Year: 1876

which was formerly an established custom.
They neither expected or desired from the
public of6cess any partisan service. Thew
meant that public officers should owe their
whole service to the Government and 10
the people They meant that the officer
should be secure in his tenure a. long as
his personal character remained untarnish-
ed and the performance of his duties salts
factory. II elected, l shall conduct the
administration OF the Government upon


THESE PRINCIPALS,


and all constitutional powers vested in the
Executive will be employed to establish
this reform,


The declaration Of principles at
Cincinnati makes no announcement in IA
vor Of single Presidential term. i do not
assume to add to that declaration, but be-
iieying that the restoration of the civil ser
vice TO the system established by Washing
ton and followed by the early Presidents
can be best accomplished by an Executive
who is under no temptation to use the pat
ronage OF his Office to promote his re-elec-
tion, desire to perform what regard as a
duty, in stating nov my in6e1ible purpose,
il elected, not to be . candidate for cleo
tion TO a second term.


on THE CURRENCY QUESTION


have frequently expressed my views in
public, and stand by my record on this
subject. regard all the laws Of the
United States relating to the payment OF
the public indebtedness, the legal tender
notes included, as constituting pledge and
moral obligation of the government which
must, in good faith, be kept. 1t ia my con-
yiction that the feeling Of uncertainty in
separable from an irredeemable paper cur
rency, with its fluctuations of values, is one
of the great obstacles to revival Of con-
fidence and business, and to q return of
prosperity. That uncertainty can be ended
in but one way-the resumption of specie
payment; but the longer the instability
connected with our present money system
Il permitted to continue, the greater will be
the injury inflicted upon our economical in
terests and all oissses OF society. If elected
] shall


APPROVE EVERY MEASURE


to accomplish the desired end, and shall
oppose any step backward.


The resolution with respect to the public
school system is one which should receive
the hearty support of the American people.
Agitation upon this subject is to be aPpre.
hended until, by Constitutional amendment
the schools are placed beyond all danger oi
sectarian control or interference. The Re-
publican party is pledged to secure such an
amendment.


The resolution of the Convention on the
subject of the permanent pacifcation Of the
country, and the complete protection OF all
its citizens in the free enjoyment OF all their
Constitutional rights, is timely and OF grea,
Importance. The condition of


THE SOUTHERN STATES


attracts the attention and commands the
sympathy of the whole Union in their pro-
gressive recovery from the effects OF the
war. Their first necessity is an intelligent
and honest administration of the Govern
ment, which protects all classes of citizens
in all their political and private rights
What the Sourh most needs is peace. and
peace depends upon the supremacy Of the
| law. There can be no enduring peace il
the constitutional rights Of any portion oi
the people are habitually disregarded. A
division of political parties resting merely
upon distinctions of race or upon sectional
lines is always unfortunate and may be dis
asirous. The welfare of the South, alike
with that of every other part of the coun.
try. depends upon.


THE ATTRACTIONS IT CAN OFFER


to labor, TO immigration and to capital
but laborers will ot go, and capital will
| not be ventured, where the Constitution and
the laws are set at defiance, and distraction
apprehension and alarm take the place OF
peace-ioving and law-abiding social life.
| All parts of the Constitution are sacred, AZ d
must be sacredly observed-the parts thsi
are new no less than the parts that are old
The moral and material prosperity Of the
| Southern States can be most efiectually ad
vanced by hearty and generous recogni-
tion of the rights of all by all, recogni-
tion without reserve or exception: With
such recognition fully accorded, it will be
practicable to promote, by the influence OF
all legitimate agencies of the General Gov
ernmeDt, the efforts of the people of those
States 10


oBrAIs FOR THEMSELVES


the blessings of honest and capable local
governments. If elected I shall consider it
not only my duty, but it will be my ardent
desire, TO labor for the attainment OF this
end. Let me assure my countrymen of the
Southern States that. if shall he charged
with the duty of organizing ar administra-
tion, it will be one which will regard and
cherish their truest interests, the interests of
the white and colored people, both and
equally, and which will put forth its best
efforts in tehalf of civil policy which will
wipe out forever the distinction between
North and South in our country, with q
civil service organized upon a system which
will secure purity, experience, efficiency and
economy, strict regard for the public
welfare solely in appointments, and the
speedy, thorough and


UNsPARISG PROSECUTION


and punishment of all public officers who
betiay official trusts. With a sound cur
rency, with education unsectarian and free
TO all, with simplicity and frugaliry in
public and private affairs, and with a fra
ternal spirit of harmony pervading the
people of all sections and classes, we may
reasonably hope that the second century Of
our existence as nation will, by the bless
ing of God, be pre-eminent as an era of
good feeling, and a period OF progress, pros
perity and happiness.


Very respectfully, your iellow-citizen,


X. B. HAYES.