The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-17


 twenty years has been such as to commend it to the favor Cf the Ma ton; that the fruits of the costly victories which we have achieved through immense difficulties should | bc preserved; that the peace rc- gained should be cherished; that the Union should be perpetuated, and that the liberty secured 10 this generation should be transmitted undiminished to other generations; that the order established and the credit acquired should never be i'm paired; flat the pensions promised should be paid; that the debt so much reduced should be extinguish- ed by inc full payment of every doller 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 mere contract. TAp- plause.l Out of confederated 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 bv the national, and not by the State tri- bunal. fCheers.
 Sd. The work of popular edrca- ton Is one left to the care of the several States, but it is the duty of the National Government to aid that work to the extent of it's con stitutional ability. The intelligence of the nation is but the aggregate of the intelligence in the several States, and the destiny of the na- ton must be guided, not by the genius of any one State, but by the average genius of all. IApplause.l
 4th. The Constitution wisely for bids Congress to make any law re- specting the establishment of re- ligion, but 1t is idle to hope that the nation can be protected against the influence of secret scctarianism, while each State is exposed to its domination. We, therefore, rec ommenl that the Constitution be 50 amended as to lay the same pro- hibition upon the Legislature of each State. and to forbid the appro- priation ot public funds to the sup port of sectarian schools. [Cheers.I
 5th. We reafirm the belief avowed in 1876 that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should 90 discriminate as to favor American labor, [eheers;l that no further grants of the public domain should be made to any railway or other corporation; that slavery hay ing perished in the States its twin barbarity, polyga1ny, must die in the Territories; that everyV here the protection accorded to citizen of American birth must be secured to citizens by American adoption That WE deem ii tlie diitv nf Gon.A gress to develop and improve our seacoast and harbors, but insist that further subsidies 10 private persons or corporations must cease, Icheers;l that the obligations of the Republic to the men who preserved its integlity in the day of battle are Il ndiminished by the lapse of ifteen years since their final yic- tory. To do them honor is and shall forever be the grateful priyi- lege and sacred duty of the Ameri- con people.
 9th. Since the authority to reg ulate immigration and intercourse between the United Stases and foreign nations rests with the Con- gress of the United States and the treaty making power, the Republi- can party, regarding the unre- stlicted Immigration of Chinese as a matter of grave conccrnment uu- der the exercise of both these powers, would limit and restrict that immigration by the enactment of such just, humane and reason able laws and treaties as will pro- duce that result.
 7th. That the purity and patriot ism which characterized the earlier caree~ of Rutherford B. Hayes in peace and war, and which guided the thoughts of our immediate pre- decessors to him for Presidential candidate, have continued to inspire him in his career as Chief Execu- tive; and that history will accord to his Administration the honors which are due to an efficient, just and courteous discharge of the public business, and will honor his vetoes interposed between the people and l attempted partisan laws. [Chcers.l
 8th. We charge upon the Demo cratic party the habitual sacrifice 1 ct patriotism and justice to @ su- prame and unsuitable lust for office | and patronage; that to obtain pos session of the National Government | and cont:ol of the place, they have obstructed all efforts to promote the | purity and to conserve the freedom | of the suffrage, and have devised | fraudulent ballots, and invented 1 fraudulent ceriication of returns; have labored to unscat lawfully | elected members of Congress to sc- cure at all hazards the vote of majority of States in the House of Representatives; have eudeavored | to occupy by force and fraud the places Of trust given to others by the people of Maine, rescued by the courage and action of DTaine's patriotic sons; have, by methods