Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-06-25
With the sentiment, "The convention

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THE PLATFORM.
CHICAGO, June 81. Following is the
platform as reported by the Committee
on resolutions
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
liberty and the rights of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, and to cover also
with wreaths of imperishable remem-
brance and gratitude the heroic names
of our later leaders who have more re-
Gently been called away from our coun-
cils-Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Logan,
Conkling. May their memories be faith
fully cherished. We also recall with our
greetings and with prayer for his recov-
cry the name of one of our living heroes
whose memory will be treasured in the
history both of Republicans and of the
republic-the name of that noble soldier
and favorite child of victory-Philip II.
Sheridan. In the spirit of those great
leaders and of our own devotion to hui
man liberty and with that hostility to ali
forms of despotism and oppression which
is the fundamental idea Of the Republi-
can party, we send fraternal congratu-
lation to our fellow Americans of Brazil
upon their great act of emancipation,
which completed the abolition of slavery
throughout the two American continents.
We earnestly hope that we may soon
congratulate our fellow-citizens of Irish
birth upon the peaceful recovery of home
rule for Ireland. We reaffirm our I'M
swerving devotion to the national con-
stitution and to the indissoluble union of
the States, to the personal rights and
liberties of citizens in all the States and
Territories in 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 cast
one free ballot in public elections, and to
have that ballot duly counted. We hold
the free and honest popular ballot and
the just and equal representation of all
the people to be the foundation of our
republican government, and demand eff
fective legislation to secure the integrity
and purity of elections, which are the
fountains of public authority.
We charge that the present Admins
tration and the Democratic majority in
Congress owe their existence to the sup
preston of the ballot by a criminal null
ification of the Constitution and laws of
the United States.
We are uncompromisingly in favor of
the American system of projections we
protest against it's destruction as pro-
posed by the President and his party.
They serve the interests of Europe; we
will support the interests of America.
We accept the issue and confidently ap-
peal to the people for their judgment.
The protective system must be maintain
| ed. It's abandonment has always been
| followed by general disaster to all inter
ests except those Of the usurer and the
sheriff.
We denounce the Mills bill as destruc-
tive to the general business, the labor
and the farming interests of the country,
and we heartily indorse the consistent
and patriotic action of the Republican
representatives in Congress in opposing
it's passage. We condemn the PROPOSE
ton of the Democratic party to place
wool on the free list, and we insist that
the duties thereon shall be adjusted and
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equate protection to that industry.
The Republican party would effect al
needed reduction of the national revenue
by repeating the taxes upon tobacco
which are an annoyance and burden tC
agriculture, and the tax upon spirits uset
in the arts and for mechanical purposes
and by such revision of the tariff laws a:
will tend to check imports of such ar
tiGles as are produced by our people, thu
production of which gives employment
to our labor, and release from impOr
duties those articles of foreign produc
ton, except luxuries, the like of which
cannot be produced at home.
If there shall still remain a larger rev
enue than is requisite for the wants o
the government we favor the entire re
peal of internal taxes, rather than tn
surrender of any part of our protectiv
system, at the joint behest of the whisk
ring and the agents of foreign manufae
turers.
We declare our hostility to the intro
duction into this country of foreign cor
tract labor and of Chinese labor, alien, t
our civilization and our Constitution, an
we demand the rigid enforcement OF tn
existing laws against it, and favor sue
{ immediate legislation as will exclud
, such labor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to a
combinations of capital organized
trusts. or otherwise to control arbitr;
} rily the condition of trade among OF
citizens, and we recommend to Congress
= and the state legislatures in their respe'
+ tive jurisdictions such legislation as wi
prevent the execution of all such scheme
to Cypress the people by undue charge
L on their supplies, or by unjust rates Il
I the transportation of their products
n market. We approve the legislation
0 Congress to prevent alike unjust burden
and unfair discrimination between Il
states.
We reaffirm the policy of approprl
ting the public lands of the United Stat
= to be homesteads for American citizel
n and settlers, not aliens, which the r
l. publican party established IN 1862 again
a the persistent opposition of the Dem
- Gratis in Congress, and which has broug
our great Western domain into SUI
magnificent development. The restor
l. ton of unearned railroad land grants
If the public domain for the use of actu
ar settlers, which was begun under the a
- ministration of President Arthur, shou
be continued. We deny that the De
!, ocratic party has ever restored one &C
70 to the people, but declare that by t
q. Joint action of Republicans and DEN
IN Gratis about 100000 of acres of I
as earned lands originally granted for {
or construction of railroads have been
:, stored to the public domain in pursuar