The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-06-12

n lapse of fifteen years since their final victory
n To do them honor is and shall forever hc the
!. grateful privilege and sacred duty Of the
u American people.
IS .StrM-SInce the authority to regulate i'm
|. migrati0n and intercourse between the unite'l
" States and foreign nations rests with the Con.
4 grcss of the United States and the treaty.mak.
:. ing power, the Republican party, regarding the
}, unrestricted immigration of Chinese as . mat
| ter of grave conCernment under the exercise OF
f both these powers, would limit and restrict
t that immigration by the enactment Of such
| Just, humane and reasonable laws and treaties
Y aS will produce that result.
j.. .SerenM-That the purity and patriotism
!. which characterized the earlier career of
Rutherford b. Hayes IN peace and war, and
which guided the thoughts of our immediate
!, predecessors to HIM for Presidential candl.
: date have continued TO inspire HIM in his ca
f, reer "a Chief Executive; and that history will
accord 10 his administration the honors which
are due to an efficient, just and courteous dis
charge of the public business, and will honor
his vetoes interpoSed between the people and
attempted partisan laws.
Il Eighh-We charge upon the Democratic
party the habltual sacrifice of patriotism and
Justice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust for of.
flee and patronage; that to obtain possession
I of the National Government and the control of
/ place they have obstruCted all efforts to pro.
mote the purity and conserve the freedom of
the suffrage, and have devised fraudulent bal.
lots and invented fraudulent ccrtticatIOn of
returns; have lahored to unseat lawfully elect
ed member of Congress to secure at all haz.
ards the vote of II majority of 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, res.
cued by the courage and action OF Names
patriotic sons; have, by methods vicious in
principle and tyrannical in practice, attached
partisan legislation to appropriation bills upon
whose passage the very movement of the Gov
eminent depended; have crushed the rights of
the individual; have advocated the principles
and sought the favor OF the Rebellion against
the Nation, and have eudeavOred to obllterate
the sacred memories and to overcome its ines
tmably valuable results of Nationality, per.
sonal freedom, and individual equality.
The equal and steady and complete enforce
ment of the laws and the protection of our
citizens in the enjoyment of all privileges and
immunity guaranteed ny the Const tuition, are
the first duties of the Nation.
The dangers of the Solid South" can only
be averted by a faithful performance of 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. A Nation cannot with safety ree.
gate this duty to the States. The Solid
South" must be divided by the peaceful agen.
cies of the ballot, and all honset opinions
must there find free expression. To this end
the honest voter must be protected against
terrorism, violence, or fraud.
And we affirm it to be the duty and the pur.
pose Of the Republican party to use all legti-
mate means to restore all the States OF this
Union to the most perfect harmony which
may be possible, and we submit to the practi.
cal sensible people of these United States to
say whether 1t would not be dangerous to the
dearest interests of our country at this time to
surrender the administration of the National
Government to party which seeks to over.
throw the existing policy under which we are
so prosperous, and thus bring dlstrust and
confusion where there is now order, confidence
and hope.
The Republican party a6hering to the prin
Ciple affirmed by Its last National Convention,
of respect for the constitutional rules covering
appointments to offices adopt the declaration
of President Hayes that the reform of the civil
service should be thorough, radical and COM
pete. To this end 1t demands the co.opera
ton of the legislative with the executive de-
partment OF the Government, and that Con-
gress should 80 legisate that fitness, ascer
tanned by proper practical tests, shall admit to
the public service That the tenure of admin
istrative offices, except those through which
the distinctive policy Of the party in power is
carried out, shall be made permanent during
good behavior, and with the power Of removal
for cause. That due responsibility for the good
conduct of subordinates shall accompany the
power of appointment.