Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-06-11
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM
A dopted by the Chicago Convention 81
SATURDAY.. June b.

! 10 lth cuuIBti huullllb 10 lnt people OF lnt
| United States this brief report Of its admins
| tration.
| II suppressed a rebellion which had armed
nearly a million of men to subvert the nation.
al authority. Applause. II reconstructed
the Union Of the States with freedom instead
of slavery as its cornerstone. Applause
II transformed 900, 900 human beings from
the likeness Of things to the rank Of citizens
Applause 1t relieved Congress from the
infamous work of hunting fugitive slaves.
and charged it to sec that slavery does not
exist 1t has raised the value of our paper
currency from 81 per cent to the par Of gold.
Cheers. II has restored upon IA solid basis
payment in coin for all the national obliga-
tons, and has given US a currency absolutely
good and equal in every part of our extended
country. 1t has lifted the credit of the ma
ton from the point where per cent. bonds
sold ut sG to that where 1 per cent. bonds are
eagerly sought at premium Under its ad-
ministraton, railways have increased from
81 900 miles, IN 1860. to more than - 600
miles in 1873 Our foreign trade has increas-
ed from 500. 600. 900 to 81 100 600 900 in
the same time, and our exports. which were
so, 600, 600 less than our imports in 1860
were S2G4 600 900 more than our imports in
1879 Applause. Without resortiug to
loans 1t has since the war closed defraved
the ordinary expenses Of Government, be-
sides the aCcruing interest on the public debt
and has annually disbursed more than $50,
OUOO 900 for soldiers pensions 1t has paid
ssSs, 200, 900 Of the public debt, aud by re-
funding the balance at lOser rates has re-
duced the annual Interest," charge from nearly
SOL 900, 900 to less than $50, OOO. 600. All
the industries of the country have revived
labor Is III demand; wages have increased,
and throughout the entire country there Is
evidence of coming prosperity n. alter 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
their approval the following statements OF
the principles and purposes which will con.
tinue to guide and inspire its efforts
]. We affirm that the work of the last y
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 pre-
served that the peace regained should be
cherished that the discovered Union now
happily restored should be perpetuatsd and
that the liberties 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 extiu-
guished by the full payment Of every dollar
thereof that the reviving industries should
be further promoted and that the commerce
already so great should be steadily encour.
aged
ii. The constitution Of the United States
Is supreme law, and not Il mere contract
Out of confederated States it made "A sover-
elgn nation. Some powers are denied to the
nation, while others are denied to the States
but the boundary between the powers dele
gated and those reserved il 10 be determined
by the national and not by the State tribu.
mails. Applause
III The work OF popular education is one
left to the care Of the several States but it is
the duty of the national government to aid
that work to the extent Of It's constitutional
power. The intelligence Of the nation is but
the aggregate Of the intelligence in the sey.
eral States, and the destiny Of the nation
must not be guided 10y the genius of any one
state, but 10y the average genius Of all.
". The Constitution wisely forbids Con
gress to make any law respecting an estab-
lishment OF religion, but it is idle to hope
that the Nation can be protected against the
influence OF sectarianism while each State is
exposed to its domination. We therefore rec
ommeud that the Constitution be so amend.
ed ~ to lay the same prohibition upon the
Legislature OF each State and to forbid the
hHIiplAAhNibA VI punt lhuhh W Tue support
of sectarian schools Cheers
V We affirm the belief Avowed in 1876.
that the duties levied for the purpose of rev.
enue should so discriminate A. TO favor Amer
lean labor applause that no further grant
Of the public domain should be made to any
railway or other corporation that slavery
having persisted in the States, lie twin bar.
barity, polygamy, must die in the Territories.
applause that everywhere the protection
accorded TO citizens Of American birth
must Toe secured to citizens by American
adoption, and that We esteem it the duty Of
Congress to develop and improve our water
courses and harbors, but insist that further
subsidies to private persons or corporations
must cease. That the obligations of the Re
public to the men who preserved it, integrity
n the hour OF battle are undininished by the
apse of the IL years since their final victory.
10 do them perpetual honor is, aud shall for
ever be, Nhe grateful privilege and sacred duty
Of the American people
VI Since the authority to regulate immi-
grafton and intercourse between the United
States and foreign nations rests with Con
yress, or with the United States and its treaty
making power, the Republican Party, regard
ug the unrestricted immigration of the
chinese as an evil Of great magnitude, in
7okes the exercise OF those powers to restrain
and limit that immigration 10y the enactment
IF such Just humane, and reasonable pro
visions a. will produce that result
VII That the purity and patriotism which |
characterized the earlier career of Rutherford |
3. Hayes, III peace and war, and which guild |
ID the thoughts of our immediate predecessors |
o him for Presidential candidate, have con
inued to inspire him in his career as Chief |
Executive and that history will accord to his |
the honors which are due to |
II efficient, Just, and courteous discharge of |
lie public business and will honor his inter |
POSITIONS between the people and proposed |
PARTISAN laws. Cheers.
VIII We charge upon the Democratic |
party the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and |
Justice TO supreme and Unsuitable lust of |
'thce and patronage; that to obtain posses
non OF the National and State Governments |
md the control of place and position, they
nave obstructed all efforts to promote the |
purity and to conserve the freedom of suf-
rage, and have devised fraudulent certifca-
ions and returns; have labored to unseat law
uly-elected members of Congress; TO secure
Il all hazards the vote of u majority of the
states III the House of Representatives have
ndeavored to occupy, by force and fraud,
he places Of trust given to Others by the peo-
Die of Maine, and rescued by the courageous
ctlon of Names patriotic sons have, by
Methods vicious in principle and tyrannical
u practice, attached partisan legislation to
preparation bills, upon whose passage the
cry movement of the Government depends
ave crushed the rights of individuals; have
dvocated the principles and sought the favor
# rebellion against the Nation, aud have en-
eavored TO obllterate the sacred memories of
lac war, and to overcome its inestimably val
able results of nationality, personal freedom,
nd individual equality. The equal, steady.
nd complete enforcement of laws. and the
protection Of all our citizens in the enjoyment
+ all privileges and immuuities guaranteed
y the Constitution, are the first duties of the
'uton. The dangers of solid South can
nly be averted by faithful performance of
very promise which the Nation has made TO
he citizen. The execution Of the laws and
he punishment of all those who violate them
re the only safe methods by which an endur-
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