Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-09-06
For President of the United States of America,
BENJAMIN HARRISON, of Indiana
For yice-President of the United States,
LEVIP. MORTON, of New York.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

! The Republicans of the United States assembled
by their delegates in National Convention pause on
the threshold of their proceedings to honor the
memory of their first great leader, the immortal
champion of liberty and the rights Of the people
Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also with wreatbS
/ of imperiShable remembrance and gratitude the
heroic names of our later leaders who have more
recently been called away from our council-Grant,
/ Garfield, Arthur, Logan, Conkling. May their
memories be faithfully cherished. We also recall
with our greetings and with prayer Cor his recovery
the name of one of our living heroes whose memory
will be treasured in the history both OF the Repub-
| Leans and the republic name Of that noble
| soldier and favOrite child OF victory, Philip Ii.
In the spirit of those great leaders. and of our
own devotion 10 human liberty, with that hostility
| to all form OF deSpOtlsm and oppression which is
| the fundamental idea of the Republican party, we
send fraterna congratulations TO OuI fellow Amer
leans of Brazil upon their great act of emancipa-
/ ton, which completed the abolition of slavery
| throughout the two American continents. We
earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate our
feOw-ctiZenS of Irish birth upon The peaceful re-
| cOyery of home rule foS Ireland.
| We rea1lrm our dnSTerving devotion 10 the Ma
tional Constitution and to the ndSSOluble union Of
the States, to the autonomy reserved to the States
under the Constitution. to the personal rights and
liberties Of citizens in all the States and Territories
of the Union, and especially to the supreme and
| sovereign right of every lawful Citizen rich or
poor native or foreign born white or black, to east
one free ballot in public elections and to have that
popular ballot, and the just and equal representa-
tOn of all the people, to be the foundation of our
republican government and demand effective legiS-
atOn 10 secure the integrity ana purity OF elections
which are the fountains of all public authority. We
charge that the present Administration and the
Democratic majority in Congress owe their eXiS-
tence to the suppression of the ballot by criminal
nulliication OF the Constitution and laws of the
United States.
/ We are uneompromisingly in favor of the Ameri-
can system OF protection; we protest against its
destruction as proposed by the President and hi 5
party. They serve the interests Of Europe: we will
support the interests of America. We accept the
issue, and confidently appeal TO the people for their
Judgment. The protective system must be main
tanned. Its abandonment has always been follow
ed by general disaster to all interests except those
| of the uSJirer and the sheriff We denOunce the
Mills bill as destructive to the general interests of
the country and heartily indOrSe the consistent
and patriotic action of the Republican Representa-
| tiyeS in Congress in opposing its passage
! We condemn the proposition of the Democratic
party to place wool on the free list and we insist
that the duties thereon shall be adjusted and MAIN
tained so as TO furnish full and adequate prOtec-
| tiOn to that industry.
The Republican party would effect all needed re-
ductiOn of the national revenue by repeating the
taxes upon tobacco, which are an annoyance and
burden TO agriculture, and the tax upon spirits
used in the arts ard for mechanical purposes; and
by such revision of the tariff laws as will tend to
check imports Of such articles are produced by
our people, the production of which gives employ
ment to our labor, and releases from import duties
those articles OF foreign production except lux
urleS), the like OF which cannot be produced at
home. If there shall still remain larger revenue
than IS requisite for the wants of the Government,
favor the entire repeal of internal taxes rather
than the surrender OF any part of the protective
system at the joint behest of the whisky trusts and
| the agents OF foreign manufacturers.
We declare our hostility to the Introduction into
this country OF foreign contract labor, and of
Chinese labor alien to civilization and our Con
Sttution, and we demand the rigid enforcement of
tne existing laws against 1t, and favar Such lnl-
mediate legislation as will exclude such labor from
our shores.
We declare our opposition to all combinations of
arbitrarily the condition of trade among citizens,
and we recommend to Congress, and the State
Legislatures in their respective Jurisdictions, such
legislation as will prevent the execution of all
schemes to OppreSS the people by undue charges
on their supplies or by unjust rates for the transpOr
tatlon OF their products to market. We approve
the legislation by Congress to prevent a like unjust
burdens and unfair determinations between the
States.
Wereaffirm the policy of apprOpriating the public
lands of the United States to be hOmeSteadS for
American citizens and settlers, not Aliens which
the Republican party established in 1862 against
the persistent opposition of the Democrats in Con-
greSs, and which has brought our great Western
domain into such magnificent development. The
restoration OF uneaTned railroad land grants to the
public domain for the use of actual settlers which
was begun under the Administration OF President
Arthur, should be continued. We deny that the
Democratic party has ever restored one acre TO the
people, but declare that by the joint action of Re
publicanS and Democrats about fifty millions of
acres of unearned lands originally granted for the
construction of railroads have been restored to the
public domain in pursuance of the conditions in
StIltu bl Tile hepllDHCdl pdTIN IN the Original
grants. We charge the Democratic Administra-
ton with failure to execute the laws securing to
settlers titles to their hOmeSteadS and with using
appropriations mlde 1Or that purpose TO haraSS IN
noeent settlers with spies and prosecutions urder
the false pretense of exposing frauds and vindcat
ing the law.
The Government by Congress of the Territories is
based upon necessity only to the end that they may
become States III the Union; therefore, whenever
the condition OF population, material resources,
public intelligence and morality are such as to in
sure stable local government therein, the people
OF such territories should be permitted rs right
Inherent in them, to form for themselves COnStitJ
tons and State governments and be admitted into
tne nlon PENDING the preparation for Statehood |
all officers thereof should be selected from the bona
fde residents and citizens of the Territory wherein
they are to serve. South Dakota should of right |
be Immediately admmitted as State in the UniOn |
under the Constitution framed and adopted by her |
people, and We heartily indOrSe the action of the |
Republican Senate in twice passing bills for her
admission. The refusal of the Democratic House |
OF Representatives, for partisan purposes to favor
ably consider these bills, is Willful violation of the
American principle of local selfgOvernment, and |
meflIS Ine condemnation OF all Just men, The PEN |
ding bS III the Senate for acts to enable the people
of Washington, North Dakota and Montana Ter |
ritOrieS to form Constitutions and establish State
governments, should be passed without unneces-
sary delay. The Republican party pledges itself to
do all in its power to facilitate the admission of the
Territories of New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho and |
Arizona to the enjoyment of Self-gOveTnment as
states: such OF them now qualified. as soon as
s.iu Iile OteIS rs soon us tny become So
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