Daily Republican., 1880-06-07

0fplace and position they nave 0bstruct
ed all efforts TO promote the purity ant
to conserve the freedom of f.suffrage, and
have devised fraudulent Qualifications
and returns; have laLored to unseat
awfully. elected members Of Congress;
to secure at all hazards the vote Of a
majority Of the States In the House OF
Representatives; have endeavored to
occupy, by force and fraud, the places
Of trust given to others by the people Of
Maine, and rescued by the courageous
action OF Mains's patriotic sons; have, by
methods vicious in principle and tyran-
nical in practice, attached partisan leg
islatiop to appropriation bills, upon
whose passage the very movement Of
the Government depends, and have
crushed the rights Of individuals; have
advocated the principles and sought the
favor Of rebellion against the nation,
and have endeavored TO obliterats the
sacred memories of tho war, and to
overcome its inestimably valuable re.
suits Of nationality, personal freedom,
and individual equality. The equal,
steady and complete enforcement Of laws
and the protection Of all our citizens in
the enjoy ment Of all privileges and i'm
munitles guarantees by the Constitu-
tion, are the first duties Of the nation.
The dangers Of solid South can only
be averted by a faithful performance Ut
every promise which the nation has
made to the citizen. The execution OF
the laws and the punishment Of all
those who violate them are the only
safe methods by which an enduring
peace can be secured, and genuine
prosperity established throughout the
South. Whatever promises the nation
makes the nation must perform,
ard the nation cannot with
safety relegats this duty to the
States. The solid South must be divi-
ded by the peaceful agencies Of the bal
lot, and all opinions must And free ex-
preston, and to this end the honest
voter must be protected against terror
ism, violence or fraud.
And we affirm 1t to be ths duty and
the purpose Of the Republican party to
use every legitimate means to restore
all the States of this Union to the most
perfect harmony that may be practica-
BILE, and We submit 1t to the practicable
people OF the United States to
see whether IL would not be dangerous
to the dearest interests Of our country |
at this time to surrender the admins
tration Of the National Government 70
the party which seeks to overthrow the
existing policy under which We are 80
and thus bring distrust and
soxfusion where there are now order,
confidence and hope.
The several plapks were received
with but little applause, although the
galleries expressed their symE athy
with that which praises the present Ad-
A lsng debate arose upor civil ser
vice reform resolution offered by MIR.
of Massach usetts, which was
as follows:
The Republican Party, adhering to
the principles affirmed by its last Ma
tional Convention, Of respect for the
rules governing appoint
nsnt to office, adopts the declaration Of
President Hayes, that the reform in
The civil service shall be thorough, rad
cal, and complete. To that end 1t de-
mands the cooperation of the Legisla-
i've with the Executive departments
20 the Government, and that Congress
shall SO legislate that 6tnesst ascertain
I'd by proper practical tests, shall admit
o the public service.