Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-11-24

Convention al Chicago:
Rapub,cau rule has restored upon a solo
OASIS pav,ncu; IN COIN for all the rational oh
tilylISIls, and has given H. n currency abs0
Hiie.v sood and legal, and equal n ever,
part of our extended country. 1t has lifted
sh } credit o! the nation from the point where
SIX per cent. bonds sold at IS, to that where
Eour Ier cent. bonds are eagerly sought at
premium. Under its administration railway.
have increased from p 900 miles in 1850 *
more than S2,0lD miles in 1879. Our foreign
trade has increased from 800, 900, 900 to 81 $50
90a, 90 II the same time, and our exports
Which were $50 000, 900 less than our imports
in iSjA, were S25f,0JJ, 900 more than our i'm
ports II 1870. Without rcsorting to loans, it
taS, since the war closed, betrayed the ordln-
ary expenses o! government, besides the &C
SruIug interest on the public debt, and dis
cursed annually more than $50, 900, 900 for sol
aiors' pensions. It has paid $3.50, 900 900 OF the
pub &c debt, and by retunding the balance at
over rates, has reduced the annual interest
charge from nearly el5l 100000 20 less than
5000 900. All the industries Of the country
nave revived; labor IL IN demand; wages have
INCREASED and throughout the entire country
here is evidence Of A coming prosperity
creator than we have ever enjoyed. Upon
ghis record the Republican asks for the con-
s,nuod confidence and support of the people,
and this convention submits for their appro-
val the following statements OF the principles
and purposes which will continue to guide
and inspire its efforts:
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
FIvst-We affirm that the work eff the last
sweuty-one years has been such as to com
mend itself to the favor of the nation, and
shat the fruits of the costly victories which
We have achieved through immense difficult
Ties should I've preserved. That the peace re
gained should be cherished. That the Gisaev-
cred Union, now happily restored, should be
.erpetuated, and that tho liberties secured to
Il = Shnn'H hp L.
III n shed to future generations. That the or
der established and the credit acquired should
aegsr be inperiled. That the pensions prom
Used should be paid. That the debt SO much
red iced should be eXtinguished by the full
payment OF every dollar thereof. That the
revivJng industries should be further promo
ted, and that the commerce already so great
should be steadily encouraged.
SecOnd-The Constitution OF the United
states is the supreme law, and not Il compact.
Out o. Confederatei States it made Il nation.
Some powers are denied the Nation, while
others arc retained by States; but the bound
airy between the powers delegated and those
rase-v we'd is 20 be determined by National and
not nv State tribunals.
Third-The work of popular education is
ola le!t to the care of the several States, but
il l., the duty of the National government to
aIt that work to the extent of its constitutional
ability. The intelligence of the nation is but
she aggregate of the intelligence in the sever
/
b. guided, not by the genius of any one
). ate, but the average genius of all.
non sECTARIAN SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely fOrbidS
JcugresS to make any laws respecting an es-
abii-hiu-g OF religion, but it is idle to hope
that the Nation can be protected against the
influence OF sectarianism while each State is
exposed to its particular domination. We
therefore recommend that the Constitution be
90 amended as TO lay some prohibition upon
sha Legislature of each State and to forbid
.ae appropriation of public funds TO the sup
port Of sectaran schools.
EifLh-We atirm the belief avowed in 1876,
that the duties levied for the purpose of reye
nue. should so discriminate as to favor Amer
lean labor. That no further grant Of the
public domain should be made to any rail
road or other corporation. That slavery hav-
ng persisted in the State, its twin barbarity,
B0lygamy, must die in the Territories. That
Everywhere the protection accorded to citi-
zen of American birth must be secured to
citizens OF American adoption. That it is the
j uty of Congress to develop and improve our
water courses and harbors, but we insist that
urther subsidies to private persons or corpor
,rions mnst cease. Thatthe obligations to the
nen who preserved its integrity in the day of
battle are undiminished by the lapse Of fifteen
years since their final victory. Their perpet-
Ia honor is and shall forever be the grateful
privilege and the sacred duty of the Amer- |
All people.
THE CHINESE PLANK.
Sixth-Since the authority to regulate inn
n grafton and intercourse between the United |
states 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 TO restrain |
nd 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
which guided tho thought of his immediate |
predecessor to him for a Presidential candi- |
late, have continued to inspire him in his |
areer Chief Executive, and that history |
will accord to his administration the honors
which are due to an efficient. just and courag,,
yill honor his interposition between the peo-
lie and proposed partisan laws.
INIoUITIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic
arty the habitual sacrifice OF patriotism and
j stice to a supreme and Unsuitable lust for
flee and patronage; that to obtain possession
f the National and State Governments, and
,r the control of place and position, they
ave INSTRUCTED all the efforts to preserve the
urity and conserve the freedom of suffrage;
urns; have labored to unseat lawfully elect
d members Of Congress, to secure at all
azards the vote of the majority of States in
,e House of Representatives; have endeav-
red to occupy by force and fraud places Of
rust given to others by the people of Maine,
nd secured by the courage and action OF
faine patriotic sons; have by methods
icioas in principal and tyrannical in practice
ttached partisan legislation to appropriation
ills; have crushed the rights of Individuals,
nd vndicated the principles and sought the
.vor of rebellion against the Nation. and
ave endeavored to obliterate the sacred