The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-11
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
What Was Declared to be Re-
pUbIiean Principles in
Chicago.
Enc Same Ola Thing.

oA N1euluhJs VIC OA-
inst. It vas dropped of the wires
somewhere between Chicago aad this
city, and was not discovered until
last night, when portion of it was
Forwarded by telegraph. We take it
from the Chicago papers OF Sunday.
-EDs. HERALD.
The republican party in national
convention assembled, at the end OF
twenty years since the federal gov
erDment was first committed to its
charge. submit to the people OF the
United States this brief report Of its
administration. 1t suppressed re-
be-l!on which had armed nearly q
million OF men to subyert the national
authority. reconstructed the Union
of the states with freedom instead OF
slavery as its corner stone. II trans
formed 100000 human beings
from the likeness Of things to the rank
of citizens. 1t relieved Congress from
the Infamous work OF hunting fugitive
slaves and charged it to see that
slavery does not exist. II hes raised
the value OF our paper currency from
80 per cent. TO the par OF gold. Ii
has restored upon solid basis pay
ment in coin for all the national
obligations, AMI has given US a cur
rency absolutely good and equal 10
every part of our extended country.
1t has lifted the credit OF the Eatlon
from the point where s per cent.
bonds sold at Sc to that where 1 per
cent. bon is are eagerly sought at a
premium. Under its administration
railways have increased from LOGO
miles in 1860 to more than 81, goo
miles in 1879. Our foreign trade
has increased from 100000, 900 to
81, l50, OO0,00 in the same time, and
our exports, which were $50. 600, 900
less than our imports, in 1860, we're
S261, goo 600 more than our imports
in 1879. Without resorting to loans,
il has since the Wsr closed betrayed
the ordinary expenses of the govern
ment, besides the accruiUg interest
on the public debt, and disbursed
Annually more than S30,000,000 for
soldiers and sailors pensions. 1t
has paid $3.50, 100000 of the public
debt, aud by funding the balance at
lower rates has reduced the annual
in terest charge from nearly Sl5l 600.
600 to less than $50, GOO. coo. All the
industries OF the country have revived,
labor is in demand, wages have ir-
creased, and throughout the entire
country there is evidence OF a coming
prosperity greater than VIC have ever
enjoyed. Upon this record the re
publican party asks for the continued
confidence and support of the people,
and this convention submits for their
approval the following statement OF
the principals and purposes which will
continue to guide and inspire its
efforts:
I've affirm that the work Of the
republican party for the last twenty
years has been such as 10 command ii
to 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 rePaincd should be che
rished; tina! the discovered Union.
now happily restored should be per
petusted, and that the liberties Sc
cared TO this generation should be
transmitted undiminished 10 future
generations; that the order established
and the credit acquired should never
be impaired; that the pensions pro-
missed should be paid; that the debt,
so much reduced, should be ex-
tinguished by the full payment OIL
every dollar thereof; that the reviving
indus ries should be further promoted
and that the commerce, already &c
great, should be steadily encouraged.
2-The Constitution OF the United
States is a supreme law, and not 8
mere contract out OF confederRted
states. 1t made sovereign nation
sOms powers are denied to the nation,
while others are denied to the states,
but the boundary between the power:
delegated and those reserved is to be
datsrmined by the national and mol
| the state tribunals.
3-The work of popular education
ia one left to the care OF the several
states. but it is the duty Of the ma
iional government to aid that work to
the extent of its constitutional ability.
The intelligence Of the nation is but
the aggregate of the intelligence in
the several states, Rnd the destiny oil
the nation must be guided. not by the
genius Of any one state, but by the
average genius Of all.
4-The Constitution Wi5ely iorbida
Congress to make any law respecting
an establishment of religion, but it is
idle to hope that the nation can be
protected against the influence of sec
tsrianism while each state is exposed
to its domination. We therefore
recommend that the Constitution be
60 amended ss to lay the same pre-
hibition on the legislature of each
state, and TO forbid the appropriation
of public funds TO the support OF see
tartan schools.
5-We resfim the belle! aVowed
in 1876, that the duties levied for the
purpose of revenue should SO dis.
criminate as to favor American labor;
that no further grant OF the public
domain should be made to any rail
way or other corporation; that slavery
having persisted in the states. its twin
barbarity, polygamy, must die in the
territories; that everywhere the pro
lection accorded to citizen of Am
erican birth must be secured to citi-
zeBs By American adoption; that We
esteem it the duty OF Congress to de-
yelop and improve our water courses
and harbors, but insist that further
subsidies to private persons or e0rpor.
ations must cease; that the obliga-
lions of the republic to the men who
preserved its integrity in the day OF
battle are undiminished by the lapse
OF Etsen years since their victory;
their perpetual honor is, and shall
forever be, the grateful privilege and
sacred duty Of the American people.
6-Siuce the authority to regulate
immigration and intercourse between
the United States and foreign nations
rests with the Congress OF the United |
States and lie tresty.msking powers,
the republican party regarding the
immigration of Chinese
as an evil of great magnitude, invoke
the exercise OF that power to restrain
and limit that immigration by the
enactment OF such Just, humane and
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