The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-10

plause.
 Under it's administration rail- ways have increased from 310O0 miles in 1860 10 more than S2 GOO miles in 1879. [Applause.] Our foreign trade increased from S700.- OOo,GO0 t. Sl,t50,0OO.000 in the same time, and our exports which were S20.000,0O0 less than our imports Ill 1860, Were S265 000,- GOO more than our imports ln 1879. Applause, aud cri.-s of ''Goncl' '.Good!''j Without resorti s 10 loans, it has, since ,he war cosed, defrayed the o.djnary expenses Of Government, bcsid, S the accsuing int, rest on the public debt. ant has dishu 7ed annually moie tlan S30.OOO,O0O Tor soldiers and sail ors' pensions. It ias paid $780, O0G,00O of tue public debt, and by reiundjng tie balance at lower rates, has reduced the annual in- tcrest charge from nearly $l5O,- 100000 to less than sS9.O0O,O00. All the industries of the country have revived, labor is in demand, wages have increased, and through out the entire country there is evi- dence ofs coming prosperity greater than we have eyer eijpyed.
 UPON THIS RECORD
 The Republican party asks for inc continued confidence and support of the people, and this convention submits for their approval ,he ioi-
 lowing statement ct the principles and purposes which >iili continue to guide and inspire it's efforts.
 lst. We atfrm that the work of thu, Rep1btican party for the last
 twenty years has been such as to commend 1t to the favor ct the Ma ton; that the fruits of the costly victories which We have achieved
 through immense difficulties should be preserved; that the peace re- gained should be cherished; that
 the Union should be prrpetuated,
 and that the liberty secured to this generation should be transmitted undiminished to other generations; shat the order established ard the
 credit acquired should never be i'm
 paired; that the pensions promised should be paid; that the debt SO
 much reduced should be exiinguish-
 ed b7 the full payment of every dollcr thereof; that the reviving in
 dustries should be further promoted,
 and that the commerce already in
 creasing should be steadily encour-
 aged.
 2d. The Constitution of the
 United States is a supreme law, and not a mere contract TAp- plause.l Out of confcderated
 States 1t made q sovereign nation. Some powers are denied to the na- ton, while others are denied to the States, but the boundary between the powers delegated and those re- served is to be determined by tine national, and not by the State tri- bunal. fCheers.l
 3d. The work Of popular edsca- ton is one lief; to the care of the several Stat, s. but it is the duty of the National. Gov, rnment to aid that wol k to the extent of its con sttutional ability. The intelligence dr' tfrv rr,''ivr i- but lae agst egtte of the intelligence in tic several States. and the destiny of the ia ,ion must be guided, rot b. the genius of any one State. bat by the average genius cf ali, LApplause.I
 4;h. The Constitution wisely for bids Congress to make any law re- speeding the establishment of re- ligion, but 1T is idle to hope thu, the nation can be protected against the influence cf secret seciar ailisln, willie each Sttte is cxpospd to its We, therrfore, rec ommeai that the Consultation be So amended as to lav the same pro- hibition upon the Legislature of each State, and 10 forbid the appro- priation oi public funds Is the sup- port Of sectarian schools. fChe;rs.]
 5lh. We reaffi.m the belief avowed in 1876 that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should 90 discriminate as to favor American l,bor, Ichr,r ! that no further grants of the putlic domain -h"rld be made 10 any railway or thcr corporation; that slavery hay rg perished in the States its twin 7ai b''rit.y. poiygamy. must de in he Torritorit $; that tve,yN Lere n protection accorded to q citizen f Amtr,can birth must be secur,d a citizens bv American adoption. That we deem ii tl.e duty of Con sre-s 10 develop and improve our and harbors, bat insist hat further subsidies 10 private ,e:sons or corporations must cease, chrers,l 'iat inc ol olligations of ihe Republic to the men who preserved ts integrity in the day of battle ire u adimini,hed by the lapse of fifteen years since their final vic oly. To do them honor is and hall forever be tie grateful privi- rge and sacred duty of the Alneri- on people.
 9th. Since the authority to reg date immigration and intercourse ,etween the United States and oreign nations rests with the Con- ress of the United States and the reaty making power, the Rrpubli- an party, regarding the unre- tricted immigration of Chinese IS