The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-08-09
THE PLATFORM.

Lincoln: i: and 10 cover. also. with wreaths i'm.
,perishab,e remcmbrance nnd gratitude the
heroic namos of our iator lenders. who havo
been moro recently called away from our coun-
ellis Grant. Garfield. Arthur, Logan, Conkling.
NAV their memories he faithfully cherished,
'Wo also recall with our greetings, and with
prayer for his recovery, tho nnme OF one of our
living heroes whose memory will be treasured
in the history both OF Republicans and of the
lRepublic-the name of that noble soldier, and
favoritc child Of victory, Philip II. Sheridan
Tn tho snirit of .boso grcat ieodcrs and
NJ our own devotion IN human liberty md
with that hostility to ali forms OF despot.
ism and oppression. which is tho funda.
mental idea of tho Republican party; wo
send fratcrnai concentrations to our fellow.
Americans of Brazil upon their great act OF
cmnncinntion. which comn,eted the abolition of
slavery tbrourhout tho two American CONT.
nents. we earnestly hone that we NAV soon
conprntulnto our fcllow.citjzcns of irish birth
unon tho ncnceful recovery Of home rulo for
ireland.
We reafY,rm our unswervinr devotion to tho
Nat,onn, constitut,on md 10 the indissoluble
union Of the states: 10 the autonomy reserved
TO tho states under tho constitution; TO the per.
sonal rights md liberties OF citizens in oil tho
States and Territories In tho Union, and es.
peoially to the supreme and sovereign right
OF every lawful tiaen, rich or poor, native or
foreign born white or black, to cast ono free
ballot in public elections and TO have that bal.
lot duly counted. We hold the free and honest
popular ballot and the just and equal represent.
alton Of al the people 20 be the foundation OF our
republican government and demand effective
legislation to secure tho integrity and purity
Of elections, which arc tho fountains OF all pub
lie authority We charge that tho preseut Ad.
ministration and tho Democratic majority In
Congress owo their existence to tho suppress
sion OF the ballot by criminal nullncation
OF tho constitution ana laws OF inc unltcu
States.
W0 arc uncompromisingly in favor OF tho
American system OF protection; wo protest
against its destruction proposed by the Pres
idcnt and his party. They serve tho in.
terests OF Europe; we VIII support tho in-
terests OF America, we accept inc issue
and confidently appeal ia the people Tor
their 1udgment, Ine protoo,vo System,
must DC maintaheu. Tvs uoahuon%uioh. % nus
always peon iohoweo oy echeru, uisussoi W
OIL the interes,s eScep. tnose y, sne , unu
the sneru we aenounSe % sno mii,' eil ,t q, ,,S uo
| structNe 10 tne senerai o.smoss s.o 'ano,
anu .uo tro cors,s,ant ond natr,otic
| .,,a' W ,hn pannh,,con ronros,ntatvas In
@onOa @.ono.oss " q, % nnrosition 70 10 nassaoo
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cra,Io pa'S ~. " io S,,;os ,ho.aor shai, hs nd.
mo ,nssS snaS .o,uoa . sn =. ~ ,,,rrish r,i, ana
| Jus,ou nv .a.aa.,"n - ,Hot ,rdnstrr
| "opuua'p pio.eo''on W 'n"s
The kepupuoan party woulu ehec. alI hccueu
reduction OF inc Nauohai revenue W repeahns
| tho taxes upon uooacco wnaon "fo an "nnoy
ance anu ouruea W "SIioui'u's' "nt .uv .aA
upon epn.s s ~ ~, .,,,,, ro,,,a;o -, .ho tarir
cal purposes, ana oy sucn revls,on ., sno 'ar,n
| laws US "hi 'onu " ous" .Po y. ..,a 49, ~ w,
elcs as are pro9uccq Wy pHr pooh.e '.s
proaNelioh VI Nn.n 49, on.psuy a.,,,nS s w
our iupop ahu 'o.""ao ,~,Io.H
aI.'cVS ~, VI nv, ha nrodnccS
wy ..no " =, ,sono sha,i st,iI romo,r n Iarrer
Ut noiho' ~ thoro ona. ss.t ~ - ~.
| reVcnuo nun 20 dl,,'a nm,,nn ,onanI y, ,no
Government we iavor ,he onsiro . Iopoai y. .no
ihtcrhai .nAss .u'noi 'nan so -. ~ tn,n. vs., w.
| part oi our P,o.oou,o eSs s nv !o
hess ., .no wni,my ''"s "AT S"' "sSH'1s y 's'
e'Rn "aau'"e'4'e''' -
we declare our hostllty 10 .ho in'reauo.'oa ,e'pa
into this country OF foreign contract TABOR anu
OF Chinese labor, alien to our civilization and
our constitution; ana we eomahu lne I'gio ca,
forcement oil the existih9 laws a9aihst ~, anu
favor such immed'ato leslsiu'ioh Us VIII OK
clude such LABOR from ourShores.
We declare our opposition to oil compi-
| nations OF capital organized In trusts or
otherwise 10 control arbitrarily the con.
| d.tons OF trade among our citizens; and
we recommend to Congress, ana the
State Legislatures in their respective
jurisdictions, such legislation a' Will pre-
vent the execution OF all schemes to oppross
the people by undue charges on their supplies
thoir products to market. We approve tho
legislation by Congress to prevent alike unjust
| burdens and unfair determinations bctwccn
the States.
We roafflrm tho policy OF approprtatinS tho
| public lands Of tho United States to be home
steads for American citizens and Settlers not
aliens, which the Republican party established
in 1862, against the persistent opposition OF
tho Democrats In Congress, ana which has
brought our great Western domain into such
| magnificent development. Tho restoration OF
unearncd railroad land grants to tho 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
zero to tho people, but declare that by the
Joint action OF Republicans and Democrats
about 2sOOO,OJO of acres OF unearncd
lands originally granted for the
construction OF railroads have been re.
stored to the public domain, in pursuance
of the conditions inserted by the Republican
party in tho original grants. We charge the
Democratic Administration with failure to ex-
ecute tho law securing to settlers title to their
homesteads and with using appropriations
made for that purpose to harrass innocent set
tiers with spies and prosecutions under the
false pretenso OF exposing frauds and vindicat-
ing the law,
The government by Congress of the Territories
is based upon necessity only, to tho end that
they may become states in the Union; there.
fore, whenever tho conditions of population,
material resources public intelligence and mo-
rality are such as to insure q stable local gov
ernment therein tho people OF such Terrtor-
ies should be permitted as right inhe-