Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-06-12


our water courses and harbors, but
insist that further subsidies to
private persons or corporations
must cease; that the obligations of
the republic to the men who pre-
served its integrity In the hour Of
battle are undiminished by the
lapse of fifteen years, since their
final victory. To dothem Justice
is, and shall forever be, the crate
full privileges and sacred duty OF
the American people.
6. Since the authority to regu-
late Immigration and intercourse
between the Uuited States and
foreign nations rests with the Con-
gress, or with the United States
and its treat y-making power, the
Republican party, regarding the
unrestricted immigration of the
Chinese as an evil of great magni-
tude, invoke the exercise of the
powers to restrain and limit that
immigration by thelenactment of
such just, humane and reasonable
provisions as will produce that
result.
q. Thatthe purity and patriot
ism which characterized the earlier
days of Rutherford b.. Hayes in
peace and war, and which guided
the thoughts of our Immediate
predecessors 10 him for a presiden-
tial candidate, have continued to
inspire him In his career as Chief
Executive, and that HISTORY will
accord to his administration the
honors which are due to an eff
cient, just and courteous discharg-
ing OF the public business, and
will honor his interpretations be-
tween the people and propo sed
partisan laws.
s. We charge upon the Demo-
cratic party the habitual sacrifice
Of patriotism and justice. To a
supreme and Unsuitable lust OF Of
flee and patronage, and to obtain
possession of the national and
state government, and the contro!
Of place and position, they have
obstrncted ali efforts TO promote
the purity and to conserve the
freedom of suffrage, and have de-
vised fraudulent Qualifications and
returns; have labored to unseat
lawfully elected members of Con-
gress to secure, at all hazards, the
votes of majority of the states In
the House of Representatives;
have endeavored to occupy, by
force and fraud, the places of trust
given to others by the people OF
Maine, and secured by the cour-
age In action of Names patriotic
sons; have, by methods vicious in
principle and tyrannical In prac-
tice, attached partisan legislation
to appropriation bills, upon whose
passage the very movement Of
government depended: have
crushed the rights of individuals;
have advocated the principles and
sought the favor of rebellion
against the nation, and have en-
deavored to obliterate the sacred
memories ofthe war and to over
come its inestimably valuable re-
suits of nationality, personal free
dom and individual equality.
The equal, steady and complete
enforcement Of laws, and the pro-
lection of all our citizens In the
enjoyment of all privileges and
immunities guaranteed by the
Constitution, are the first duties of
the nation. The dangers of a solid
South can only be averted by the
faithful performance of every
promise which the nation has
made to the citizen. The execu-
-tion of the laws and the punish
ment of all those who violate
them, are the only safe methods
by which an enduring peace can
be secured and genuine prosperity
established throughout the South.
Whatever promises the nation
makes. the union must perform,
and the nation cannot 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 honest voters must be pro-
tected against terrorism, violence
and fraud; and we affirm 1t to be
the duty and purpose of the Re-
publican party to use every legiti- |
mate means to restore all states or |
the Union to the most perfect har-
mony that may be practicable;
and we submit to the practical,
sensible people of the United |
States to say whether II would not |
be dangerous to the dearest inter- |
ests OF our country at this time TO |
the administration of |
the national government to the
party which seeks to overthrow
the existing policy under which
we are 90 prosperous, and thus