Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 July 1879 — A Ringing Platform by Pennsylvania Republicans. [ARTICLE]

A Ringing Platform by Pennsylvania Republicans.

The following is the platform adopted by the ' Pennsylvania Republicans at their State Convention, held in Harrisburg on the 23d of July: 1. That the. Ilepabiioan party, attain forced to stand forward for ttie defense of hmnan riiibtn after a straggle lasting through a generation, find* itself confronted by the Mime foes of Federal unity, political freedom, and National honor,‘which it has ho often overthrown in civil oonLsts and armed ooniiict. 2. That we appeal to the Union-loving poople of Penn*y Iv&nia to nrrent, by their vote», the mad career of the Democratic party, which innißta upon placing the National Government under the dominion of the men who lately fought to den troy it, and who arc now plotting to give triumph to the doctrine they failed to establish in the field, the establishment of State Hovercignty by the overthrow of National supremacy. ff We declare our implacable hostility to the repeal of National laws which protect the purity ‘of the ballot-box and secure fair flections; the election of Congressmen and Presidential Kleetorn being clearly Hubject to National control, any attempt to throw off that control in mm ply an effort to establish fraud at National elect iocs. Honest suffrage, equal rights, the unity of the Nation anil the supremacy of the National Government in all matters placed by the Constitution under its control, can be maintained only by the Uepublican parly, which in alone committed to their defense. 4. That the Democratic party, having committed itself to break up the Government by refusing to appropriate moneys already collected from the people to suntain the Government unices the Executive shall sanction a measure intended to foster fraud, violence and corruption ill National elections, and to impair the Constitutional supremacy of the Nation, deserves and mwtesthe signal condemnation of every lawabiding and honest citizen. -—■" 1

6. That we are in favor of the payment of tho National debt in coin, according to the understanding between the Government and the leuder, and of paper currency redeemable in coin. We congratulate the country upon returning National prosperity, and upon the accomplishment, under a ltepublioau National Administration, of successful resumption of specie payments. Our currency is restored to its par value; the National credit has been maintained and strengthened, and the burden ot the National debt largely reduced. To complete what has been so well done, we demand that our present financial system remain undisturbed. 6. That to the policy and practice of protection to home industries and home protection, inaugurated and sustained by the Republican party, we are indebted for the growth and development of our domestic and foreign commerce, and for the prosperous condition and strength ot National finances, and that to the continuance of thai policy must we look in the future for assured prosperity and peace throughout the country. 7. That'the firm stand of the President in vindicating the prerogatives of the co-ordinate department*! ot the Government, meets the hearty approval of the Republican party of Pennsylvania.

8. We call on the veteran soldiers of the war for tlie Union to join us in resenting the unjust expulsion of their wounded comrades from office by the Democratic Congress, and transfer their places to rebel soldiers, whose chief recommendation seems to be unrepentant treason and unending hate of the Nation. - •, 9. that we earnestly sympathize with our Southern Republican brethren who are now passing under the harrow of political persecution. We bid them be of good cheer. Fraud and force cannot always triumph, even in a region where fraud and force find a congenial home. If a Solid South now deprives them of their just rights, a Solid North will not fail in duo time to secure them that perfect freedom which is the birthright and inheritance of every American citizen. 10. That tho United States of America is a Nation, not a league. Its Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof are the supreme law of the IHniTTIVn y thing in the Constitution or law of a State to the contrary notwithstanding. ~ I ——H 11. i hat the tribunal established by the Constitution to determine whether the laws are made in pursuance thereof is the Supreme Court of the United States. All laws once enacted, unless repealed by the law-making power. or declared void by said Court, neither law-maker, citizen, nor State, has a right to nullify. 12. That we pledge ourselves in favor of such legislation as will prevent the unlawful and unconstitutional discrimination of freights by the carrying companies of the country. Iff. That the success of the Administra'ion of the State under the management of the Republican party, the steady reduction of the State debt, and the enforced compliment of the present Democratic Treasurer, that not one dollar of the public funds had been lost or misplaced during seventeen years of the itepublican custody of the funds prove that official integrity and financial skill have been benefits conferred by our party on the tax-Yayers of the State, and merit the approval of the people of Pennsylvania. 14. That we heartily indorse the administration of Governor Hoyt, and the stalwart attitude of Senator Cameron and the Republican members of the House of Representatives, in resisting the revolutionary riders so persistently pressed by the Democrats in Congress.