Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-08-07
The Platform.

been enrolled on our list since we
published the platform as part OF the
proceedings of the convention, we re-
publish it for their benefit.
First. We affirm that the work OF the
last twenty-one years has been such as
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 regalned
should be cherished, that the discovered
union now happily restored should be
perpetuated, and that the liberties Sc
cured to this generation should be trans
mitted undiminished to future genera
tons: that the order established and the
credit acquired should never be impair
ed: that the pensions promised should
be paid: that the debt so much reduced
should be eytinguished by the full pay
ment Of every dollar thereof; that the
reviving OF Industries should be fur
Their promoted. and that the commerce
already so great should be steadily en-
Outraged.
SecoRa. The constitution of the
United States IS supreme law and
not mere contract of the confederated
states it made sovereign nation. while
others are denied to the states, but the
boundry between the powers delegated
and those reserved is to be determined
bv the national and not the state trlbu-
mails.
Third. The work of popular edu-
cation is one left to the care OF the
several states but it is the duty Of the
national government to aid that work
to the extent of its constitutional ability.
The intelligence OF the nation is but the
aggregate of the intelligence IN the
several states, and the destiny of the
nation must be guarded, not by the
genius of any one state but by the
average genius OF all.
Fourth. The constitution wisely for
bids congress to make any law respect
ing an establishment of religion, but 1t
is idle to hope the nation can be protect
ed against the influence of sectarlanlsm
while each state is exposed toitS denom-
alton. We therefore recommend that
the constitution be so amended as to
lay the same prohibition on the leglsla-
ture of each state and to forbid the APP
preparation of public funds to the sup
port of sectarian schools.
rim. We reafiirm the beliefavow-
ed in 1876 that the duties levied FOR the
purpose of revenue should so dlscrlmn-
ate as to favor American labor: that no
further grant of the public domain
should be made to any railway or other
corporation: that slavery having per-
ished in the states its twin barbarlty,
polygamy, must die in the territories;
that every where the protection accord
ed to citizen of American birth must
be secured to citizens OF American
adoption: that we deem it the duty OF
congress to develope and improve our
water courses and harbors. but insist
that further subsidies to private persons
or corporations must cease: that obllga-
tionsof the republic to the men who pre-
served its integrity in the days OF bat
tie are undiminished by the lapse of fl
teen years. since their final victory.
Their perpetual honor is and shall for
ever be the grateful privilege and sacred
duty of the American people.
Silth. 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 lis treaty-malling
powers, the republican party regarding
the unrestricted immigration of the
Chinese as an evil Of great magnitude,
invoke the exercise OF that power to re-
strain and limit that immigration by
the enactment Of such Just, humane
and reasonable provisions aswill pro-
duce that result.
Sereath. That the purity and
patriotism which characterizeS the
early career of Rutherford b. Hayes in
peace and war, and which guided the
thought of our immediate predecessors
to him for a presidential candidate,
have continued to inspire him IN ms
career as chief executive, and that his
tory will accord to his administration
the honors which are due to an efficient
lust and courteous discharge Of the
public business. and will honor his in
Propositions between the people and
the proposed partisan laws.
EigH. We charge upon the dem
ocratic party the habitual sacrifice Of
patriotism and Justice to supreme
and Unsuitable lust OF office and patron
age: that to obtain possession of the
national and state governments. anC
the control of place. they have obstrgct
ed all efforts to purify, to conserve The
freedom of suffrage, have devised
fraudulent certificates and returns
have labored to unseat lawfully elected
members OF congress to secure at al
hazards the vote of a majority of tn,
states in the house of representatives
have endeavored to occupy by fore,
and fraud the places of trust given t,
others by the people of Maine. an,
rescued by the courageous action o
her patriotic sons: have by method
vicious i'll principle and tyranieal il
practice, attached partisan Legislation
to the appropriation bills upon who's
passage the very movements of TIL
government depends: have crushed TIN
right of the individual: have advocated
the principles and sought the favor o
rebellion against the nation and hav
endeavored to obliterate the sacre'
memories of the war and to overcom
its inestimably valuable results: nation
ality, personal freedom and individual
equality. The equal, steady and com
plete enforcement Of the laws and tn
protection or all our citizens in tn
enjoyment of all privileges and i'm
munities guaranteed by the constitution
are the first duties of the nation. TIL
danger of the solid south can only b
averted by faithful performance o
every promise which the nation ha
made to the citizen. The execution c
the laws and the punishment of a
those who violate them are the only SAT
methods by which an enduring peae