Middletown transcript., 1897-11-13
UNION REPUBLICAN RESOLU-
lions.

Adopted In Convention at Dover Thurs
day November 4th, 1897,
The Union Republican party Of the State
of Delaware, by their delegates in conven-
ton assembled, stands for unqualified and
equal justice to all. without which, due re-
spect for law is destroyed, social thrift
obstructed, public peace disturbed and per
manency of government imperiled.
The Union Republican party stands for
reverential acquiescence in the expressed
will of the majority, both in party manage
ment, and in municipal, state and national
elections and legislation, for as the people
are the recognized source of all political
power and authority; so the will of the
people can only be ascertained by the ex-
pressed will of the majority; and the ballot
box, which is the medium for the indica-
ton of that will and the enunciation of
that authority, should be as impregnantly
protected and as jealously guarded by the
American voter.
Whoever violates the ballot-box is trail
tor to his county, an enemy to his race, a
disgrace to human society and an object of
contempt in the eyes of all patriots.
The Union Republican party stands for
the largest and fullest Interpretation of the
Declaration of Independence concerning
the rights of man. 1t believes that any,
thing in system of government which
tends to oppress any individual or any class
is defect in that system, and ought to be
corrected as soon as possible; and that the
mission of the Union Republican party of
the country is to do that work in the future,
as it has largely done it in the past.
The Union Republican party believes in
sound money, we mean currency, every
dollar of which shall be kept at par with
every other dollar, and q standard in har-
mony with that of the leading commercial
nations, SO that our foreign and domestic
trade may be healthy and unembarrassed,
and our credit unquestioned in the money
markets of the world; and we understand
sound money under present conditions to
mean gold standard with all issues of.
silver and paper kept at a parity by the
pledged faith of the government
We believe that all notes of the govern
ment which are payable on demand in gold
should be called in, and that such notes
should only be issued when gold to the full
amount of their face value is deposited in
the treasury of the United States, to se-
cure the redemption of them when 50 is
sued.
BY protective tariff. we mean not tariff
in anywise prohibitive. but duty on foreign
products equivalent to the difference be-
tween domestic and foreign wages, so that
the American workman may have fair
competitive chance in the home market.
We endorse the platform of principles
adopted by the National Union Republican
convention which met at st. Louis in June
in 1896.
Believing that the principles of the Ma
tional Union Republican party are sound,
right. entirely in accord with the purposes
for which our national government was
founded and best calculated to maintain "a
more perfect union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquility, provide for the COM
mon defence, promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of liberty to" the
citizens Of these United States and their
posterity; we congratulate the citizens of
the nation that the policies and affairs of
national government are formulated, de-
cIared. directed. managed and controlled by
that party.
The Union Republican party desires TO
express its sympathy with the struggling
patriots of Cuba. We believe that their
independence will be secured as the price of
noble patriotism and nameless sufferings,
and that the dominion of Spain. nation
that has contributed nothing to the civilza-
tion OF the world, nor the advancement of
the human race for more than three CEN
turies, will no longer desecrate the soil Of
that beautiful island with her barbarism.
and that humanity and the commercial in
serssss Of the United States demand her in
serga1a lion IN the war now being waged in
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