The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-06-10
Tss National Republican Platform.

Ths National Republican Platform.
The following is the platform adopted by the
Republican party i'm National Convention At
Chicago, June 5, 1880:
nsupprssssd Rebellion which bad armed nearly a
mlllion Of men 70 subsert the National AUTHORITY
rseonssructed the union the states, with free.
dG% i1sasssI.s nssssa o. s.sssy :: 2. corner stone
ness o. thing 70 the rank Of citizens IL reIsved Con
ers's from ths infamous work of hnnt.Bg fugitive slaves
Haa 20 see that slavery does exist Il
ralssd the value of our paper currency thirty
solid basis payment u coin for a. shs s.iass
toes and has given US currency absolutely good snd
sd the credit 4 &. Nation % a s ss%ni Ssns yi.1. has
percent bonds sold at s TO thai ther- fourper-eenl
iais,r.s,oa Ta-sy. Says drs.S from ssdss 81 40 rs mid 3D.
IN 1880 to more than s2.so miles in Is7s. foreisn
eleven hundred and any milIiohs time and
90. sspot,s .heh were .weniy million. les. than
Rofts In Is7e. Without re.orting To loans ha- since
oossrnmsni s..ds. ss serains n,.,. a t S q
tc debt and disbursed annually than thirty mil
lions for soldiers pensions. IL has paid sss ssias d
the public debt and BY refandng the balance Al osr
rates. has reduced the annual interest charged frou.
nearly fl3l ,01n,0J to less than tesVB,Hbl.
All the Industries of the cnunIy have revived l.bot
sin demand, wages have inere@s- and throu ir
greater than ys s.ss .s.s ~,,ss,ss enn,ng ps".psIy
hs Repubean party asks for he eoniSsd eoasSeScs
Cor sPpro, h SsM%s %s n os a.
pies and purposes which Will continue to guide
Fint-we snrm thst the work Of the last tvsntx-ons
years has been such as ~ enmrnd Itself to the fasoI
VI the Nation, and that The Il the costly yictrs,
which We have achieved through Innish-e dfBeulfies
s s-t .ss rssa-S should Be
stored Should be Perpetuai-d and thai the
ishsd future gsnsrations Ihai the orIer .Liisi.d
and the credit acquired shond never BE- impaired thai
much reduced, should BE- -x xngai.hed by ILp fuil
paynsns of every dla th-reof tina, b" r-sisg indus
tries should be f1rthei aud he com
already - great should Us stsad Iy encouraged.
second-The Constitution Il the Ia f..i a su-
prslne law and not contract Of
states = made q sovereign Nation some lowers are
states ihs boundary between The powers deI~saed
and those reserved 90 he det rnined BY National
Third-Ih. work Of pop,Isr education is one lefr tc
the care Of the several states but i, the duty Of the
lis ability the intelligence 9th. xan. ~ I,
t su ,ss ~. .Esss.s - q Oh, IN the several ,sir
genius Of any one State et by the average guni1s f
Fourth-The Constitution wisely erbad. Congress- 10
make any law Respecting establishment Of religion
but dds 70 h"ps thai the N.Ii'h be projected
AgniDst the innuenc- m s~cas while each STATE n
exposed 10 its dnniinzish We fh-refors re..,u,mend
,aas Ne CONSTITUTION % Be 80 ..nd. 70 lay the
isr the o public frauds The support
Fnhwe reafdrn the b~I,ef asowed in 1876, that the
dunss levied for the purpose of revenue soud SO dis
granfs OF the public domain should be made 10 any rail-
way or other corporation that slavery having pefsh-d
In the States, its twin babariy, '.po yramy5 must de
nths Tvrrories; thai -y-rywhsf. ihe pruteclon ac-
corded a eitzcn Of Anne rien Irt ,nn.t h. .c, =,
the citizens by American ad.tsi,n. fAat - -,a \,
duty Congress 20 d.yel., .,d t.,,,,,v. or
courses hari,r- but iI~i,I ti.f n,f,.r 81
private psrsai,s or et I,, =, e..,.. ~,
gsons the ReIubie d, th. men Sho ,,re..ryd ~.
integrity the dsy butte are undiniuisbri ly ths
lapse Of fifteen years sia- their ina yicI.ay rl,.,
perpetual honor aud shall 6u.rrr H.. the grateful
privilege aud sacred duty III the Amer team pYopIP
siIih-sncs tn. sutot'iy regulate inineratioD and
intercourse brtweeh the tBifed and t.,regu Ns-
tons rests with ID. rpei ~at.s and ts
treaty -aking psw-r-. the kepubizn party regarding
the unrestricted iDngrs Cln~se as an evil of
great nagnud~ nvnkt the that power 10 re-
strain snd imi thai D., the ei,etnent Of
such just humane aud reasonable D. a. will pro
duee that result.
s~ven'h- -Thst the purity aud p,irrsi-u which char
acterixed the earlier Rutherford D. Hayes in
peace and and which guild. the thought of onr
date, have csniiuu. d 90 h.,,r. ht., in hs .resr a.
minsirstian TIN. hs,ar< I,i. .r,. dn,. t an tH,a,
lust and courir.a,. a . ,r,., ~ tl II,tic b.,.
will honor hi. att..rt-,s,,- t.tr, ar liz, 1900, -
proposed PARTISAN laws ~ f'P'' ''"
EiyLth3we cI.rv, ,,,.,, ,h. J,,,,.,,. ,. A,
hsbiflIaI sacrin. of an, ;,., -, .iie
and insataI,e lu.t 81 ,d,c. 49,, ,..,r,., Pa,
t.in pty.ses.on ~ ill.,, -. .. iiist 70 oh
and the control of lae,. Inc, I.x ,,.s Iii "
pron,ote Ri = ~, = 81, tn., , Is 10
b.vx dssi..J lr.,i,.1., nt.'on' i age
laborsd to un.es, I.,.,iiv ,, .a ie'uIIsi nave
10 secure al al halsr,I" IL ~, :" t"nsress
In The House of E.r.,. o lhe States
cupy by frre ami ,rsaJ IN s 70 "e-
ot6srs 6x ths ,..,,,, - ~ NV p,ees m un-' gwen 10