The Phoenix herald., 1880-09-03
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 plluse.l
 Under it's administration rail-
 ways have increased from 3f.OGO
 miles ia IS50 10 more than g GOO
 miles i'll IS79- TApplausc.l Our
 foreign trade increased from s70O,-
 O0Q,G0O u Sl,I5G,OO0.000 in the
 same time, and our exports which
 were $30.00O,C00 less than our
 imports ill l36O, were S2ej .0G0,-
 000 more thaa our imports n 1879.
 LApp!ausc, and ciies of "Good!"
 -GvoG' Without resorting 10
 loans, it has, since iho war closed.
 dcfrayed the ordinary expenses of
 Government. besides the aecruing
 iNtcrt St on the pub'ic debt. anl
 has disbuse annually more than
 S30,000,000 for soldiers and sail
 ors' pensions. l. las paid 3SS0,-
 000,000 of the public debt, aud by
 reiunding the balance at lower
 rates, has reduced the annual in
 t,rest charge from nearly $l59,-
 OOO.OO0 to less than SS9.000,000
 All the industries of the country
 have revived, labor is in demand,
 wages have increased, and through cut the entire country there Is evi- dence ofa 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 the;r approval the fol- lowing statement of the principles and purposes which ,iill continue to guide and inspire lis efforts.
 Ist. We affirm that the work oi the Republican party fer the last twenty years has beeu such as to commend it to the favor cf the Na- tion; that the fruits of the costly victories which We have achieved through immense difficulties should be preserved; that the peace ra- gained should be cherished; that tue Union should be perpetustcd, and that the liberty secured to this generation should be transmitted to othor generations; that the order established and the credit acquired should never be im- paired; that the pensions promised should be paid; that the debt so much reduced should be extinguish- i ed bT the full payment of every dollcr thereof; that the reviying ill., iusiries should be further promoted, 1 and that the eommerce already in 1 ercasing should be steadily eHcour- | aged.
 ad. The Constitution of the United States is supreme law, | md not a mere contract. TAp- 1 Ont Of c0nfederatcd States It made a sovereign nation. sono powers are denied to the na- ion, while others are denied 10 the States, but the boundary between he powers delegated and these re- elyed is to be determined by the rational, and net by the State tri- ,unal TCheers.l
 Sd. The work of popular edEea ion Is one left to the care of the eyeral States. but it is the duty f the National Goytrnment to aid Lat wolk to the extent Of its con t'ta'ioual ability. The intelligence f the nation is LUt the aggregate f the intelligence in the several 'tates, and the destiny of the na- icu must De guided, not by rae enius ofany one State, but by the verage genius of al, LAPplausel
 4th, The Constitution aiscly for ids Congress to make any law ro- pec;ing the establishment Of re- sion, but 1t is idle to hope thqt the aiion can be protected against the influence cf secret sectariauism, -lile each State is exposed to its on.ination. We, therefore, rec mmeal that the Constitution be a amended as to lqy the same pro ibition upon the Legislature of ach State, and to forbid the appro- riation ot public funds to the sup ort of sectarian schools. ICheers.l
 5lh. We reaffim the belief vowed in 1876 that the duties eyied for the purpos2 of revenue hould so discriminate as to favor .merican labor, jchecrs;I that DO lrthcr grants of tle public domain hould be made to any railway or ther corporation; that slavery hay E perished in the States its twin arbarity, rolygamy. must die in le Territories; that eyeryw here le protection accorded to a citizen American birth must be secured , citizens by American adoption. hat we deem 1t the duty of Con- ress to develop and improve our ,acoast and harbors, bat insist lat further subsidies 10 private T ersons or corporations must cease, .heers;l that the obligations of the epublic to the men who preserved ( $ integrity in the day Of battle I -e Il ndiminished by the lapse Of rtccn years since their final vic- ny To do them honor Is and lall forever be the grateful privi- g and sacred duty of the Ameri- ,n people.
 9th. Since the authority to reg ate immigration and intercourse tween the United States and reign nations rests with the Con- ess of the United States and the eaty making power, the Republi- III party, regarding the unre- ricted immigration of Chinese as matter of grave concernment uu- IT. tho cvaroisa c,t betb tboca