The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-06-12

Sixth. Since the authority to regulate
immigration and intercourse between the
United States and fol eimn nations rests
with the Congress or with the United
States and its treaty making power, the
Republican party, regarding the unrc-
stricted immigration of the Chinese as
an evil of great magnitude. invoke the
exercise Of the powers to restrain and
limit that immigration by the enactment
of such Just. humane and reasonable pro-
visions rs will produce that result.
Seventh. That the purity and patriot
ism which characterized the earlier ca
reer OF Rutherford 3. Hayes i'll peace and
war. and which guided the Thoughts of
our immediate predecessors to him for a
presidential candidate, have continued to
inspi e him in his career as chief cXecu-
tive, 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 peo-
pie and proposed partisan laws.
Eighth. We charge upon the Demo-
cratic party the habitual sacrifice of pa
I trlotlSn and justice to Il supreme and i'll
satlabie lust of office and patronage. and
to obtain possession Of the national and
State governments. and the control Of
place and position. they have obstructcd
all effort to promote the purity and to
conserve the freedom of suffrage. and
/ have devised fraudulent certifications ard
! returns; have labored to unscat lawfully
/ elected members OF Congress, to secure
/ ut all hazards the seats of ma GRITTY of
/ the States III the House of Representa-
/ tives: have endeavored to occupy by force
and fraud the places Of trust given to
others by the people of Maine, and res
cucd by the courage in action of Maine s
patriotic sons. have, by methods vicious
/ in principle and tyraTnical III practice,
attached partisan leg islation to appropri-
alton bills, upon whose passage the very
movements Of government depend; have
crushed the rights Of individuals; have
advocated the principles and sought the
favor of rebellion against the nation, and
! have endeavored to obliterate the sacred
memories OF the war and to overcome its
inestimablc valuable results of nationality
personal freedom and individual equality.
| The equal. steady and complete enforce
ment of laws and the protection of all
our citizens i'll the enjoyment of all priv
ileges and immunitics guaranteed by the
constitution are the first duties of the
nation. The dangers of solid South
can only be averted by a faithful perform
ance of every promise which the nation
made to the citizen. The execution of
the laws and the punishment of all those
who violate them are the only safe
methods by which an enduring peace can
be secured and genuine prosperity es-
tabllshed throughout the South. What
ever promises the nation makes the
nation must perform, and the nation can
not, with safety, relegate this duty to
the States. The solid South must be
divided by the peaceful agencies of the
ballot. and all opinions must there find
free expression, and to this end the hon
est voters must be protected against ter
r0rism violence or fraud, aud 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 the
Union to the most perfect harmony that
may be practicable. and we submit to
the practical, sensible people of the
United States to say whether it would
not be dangerous to the dearest interests
of our country at this time to surrender
the administration of the National Gov
eminent to the party which seeks to over
throw the existing policy under which we
are so prosperous. and thus bring distrust
and confusion where there is now order,
! confidence and hone