The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-24

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 same time, and our exports which
 were $2O.OOO,OOO less than our
 imports in 1860, were 265,OOO,-
 900 more than our imports Tn 1879
 Applause, and cries of 'GoodI''
 ''Goodl'l Without resorting to
 loans, it has, since the war closed,
 defrayed the ordinary expenses of
 Government, besides the accruing
 interest on the public debt. anl
 has disbursed annually more than
 $3O,0O0,O0O for soldiers and sail
 ors' pensions. It las paid $780,
 O00,OOO of the public debt, and by
 refunding the balance at lower
 rates, has reduced the annual in terest charge from nearly $I50,- 00O,0OO to less than S89,OOO, 1000. All the industries of the country have revived, labor is in demand, wages have increased, and through out the entire country there is evi- dence of a coming prosperity greater than we have ever enjoyed.
 UPON THIS RECORD
 The Republican party asks for the continued confidence and support of the people, and this convention submits for their approval the fol- lowing statement of the principles and purposes which lfill continue to guide and inspire its efforts.
 Ist. We affirm that the work Of the Republican party for the last twenty years has been such as to commend it to the favor Of the Ma ton; that the fruits of the costly victories which we have achieved through immense difficulties should be preserved; that the peace re- gained should be cherished; that the Union should be perpetuated, and that the liberty secured to this generation should be transmitted undiminished to other generations; that the order established and the credit acquired should never be i'm paired; that the pensions promised should be paid; that the debt so much reduced should be extinguish- ed by the full payment of every dolIer thereof; that the reviving in dusfries should be further promoted. and that the commerce already in creasing should be steadily encour- aged.
 2d. The Constitution of the United States is a supreme law, and not a mere contract. TAp- plause.] Gut of confederated States it made a sovereign nation. Some powers are denied to the na- tion, while others are denied to the States, but the boundary between the powers delegated and those re- s elved is to be determined by the national, and not by the State tri- bunal. ICheers.l
 Sd. The work of popular edrca- ton is one left to the care of the several States, but it is the duty of the National Government to aid that work to the extent of its con ability. The intelligence of the nation is but the aggregate of the intelligence in the several States, and the destiny of the na- ton must be guided, not by the genius of any one State, but by the ivera ge -genisg If aH. TApplause.I
 '4tIi. Ine Constitution W11seIy IJT- bids Congress to make any law re- specting the establishment of re- igion, but it is idle to hope that the nation can be protected against the influence of secret sectarianism, while each State is exposed to it's domination. We, therefore, rec ,mmen1 that the Constitution be io amended as to lay the same pro libition upon the Legislature of .ach State, and to forbid the appro- ,riation of public funds to the sur- port of sectarian schools. [Cheers.l
 5th. We reafirm the belief vowed in 1876 that the duties eyied for the purpose of revenue hould so discriminate as to favor American labor, [cheers;l that no urther grants of the public domain hould be made to any railway or ther corporation; that slavery hay ng perished in the States it's twin 1 arbarity, polygamy, must die in he Territories; that everyw here l he protection accorded to a citizen l f American birth must be secured | 9 citizens by American adoption. l hat we deem 1t the duty of Con- ress to develop and improve our eacoast and harhors, but insist nat further subsidies to private ersOns or corporations must cease, ,hcers;l that the obligations of the .epublic to the men who preserved $ integrity in the day of battle re U ndiminished by the lapse of fteen years since their final vic- ,ry. To do them honor is and lall forever be the grateful privi- ge and sacred duty of the Ameri- on people.
 9th. Since the authority to reg late immigration and intercourse etween the United States and reign nations rests with the Con- 'ess of the United States and the eaty making power, the Reppbli- tn party, regarding the unre- ricted immigration of Chinese as matter of grave concernment uu- 1T the exercise of both these overs, would limit and restrict at immigration by the enactment such just, humane and reason- ,Ie laws and treaties as will pro- Ice that result.
 7th. That the purity and patriot n which characterized the earlier