The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1880-08-13

in the same hands. They knew there was
| tendency in this direction in oil governments,
and consequent danger to republican institu-
lions from that cause, and took pains to guard
against it. The machinery of a strong cen
tralizcd general government can be used to
| pcrpetuate the same sort of men i'm power
from term to term until it ceases to be rcpub-
lie or is such only in name y and the tendency
of the party now in power in that direction,
as shown i'll various ways besides the will
| lingness recently manifested by large num-
! Der of that party to elect President an un-
| limited number of terms is quite apparent
| and must satisfy thinking people that the
| time has come when it will be safest and best
| for that party to be retired.
But in resisting the encroachments of the
general government upon the reserved rights
| of the people and the States l wish to be dis
tlnctly understood as favoring the proper ex-
ercisc by the general government of the pow
ers rightfully belonging to it and under the
constitution. Encroachments upon the con-
stitutlonal rights of the general government,
or interference with the proper exercise of its
powers must be carefully avoided. The I'M
| ion of the States under the constitution must
be maintained, and it is well known that this
has always been the position ofboth the can
dldates on the Democratic presidential ticket.
1t is acquiesced in everywhere now, and fl
nally and forever settled as one of the results
of the war.
ut is certain beyond all question that the
legitimate results of the war for the Union
will not be overthrown or impaired should
the Democratic ticket be elected In that
event proper protection will be given in every
legitimate way to every citizen, native or
adopted, in every section of the republic, in
the enjoyment of all the rights guaranteed by
the constitution and its amendments. A
sound currency of honest money, of value
anu purchasing power corresponding sub
stantially with the standard recognized by
The commercial world, and consisting ofgold
and silver and paper convertible into coin,
will be maintained. The labor and manufac.
turing, commercial and business interests of
the country will be favored and encouraged
IN every legitimate way. The toiling mil
lions of our own people will be protected
from the destructive competition of the
Chinese, and to that end their immigration to
our shor's will be properly restricted. The
public credit will be scrupulously maintained
and strengthened by rigid economy in public
expenditures, and the liberties of the people
and the property of the people will be pro-
tected by government oflaw and order, adj
mnistercd strictly in the interests of all the
people, and not of corporations and privi-
itS5ttt CliSSCS.
81 do not doubt the discriminating Justice
of the people and their capacity for inteli- |
gent selfgovernment, and therefore do not
doubt the success of the Democratic ticket
Its success would bury, beyond resurrection,
the sectional jealousics and hatrcds which
have so long been the chief stock in trade of
pestitcrous dcmagogues, and in no other way
can this be so effectually accomplished. It
would restore harmony and good feeling be-
tween all the sections, and make us in fact, |
as in name, one people.
The only rivalry then would be in the race
for the development of material prosperity,
the elevation of labor, the enlargement of hu-
man rights, the promotion of education,
morality, religion, liberty, order, and all that
would tend to make us the foremost nation
of the earth in the grand march of human
progress | am, with great respect, very
truly yours,
own III. ENGLISH
"To Hon. John w. Stevenson, President of
the Convention" &c.