Year: 1876

dentiai term. / do not assume to add to
that declaration, but believing that the
OF the Civil Service to the
system established by Washington and
followed by the early Presidents can be
best accomplished by an Executive who
is under no temptation to use the patron
age OF his office to promote his own re-
L desire to perform what re-
gard as duty In stating now my infieX
ible purpose, II elected, not TO be a cam
dldate for election to a second term.


On the currency question / have fire.
quently expressed my views in public,
and l stand by my record on this sub
ject. l regard all the laws of the United
States relating TO the payment of the
puDlic Indebtedness, the legal-Tender
notes included, as constituting pledge
and moral obligation of the Government
which must, in good faith, be kept. 1t is
my conviction that the feeling of uncsr-
tainty inseparable from an irredeemabIe
paper currency, with its fluctuations of
values, is one of the great obstacles to a
revival OF confidence and business, and
to return Of prosperity. That uncer-
tainty can be ended in but Que way, the
resumption OF specie payment. But the
longer the instability connected with our
present money system is permitted To
continue The greater will be the injury
inflicted upon our economical interests
and all classes of society. II elected, l
shall approve every appropriate measure
to "ccompiish the desired end, and shall
OBJ rose ANY step backward.


Tne resolution with respect to the


Public School system is one which


should receive the hearty support of


The American people. Agitation upon


this subjeo. is to be apprehended Until


nna nd hn


schools are placed beyond all danger OF


ssctarian control or interference.


The Republican party Is pledged to Sc


cure such an amendment.


The resolution of tine Convention on


the subject OF the permanent pacifica-


lion OF the country, aud the compile e


protection of all its citizens in the free


enjoyment of all their constitutional


rights, is timely and of great import


ance. The condition of the Southern


States attracts the attention and com.


mands the sympathy of the people of


the whole Union. In their progressive


recovery from the effects OF the war,


their first Eecessity is an intelligent and


honest administration OF Government


which protects all classes Of citizens in


all their political and private rights.


What the South needs most ia peace,


and peace depends upon the supremacy
of law. There can be no enduring peace
if the constitutional rights OF any portion
of the peOp. g are habitually disregarded.


A division of political parties, resting
merely upon distinctions of race or upon
sectional lines, is always unfortunate
and may be disastrous. The welfare OF
the South, alike with that of every other
part OF the country, depends upon the
| attractions it can offer TO labor, to immi.
grafton and to capital; but laborers will
| not go, and capital will not be yentured
| where the Constitution and the


laws are set at defiance, and dis.
traction, apprehension and alarm
| take the place Of peace-lovins
and law-abiding social life. AL
parts OF the Constitution are sacred and


must be sacredly observed, the parts


that are new no less than the parts that


are old. The moral and material pros.
perity of the Southern States can be
most eifsctually advanced by hearty
and generous recognition of the rights oil


all by ala recognition without reserve
or exception. With such recognition
fully accorded it will be practicable tc
promote, by the influence of all Iegiti
mate agencies si the General Govern


ment, tne efforts Of the people of those
States to obtain for themselves the bless
ings of honest and capable local govern,
ment. Ii elected, shall consider it mel
only my duty but it will be my ardent
desire TO labor for the attainment OF this
end. Let mo assure my cUuntrymen OF


the Southern States that 1t / shall be


charged with the duty OF organizing an
Administration, it will be one which will
regard and cherish their ruestinterests, Is
the interest OF the white and OF the col.


ored people both, and equally, and which


will put forth its best effIrts in behalf Ol
civil policy which will wipe out for.
ever the distinction between North and


south in our commen country.


With the civil service organized upon


a system which Will secure purity, ex-


perience, efficiency and economy, a


strict regard for the public welfare sole
ly in appointments, and the speedy,


thorough and unsparing prosecution and
punishment Of all public Of
ticers who sbetray official trusts
with sound currency; with ed
ucation unsectarian and free to all;
with simplicity ana frugality in public
and private affairs, ana with a iraIernal
spirit of harmony peryading the people
OF all sections and classes, We may rea-
sOnably hope that the second century oil


our existence as Nation will, by the


blessing OF G1d, be pre-eminent as al


era OF good feeling, aud a period oil pro-


gress, prosperity and happiness.


Very resi- ectiu!ly. your feilov-citizen
R. Is. HAYES.