Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-06-10

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lfrfed ID ii tlle epniBg 6fe nonills.
Premffinx. that twenty-eighi ballots
we're taken on Monday last We have
| no later information and that GRAFT led
On The frH and % sll. receiving 3al4
6rri and 307 last, with Blaine got'd
second, receiving frst "a and On The
2Sth ballot 279. that Sherman follows
next with 81 votes. Edmunds with 81.
Washbnrn With 20. WlndOn With 10
and Garfield with .. re present below
the manifesto Of The Convention.
The republican party, In national con-
veuaion assembled, al the end Of TWEEN.
Ity years since the federal government
was fret committed 10 ITS charge, sub
miss to the people Of the United States
this brief report Of is administrations
| suppressed rebellion, which had armed
nearly q million of men 10 subyerl tile
national authority. II reconstructed the
union OF the States, WITH freedom In
stead Or slavery 40 Ifs cornerstone. IL
transformed four million human beings
from The likeness If things to the rank
of eAszens. IL relieved Congress from
1.-THE Infamous work Of hunting fugitive
slaves, and charged il To see THAT sIa-
very does not exist. It has raised the
Ivalne Of our paper currency from % per
cent. to The par ofgold. II has restored
upon q solid basis payment IN coin for
ali the national obligations. and has Civ
en- u currency absolutely good and
equal In every part OF our extended
country. IL has lifted the credit of The
nation from the point from where 6per
cent. bonds sold at SO TO that where a
per cents are eagerly sought Al pre-
MUM. Underits administration rail-
ways have increased from 81 900 miles
in 1860 10 more than $4,000 miles in
| 1879. Our foreign trade has increased
from 500, 900. 900 10 $f,150, 0OO. OtlO
| in the same time, and our exports,
which were go, 900, 900 less than opr
imports in 1860, were 1854, 0O0, 900
more than our imports in 1879. With
out resorting to loans II has since The
war closed betrayed the ordinary ex-
pense Of government, besides The ac-
craing interest on The public debt, and
disbursed annually more than $50, DOC, (
900 for soldiers pensions. II has paid
| $S88, 00O, 900 on the public debt, and
by refunding the balance at lower rates
has reduced the annual interest charged
| from nearly $751;, 900, 900 to less than
SIS, OOO, 900. All the Industries Of the
country have. revived, labor is in de-
mand, wages have increased, and
throughout The entire country there il
evidence of coming prosperity greater
than We have ever enjoyed. Upon this
record the republican party ask for the
continued confidence and support fthe
people, and this convention submits for
their approval the following statements
of the principles end purposes which
will continue to guide and inspire its
efforts:
First.-We affirm that the work of
the last twenty-one years has been such
as 10 commend itself to the favor ofth
nation, and that the fruits Of costly VIC
torres which we have achieved through
immense difficulties should be pre-
served, after that The peace regained
should be cherished; that the discovered
Union ! now happily restored, should BE-
perpetuated, and that the liberty SEE
cured to this generation should be trans
mitted undiminished to future genera
tious; that the order established and THE
credit acquired should never be impair
ed;thaithe pensions promised should he
extinguished BY the full payment ofev-
cry dollar thereof; that the reviving ill-
dustries should be further promoted and
that the commerce, already so great,
should be encouraged.
Second.--The constitution Of the
United States is Q supreme law, and mol
mere contract. Out of confederated
States Il made q sovereign nation.--
Some powers are denied, while the
others are denied TO the States, but tile
boundary between the powers delegs-
ted and those reserved Is to DO deternn-
ined BY the nation and not by the State
tribunals.
Third.-The work Of popular educa-
ton is one left 10 the care OF The sever
al States, but il Is the duty OF the ma
tional government to aid that work 10
the extent OF its constitutional duty
The intelligence Of the nation is but the
aggregate OF the intelligence in the sew
eral States, and the destiny OF the na-
ton must be guided not BY the genius
OF any one State, but by the average
genius Oh all
Fourth.-The constitution wisely Tor
bids Congress to make any law res
pecting an establishment Of religion,
bat il Is idle 10 hope that the nation can
be protected against the influence OF
seciarianisin while each State il ex-
posed 10 its domination. We there
fore recommend that the constitutions
be 20 amended d TO lay The same pro-
bibition upon the Legislature OF each
State, and to forbid the appropriation oil
public funds TO the support Of sectarian
schools.
| Fiith.-We affirm the belief avowed
| in 1876, that the duties levied for The
purpose OF revenue should 50 discrimi-
nate a. 10 favor AmeFicsn labor, that no
further grantof the public domain should
be made to any railway or other coFpo-
ration; thar slavery having persisted 10
| the States, lis twin barbariEy-poIyga
my--musl die In the Territories, that
Ieyerywhere the protection accorded to
citizens nf American birth must be Sc
cured to citizens Of American adopiion,
| and that We esteem il The duty Of Con-
aress to develop and improve our water
| courses and harbors, but insist thatlur