Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-25


eoual in every part Of our extended coun.
try. IL has lifted the credit Of the nation
from the point whero six per cent. bonds
sold AZ SC, 10 that where four per cent.
bonds are eagerly sought at premium.
Under its administration railways nave
increased from 81 900 miles In lo6o 10
more than $4,000 miles in 1873. Our ior.
siru trade has increased from 10000, ,OOO
TO 81 $50, ,OO0. 900 in the same time, and our
exports, which were 500, 900, 900 less than
our imports in 1860, were s26i 600 900
more than our imports in 1870. Without
resorting TO loans, ii has, since the war
closed, deirsyed the ordinary expenses OF
government, besides the accruing interest
on tho public debt. and disbursed annually
moro than $50 900, 900 for soldiers PEN
sions. 1t has paid $3.50 600, 600 OF the
public debt. and by refunding the balance
AZ lower rates, has reduced the annual
interest charge from nearly SOL ,OoO.VOo
10 less than $50, 100000. All the indus
tries OF the country have revived; labor Is
in demand; wages have increased. and
throughout the entire country there Is
evidence Of a coming prosperity greater
than we have ever enjoyed. upon THIS
record the Republican party asks for the
continued confidence and support OF tho
people, and this convention submits LOT
their approval the following statements OF
the principles and purposes which VIII
continue to guide and inspire its efforts;
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
First-we affirm that tho work OF the
Last tveuty.one years has been such as to
commsnd itself to the favor OF the nation,
and that the fruits Of the costly victories
which we have achieved through immense
difficulties should DO preserved. IhM the
peace regained should be cherished. That
the discovered Union, now happily restored
should be perpetuated, and that the iioer'
ties secured TO this generation should be
transmitted undiminished to future gener-
ations. That the order established and the
credit acquired should never be imperiled.
That the pensions promised should DO paid.
That the debt so much reduced should DO
extinguished by the full payment OF every
dollar thereof. That the reviving indus
tries should be further promoted and that
the commerce already so great should be
steadily encouraged.
second-The Constitution OF the United
States Is the supreme law, and not mere
compact, Out Of Confederated States u
made a sovereign nation. Some powers
are denied to tho Nation, while others are
retained by the States; but the boundary
between the powers delegated and those
reserved is to be determined by Nauonai
and not by State tribunals.
Third-The work Of popular education
ia one left TO the care OF the several States,
but n is the duty Of the National govern
ment 10 Aid that work to the extent OF its
constitutional ability. Tho intelligence OF
the nation is but the aggregate OF the IN
telligonce in the several States, ana the
destiny Of the Nation must be guided. NOT
by the genius Of any one STATE but the
average genius OF all.
Soy.sEcrARIAS SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely foroids
Congress to make any laws respecting an
establishment OF religion, but II Is idle TO
hone that the Nation can be protected
acaiust the influence Of sectarianism while
each State Is exposed to Its particular
domination. We therefore recommend
that the Constitution be so amended as to
lay some prohibition upon the Legislature
Of each State aud TO forbid the approprh'
ton Of public funds to the support OF Sec
tartan schools.
Fiith-We reaffirm tho belief avowed in
1876, that the duties levied for the purpose
of revenue should so discriminate as 10
favor American labor. That no further
grant Of the public domain should be made
20 apy railroad or other corporation. That
slavery having perished in the States Its
twin barbarity, polygamy. must die IN the
Territories. That everywhere tho protec'
tion accorded to citizen OF American
birth must be secured to citizens OF Amer
lean adoption. That il Is the duty OF Con-
gress to develop and improve our water
courses and harbors, but we insist that
further subsidies TO private persons or cor
porations must cease. That the obliga'
lions 10 the men who preserved Its integ.
rity in the day Of battle are undimini.hed
by tho lapse Of fifteen years since their
tnal victory. Their perpetual honor IL
and shall forever be the grateful privilege
and the sacred duty OF the American
people.
sixth--Since the authority TO regulate
immigration and intercourse between the
United States and foreign nations rests
with tho Congress Of the United States
and its treaty. making powers. that the
Republican party. regarding tho unre'
stricted immigration Of the Chinese as an
evil of great magnitude. involves the eIer'
cise of the power to restrain and limit that
immigration by the enactment Of such just,
humane and reasonable provisions as will
produce the result.
seyenth-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career ol
Rutherford d. Hayes, in peace and war,
and which guided the thought OF his i'm
mediate predecessor TO him for Presi
Jen,i,l candidate, have continued to in
snire him In his career IS chief executive
sp5 that history will accord to his admin
;s,r.,ion the honors which are due TO an
ef,,cient. lust and courageous fulhiimen'
Of the public business ana VIII hon9r IN w
in,erposition between the peoPie Anu p''
posed partisan laws.
ryIourrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eishth-we charge upon the Demo
cratic party the habitual sacrince Oh pa
trio,ism and justice to supreme ana IN
satiAble lust for office and patronage; ina
to obtain possession Of the National anc
State Governments, and OF the control o.
place and position. they have obstructee
all the efforts to preserve the purity anc
conserve the freedom Of suffrage; have
| devised fraudulent certificates and returns
have devised fraudulent certificates ant
returns; have labored to unsest lawfully
elected members Of Congress, to secure d
all hazards the vote OF tho majority o
States In the House Of Representatives
have endeavored TO occupy By force ant
fraud places Of trust given 10 others b.
the people Of Maine, and secured b!