Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-07

$1,000 49, W Si,loo,onooo IN the same time,
IMAM our imports In 1860, were 1884 600 900 more
IMAM our imports In 1879. Applause Without
f ng 70 loans IT has since the war closet
ueI!ayeu lne ordinary expenses OF government
besides the accruipg interest on the public
debt, and disbursed annually more than
$50 600 for soldiers pensions. Tt has paid
sSss .00ooo0 on the public debt, and by refund
ing the balance at lower rates has reduced the
annual interest charged from nearly sI5l.OOo 600
to less than SS9,000,O00. All the Industries OF
the country have revived, labor is In demand
wages have increased. and throughout the en-
tire country there Is evidence OF coming pros
perity greater than we have ever enjoyed. Upon
this record the republican party ask for the
continued confidence and support OF the people,
and this convention submits Tor their approval
the following statements of the principles and
purposes which will continue to guide and In
spire its efforts:
First-We affirm that the work of the last
twenty-one years has been such as to commend
itself TO the favor OF the nation, and that the
1ru1lS OF the costly victories which we have
achieved through immense difficulties should
be preserved, AFTER that the peace regained
should be cherished; that the discovered Union,
now happily restored, should be perpetuated
and that the liberty secured to this generation
should be transmitted undiminished to future
generations that the order established and the
credit acquired should never be impaired; that
the pensions promised should be extinguished
oy The full payment OF every dollar thereof;
that the reviv1ng industries should be further
promoted prom ana that the commerce, already so
Secon0.-The constitution OF the United States
Is supreme law, and not mere contract. Out
OF con1ederated states it made a sovereign
nation. Some powers are denied, while the
oilers are denied to the states but the boundary
between the powers delegated and those re-
served Is to be determined by the nation and
not by the state tribunals Applause
Ihrd.-The work of popular education IS one
left TO the care of the several states but IL IS
HE duty of the national government TO aid that
work to the extent OF its CONSTITUTIONAL duty,
iS huf no
gate OF the Intelligence in the several states
and the destiny OF the nation must be guided
not by the genius of any one state, but by the
average genius OF all.
Fourth.-The constitution wisely forb!6s Con-
gresS to make any law respecting an establish
ment of religion, but 1T is idle to hope that the
nation can DE protected against the Influence Of
sectarianfsm While each state is exposed to It's
domination. We therefore recommend that the
constitution be so amended as to lay the same
prohibition upon the legislature OF each state
and 10 FORBID the appropriation OF public funds
to the support OF sectarian schools. [Cheers.l
Fifth.-We affirm the belief avowed In 1876
that the duties levied for the purpose of reye-
hue should SO discriminate as to favor Ameri-
can labor, [applause;l that no further grant of
the public domain should be maze to any rail-
way or other corporation; that slavery having
Ierlshed In the states. its twin barbarity-
polygamy-must die in the territories, Tap
plause;l that everywhere the protection ac-
corded to citizens OF American birth must be
secure to citizens OF American adoption, and
Che.t VIC tottcu IL llle Uuty OI congress 10 de-
vecp and improve our water courses and har-
bors, but insist that further subsidies to private
persons or corporations must cease; that the
obligations OF the republic to the men who pre-
served its integrity In the hour OF battle are un-
diminished by the lapse OF fifteen years since
their final victory. To do them perpetual hoao
is and shall forever be the grateful privilege
and sacred duty OF the American people
SiAth.-SinCe the authority to regulate i'm
migration and intercourse between the United
States and foreign nations rests with the
Congress, or with the United States and It's
treaty making power, the republican party, re
garding the unrestricted Immigration OF the
Chinese as an evil OF great magnitude invoke
the exercise OF the powers to restrain and limit
that Immigration by the enactment OF such
just, humane and reasonable PROV lions as Will
produce that result.
Seventh.-That the purity and patriotism
which characterize the earlier career of Ruther-
ford B. Hayes in peace and war, and which
guided the thoughts of our immediate prede .es-
sors to him for presidential candidate have
continued to inspire him in his career as chief
executive. and that history will accord to his
administration the honors which are due to an
efficient, just and courteous discharge of the
public business, and will honor his fnterpost-
I I between the people and proposed parti san
HEishth.-We charge upon the democratic
party the habitual sacrifice Of patriotism and
justice to the supreme and Unsuitable lust Of
Office and patronage, and to obtain possession
OF the national and state governments, and the
control OF place and position, they have OBJ
structed all effort to promote the purity and to
conserve the freedom OF suffrage, and have de-
V1sed fraudulent certtticatiOns and returns,
have labored to unseat lawfully elected men,
berS OF Congress, to secure at all hazards the
seats OF majority OF the states in the House Of
Rep! esentattyeS; have endeavored to occupy
py force and fraud the places OF trust given TO
o hers by the people OF Name and rescued by
the courage In action OF Names paeriotic sons;
have, by methods vicious In principle and ty-
ranhical In practice, attached partisan legisla-
tion TO appropriation bills, upon whose passage
Iae very movements OF government depend;
advocated the principles and sought the favor
OF rebellion against the nation, and have
endeaVored to Obl1teIate the sacred memo
ries of the war and to overcome its inesti-
mable valuable results Of nationality, per-
sonal freedom and Individual equality. The
equal, steady and complete enforcement of
laws and the protection of all our citizens In
the enjoyment OF all privileges aud immunfties
guaranteed by the constitution are the first
duties of the nation. The dangers of a solid
south can only be averted by faithful per-
torrance 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 ma
ton must perform, and the nation cannot, with
safety, relegate this duty to the states The
south Of must be dXded by the peaceful
Ions must there find free expression,
and to this end the honest voters must
be protected against terrorism, violence
or fraud and we affirm 1t to be the duty and
the purpose OF the republican party to use
every legitimate means to restore all the states
OF The Union to the most perfect harmony that
may be practicable and we submit to the prac-
teal, sensible people of the United States to say
whether it would not be dangerous to the dear
est interests OF our country at this time to sur
render the administration OF the national gov
eminent to the party which seeks to overthrow
the existing policy under which we are so
prosperous, and thus bring diStruSt and confu-
sion where there is now order confidence and
hope.
A Civil Service Plank.
The resolutions having been then read by the
secretary, Mr.. Barker, OF Massachusetts, moved
TO amend by adding the following: 1.-The re-
publican party adhering to the principles af-
nrmed by its last national convention, of re-
spect for the constitutional rules governing
appointment to Office, adopts the declaration
or President Hayes, that the reform in the civil
service shall be thorough, radical and complete;
to that end 1t demands the cooperation of the
legislative with the executive departments of
the government; and that Congress shall so le-
gfSlate, that fitness aScert aimed by proper prac-
t1cal tests shall admit to the public service;
that the tenure Of administrative offices lex
cept those through which the distinctive policy
OF the party in power shall be carried out) shall
be permanent during good behavior, and that
the power OF removal for cause, with due re-
sponsibility for the good conduct OF subOrdi-
mates shall accompany the power of appoint.
ment.
Mr.. Anthony of Illinois moved an amend