Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-26
THE
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
PLATFOR NJ, ,
ADOPTED AT
CHICAGO, June s, 1880.

1 currency from thirty-eiSnt per CENT w
the par Of gold. 1t has restored upon u
solid basis payment in coin for all the
national obligations. and has given us q
currency absolutely good and legal, and
equal in every part OF our extended couh'
,ry. II has lifted the credit OF the nation
from the point where six per cent. bonds
| .old AT SC. 10 that whero four per cent.
bonds are eagerly sought at premium.
| Under its administration railways have
| increased from 81. 900 miles in 1860 to
more than s., 900 miles in 1879. Our for.
| siyp trade has increased from 500, ,OOO,O
10 81 i5O, 600. 900 in the same time. and our
exports. which were 10000, 900 less than
our imports in 1860. were s26i ,OO0,OOO
more than our imports in 1870. Without
resorting to loans, il has, since the war
closed, defrayed the ordinary expenses OF
government, besides the accruing interest
on the public debt. and disbursed annually
more than $50, ,OO0, 900 for soldiers PEN
sions. Il has paid ssS0,0OO, 900 OF the
public debt, and by refunding the balance
Al lower rates, has reduced the annual
interest charge from nearly sl5l 900, 900
| 10 less than $50 900 900. All the indus
| tries OF the country have revived; labor is
in demand; wages have increased, and
| throughout the entire country there In
evidence Of q 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 Tor
their approval the following statements OF
the principles and purposes which will
continue to guide and inspire Its efforts:
ENUMERATION OF PRINCIPLES.
First-we affirm that the work OF the
las, ,wenty.one years has been such as TO
commend itself 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 regained should be cherished. That
the discovered Union. now happily restored,
should be perpetuated, and that the iioer'
ties secured TO this generation should be
transmitted undiminished to future gener-
a,ions. That the order established and the
credit acquired should never be imperiled.
That the pensions promised should bo paid.
That the debt so much reduced should be
extinguished by the full payment OF every
dollar thereof. That the reviving indus
tries should DO further promoted, aud that
the commerce already so great should be
| steadily encouraged.
second-The Constitution OF the United
| States ia the supreme law. and not mere
| compact. Out Of Confederated States II
made A sovereign nation. Some powers
are denied 10 the Nation, while others are
retained by tho States; but the boundary
between the powers delegated and those
reserved is TO DO determined by National
| and not by State tribunals.
| Third-The work OF popular education
ia one left TO the caro- Of the several States,
hut IL IA the duty Of the National govern
| ment 10 Aid that work To the extent OF its
Constitutional ability. The intelligence OF
the nation is but the aggregate OF the in
tellicence in the several States, aud the
destiny Of the Nation must be guided, not
by the genius Of any ono State, but the
average genius OF all.
| SoS.sIcrARIAS SCHOOLS.
Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbids
Congress to make any laws respecting an
establishment OF religion. but u 10 idie 70
hope that the Nation can be protected
avains. the influence OF sectsrianism while
esch State is exposed to Its particular
| domination. We therefore recommend
that the Constitution be so amended as 10
Law some prohibition upon the Legislature
of each State and TO forbid the appropria'
tiou OF public funds to the support oil Sec
tartan schools.
Fifth-we reafirm the belief avowed In
1876, that the duties levied for the purpose
of revenue should so discriminate as to
favor American labor. That no further
grant OF the public domain should be made
10 any railroad or other corporation. That
slavery having perished in the States, It's
twin barbarity, polygamy, must die In the
Territories. That everywhere the protec'
tion accorded to citizen OF American
birth must be secured to citizens OF Amer.
ie.n adoption. That IL is the duty OF Con-
rress 10 develop and improve our water
courses aud harbors, but we insist that
further subsidies TO private persons or cor
pora,ions must cease. That the obliga'
lions 10 the men who preserved its integ.
rity in the day Of battle are uudiminished
nv the lspse OF fifteen years since their
Anal victory. Their perpetual honor is
and shall forever be the grateful privilege
and the sacred duty Of the American
people.
six,h-Since tho authority to regulate
immigration and intercourse between the
United States and foreign nations rests
with the Congress Of the United States
and its treaty.making powers, that the
Republican party. regarding the unre'
s,ricted immigration Of the Chinese as an
syil Of great magnitude. involves the e1er'
cise of the power TO restrain and limit that
immirrs,ion by the enactment ef such just,
bnmane and reasonable provisions as will
produce the result.
Seyenth-That the purity and patriotism
whi.h characterized the earlier career oi
Rutherford b. Hayes. in peace and war
nj xhich guided the thought OF his i'm
n,oJ;.ta Predecessor 10 him for Presi
Jsr,i,i candidate, have continued to in
sn;rs him in his career as chief executive
and that history will accord 10 MS aumin
istration the honors which are que 70 ~
efficient, Just and courageous iuinihen % ~.
of the public business, and wiz noh9t w
interrogation between the people and pro
posed partisan laws.
IsIQurrIEs OF THE DEMOCRACY.
Eish,h-we charge upon the Demo
cratic party the habitual sacrihce OF pa
triotism and Justice to . supreme ana IN
sa,iable lustfor Office and patronage; tha
to obtain possession Of the National ant
State Governments, and Of the control o
place and position. they have obstructet
all the efforts to preserve the purity ant
conserve the freedom OF suffrage; hav'
devised fraudulent certificates and returns
have devised fraudulent certificates ant
returns; have lAbored to unseat lawful.
elected members Of Congress, to secure .
all hazards the vote Of the majority o
States in the House Of Representatives