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Show COlirayDDBESS. luJren of th Epublica Territorial CooixitU to tha Pooplf of Utah. EEPUELIOAS P2IS0IPLE3 DEFISED in luritation to Citizens of all Clt.iseJ to Caito ThemsalTes With thi Part of I'rogrMS. To th Pooplo of Uuh: Tbe leiitiment in favur of oi'g:tnilng poiitii.al pitrtiei in Utah la harmony with tiiilioul partiri has ktialned such force, ami c.x;irttjion that it l uni.ol bo d'':ijrLl or rosint J. Tim liberal and tbe peojiln's parties wfsVe the ou'rowth of tho confikions pxistinif when tliey wtra fornifil, hnl tlm ctui,"'l cou ii tiou of political ailaira iu Utah leaveii B' rational groumi lor thir mainten ti?e, an 1 tvo cannot too H um drop tiie old ornnlzttlioni with thoir dead iastii'A, tht'Sr uarrow tllds of discu?ion, nil tlmir nieinonts of social nud political politi-cal liittAruu.sa. llio rspulnicaa of Salt Laka City bva ornui.eil ami ujipointud a locul committee, and have appointed tint undor.iifriii'd a temporary territorial coitirniltoo to a:t ns a medium of organisation organ-isation uuii! ths republicans of Utah, iu general convention, can complete tlit'ir oigRnizatioii, fonnulalu thoir platform au i appoint their committee. We now keek the aid and activs co-operation co-operation of all citiz"ni In the territory who are willing to tinito wilh us in or-KAiiiziiiK or-KAiiiziiiK l.ii) national republican party In L'tHti, and who accept these funeral yiewi, to-n it: Thst tha I i mo has come to abandon local organization aad form parliea computed of those; who hold political opinions in Inrmony with national par-tie, par-tie, without reifnrd to their former I political a!liliiitioui. That the general prineiplsi of the national republican party hi those best ulai'ted to promote the we.fare of our leriitory, preti.ct its iudusti ieit and products, pro-ducts, an ! secure to Its pcoplu tuo just rewards of 'heir lnlmr. The length of tlm national republican platform prevents its production in full In this cull, but tho lollow',tii extract luiio'.iticcs a political principle which is ri t ul to the prosperity of our territory, lowit: "We aro uueompromifin'y in favor 9f tho American system of protection, lho protective MBiein must be main-l.iitnil, main-l.iitnil, its abaiidoiiiuent has always been followed by general disaster 'to all . Interests e".ept those of tbe usurer and Hie shci'itT." lho principle of protection to Amen-mu Amen-mu products and labor is of the highest importniiLe to tho vast agricultural, wool grow iug ao.l stock raising inter-lets inter-lets of our territory. It is ot Kjuai importance to our rrent mining interests, which furnish lo larrro nu amount of remunerative labor itud yield such uu important part 91 mir inemno, V. il houl protection wu ?annot sue-eeusfully sue-eeusfully eai'iblish inanufacUirinfr in L't.ili. "With it wu may hope to tuiiin lho abundance of material our territory iff on! i and employ the labor required to nuii.o it. 'I bn republicans of Utah will be n-niiin n-niiin uly in l.tvor of reinonctizind Sil-rer, Sil-rer, and of the In e coinage of American l iver. They will aho claim that the American product should be protected in all the Hie t which it is adapted, inciudinji its ti-.e ns a medium o! ei- fli.r.ii.:, under tiie republican principle of protection. 1 hey will also nis.-rt and recognize tbe dignity of labor and tho uuces.iily of proper ietfislalion to protect its interests. in-terests. That home laborers and contractors, who ccititi iiuitti to lho public fun-.N, are Jutti.v entitled to the. preference in flli nib!ic wcrks. ami that Ltaii work fchould go to Ut.ili wnrktuen. In view of the peculiar history oi Lull in the past, and the ferns of many of its citizens for the future, tiio republicans repub-licans of Utah will announce that they are opposed to tha disfranchisement ot any citizen except for crinns of which ho shall have been couvictod by due process of law, and that they will favor the free exercise of tho power of atn-liCK'.y atn-liCK'.y to all citizens disfranchised on account ac-count of polyRsiny or polygamous relations, rela-tions, who will obey nud uphold the jaws ol tile United States. In uniting with tho national republican republi-can party wo join a party which can point to a history anil achievements tin-efiialled tin-efiialled in tho history of any other pn-liticni pn-liticni party of the world. Since its firi,t organization it has been tho advocate advo-cate of freedom, of equal rights to nil citizens ar:d the leader in ail tiie pro grensive Pleasures which character!.! nearly a tuird of a century, and mark an era of unsurpassed national prosper l:y. YYs need have no fears about tin-ltlr. tin-ltlr. politically with such a party. We invite all citizens who azree with os in tbcsn general principles to hold precinct meetings and appoint precinct delegates to county conventions, which can ypoiut county delegates to a territorial ter-ritorial convention, where the territorial organization enn be completed, and the iilatform of the party formulated. C. W. Bf.nnktt. Jamf.8 Shaup, H. M. WKt.t.,s, William Halderston, II. G. McMillan, John LtF.Nur bMiTH. |