The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-06-26

mill-we promise the most ample pro-
lection.
We favor restoring the early Amer.
lean policy of discriminating duties
for the upbuilding of our merchant
marine and the protection OF our ship
ping in the foreign carrying trade, SO
that American ships-the product OF
American labor, employed in Ameri
can ship yards. sailing under the Stars
and Stripes and manned, differed
and owned by Americans-may re-
gain the carrying of our foreign CON-
merce.
The Republican party is unreserv-
edly for sound money. 1t caused the
enactment of the law providing for
the resumption of specie payments in
1879; since then every dollar has been
as good as gold. We are unalterably
opposed to every measure calculated
to debase our currency Or impair the
credit of our country. We are there
fore opposed to the free coinage OF
silver except by International agree
ment with the leading commercial ma
tons of the world, which we pledge
ourselves to promote, and until such
agreement can be obtained the exist
ing gold standard must be preserved.
All our silver and paper currency
must be maintained at parity with
gold, and we favor all measures de-
signed to maintain inviolably the OBJ.
legations of the United States and all
our money, whether coin or paper, at
the present standard, the standard of
the most enlightened nations of the
earth.
The veterans of the Union Army
deserve and should receive fair treat
ment and generous recognition.
Whenever practicable they should be
given the preference in the matter OF
employment, and they are entitled to
the enactment of such laws as are
best calculated to secure the fulfil
ment OF the pledges made to them in
the dark days of the country's peril.
We denounce the practice in the Pen
sion Bureau, so recklessly and unjust
ly carried on BY the present Admins
tration, 81 reducing pensions and ar
bitrarily dropping names from the
rolls, as deserving the severest con
dcmnation of the American people.
Our rofeign policy should be at all
times firm, vigorous and dignified,
and all our interests in the western
hemisphere Carefully watched and
guarded. The Hawaiian Islands
should be controlled by the United
States, and no foreign power should
be permitted to interfere with them
the Nicaraguan Canal should be
built, owned and operated by thu
United States and by the purchase
of the Danish Islands we should Sc
tnre proper and much needed nava
station in the West Indies.
The massacres Of Armenians hav,
aroused deep sympathy and Just in
! dignation Of the American people
7 and we believe that the United State
should exercise all the influence
can properly exert to bring Ties
atrocities to an end. Ia Turk
I Ameiican residents have been expose
c to the gravest dangers, and America
property destroyed. There an
everywbcte Ahieritan citizens an
d American property must be absolutel
: protected at all hazards and at an
cost.
We reassert the Monros doctrine /
its full extent, md we reaffirm til
: right Of the United States to give tt
doctrine effect by responding 10 the al
peais Of any American State for frien'
: ly intervention in case of Europea
:. power in this hemisphere, but tho
possessions must net on any preteX
:, be extended. We hopefully look 10
ward to the eventual withdrawal
the European powers from this hen
sphere, and to the ultimate rnion Of 9
\. English speaaing parts of the contine
;, by the free consent of It's inhabitants.
.. From the hour of achieving the
own independence the people OF t
n United States haee regarded wi
~ sympathy the struggles of other Am
On lean people to free themselves frc
le- European domination. We wat
on with deep and abiding interest the
de roic battle of the Cuban patriots
e. gainst cruelty and oppression, and 0
lie best hopes go out tor the full success
of their determined contest for libert
ed The Government Of Spain, havi
IS, lost control of Cuba, and being unal
nd to protect the property or lives Of re
,e- dent American citizens, or to COMP
d. with its treaty obligations, we belle
ok that the Government of the Uuil
re- States should actively use its .infueI
We and good offices to restore peace a
&C. give independence to the island.
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