The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-07-16

Principles Procz&iAsed I'm the R@pub-
iican Platform Adopted as Chicago
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wise the TarIr-neeia~es for Pos
tai Savings Banks-Ptedges for the
Future.
The text Of the Republican plat
form Ii as follows:
Once more the Republican party,
In national convention assembled.
submits its cause TO the people. This
great historic organization. that de-
stroyed slavery. preserved the Union,
restored credit. expanded the na-
tional domain. established a sound
financial system. developed the in
dustries and resources of the coun-
try, and gave To the nation her seal
OF honor In the councils of the world,
now meets the new problems of gov
ernment with the same courage and
capacity with which ii solved the old.
Under Roosevelt.
In this, the greatest era of Ameri-
can advancement, the Republican
party has reached its highest service
under the leadership of Theodore
Roosevelt. His administration In an
epoch in American history. In no
other period since national sover-
eighty was won under Washington
or preserved under Lincoln has there
been such mighty progress In those
ideals of government which make for
justice. equality and fair dealing
among men. The highest aspirations
Of the American people have found
a voice. Their most exalted servant
represents the best aims and worthi-
est purposes of all his countrymen.
American manhood has been lifted to
nobler sense of duty and obliga-
ton. Conscience and courage in
public station and higher standards
Of right and wrong in private life
have become cardinal principles of
political faith; capital and labor have
been brought into closer relations of
confidence and interdependence; and
the abuse of wealth the tyranny of
power and all the evils Of privileges
and favoritism have been put to
scorn by the simple, manly virtues
Of justice and fair play.
The great accomplishments of
President Roosevelt have been, first
and foremost, a brave and impartial
enforcement of the law; the prose-
cution of illegal trusts and monopo-
lies; the exposure and punishment
Of evil-doers in the public service;
the more effective regulation of the
rates and service of the great trans
portation lines; the complete over
throw of preferences, rebates and
discriminations: the arbitration of
labor disputes; the amelioration of
the condition of wage-workers every
where; the conservation of the natu-
raj resources of the country; the
forward step in the improvement of
the inland waterways; and always
the earnest support and defense of
every wholesome safeguard which
has made more secure the guarantees
Of life, liberty and property.
These are the achievements that
will make for Theodore Roosevelt
his place in history, but more than
all else, the great hings he has done
will be an inspiration to those who
have yet greater things to do. We
declare our unfaltering adherence to
the policies thus inaugurated, and
pledge their continuance under a
Republican administration of the
Government.
Equality of Opportunity.
Under the guidance of Republican
principles the American people have
become the richest nation in the
world. Our wealth to-day exceeds
that of England and all her colonies
and that of France and Germany
combined. When the Republican
party was born the total wealth of
the country was SIG. 1000, 100000. 1t
has heaped to 100000 900 in a
generation, while Great Britain has
gathered but $4,000, 900, 900 in 500
years. The United States now owns
one-fourth of the worlds wealth and
makes one-third Of all modern man
| ufactured products. In the great
| necessities of civilization, such as
| coal, the motive power of all activ.
lity; iron,, the chief basis of all in.
dustry; cotton, the staple foundation
of all fabrics; wheat, corn, and al
the agricultural products that feed
mankind, Americas supremacy is un
| disputed.
And yet her great natural wealth
has been scarcely touched. We have
a vast domain of 100000 square
miles, literally bursting with laten
treasure, still awaiting the magic o
capital and industry to be converted
to the practical uses Of mankind; 1
country rich in soil and climate, Ii
the embarrassed energy of its riveri
and in all the varied products of tn,
field, the forest and the factory
With gratitude for Gods bounty
with pride in the splendid produc
tiveness of the past an with conf
dence in the plenty and prosperit.
of the future, the Republican part,
declares for the principle that In tn,
development and enjoyment o
wealth so great and blessings 8,
benign there shall be equal oppor
tunity for all.