Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-09
THE PLATFORM.
DECLARATION or PRINCIPALS
OF THE nKPUBLlcAH PARrY.

OF rHE RKPUBLlCAH PARrY.
The B~.ent Of Republicas Rule %
she wbeIs Ceasiry ssd People,
Pspaiar Edaesuen-1hs Chiues~
90 sssss = Charges Against the
Demserasis Party.
Below is given the text Of the platform
resolutions adopted by the Republican
National Convention at Chicago
Republican rule has restored upon .
solid basis payment In coin for all the
national obligations. and has given rs .
currency Absolutely good and legal, and
equal in every part OF our extended q
try. It has lifted the credit Of the nation
from the point where SIX per cent. bonds
sold at S6, TO that where four per cent.
bonds are eagerly sought q . premium.
Under its administration rsilwsys have
increased from $1,000 miles In 1850 70
more than 9 2,eoo miles ~ 1919. Our for.
eign trade has Increased nom $70o,0Vo,0p
70 81, i5o, 900, 900 In the same time. and our
exports, which were $40, 900 les than
our imports In 1850. were S26A. 000, go
more than our Imports In 1870. Without
~resorting 10 loans, 10 has, since the war
closed, betrayed the ordinary expeuses OF
government, besides the according interest
o q the public debt. and disbursed annually
more than $50, 600, 900 for soldier PEN
sIons, II has paid $3.50 900. 900 Of the
public debt, and BY rsfunding the balance
at lower rates. has reduced 3 annual
interest charge from nearly Slol,oo0.ooV
TO less than $8s, 000, 900. AL the Indus
tries Of the country have revived labor 10
In demand; wages have increased, and
throughout the entire country there ID
evidence Of . coming prosperity greater
than We have ever snjoyed. Upon this
record the Republicsn party ssks for the
continued confidence and support OF the
people, and this convention submits for
their approval the following statements Of
the principles and purposes which will
continue to guide and inspire it, efforts:
ENUMERATION or PRINCIPALS.
Pirst-ws afarm that the work Of the
last twenty-ons years has been such,as 70
commend itself 70 the favor OF the nation,
and that the fruits Of the costly victories
difacuities should BE- preserved. That the
DeACC I0kuluCQ uuOuio 70 ChcAAsd04s Aess
the discovered Union, now happily restored,
should DO perpetuated. and that tho liber-
ties secured 10 this generation should DO
transmitted undiminished 10 future gener-
atoms. That the order established and the
credit acquired should never DO imPeriled.
Thatthe pensions promised should be paid.
That the debt 20 much reduced should bs
sxtinguished BY the full payment Of every
dollar thereof. That the reviving indus
tries should DO further promoted. and that
the commerce already 90 great should DO
steadily encouraged.
Second-The Constitution Of the United
States IL the supreme law. and not Q mere
compact. Out Of ~Coniederated States II
made Q sovereign nation. Some powers
are denied 10 the Nation, while others are
retained by the States; but the boundary
between tho powers delegated and those
reserved 10 70 DO determined by National
and not by State tribunals.
Third-The work Of popular education
10 one left TO the care Of the several States.
but Il 10 the duty Of the National govern
meut to aid that work u the extsnt Of is
constitutional ability. The intelligence Of
the nation 10 but the aggregate OF the In.
telligenee In the several States, and the
destiny Of the Nation must be guided. not
by the genius Of any q State, but the
average genius Of all.
SoS.srcrARIAS SCHOOLS.
F~ourth-The Consultation wisely forbids
Congress 10 mako any laws respecting an
establishment Of religion, but u 10 Idle 70
hope that the Nation can DO protected
against the influence Of sectsrianism while
each State 10 exposed to it, particular
domination. We therefore recommend
that the Constitution 30 20 amended - 10
lay some prohibition upon the Legislature
of each State and to forbid tho ~appropria-
ton Of public funds 70 the support Of SEQ
tartan schools.
Fifth-ws reafirm the belief svowsd In
1875. that the duties levied for the purpose
Of revenue should 90 discriminate a. 10
favor American labor. Thst nc further
grant Of the public domain should be made
to any railroad or other corporation. That
slavery having persisted In the States, is
twin bsrbsrity. polygamy, must die In the
Territories. Tha. everywhere the proteo.
| ton accorded 10 . citizen Of American
birth must bs secured 10 citizens Of Amer.
lean adoption. That IL 10 the duty OF Con-
gress to develop and improve our water
courses and harbors, but We insist that
further subsidies 70 private persons or cor.
porations must cease. That the obliga-
tions TO the men who preserved its integ.
rity In the day Of battle are undiminished
BY the lapse Of fifteen years since their
anal victory. Their perpetual honor IL
and shall forever DO the g~ratsful privilege
and the sacred duty Of the American
people. r.
THE cHMrsx PLANK.
sixth-Since the authority to regulate
immigration and intercourse between the
United States and foreign nations rests
with the Congress Of the Unitsd States
and Its tresty.msking powers, that the
Republican party. regarding the unre-
stricted immigration OF the Chinese a IN
evil Of great magnitude. involves the exer.
else Of the power TO restrain and limit that
immigration BY the enactment Of such Just,
humane and reasonable provisions - will
produce the result.
Seventh-Thst the purity and patriotism
which Characterised the earlier career Of
Rutherford B. Hayes, In pesos and war,
and which guided the thought Of his i'm.
mediate predecessor 10 him for . Presi.
dental candidate, have continued 10 In.
spirs him In his career ~ chief executive,
aud that history will accord TO his admin.
i~strstion the honors which are due 70 an
efficient, Just and courageous fulnllment
Of the public business, and will honor his
interpretation between the people and pre-
posed partisan laws.
MIourrIEs OF TnE pnHocRAcY.
Eighth-we charge upon the Demo.
cratic party the habitual sacrifice Of pa
triotism and Justice to Q supreme and In.
sstisble lustfor oface and patronage; that
to obtain possession Of the National and