Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-06-30

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further legislation as is necessary to
carry out it's purposes.
The reform of the civil-service au-
spiciously begun under republican adj
ministration should be completed by
the further extension of reformed
system already established by law to
all the grades of service to which it is
applicable. Thhe spirit and purpose
of the reform should be observed in
all executive appointments, and all
laws at variance with the objects of
existing reformed legislation should
be repealed to the end that the dam
gers to be free institutions which lurk
in the dover of official patronage
may be wisely and effectively avoid
ed.
The public lands are heritage of
the people of the United States, and
should be reserved as far as possible
for small holdings by actual settlers
We are opposed to the acquisition of
large tracts of these lands by corpo-
rations or individuals, especially
where such holdings are in the hands
of nonresident aliens, and we will
endeavor to obtain such legislation
as will tend to correct this evil.
We demand of congress the speedy
forfeiture of all land grants which
have lapsed by reason of non-compli-
ance with acts of Incorporation in all
cases where there has been no at
tempt in good faith to preform the
conditions of such grants.
The grateful thanks of the Ameri-
can people are due to the Union SOL
diers and sailors of the late war, and
the republican party stands pledged
to suitable pensions for all who were
disabled and for the widows and Or
phans of those who died in the war.
The republican party also pledges it.
self to the repeal of the limitation
contained in the arrears acts of 1879,
so that all invalid soldiers shall share
alike, and their pensions shall begin
with the date of disability or dis
charge and not with the date of the
application.
The republican party favors pol
icy which shall keep us from entang-
ling alliances with foreign nations
and which shall give the right to ex-
pect that foreign nations shall refrain
from meddling in American affairs,
the policy which seeks peace and
trade with all powers, but especially
with those of the western hemisphere.
We demand the restoration of our
navy to its old time and strength and
efficiency, that it may in any sea pro-
tect the rights of American citizens
and the interests of American COM
merce, and we call upon congress to
remove the burdens under which
American shipping has been de-
pressed, so that it may again be true
that we have a commerce which
leaves no sea unexplored and a navy
which takes no law from superior
force.
Resolved, That appointments by
the president to offices in the ter
ritores should be made from bona
f1e citizens and residents of the ter
ritories wherein they are to serve.
Resolved, That it is the duty of
congress to enact such laws as shall
promptly and effectually suppress the
system of polygamy within our terri
tory, and divorce the political from
the ecclesiastical power of the So
called Mormon church, and that the
law so enacted should be rigidly en-
forced by the civil authorities if possi-
BILE, by the military if need be. The
t people of the United States in their
: organized capacity constitute nation
and not mere confederacy of states.
The national government is supreme
within its sphere of national duty,
but the states have reserved rights
which should be full maintained.
Each should be guarded with jealous
care so that the harmony of our sys-
TEN of government may be preserved
and the Union be kept inviolate.
The perpetuity of our institutions
rests upon the maintenance of free
l ballot, an honest count and a correct
return.
We denounce the fraud and vio-
lence practiced by the democracy in
southern states by which the will of
the voter is defeated as dangerous to
the preservation of free institutions,
and we solemnly arraign the demo-
cratic party as being the guilty recip-
lent of the fruits of such fraud and
violence, and we extend to the repub-
licans of the South, regardless of
their former party affiliations, our
cordial sympathy, and pledge to them
our most earnest efforts to promote
the passage of such legislation as will
l secure to every citizen of whatever
race and color the full and complete
. recognition, possession and exercise
: of all civil and political rights.
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