Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-08-14
tine REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

buttons adopted by the Republican National
Convention at Chicago:
Republican rule has restored upon q solid
basis payment in coin for all the national Oh
lutely good and legal, and equal IN every
part Of our extended country. 1t has lifted
The credit vi the nation from the point where
elk per cent. bonds sold ut SO, to that where
four per cent. bonds are eagerly sought at =
premium. Under it's administration railways
have increased from 1000 miles in 1860 to
more than 81 900 miles in 1879. Our foreign
trade has increased from 500 .000, 900 to $l.l5O-
900, 900 IN the same time, and our OK pOrts,
which were S2O.OOO.0OO less than our imports
In 1850. were 1854 .OOO, 900 more than our i'm
pOrts in 1870. Without resorting to loans, it
has. aimee the war closed. betrayed the ord,n-
airy expenses OF government, besides the &C
sruIng interest on the public debt, and dis
bur~ed annually more than $50. oO0 ooo for sol
diers' pensions. It has paid $3.50, 900 900 Of the
public debt. and hy refunding the balance at
lower rates, has reduced the annual interest
charge from nearly $751; 100000 to less than
$4,000. ono. All the industries Of the country
have revived; tabor il in demand; wages have
increased, and throughout The entire country
there Is evidenre Of a coming prosperity
greater than we have ever enj"yed. Upon
this record the Republican asks for the con-
unued confidence and support Of the people,
val the following statements of the principles
and purposes which will continue TO guide
and inspire its efforts:
ENUMERATIaN OF PRINCIPLES.
First.r We affirm that the work eff the last
twenty -One wears has been such "a to oOn-
mend itself to the favor Of the nation, and
that the fruits Of the c"stIy victories which
Ne have achieved through immense difficult
ties shoulh be pre-erved. That the peace re-
gained should be cherished. That the dssev
cred union, now happily restored, should he
perpetuaied, and that the liberties secured to
this generation should he transmitted undi-
n,inished to future generations. That the or
der established and the credit acquired should
never he imperiled. That the pensions prom
tsed should he paid. That The debt much
reduced should lie eXtngui~hed by the full
payment of every dollar thereof. That the
reviving industries should be further promo
ted. aud that the commerce. already SO great
should he steadily encouraged.
Second-The Constitution of the United
States il the supreme law. aud not compact.
Out of Confe,rrated ) a es it made a nation.
Some powers are denied the Nation, while
others are retained hy States; hut the bound
airy between the powers delega ed and those
reserved is to be determined by National and
not Ivy State tribunals.
Thrd-The work of popular education is
ona left to the care of the several States, but
Il is the duty of the National government to
aid that work to the extent of it's constiI utiOnal
ability. The intelligence Of the nation is but
the aggregate Of the intelligence in the sever
Al States, aud the destiny OF the Nation must
be guided, not by the genius of any one
State, but the average genius of all.
NoN-SECrARIAN SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbids
Congress- to make any laws respecting An eS-
tabli~hing of religion. but it is idle to hope
that the Nation can be protected AGAINST the
influence of seciarianlsm while each State il
exposed tn it's particular domination. We
therefore recommend that the Constitution be
go amended rs 10 lay some prohibition upon
size Legislature of each State aud to forbid
the appropriation Of public funds to the sup
port of setfarian schools.
Fifth-We affirm the belief avowed in 1876, |
that the duties levied for the purpose of reve- |
one should so discriminate ~ to favor Amer. |
tcxn labor. That no further grant of the |
public domain should be made to any rail- |
road or other corporation. That slavery hav-
ing persisted in the State. its twin barbarty,
pOiygamy, must die in the Territories. That |
everywhere the protection accorded to q citi- I
zeH 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
hattie are uniininished by the apse of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their perpet
sal honor is and shall forever be the grateful
privilege and the sacred duty of the Ameri-
IAN people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth-Since the authority to regulate i'm |
DigratiOn and intercourse between the United
hates 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,
INVOLVES The exercise of the power 20 restrain
md limit that immigration by the enact
nents 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
redecessor to him for . Presidential candi
ate, have continued to inspire him in his
sreer as Chief Executive, and that history
will accord to his administration the honors
,dlich are due to an efficient, just and cOurag-
riil honor his inter ,osition between the peo- ,
lie and proposed partisan laws.
INIQUIrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
srty the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and
Hstice to a supreme and Unsuitable Just for
flee and patrOuage; that to obtain possession
{ the National aud State Governments, and
ave INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
urity and conserve the freedom of suffrage;
ave devised fraudulent certificates and re-
arns; have labored to unseat lawfully elect
members Of Congress, to secure at all
azards the vote of the majority of States in
he House Of Representatives; have endeav- ,
red to occupy by force and fraud places of
nd secured by the courage and action of .
fame 9 patriotic sons; have by methods
icious in principal and tyrannical in practice
ssached partisan legislation to appropriation
ills; have crushed the rights of individuals,
nd vindicated the principles and sought tho