Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-09-12
the RsPjaLiCaN PlAi FIRM.

&$lODs Hu'pteu ny tHc INdtitpud
Convention at Chicago:
Republican rule has restored upon a solid
bosis payn,en in coin for All the national oh
legations, and has given us il cui ren"y as'>d'-
iutely good and legal. and equal IN every
part OF our extended country. IL has life
the credit of the ma ion from the point where
ok per cent. bonds sold Al SO. t., that where
SDur per cent. bonds are eagerly sought ~ 4
premium. u rder lis adrn,n'sI RAJ ion rail waNs
have increased from q .O,W miles ia 1860 tn
more than 81 900 miles III 1879. Our foreign
trade has increased ir 500 900. 900 10 81 $50
100000 IN the same time. and our exiOr>,
which were SO. DOC. 900 less than our imports
in 1860 were S26i .0Od, 900 more than our i'm
ports in 1870. hout re>or ing to loans, 1t
has, since The war closed. ,i-fr ,yed the ortiin-
AIRY expenses of government, besides The ac-
crulng interest on Tie public debt. aud dis
Dursed annually more thtu $50. 900 600 for sol
diers' pensions. |, has pail ssSu, 100 900 Of he
public debt. and 10y r-funhug the balance AT
tower rates, has reduced the annual interest
charge from nearly Sl5l .uOO.OOO to- less than
SS9,O00000. All the industries al The country
have revived: 'abor Is IN demand: wages have
Increased aud Throughout The entire country
there il e,iienre of IA coming prosperity
greater than We have ever en- wed. Upon
this record The Republican asks for the con,
tinued onfidence and suppori Ct The people.
and thus convention submits for heir appr"
val the following Statements ct the principles
and purposes which Will cnnti"ue TO guide
add inspire it's +tfnrI~:
ENUMEH ,TI N OF PRINCIPLES.
First We aitiriu thai the work If the last
tweuty-One years has been such a. to com
lnend itself To- the favor of the nation. and
hat the fruit OF the costly victories which
NO have achieved through inin-ns. Difficult
ties should he preserved That The peace re-
gained should he cherished. Thar the di-sev-
cred Unon. now happily restored should he
Derpetuated, and tha' the iherIe> secured 10
this generafion should he transmitted undi-
ninshed to future generations. That the or
Ter established and ne credit acquired should
never be imperiied. That the pensions prom
!sed should he paid. That he debt so much
seduced should i've eXIingui>hed by the full
Iayment of every dollar thereof. That the
rowling industries should be further promo
I'D, and that the commerce already so great
should be steadily encouraged.
Second-The Constitution of the United
~ ates Is the supreme law. and not compact
Out Of Confederated SAFES it made nation.
Some powers are denied the Nation, while
others are retained 10y Sta'e>; hut The bound
sry between the powers delega ed and those
ssservsd is to be determined by National aud
lot by State tribunals.
Third-The work of popular education is
nna left to the care of the several States. but
il is the duty of the National government to
Aid that work to he extent of it, cOns utiOnal
ability. The intelligence of the nation is but
: 10 aggregate of the intelligence in the sever
al States, and the destiny OF the Nation must
20 guided, not by the genius of any one
state, but the average genius of all.
NoN-SECrAKIAN SCHOOLS.
Eourth-The Constitution wisely fOrbids
Congress to make any laws respecting an es-
tabii,hing OF religion. but it is idle To hope
mat the Nation can be protected against the
nfiuence of >eciarianiSm while each State is
r. xposed to its particular domination We
therefore, recommend that the Constitution he
- amended rs TO lay some prohibition upon
tae Legislature of each State and to forbid
/ ne appropriation of public funds to he sup
port of sectarian schools.
Fifth-We affirm the belief avowed i'm 1876, |
hat the duties levied for the purpose of reve-
ne should so discriminate ~ to favor Amer |
AN labor. That 40 further grant of the |
public domain should be made to any rail- |
Dad or OF her corpnration. That slavery hav- |
ing persisted in the state. ITS twin barbarity, |
aolygamy. must die in the Territories. That |
~vervWhere The pro ection accorded to a cri-
,en OF American birth must be- secured to
athens of American ad"ption. That it is the
suty of Congress to develop aud i'm prove our
Z. alter courses and harhors. but we insist thai
'urther subsidies to private persons or corpOr-
atoms nnSt cease. That he obi legations to The
nen who preserved its integrity ~ the dav of
'attle are un'iimini>hed by the lapse of fifteen
ears since their final victory. Their perpet
d al honor is and shall forever be the grateful
rivilege aud the sacred duty OF the Ameri-
Al people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth-Since the authority to regulate i'm |
migration and intercourse between the United
iates and foreign nations tests with the Con-
ress of the United States and its treaty
making powers. that the Republican party
guarding the UNRESTRICTED Immigration of
10 Chinese as an evil of great magnitude,
wolves the exercise of the power 20 restrain
nd limit that immigration by the enact
rents of such just. humane and reasonable
rovisions As will produce the result.
Seventh-That the purity and patriotism {
'hich characterized the earlier career Of
rutherford b. HAYES, in peace and war and b
hich guided the thought of his immediate s
Predecessor to him for Presidential candi
ate. have continued to inspire him in his
reer a. Chief Executive. and that history
ill accord to his administration the hOnOrs =
hich are due to an efficient. Just and courag- Fl
rus fulfllment Of ne pubic business. and s
ill honor his inter POSITION between the peo-
10 and proposed partisan laws.
INIoUIrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eghth-We charge upon the Democratic
srty the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and 2
Istice to supreme and Unsuitable lust for
ice and patronage; that to obtain possession
the National and State Governments and
v the control OF place and position, they
ave INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
nrity and conserve the freednm of suffrage;
ave devised fraudulent certificates and re-
rms; have labored tn unsest lawfully elect !,
members OF Congress, to secure ut all | :,
azards the vote of the majority of States in -
10 House of Representatives; have endeav +,
ed to occupy by force and fraud places of
ust given to others by the people of Maine, a,
~ secured by the courage and action of Ell
aine patriotic sons; have by methods ii
cious In principal and tvrannical in practice tn
tached partisan legislation to appropriation
lis; have crushed the rights of indviduas,
ID vindicated the principles and sought the
Vor OF rebellion against the Nation, and Oh
we endeavored to obliterate the sacred
einOres of the war and to overcome it's in !.