Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-14
the REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

4}tlOnS adopteh ny the l.ePuoiicai Natioh"i
Convention at Chicago:
Republican rule has restored upon solid
g isis payment in coin for all the national OBJ
.i.ations, and has given us currency abso-
iuLaly good and legal, and equal IN every
part Of our extended country. 1t has lifted
fhe credit of the mai ion from the point where
six per cent. bonds sold at Sc, to that where
T,ur per cent bonds are eagerly sought at a
premium. Under its administration ALWAYS
have increased from p 900 miles in 1860 to
more than 81 900 miles in 1879. Our foreign
Trade has increased from 500, 000, 900 to 81 80
tE1. 900 IN the same time and our exports,
q, aich were so 600 600 less than our i'm ports
ia 1860, were S26i 900 more than our i'm
ports in 1870. Without reSorting To loans, it
h rs, since the war closed, betrayed the ordln-
GTy expenses OF government, besides the ac-
Crmng interest on the public debt. and dis
YIrsei annually more than $50 600 009 for sol
Gjers pensions 1t has paid SSS0,O00 900 OF the
gublIc debt and 10y refunding the balance at
lover rates, has reduced the annual interest
rharge from nearly SOL COCOON to less than
$50 900 $50. All the Industries of the country
have reVived; labor is in demand; wages have
Increased, aud throughout the entire country
there is evidence of coming prosperity
.Fcater than we have ever eBioyed. pom
hi~ record the Republican asks for the con-
Guued confidence and support OF the people,
aud this convention submits for their appro-
val The following statements of the principles
md purposes which Will c"nti"ue TO guide
And inspire its efforts:
ENUMERATIpN OF PRINCIPLES.
First We affirm that the work IF the last
twenty-one Years has been such as to COM
p md itself to the favor of the nation, and
TIA, the fruits OF the crStIv victories which
va have achieved through Immense Difficult
It's should be preserved. That the peace re-
,%ined should he cherished. That the di>sev-
81 Umon, now happily restored, should he
.arpetuared, and tina; The liberties secured to
iaIS generation should he transmitted undi-
I.jnished TO future generations. That the or
E.er established and the credit acquired should
lever tie mpariled. That the pensions prom
I'd should he paid. Thai :he debt 50 much
1.-iuced should i've eX'iugr,~hed by The full
I'Nment of every drl!ar thereof. That the
r'viving industries should be further promo
g. 7. and that the commerce already so great
s';ou,d he steadily encouraged.
~econd-The Constitution Of the United
~, ates i the supreme Jaw, and not compact.
'It Of Confederated : aies it made a nation.
some powers are dened the Nation while
others are retained ny >taiH~; hut the bound
ary between the powers delegated and those
F., served is to be determined oy National and
TT by State tribunals.
Chird-The work of popular education is
80 left to the care of the several States. but
F. 8 the duty OF the National government to
~ that work to the extent of its conSit utonal
a6lity. The intelligence of the nation is but
tAa aggregate of the intelligence in the sever
q states, aud the destiny OF the Nation must
jsF guided, not by the genius of any one
$ ate, but the average genius of all.
SoN-SECTAKIAN SCHOOLS.
FOurth-Tbe Constitution wisely fOrbidS
congress to make any laws respecting An es
l46'ishing of religion, bat it Is idle To hope
l!at the Nation can he protected agaiHS' the
niuence OF secai iani>m while each State is
% posed to its particular domination. We
,45re-toye recommend that the Constitution toe
~o amended as to lay some prohibition upon
tue Legislature OF each State and +" forbid
.ta appropriation OF public funds TO the sup
part of sertariau schools.
FIfGh-We affirm the belief avowed in 1876,
.a Il the duties levied for the purpose of reve-
.tae shOulltso discriminate A. To favor Amer
'"lu labor. That no further grant of the
ugilIc domain should he made 10 any rail-
rutd or other corporation. That slavery hav-
.H- persisted in the Stale. ITS twin barbarity,
rIvgamy, must die in the Territories. That |
."etywhore the pro ectinn accorded to a citi- I
''U of American birth must be secured TO /!
' lZenS of American adoption. Tnat il is the |
y of Congress Ia develop and i'm prove our |
.lor courses and harbors, but we insist thai |
" rther subsidies 10 private persons ar cOrpOr-
" .)ns mnst cease. That the obligations to the
'H.n who preserved lis integrity IN the day of
attic are uDiininIShed by the la pse of fifteen
, @ trS since their final victory. Their perpet
l.Et honor is and shall forever be the grateful
r.tVi!ege aud the sacred duty Of the Amer-
,aa people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Si;th-Since the authority to regulate i'm
u grafton and intercourse between the United
: ttes and foreign nations iests with the Con-
; 'rSS of the United States and it's treaty
p aking powers that the Republican party.
70 - riding the unrestricted immigration of
. Chinese as an evil of great magnitude,
. Folves the exercise of the power restrain
4 limit that immigration by the enact
aents of such just, humane and reasonable
DIVISIONS "a will produce the result.
Seventh-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career of
rutherford b. Hayes in peace and war, and b
!, hich guided the thought of his immediate $
Predecessor to him for a Presidential candi
ate, have continued to inspire him ia his
treer as Chief Executive aud that history 4
sill accord to his administration the honors =
rhich are due to an efficient, Just and cOurag- fl
ous fulflment of ne public business, and 81
ill hOe;Or his inter JositiOn between the peo-
'!e and proposed partisan laws.
INIQUIrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
.rty the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and p
Justice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust for
lice and patronage; that to obtain possession
t the National aud State Governments and
" the control of place and position, they
ave INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
urity and conserve the freedom of suffrage:
ave devised fraudulent certificates and re-
Irns; have labored to unseat lawfully elect 4,
. members of Congress, to secure at all | 81
azards the vote of the ma iOrity of States in
ue House of Representatives.; have endeav- u
red to occupy by force and fraud places of
INST given to others by the people of Maine, Al
I'd secured by the courage and action of CT
isine s patriotic sons; have by methods til
icious in principal and tyrannical in practice IN
cached partisan legislation to appropriation
Ills; haye crushed the rights of individuals,
vssn<ys tod s.~l-