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payments. But the longer the instability of our money system is
permitted to continue, the greater will be the injury inflicted upon
our economical interests and all classes of society. If elected, I
shall approve every appropriate 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 apprehended, until, by con-
stitutional amendment, the schools are placed beyond all danger
of sectarian control or interference. The Republican party is
pledged to secure such an amendment.
The resolution of the convention' on the subject of the perma-
nent pacification of the country, and the complete protection of
all its citizens in the free enjoyment of all their constitutional
rights, is timely and of great importance. The condition of the
Southern States attracts the attention and commands the sym-
pathy of the people of the whole Union. In their progressive re-
covery from the effects of war, their first necessity is an intelligent
and honest administration of government which will protect all
classes of citizens in their political and private rights. What the
South most needs is peace, and peace depends upon the supremacy
of the law. There can be no enduring peace if the constitutional
rights of any portion of the people are habitually disregarded. A
division of political parties resting merely upon sectional lines is
always unfortunate and may be disastrous. The welfare of the
South, alike with that of every other part of this country, depends
upon the attractions it can offer to labor and immigration, and to
capital. But laborers will not go and capital will not be ventured
where the Constitution and the laws are set at defiance, and dis-
traction, apprehension, and alarm take the place of peace-loving
and law-abiding social life. All 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 effectually advanced
by a hearty and generous recognition of the rights of all, by all-
a recognition without reserve or exception. With such a recog-
nition fully accorded it will be practicable to promote, by the in-
fluence of all legitimate agencies of the general Government, the
efforts of the people of those States to obtain for themselves the
blessings of honest and capable local government. 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 I
shall be charged with the duty of organizing an administration, it
will be one which will regard and cherish their true interests-
the interests of the white and of the colored people both, and
equally; and which will put forth its best efforts in behalf of a296
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 26, July 1922 - April, 1923, periodical, 1923; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101084/m1/302/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.