The silver state., 1880-06-11

The Resolutions Adopted by the Ma
tional Convention.
ENUMERATION or PRINCIPLES.


to commend itself to the favor of the
nation, and that the fruits of the costly
victories which we have achieved
through immense difficulties should be
preserved. That the peace regained
should be cherished. That the dissev-
ered Union, now happily restored,
should be perpetuated, and that the
liberties secared to this generation
should be transmitted Hadiminished to
future generations. That the order es-
tallished and the credit acquired should
never be imperiled That the pen
sion promised should be paid. That
the debt so much reduced should be ex-
tinguised by the full payment of every
dollar thereof. That the reviving in
dustries should be further promoted
, and that the commerce already so great
should be steadily encouraged.
Second-Fhe Constitution OF the
United States is the supreme law, and
not mere compact. Out of Confeder-
ate States it made sovereign nation.
Some powers are denied to the nation,
while others are retained by the States;
but the boundaries between the powers
delegated and those reserved is to be
determined by National and not by
State tribunals.
Third-fhe work OF popular educa-
tion Is one left to the care OF the several
States, but it is the duty Of the Nation
al Government to ad that work To the
| extent of its constitutional ability The
intelligence OF the Nation is but the az
gregate Of the intelligence of the sever
al States, and the destiny of the Natioa
must be guided, not by the genius OF
any one State, bat by the average &C.
Mus Of all
Fourth-The Constitution wisely for.
bids Congress to make say law respect
ing an establishment OF religion, but it
is idle to hope that the Nation can be
! protected against the influence OF Sec
tarianism, while each State is exposed
! to its particular domination. We there
I fore recommend that the Constitution
| be so amended as to lay some pro-
| hibitions upon the Legislature OF each
State, anal to forbid the appropriation
OF the public funds 90 the sapport OF
| sectarian schools.
| Fifth-We reatiirrn the belief svowed
/ in 1876. that the duties levied for the
I purpose Of revenues should so diserirni-
! nate as to favor American labor That
no further grant OF the public domain
main should t.e made to any railroad or
| other corporation. That slavery hav-
ing perished in the States, its twin bar
barity, polygarpy, must die IN the Ter
ritories. That everywhere the protec-
tion accorded to citizen OF American
| birth nsust be secured to citizens by
American adoption. That it is the
duty of Congress to develop and in-
prove our water courses aud harbors,
| but we insist that further subsidies to
private persons or corporations must
| cease. That the obligations TO the men
who preserved it's integrity in the day
OF battle are undiminished by the lapse
Of fifteen years since their final victory.
Their perpetual honor is and shall fol-
ever be the grateful privilege and the
sacred duty of the American people
Sixth-Since the authority to regu-
late immigration and intercourse be-
tween the United States and foreign
nations rests with the Congress of the
United States and its treaty making
powers, that the Republican party, re-
garding the UNRESTRICTED immigration
OF the Chinese as an evil of great mag
nitude, involves the exercise of the
power to restrain and limit that immi-
grafton by the enactment of such Just,
humane and reasonable provisions as
will produce the result.
Seventh-1hat the purity and patri-
otism which characterizes the earlier
career of Rutherford Il. Hayes in peace
and war, and which guided the thought
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