Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-07-31
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The Platform.

Fiut'cuiIlus III lHe CONVENTION, We re-
! publish it for their benefit.
| First We affirm that the work of the
last twenty-one years has been such rs
TO commend itself 10 the favor of the
nation and that the fruits of the costly
victories which we have achieved
through immense difficulties should be
preserved; that the peace rcgained
should be cherished, that the discovered
union now happily restored should be
perpctnated. and that the liberties Sc
cured to this generation should be trans
mittcd undlminisbed to future genera
tons: that the order established and the
credit acquired should never be impair
ed; that the pensions promised should
be paid; that the debt So much reduced
should be extinguishcd by the full pay
ment Of every dollar thereof; that the
reviving Of industries should be fur
Their promoted, and that the commerce
already SO great should be steadily en-
Outraged.
Second. The constitution of the
! United STATES Is a supreme law and
not mere contract Of the ccnfederated
states II made sovereign nation, while
others are denied to the states, but the
boundry between the powers delegated
and those reserved is to he determined
by The national and not the state tribu
mails.
Third. The work OF popular edu
cation is one left to the care of the
several states bu; il is the duty of the
national government 10 aid that work
to the extent ot'it. constitutional ability.
The intelligence OF the nation Is but the
aggregate of the Intelligence in the
several states, and the destiny of the
nation must he guarded, not by the
genius OF any one state but 10y the
average genius o. ali.
Forth. The constitution wisely for
bids congress 10 make any law respect
ing an establishment OF religion. but it
is idio To hope The nation can he protect
ed agaiils. ,he influenced seetarianism
while each state Is exposed tots denom-
alton. We therefore recommend that
the constitution be 50 amended as to
lay the same prohibition on the legisla-
tire Of each state and 10 forbid the APP
preparation OF pubic funds to the sup
port of sectarlan schools.
rim. We reaiiirm the belief avow-
ed in 1876 that the duties levied for the
purpose Of revenue should so discrimin-
ate as to favor American labor; that no
further grant Of The public domain
should be made IL any railway or other
corporations that slavery having per-
isfed in the states its twin barbarity,
polygamy, must die in the territories
that every where the protection accord
Ell TO "a citizen of American birth must
be secured 10 citizens OF American
adoption; that we deem il the duty of
congress to develops and improve our
water courses and harhor%, but insist
that further subsidies to private persons
or corporal oGs must cease: that obiiga-
tionsof the republic to the men who pre-
served is integrity in the days OF bat
tie are undiminished by the LAPSE OF If
teen years, since their final victory.
Their perpetual honor is and shall for
ever be the grateful privilege and sacred
duty Of the American people.
Sirfh. Since the authority 20 regu-
late immigration and intercourse be-
tween the United States ard foreign
nations rests with the congress Of the
United States and is treaty-maliing
powers, the republican party regarding
the unrestricted immigration OF the
Chinese as an evil of great magnitude,
invoke the exercise of that power to re-
strain and limit that immigration by |
the enactment Of such Just, humane
and reasonable provisions aswill pro-
duce that result.
.Seeenth. That the purity and
patriotism which characterizes the
early career Of Rutherford Il. Hayes III
peace and war, and which guided the !
thought of our immediate predecessors !
10 him for a presidential candidate,
have continued to inspire him in his |
career as chief executive, and that his
tory will accord to his administration
the honors which are cue to an efficient,
Just and courteous discharge of the
public business, and viii honor his III
Propositions between the people and
the proposed partisan laws.
Eight. We charge upon the dem
Ocratic party the habitual sacrifice of
patriotism and justice to supreme
and Unsuitable lust Of office and patron
age; that TO obtain possession Of the |
national and state governments, and |
the control OF place. they have o0struct
ed all efforts 10 purify. To conserve the
freedom Of suffrage, have devised
fraudulent certificates and returns.
have labored to unscat lawfully elected |
members Of congress 10 secure at all |
hazards The vote of d majority Of the
states in the house Of representatives..
have endeavorcd to occupy 10y force
ana fraud the places OF trust given To
others ~ the people of Maine. and
rescued by the Courageous action Of
her patriotic SoGs; have by methods
vicious in principle aud tyramcal in
practice, attached partisan legislation
10 the appropriation bills upon whose
passage The very movements of the
depends: have crushed the
right Of the individual; have advocated
tte principles and sought the favor OF
rebellion a"a,nS! the nation and haye
to oh!.tcrate the sacred
memories Of the war and to overcome
It's inesrimabiy valuable results: nlIion-
atty, personal freedom and individual
equality. The equal, steady and COM
i'iete enforcement o. the laws ana The
protection o. al our citizens IN the
enjoyment OF AL privileges and mn
guaranteed by The constitution
are the inst dutits OF the nation. The
danger Of the solid south can only he 4
lverted by faithful performance os