Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-17
the REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Below is given The tex al the platform reso
Nations adopted by the Republican Natioua
Convention At Chicago: = 3.,sa f''.'a
RebubliCau rule has restored upon q solid
baAa psy mont IN coin fsr 9xtt tho. ustiOAxt Ot'
Mgstiens. aud has givenus currcncy at'sO
lutely good Ard isgAa, and equal I'M eyery
She credit If the n~xiOM cfs,ms tiis point where
ok por cont. bpuds ss,ld st IS. to- that where
lSar per cent. bapds sse eagerly sought n Y
premium. Under its administration railway
moro chan 81 900 asitea, in 1879. Our fsreign
trade Mas increased FINN $7OO. 0eO, 900 IN ~ l5O
100000 IN the Rauae time and sslr ex ports,
which were $20.0oO.0O0 lsss than our imports
In 1890. we're 1854 .000. 900 more than our i'm.
ports in 1870. Without resOriing tO loans. it
Ae1. ssHce the war closed, betrayed tho "rd,H-
4Ey expenses OF government, besides ihe'xc>
eeuing interest on the public debt. and dis
Eursed annually more than $50. 900 900 far s'I-
diers' pensions. 1t has paid 1851, 600 900 ofthe
public debt, and ,hy refunding the bninnce ut
Sower rates, has reduced the annual interest
charge from nearly $751; 100000 tn less than
469.OOO, 900. All the industries 81 the country
have revived; labor il in demand; wages have
Increased. aud throughout the entire country
there Is evidence of u coming prosperity
greater than we have ever enj'yed. Upon
Ehis record the Republican asks for the con-
tinuod confidence and support Of the people.
end this convention submits for their appr"-
val the following statements of the principle
and purposes which Will continue to guide
end inspire its effnrts:
,,- ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
First We affirm that the work IF the last
kwouty-One years has heen such ~ to cOin-
mend itself to the favor Of the nation. and
that the fruits Of the costly victories which
we have achieved through immense difficult
ties shOuld Iva preserved. That the peace re-
gained should becheri~hed. That the di-sev-
ered union, now happily restored, should tie
perpet ua,ed, aud that the liberties secured to
this generation should he transmitted und-
unfinished to future generations. That The or
der established and The credlt acquired should
never lie inper!ed. That the pensions prom
Used sh"ud I've paid. That the debt so much
reduced should te eX'inguiShed by the full
payment of every dollar thereof That the
reviving indusrie should be- fur'har promo
ted. aud that the commerce. already so great
should I've steadily encouraged.
SecOnd-The .COnStii u'i ion 0f the United
States il the supreme law. aud no; a com pact.
Out Ut COnft,,t-rated ) a'es it made nation.
Some powers are deuiei the Nation, while
others are retained hv States: hut the buuni-
Ary between the powers delegated and those
reserved il to be determined by National and
not Ivy State tribunals.
Third-The work vt popular education is
nDa lett 10 the care of the several States. but |
II is the duty of the National government to
aid that work to he extent ct its cnnsii utiOna
ability. The Intelligence of tise nation Is but |
the aggregate Of the intelligence in the YER
nj STATES, and the destiny OF the Nation must |
ne guided, MT hy the genius Of any one |
State, but the average genius Of all. |
NON-SECrARIAN SCHOOLS.
FOurth-The Constitution wisely fOrbdS |
Congress to make any laws Respecting es-
tabiiShing If religion. hut it il Idle tn hope
nat the Nation can he projected against the |
influence of seciarianisIn while each State is
axp"s-d to its particular dominarinn. We
therefore recommend that The Constitution he
40 amended as 10 lay some prohibition upon
the Legislature of each State and to forbid
the appropriation Of public funds to the sup
port of seriarian schools.
-Fifth-We affirm the belief avowed in 1876.
that the duie levied for the purpose of reve-
nue. should 81 discriminate ~ To favor Amer.
can labor. That no further grant of the
public domain should lie made to any rail-
Dad or other corporation. That slavery hav-
ny persisted in the State. its twin barbarity,
oOlyR8my. Intist die in the Territories. That
verywhere the erection accorded TO a tti-
en Of American birth must be secured to
tizens Of American adoption. That it is the
'uty Of Congress To develop and improve our
sater courses and harl,ors, but we insist that
urther subsidies 10 private per~'ps or corpor-
nen who preserved its integrity IN the day If
attle are undiminisiied by the Ia use of fifteen
ears since their flaf victory. Their perpet
IT. hsaOr is and snail fnrever be the grateful
uslI0R0s ana Tue Sacro0 OutY Of the Ameri-
IN people. s...,
-. rHx CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth-Snce the authority tn regulate i'm
'igration and intercourse between the United
ates and foreign nations rests with the Con-
ress Of the United States and its treaty
laking powers, that the Republican party.J
the unrestriclsl iininigration Off
20 Chinese as an evil of great magnitude.
wolves the exercise Of the POI ~ restrain
I'd limit that immigration bv the enact
ents 81 such just, humane and removable
DIVISIONS az will produce the result.
Seventh-That The purity and patriotism
htch ohararrerlzed the earlier, career Of
rutherford B. Hayes, in peace and war. and
hich guided the Thought Of his Immediate :
edeOessOr tn him for Presidential candi
tie; have continued to inspira him in his O
reer ~ Chief Executive. and that history
i'll accord to his administration the hOnors !
hich are due 10 an efficient, just and c0urag- D,
" ifultilnent Of ne pub.ic business AMI
II honor his inter .,ositon between tho peo- w
. and proposed partisan laws. '"
INIQUIrIEs or THE DEMOCRACY. :
charge upon the Democratic =
rty the habitual sacrifice of patriotism aud
atica to 4 supreme and Unsuitable lust for .
Ice and patronage; that to obtain possession
the National aud State Governments, and >
the control Of place and position, they
se INSTRUCTED all the effnrts to preserve the
rity and conserve the freed''m OF suifrage;1
We devised fraudulent certificates and re-
members of Congress. to secure ut all FR
ards the vote IF the majority Of States in
> House of Representatives,; have endeav- -
ID TO occupy by force aud fraud places ri
lat given to others by the people Of Maine. :
d secured by the couraxe and action Of ~,
line patriotic sons; have by mel hods "
ioas In principal and tvrannical in practice
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