Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — FOR PKOTECTION. [ARTICLE]

FOR PKOTECTION.

The record .and purposes of the Republican party have rarely, if _ever, been more tersely staterl-thair they were in the declaration of opinions expressed by the recent Republican State conference at Indianapolis, as follows: The Republican party is the party for protection: Called into existence to project the- National dominion against the further extension of the curse of of human slavery, its entire history has been one of protection to the best interests and dearest rights of a free people. It protected the constitutional election of - a President against Democratic rril k. 41 ion. It pruth'K'd the Cnion of the ■States against Democratic secession. • , If. protected eoufttitutronnl goverritnent arid an irilli Visible Nation against the armed rebellion and insidious treason' It protected the public faith against repudiation and dishonor. I business and industry against universal' bankruptcy and prostration by wise tariff and financial legislationg -by "WhTcli home industry was marvellously stimulated and developed, and a national currency based upon gold and silver coin, the safest arid best .the country has ever had, wits substituted for a baseless and worthless system of Derribcrritie paper money.' It has protected the nation against every evil which an alliance between a corrupt party organization with the baser elements and dangerous forces of society Could suggest or threaten. In the light of its past history, ami true to its cherished traditions the Republican party must continue to stand for protection. It must protect an eoual ballot and a fair election.the corner-stone of representative government, : against every species of fraud and crim? and all forms of intimidation and violence, n<Vmatter where committed or by whom practiced, . Nodtlfi South. East and West. I - It . must protectthe equal rights u>f all men.’ remembering that I ‘‘equality 1 of rights is tlie first of • rights.” f , ' . i It must protect AineAcanindusItry and American workingmen • against unfair coropt-tltilJh from (underpaid foreign labor, and from (contract and servile lain It must protect free legitimate' I'Uisiness, mid the people as well,’ J from' the “Trusts” and ‘‘Combines”

which seek tblimit production and control prices. These unAmerican combinations should be prohibited and punished by law. It must protect free representative government, based upon the intelligence and the virtue of the people, against the the menace of domestic illiteracy and the danger of alien vicious and criminal classes. It must protect the sanctity of law against the doctrines and assaults of imported anarchy, and the social order against any and all influences tjiat would weaken and destroy its foundations. It must protect the State and the home against the evils of the liquor traffic; and the publicschool system, which provides for the education of the cj|ildren of all the people, againstfDpen enimies and secret foes.