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

platform adopted by the National Re-
publican Convention:
The Republicans of the United
States, assembled by their represcn-
tatives in national convention, APP
peahng for the popular and historical
Justification OF their claims to the
matchless achievements of thirty
years Of Republican rule, earnestly
and confidently address themselves
to the awakened Intelligence, expert
ence and conscience of their country
men in the following declaration of
facts and principles;
For the first time since the civil
war the American people have wit
messed the calamitous consequence of
full and unrestricted Democratic con-
troll of the Government. 1t has been
record of unparalleled incapacity,
dishonor and disaster. In admins
trative management it has ruthlessly
sacrificed indispensable revenue, en-
tailed an unceasing deficit, eked out
ordinary current expenses with bor-
rowed money, piled up the public
debt by $262, 100000 in time of
peace, forced an adverse balance of
trade, kept perpetual menace hang
ing over the redemption fund, pawn
ed American credit to alien syndi-
Gates, and reversed all the measures
and results of successful Republican
rule. In the broad effect of its poll
cy it has precipitated panic, blighted
industry and trade with prolonged
depression, closed factories, reduced
work and wages, halted enterprise
and crippled American production
while stimulating foreign production
for the American market. Every
consideration of public safety and in
dividual interest demands that the
Government shall be rescued from
the hands of those who have shown
themselves incapable to conduct it
without disaster at home and dishon.
or abroad, and shall be restored to
the party which for thirty years adj
miuistered it with unequalled success
and prosperity. And in this con-
Tnection we heartily indorse the wis
dom, patriotism and success of the
administration of President Harrison.
| We renew and emphasize our allie
glance to the policy of protection as
the bulw ark of American industrial
independence and the foundation of
American development and prospect
ty. This true American policy taxes
foreign products and encourages
home industry it puts the burden Of
revenue on foreign goods; it secures
the American market for the Ameri
can producer; it upholds the Ameri
5 can standard of wages for the Amer
= lean workingman; it puts the factor,
D by the side of the farm, and makes
a the American farmer less dependen
on foreign demand and pride 1t diff
! fuses general thrift and POUNDS TIL
, strength of all on the strength O
each. In its reasonable application
it is just, fair and impartial, euuall
. opposed to foreign control and dc
mesic monopoly, to sectional dis
elimination and individual favori,ism
We denounce the Democratic tart
l. as sectional injurious to the publ
Is credit and destructive to business en-
e terprise. We demand such an equii
h able tariff on foreign imports whit
l. come into cothpetilion with Amer
can products as will not only furnis
: adequate revenue for the necessar
expenses of the Government but wi
;, protect American products as wi
! not only furnish adequate feoen0e +,
the necessary expenses Of the Go,
eminent but will protect America
labor from degradation TO the was
:" level of other lands. We are n
:, pledged to any particular schedule
" The question of rates is a practic
question, to be governed by the co
IN ditions of the titae and Of productio,
~. the ruling and uncompromising pri
ciple is the protection and develo
on ment of American labor and indastr
OIL The country demands right settl
ment and then it wants rest.
:, = We believe the repeal of the reel
rocity arrangements negotiated
the last Republican Adtninistrati
cir was national Calamity, and we {
ar mand their renewal and extension
nv such terms as will equalize our ira
ICE with other nations, remove the
lst strictions which now obstruct the s,
ar- of American products in the ports
other countries, and secure enlare
.be markets for. the products of our farm
49, forests and factories. Protection a
r. reciprocity are twin measures of I
"a publican policy, and go hand in har
= Democratic rule has recklessly stru
3. down both, and both must be
established. Protection for what
produce, free admission for the n
'n' essaries of life which we do not d