Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1880-10-09

: TeBhrulnB the unrestricted immigration OF
Chinese as an evil of great magnitude, in
wolves the exercise of the power to restrain
and limit it, and restrain that immigration
by the enactment of such just, humane and
reasonable provisions as will produce the re-
suit.
Seventh-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career of
Rutherford B. Hayes in peace and war, and
which guided his predecessor in the Presiden-
tial office. have continued to inspire him in
his career as Chief Executive, and that histo-
ry will accord to his administration the hon
ors which are due to an efficient, just and
courteous discharge of the public business,
and will honor his yetoes interposed between
the people and attempted partisan laws.
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
party the habitual sacrafice of patriotism and
justice to a supreme snd Unsuitable lust for Of
fee and patronage; that to obtain possession
of the National aud State Governments, and
the control Of place and position, they have
obstructed all efforts to promote the purity
and to conserve the freedom of the suffrage;
have devised fraudulent ballots, and invented
fraudule.. t certificates of returns, have labor
ed to unseat lawfully elected members of
Congress to secure at all hazards the vote of
a majority of the States in the House OF Rep
resentatives; have endesvored to occupy by
force and fraud the places of trust given
to others by the people of Maine, and res
cued by the courage in action of Names
patriotic sons; have, by methods vicious in
principle and tyrannical in practice. attached
partisan legislation to appropriation bills upon
whose passage the very movement of the
Government depended have crushed the
rights of the individual; have advocated the
principles and sought the favor Of the rebel
lion against the Nation, and have endeavored
to obliterate the sacred memories of the war
and to overcome its inestimably valuable re-
sults-nationality personal freedom and in
dividual equality. The equal and steady and
complete enforcement of the laws, and thu
protection of all our citizens in the enjoyment
of the privileges and immunity guaranteed
by the Constitution, are the first duties of the
Nation, The dangers of a" solid South" can
only be averted by a faithful performance Of
every promise which the Nation has made to
the CT izen. The execution of the laws and
the punishment of all those who violate them
are the only safe methods by which endur-
ing peace can be secured and the guarantee
of prosperity established throughout the
South, Whatever promises the Nation make.
the Nation must perform. Nation canno
with safety relagate this duty to the States
The Solid South" must be divided by tn,
peaceful agencies Of the ballot, and all homes
opinions must there find tree expression. TC
this end the honest voter must be protected
against terrorism, violence and fraud and We
affirm il to be she duty d the purpose Of the
Republican party to use all legitimat. means
to restore all the States of this Union to the
mos: periec harmony which may be possi-
BILE: and we submit to the practical, sensible
people Of the United States to say whether it
would no: be dangerous TO the dearest inter
csts of our country at this time to surrender
the Administration of the National Govern
ment to party which seeks TO overthrow the
existing policy under which we are so pros
porous, and thus bring distrust and confusion
where there is now order, confidence and
hope.
Ninth--The Republican party, adhering to
the principles affirmed by its last National
Convention of respect for the constitutional
rules governing appointments to office, adopts
the declaration of President Hayes that the
reform Of the civil service should De thorough,
radical and complete. To this end it demands
the cooperation of the Legislative with the
Executive Departments of the Government.
and that Congress shall so legislate that ft-
ness, aseertained by the proper practical
tests, shall admit to the public service.