Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-10-07
tue REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

buttons ado opted by the Republican Nationa
Convention at Chicago:
Republican rule has restored upon a soiC
oasis payment in coin for all the national Oh
legations, and has given us a currency abso
iutely good and legal, and equal IN every
part OF our extended country. It has lifted
che credit of the nation from the point where
Mx per cent. bonds sold at 86, to that where
four per cent. bonds are eagerly sought at q
premium. Under its administration railways
have increased from 81 900 miles in 1860 tc
more than $1,000 miles in 1879. Our foreign
trade has increased from 500 0OO, 900 to 81, $50
000.OOO in the Same time, and our exports
which were so, 900 900 less than our imports
In 1860, were 1884 ,0O0, 900 more than our i'm.
ports in 1870. Without resOrting to loans, it
has since the war closed, betrayed the ordin'
AIRY expenses Of government, besides the &C.
ocuing interest on the public debt, and dis
bursed annually more than $50. OOO, 900 for SOL
diers' pensions. 1t has paid $3.50, 900 900 OF the
pablic debt, and by refunding the balance at
lower rates, has reduced the annual interest
charge from nearly Sl5l 900 to less than
$50 ,OO0, 900. All the industries 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 asks for the con-
hnued confidence and support of the people,
snd this con ventiOn submits for their appro-
val the following statements of the principles
ana purposes WHICH Will COulluuc " Suluo
aud inspire it's efforts:
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
First-We affirm that the work ef the last
twen.y-one years has been such as to COM
mend itself to the favor Of the nation, and
that the fruits of tho costly victories which
we have achieved through immense difficult
Ges should be preserved. That the peace re-
gained should be cherished. That the dissev-
cred Union, now happily restored, should be
oerpet uated, and that the liberties secured to
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unfinished to future generations. That the or
der established and the credit acquired should
never be imperiled. That the pensions prom
Used should be paid. That the debt so much
reduced should be extinguished by the full
payment of every dollar thereof. That the
reviving industries should be further promo
tad. and that the commerce already so great
should be steadily encouraged.
Second-The Constitution of the United
States is the supreme law, and not a compact.
Out Of Confederated States it made a nation.
Some powers are denied the Nation, while
Others are retained by States; but the bound
airy between the powers delegated and those
reserved is TO be determined by National and
not by State tribunals.
Third-The work of popular education is
sua left to the care of the several States, but
il is the duty of the National government to
aid that work to the extent Ofits constitutional
ability. The intelligence Of the nation is but
the aggregate Of the intelligence in the sever
III STATES, Anu lilo u6Stluy Ot tu6 NdtlOu IuUSt
lie guided, not by the genius of any one
State, but the average genius OF all.
NoN-SECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbids
Congress to make any laws respecting an es-
tablishing of religion but it is idle to hope
that the Nation can be protected against the
influence of sectarianism while each State is
Q xposed to its particular domination. We
tiere.ore recommend that the Constitution De
50 amended as 10 lay some prohibition upon
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the appropriation of public funds TO the sup
sort of sectarian schools.
t'ifth-We affirm the belief avowed in 1876,
that the duties levied for the purpose of reve-
uue should so discriminate as to favor Amer
lean labor. That no farther grant of the
pu bic domain should be made to any rail-
road or other corporation. That slavery hav-
ing persisted in the State, its twin barbarity,
,olygamy, mus. die in the Territories. That
everywhere the protection accorded to a citi-
zen OF American birth must be secured to
citizens of American adoption That it is the
duty of Congress to develop and improve our
water courses and harbOrs, but we insist that
further subsidies TO private persons or cOrpOr-
atoms mnSt cease. That the obligations to the
men who preserved its integrity In the day of
battle are undiminished by the apse of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their perpet |
,Ial honor is and shall forever be the grateful |
privilege and the sacred duty of the Ameri- |
'al people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
.s,ixth-Since the authority to regulate i'm
migration and intercourse between the United |
states and foreign nations rests with the Con-
,ress of the United States and its treaty
making powers, that the Republican party.
egarding the unrestricted immigration of
he Chinese as an evil Of great magnitude,
nvo!ves the exercise of the power 10 restrain
md limit that immigration by the enact
lents of such just, humane and reasonable
provisions as will produce the result.
Seventh-That the purity and patriotism
which characterized the earlier career of
Rutherford b. Hayes, in peace and war, and
which guided the thought Of his immediate
Predecessor to him for a Presidential candi-
late, have continued to inspire him in his
areer as Chief Executive, and that history
will accord to his administration the honors
yhich are due to an efficient, just and courag-
GUS fultllment of ne public business, and
will honor his inter,osition between the peo-
'le and proposed partisan laws.
TSIQUITIES OF THE DEMOCRACY. |,
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
arty the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and
ustice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust for
flee and patronage; that to obtain possession
f the National and State Governments, and
Or the control Of place and position, they ;
ave INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
urity and conserve the freedom OF suffrage;
ave devised fraudulent certificates and re-
1rns have labored to unseat lawfully elect
d members of Congress, to secure at all
azards the vote of the ma jority of States in !
he House of Representatives.; have endeav-
red to occupy by force and fraud places of i
rust given to others by the people OF Maine, I
MD secured by the courage and action OF !
faine patriotic sons; have by methods !
ic,ous in principal and tyrannical in practice
ttached partisan legislation to appropriation
ills; have crushed the rights of individuals,
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