The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1888-06-28

TIE I.ePnbiscsn Nsiisasl platform u
maia ~ good sound timber and we would
be gisd 10 gise IL kll. bn, IL is too long.
and mosi Of cur readers will &c, Il in fall
ID city papers. II does no. contain a TEN.
persnos plank. but resolution vas sub
seqsenily adopted by an almost mani
nous vote 10 favor Of such laws as will
protect The home from the bAneful inha
ence OF the saloon,
We cannot forbear quoting the platform
90 one or two points OF special interest;
We reafsirm our answering devotion To
the national constitution and 10 the indis
soluble union Of the states; 10 the aniono.
mr. reserved 70 the states undor the con
s,iiuiion, 10 the personal rights and liber
ties OF citizens III ell states and territories
10 tbs Unitod States, ani especially 10 the
supreme sad sosrr 100 night OF every Law
tai elliEsn, itch ~ poor, native OF foreign
born, shitc on black, 81 east one fires ball
lot IA public eleeii lbs anl 20 have that
ballot daly conuied We hold the free
aad honest popular ballot aud the Just
.4d equal representation Of All the people
10 be the foundation of our Republican
government, and demand Elective .egsla
ton 70 secure the Integrity and purity of
elections We chargs that the presen,
administration aud the Democratic major :
lis 10 Congress owe their existence 10 the
suppression OF the ballot hs. criminal
Modification Of the constitution aud laws
Of the United States.
We are nncompromisingiy la favor OF
the American system OF protection, We
protest against its destruction as proposed
by tie President aud his party They
save the Interests OF Europe; We will sup
port the interests OF America. We acceI
the issue aud confidently appeal to the
people ior their judgment The proiec
tive sysitm must be maintained Its
abandonment has always been followed by
general disaster to all interests except
those OF the Insurer and the sheriff.
We denounce theMills bill as destructive
10 the general business, the labor and the
farming ,terests Of the country, and we
heartily endorse the consistent and patri
otic action OF the Republican Representa-
tiyrs Ia Congress 10 opposing It's passage.
We condemn the proposition OF the
Dem ocratic party to place wool on the
free list, and We insist that the duties
thereon shall be adjusted and maintained
no as to furnish full and adequate protec.
ton TO that industry.
The Republican party would effect all
needed reduction of the national revenue
by repeating the taxes on tobacco, which
are annoy snce and burden to agriculture,
and the tax upon spirits used in the arts
and for mechanical purposes, and by such
revision OF the tariff laws as will tend TO
check imports OF such as are produced by
our people, the production OF which gives
employment to our labor, and release
IRON Import duties those articles OF for
eien production Except luxuries) the like
OF which cannot be produced at home. II
there shall still remain larger revenue
than is requisite for the wants OF the gov
ernmeDt, we favor the entire reapeal OF the
internal taxes, rather than the surrender
Of any part of our protective system at the
joint behest Of the whiskey trusts and the
agents of foreign manufactures
We declare our hostility to the intro
iuction into this country Of foreign con
tract labor. and OF Chinese labor, alien I o
our civilization and our constitution; and
we demand the right enforcement OF the
existing laws against 1t, and favor such
Immediate legislation as will exclude snch
labor from our shores