Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . Convention at Cincinnati, andpledges its united and earnest support to Kutherford 512 MASSACHUSETTS. B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, in the full confi-dencethat they are statesmen whose character andcareer give unquestionable assurance to the wholecountry that they will be faithful and zealous tomaintain the equal rights of all citizens under thelaw, to brin? about the resumption of specie pay-ments at a date not later than already fixed by law,and to effect a thorough and radical reform in thecivil service. We are
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . Convention at Cincinnati, andpledges its united and earnest support to Kutherford 512 MASSACHUSETTS. B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler, in the full confi-dencethat they are statesmen whose character andcareer give unquestionable assurance to the wholecountry that they will be faithful and zealous tomaintain the equal rights of all citizens under thelaw, to brin? about the resumption of specie pay-ments at a date not later than already fixed by law,and to effect a thorough and radical reform in thecivil service. We are in favor of a prompt return to specie pay-ments and of taking no backward step. We hold thatthe act of Congress, fixing a date for resumption, iaa help and not a hinderance to that end. We are in favor of putting the civil service on theground of merit and fitness, and of lifting it above theinstability of political fluctuations. We will sustainthe President in retaining and selecting with inde-pendence and in the spirit of the Constitution theagents of his FASEUIL HAIX, BOSTON. We are in favor of a policy toward the States latelyin rebellion which shall make the nationality of theUnited States so distinctly and universally felt thatnational citizenship shall be to every human beingprotection in life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, andthe expression of opinion; which shall encourage theeducation of the people, and which with a firm butwise hand shall restore the South to the blessings ofpeace and to the enjoyment by all alike of libertyunder the law. The retiring President of the United States is en-titled to the gratitude of the country for his achieve-ments in its military service, for the firmness withwhich, as its Chief Magistrate, he has so often main-tained the national honor and credit; and for the goodsense with which, upholding the prerogative of hisoffice against the encroachments of a DemocraticHouse of Representatives, he has reminded that bra
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