Names patriotic sons; have. by
methods vicious in principle and tyrannlcal
in practice, attached partisan legis-
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whose passage the very movements
of the Government depend, and have crushed
the rights of individuals; have advocated the
principles and sought the favor of rebellion
against the Nation, and have endeavOred to
Obiteratc the sacred memories OF the war,
and to overcome its inestimably valuable re-
suits of nationality, personal freedom and In
dividual equality.
The equal. steady and complete enforcement
OF laws and the protection of all our Clu-
zens i'm the enjoyment of all privileges
and immunities guaranteed by the Constitution
are the first duties of the Nation.
The dangers of a SOlil South can only be
ayerted by faithful performance of every
promise which the Nation has made to the
citizen. The execution of the laws and the
punishment of all those who violate
thcm are the only safe methods by
which an enduring peace can be secured
and genuine prosperity established throughout
the South. Whatever promises the Ma
ton makes the Nation must perform.
and the Nation cannot with safety
relrgate this duty to the States.
The Solid South must be divided by the
peaceful agencies Of the ballot, and al
opinions must there find free expression, and
to this end the honest votes must be pro-
tected against terrorism, violence or fraud,
And we affirm it to be the duty and the
purpose of the Republican party to use every
legitimate means To restore all the States OF
this Union to the most perfect harmony that
may be practicable, and we submit 1t to the
practical, sensible people of the United States
10 say whether it would not be dangerous to
the dearest interests Of our country at TINS
time to surrender the administration OF the
National Government to the party which seeks
to overthrow the existing policy under when
we are so prosperous, and thus bring dlstrust
and confusion where there are now order,
confidence and hope.
The Republican party, adhering to the prln-
cplcs affirmed by the last National C0nVen-
ton, of respect for the Constitutional rules
governing appointment to office, adopts the
declaration of President Hayes that the re-
form in the CIVIL Service shall he thorough,
radical and cOnpctci 10 that end 1T demands
tnc co0ucratlon of the Legislative with the
executive departments of the Government
and that Congress shall 50 leglsate that ut
ness. nsccrlancd by proper practical tests
shall admit to the public service.