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LETTER r ACCEPT AXt'E.
Columbcs, Oliio, July 8, 187G.
To Hon. Edward McPherson, Hon.
W.A. IIOWAKI), HON. J.R.liAINEY,
and others, Committee of the Repub
" lican National Convention
Gentlemen; In reply to your official
communication of June 17th, by which
X am informed of my nomination tor tho
office ot President ot the United States
by tbe Republican Convention at Cin
cinnati, I accept the nomination with
gratitude, and hope that under Provi
dence I shall be able, if elected, to exe
cute the du'ics of the high office as I
trust tor the benefit of all the people.
I do not deem it necessary to enter ap
on any extended examination ot the
declaration of principles made by the
Convention.. Tlie resolutions are in
accord with my views and I heartily
tsoucur in the principles they announce.
, In several of the resolutions, however,
questions are considered which are of
each importance that I de;;m it proper
to briefly express mv convictions in re
gard to them. The 5th resolution
adopted by the Convention is of para
mount interest. More than forty years
ago a question of making appointments
to office grew np, based upon the
maxim : "To the victors belong the
epoik." The old rule, the true rule,
that "honesty, capacity and fidelity"
constitute the oulv real qualifications
for office, and that tire re is no other
claim, gave place to the idea that party
services were to be chiefly considered.
All parties in practice Lave adopted
this system- It has been essentially
Clod i tied siuce its first introduction. It
lias not, however, been improved. At
lirst the President, either direcHy or
- i. ... i i i j . i . . ,
uruuii ins iicau oi aeparimenis, maae
all the appointments; but gradually the
appointing has in many cas pasted in-
to the control of the members of Con
gress. The offices iu these cases have
become not merely rewards tor party
servicas, but rewards for so vices to party
leaders. This system destroys the inde
pendence ot the separate departments
of the government. Jt tends directly to
extra vaaance and official iucanaeitv; it
is a temptation to dUhonely; it hinders
and impairs tha careful supervision and.
strict accountability by which alone
"faithful and efficient public Eervice can
be securedj it obstructs tbe prompt re
moval and sure punishment ot tho un
worthy: in every way? it degrades the
civil service and the character of the
government ; it ia felt, I am confide
by a large majority of the members of
Congress to be an intolerable burden
and an unwarrantable hindcrance to the
- proper discharge ot their legitimate
duties, aud it ought to be abolished.
The reform should be thorough, radical
and complete. We ehould return to
the principles and practices of the
launders of tbe government, supply hio
legislation, when needed, that which
was formerly tho established custom
They neither expect uor desire from the
public officer any partisan eervice; they
' merit that public officers should owe
f their whole service to the government
and to tbe people j they meant that the
officer should bo secured . in bis tenure
as lon as l:i personal character re
mained untarnished, and the perform.
ancu of his duties satisfactory. If elec
ted I shall conduct the administration
of the government on these principlee.
and a'l constitutional powers vested in
tbe executive will be employed to estab
lish this reform. ; ' r
i oe declaration or principles by tne
Cincinnati convention 1 makes tin an.
7 lenlial term. I do not assume to add
to that declaration ; but believing that
the restoration of the civil service to
the system established by Washington
and followed by' tbe early Presidents
i catt best be accomplished by an executive
; who ia under no temptation to use the
patronage of liLs office to promote his
A own election, I desire to perform what
r , uuiy m siaung now my
. inflexible purpose, if elected, net to be a
wuuwaw tor election to a second term.
' On the currency question I have rr.
oasntiy exiweseed mv ir. nr.Ki..
- and I rtaud by my record on thw sub!
f 3eet. I Tegard a! Iaw of 4,he United
istates relating to the payment of the
- public indebtedness the legal tender
' notes included as constituting both a
pledge and mora! obligation of the gov.
emment which must in good faith be
, Vept. It'is my conviction that the fec-1-
- ing of uncertainty, inseparable from any
' irredeemable paper currency ' with its
: fluctuations of value is one of the great
obstacles to a revival of confidence and
bn;,;rr
one way the resumption of specie pay-
meuts. But the longer the instability
connected with our present money sys -
win lTL? L'S Feater
economical interests, and all classed of
society. If elected, I shall approve
every appropriate measure to accomplish
tbe end desired, aud shall oppose any
step backward.
- " "J ' J MlUBilKU uuun our
1 he resolution with respect to the
public school system is one which cer
tainly should be heartily supported by j themselves to our best and widest states
American people. Agitation upon this manship. The foundation for these
subject is to be apprehended until by j ettoits must be made in salfying the
coiiblitutional amendment the schools j Southern peop'e that they are to have
are placed beyond all danger ot . secta-' equal, exact justice accorded to thcm.'
riait control or interference. The lie- j Civc thorn to the fullest extent every
publican party is pledged to secure such i blessing which the uoveriimeut confers
an amendment. j upon the most favored. (Jive them no
The resolution of the Convention on ! just cause for complaint, and then hold
the subject of permanent pacification of, them by every necessary means to an
the country and the complete protection exact at:d rigid observance ofall their
of all the citizens in the tree enjoyment duties and obligations under the cnsti
of all their constitutional rights is timely tutio.n and its amendments, to secure to
and of great importance. Tle condi- ! all within their borders manhood and
Hon of the Southern States attracts the
attention and commands the sympathy
oi iue people or ine wnote Union Jn
ineir prtgressive recovery from tne
etlects ot the war, the first necessity is J threatened d Locution, and as an indis
an intelligent and honest administration ; peusable condition of its salvation,
of the government which will nroterf. ! uauranteed bv the lives of brave rWi.'
Ml classes of citizens in all their politi.
cal and private rights. WJiat the
South mo6t needs is peace, and peace
depends upon the supremacy of law.
There can be no enduring peace it the
constitutional .rights of any portion ot
me people are habitually disregarded.
A division of political parties Vesting
mainly upon distinctions of race and upon
sectional lines is always unfortunate and
may be disastrous. The welfare of the
South, alike with that ot every other
part of the country, depends upon the
attractions it can offer to labor, to immi
gration aud - to capital ; but laborers
will not go and capital wiil not be ven
tured where tho constitution and the
laws are set at defiance, and distraction.
apprehension and alarm take the place
of peaceful and law abiding social life.
All parts of the constitution are sacred
and must be sacredly observed; those
parts that are new no less thau those
parts that are o'd. The moral and ma
terial prosjerity of the Southern States
can be most effl-ctually advanced by
a hearty and generous recognition of
the rights of all, by a recognition with
out reserve or exception. With such
a recognition fully accorded, it will be
practicable to promote by the influence
ot all legitimate agencies ot the general
government, -the efforts ot the people of
thee States to obtain for themselves
the blessings of honest and capable lo
cal government. If elected, T sha'l
consider it not only my duty, but it
wM be my ardent desire to labor tor
the attainment of this end. Let me as
sure my countrymen ot the Southern ;
States that it I Fhall be charged with";
tne duly ot organizing an admiiuslra
tion, it will be one which will regard
and cherish their, truest interests; the
interests ot the white and colored peo
ple both equally; aud which will put
forth its best efforts in lehalf ot a
civil policy which will wipe out forever
the distinction between tlie North aud
the South in our common conntry.
With a civil service organization upon
a system which will secure purity, ex
perience, efficiency and economy; a
a strict regard to" the public welfare
solely in appointments, and the speedy,
thorough, and unsparing prosecutiou
and punishment of all public officers
who betray official trusts ; with a sound
currency; with education unsectariau
and five to all; with simplicity and
frugality in public and private affairs
and with a f rater., al spirit of harmony
pervading the people of all sections and
c'asses, we may reasonably hope that
the second century of our existence as a
nation will le, by the b'essings of Cod,
pre-eminent as an era ot good feeling
aud a period of progress, prosperity and
happiness.
Very ..respectfully, :
Your fellow citizen,
11. Ji. IIayks.
WHEELERS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Xew Yoek, July ,20. Wheeler ac
cepts, in a letter, of which the following
is an extract:
To tbe summary of doctrine enunciated
by the convention, I give my cordial
assent, Tbe Republican party has en
trenched in the organic law of our laud
the doctrine that liberty is tbe supreme,
unchangeable law for every foot of
American soil. It is the mission ot
that party to give full effi to "this
principle by securing to every American
citizen complete liberty and equality iu
tbe exercise ofall civil, political and
public rights. This will be accom
plished only when citizens, witfcout re
gard to color, shall wear this panoply
of citizenship as fully and as securely
in the canebrakoe of Louisiana as on
the banks ot the St. Lawrence. Upon
the question of our Southern relations,
my views were recently expressed as a
member of tbe committee of the U. S.
House of Representatives. Those views
remain unchanged, and were thus ex.
pressed : " We of the North delude
ourselves in expecting that the masses
of the South, so far behind in niauy of
the attributes ot enlightened improve
ment and civilization, are, 'in s brief
period of ten or fifteen years, to be
transformed into1 our model Northern
communities. .That: can only come
through a long course of patient waiting
to which no one can set certain bounds.
Thae will be a good deal of unavail
able friction, which" will call for forbear
ance, which will have to, be relieved by
temperate fostering care ot tbe govern
ment. ? One of tbe most potent, if not
indispens.ble, ayeiicies in tin direction
' ! - -
Rld tIie .education , of the masses,
The fact that there , are whole counties
j in Louisiana in which there is no public
i 00,100,8 is f11 ot uggetion. We com.
filled these people to remain in the Un
ion, and now duty and interest de
mand that we leave no just means on
tried to make them good loyal cisizens.
How to diminish the JViction how.
to stimulate the elevation of this portion
- I ot our country, are problems addressing'
i cnizenslnp, with every right thereto
! belonging. The just ob isjrations to
puo ic creauors, wno creuitecl us when
tne government was in the throes of
ers, are to be kept with religious faith,
as are an me pledges subsidiary thereto
and confirraatery thereof. In my judg
ment the pledge of t'ongressot January
11, 1875, tor the redemption ot notes
ot T,he United States in coin is the
plighted faith of the nation, and the
national honor, which is simply honesty
and justice to the people whose perma
nent welfare and prosperity are to be
dependent npon true money as a basis of
pecuniary transactions, all demands
scrupulous observance of this p edge,
and it is the duty ot Congress to supple
ment with such legislation as shall be
necessary. The common schools of the
land should be preserved in all their
vigor, while in accordance with the
spirit ot the constitution all their endow
ments should be secured by every pos
sible and proper guaranty against every
form of sectarian influence or control.
There t-hou Id be' the strictest economy
in the expenditures ot the government
consistent witli its effective administra
tion, and unnecessary offices should be
abolished. Office should be conferred
only on the basis of high character and
particular fitness, and should be admin
istered only as public trusts aud not for
private advantage. The foregoing are
chief among the cardinal principles of
the Republican party, and U carry them
into run ana practical etlcct is the work
it now has on hand. To the comple
tion of its great mission we address our
selves in hoe and confidence, cheered
and Mimulaled by the recollection ot
its past achievements, remembering that
under Cod it is to that party that we
are indebted iu this Centennial year of
our existence for a preserved, unbroken
Union; tor the fact that there is no
master nor slave throughout our broad
domains, and that emancipated millions
Iook upon former republics as symbols
ot the fulfilled dec aration that all men
were created free aid equal, and a
guaranty of their own equality under
the law with the most highly lav-ored
citizpn of the land. To the intelligence
ai.d conscience of all who require a
good government, with good money
and universal prosperity, the Republican
party, not unmindful of the imperfec
tion and short comings of human organi
zation, yet with the honest purpose of
its masses promptly to retrieve all errors
and punish all offenders against the
laws ot the country, confidently sub
mits its claims for the continued support
of the American people.
Tho Walla Walla Union, of last Sat
urday, says: "3Jany of the farmers lo
cated along the foot-hills have com
menced harvesting their grain. The
proprietors of headers a i ll threshers
have been busy for some time making
contracts to head and thresh, and the
farmers' wives are busy preparinglfbr the
great event of the year, the coming of
the harvest hands.. Every man who
comes to town and expresses a ccsire to
work, obtaius a situation at once at
good wages. There is a lively demand
for harvest hands now, and the supply
is not equal to the requirements of our
agriculturists. Good judges place the
surplus crop ot the valley at 20.000 tows,
or 600,000 bushels of grain, while some
are quite certain that the surplus wilt
eqnal 30,000 tons. The first estimate
is not far wrong, in our opinion. The
indications all point towards a very low
price for wheat this fall the figures 30
to 85 cents per bushel, representing the
present impressions of buyers."
' Brick Pomroy, whose course as an
editor made him so notorious daring the
war and afterwards, has started a new
Democratic paper. He, however, does
not propose to support Tilden for Presi
dent. He denounces Tild n as the tool
ot Tammany, and will oppose him with
all the- vigor and energy tor which he is
notorious.- As to the financial questions
cf tho day, the new paper will advocate
the repeal of tbe resumption act. No
candidate tor President is nominated.
The Central and Union Pacific mi
roads are to be re-measured by a crops
of engineers, to determine whether the
length as reported by the companies is
cotrect. Whether this is so or not, it
becomes important, in view of the fact
that the quantity of land to be donated
to the companies - depends upon the
length of the road.
An Iowa justice of the peace refused
to fine a man for kissing a girl a ainst
her will, because, when the lass came in-,
to court, he was obliged to bold on to
tbe arms of bis chair to keep from kiss-
ing her himself " ,
The Enormoni Wealth of ttaettreaC SOrer
.... JUot t?roprt9trm. i
The yield of the Consolidated Vir
ginia mine, says the N. Y. Sun, in
March last, was $3,634,298 29. These
figures are official as I got them from
Mr.; Taylor, principal book-keeper.
Since this mine commenced paying
dividends it stockholders have received
$20,000,000 in round numbers. Tbe
California mine, the richest known mine
in 'the world, paid its first monthly
dividend on the 15th inst., $1,080,000,
or two dollars per share for each of its
540,000 shares. These two mines pay
monthly dividends ot 2,160,000 dol
lars. Beginning in July, the California
mine is.expected to pav a monthly divi
dend ot three dollars per share, or $1,
720,000 monthly. . The present price
per share of these stocks is respectively:
Ca'ifornia, $80; Consolidated Virginia,
'673. Like all mining stocks tl.ev are
subject to startling fluctuations. The
knowing ones, however, do net look
for any material changes in the prices of
these two stocks this Summer. It is
not altogether a matter ot speculation
in regard to thepe mines. Wbat-ore
they contain -is pretty closely ascer
tained. At present there isenouprl, first.
class ore therein to keep the mines going
for at least three years.
Co'onel Fair, Superintendent, is now
erecting a new 80-stamp mill, in addition
to the . numeroiH mills already pos
sessed by himself and partners When
this is finished you will hear of some
of the unparalleled results from the
Bonanza mines. Fair expects to turn
out $5,000,000, a mouth. He can lo it.
It is only a question ot milling facilities.
There is no lack of on?.
In view ot the stupendous wealth of
these mines, the qnestion often occurs
to me : what will be the eventual limit
ot the wealth of the four gentlemen
popularly known as the "Bonanza
Kings ?" People who have watched
their fortunes with critical eves estimate
that they are now worth in money aud
property upward ot 8100,000 J)00. It
is a common remark here that Mackav4
his an income of $00,000, gold, a
a month, Since the California mines
commenced faying dividends it must
hate added at least $150,000 to his
monthly income. I thbik 1 may sav
that his monthly income is, in round
numlers, a million of dollars.'
I notice iu the 'otters of correspon
dents a wide-spread error in regard to
all these men. It is generally believed
by Eastern people who have read of
tho wouuderful fortunes oi the "Bo-
- IT? . .
nanza tviiigs, n.ai tiiey naye been ac
quired 'withiu the last year, and that
none of them, were comfortably fixed
before the developments of the Con
solidated Virginia mine. This is all a
mistake. Flood a;. d O'Brien were worth
200,000. ten years ago, and they have
been adding to it ever since. Fair was
worth half a nv'llion seven years ago,
and Maekay had been a millionaire long
before the - Consolidated Virginia was
dreamed of. I make these corrections
for tlie benefit ot such incorrecls as
think the millionaires have nothing to
do but throw 20 gold pieces at every
lH?rson who takes it into his or her head
lu write begging letters to them. It
wuld not be believed that there were
such arrant fools iu the world as some
ot the ietters received prove their writers
to be. Money is asked tor by people
hundreds and thousands of miles away
on every conceivable pretence. For
instance, a Washington woman wrote
Mr. Macay that her daughter had been
hlaudered, and she requested him to
forward 1,500 to hire counsel to take
the matter into the courts. And this
is bnt one of the hundreds of applicants
that come here every week for from S10
to $10,000.
Two ArRitoernts
"Billy," said one newsboy to another
yesterday, as they thronged the side
walk, "wot's the matter o'yer complex
ion ? Ain't your health good, my dear? '
"It's disserpashun, cully," was .the
prompt reply. "Wot with operers an'
late hours in the spring, an' these swell
parties just now an' high livin I'm a
rooniu my constcrtoosbun. I ain't
wot I was in my younger days, I tell
yer Vf -"' - :" -- '" ; '
"Jest ez I thought, Billy; yer must
let up. Didn't I see yer makin' a call
ez I directed my coachman ter take a
little turn through Lotcas place ' yester
day, and didn't yer have a bookay ?"
"I ' pose 'twas me yer saw. . I take
'er a $5 bookay now and then. 'Smy
style, yer know."
Wa'al, it's all right, Billy, it's all
right: but don't yer be a throwiu' yer
self away 1 Yer too much uv a orna
ment ter society, yer be, ter waste yer
self." - . ".
"Ob I know my vally; don't yer be
alarmed. Hitch up your britches an'
hev a partager, cully." r i
And then .the two scions' of a bloated
aristocracy sat down on the curbstone
together, and smoked a couple of cigar
stubs with great dignity and considera
ble labor. JSt.Xouis Jiepitblican.;
. Hard Times. A large man, who sat
on the wharf fishing, recently, gave his
opinion in regard to the hard times,
lie said the trouble was that . capital
was opposed to labor, snd no matter
how anxious a man was to work, cap
ital would make no concessions.; ' He
wanted work himself, be said, and once
be thought of giving up, but now his
wire was able to take in washing, and
be would never yield. . He intended to
say more, but he was obliged to go off
to atteud a ball match.
A Chicago fireman can dress in nine
teen seconds, , What ho puts on besides
bis; boots ie not known, .
Beeb fob Fouk How the Bra
zilian EifPBBss Refreshes Herself.
Iu our report ot the Yisit of Dora
Pedro, tbe Brazilian Emperor, U West
Point, we noted the fact that the Em
press and her lady friend, Doua Josefina
da Conseco, Tsiscoude de Bom Retire,
and Chevalier de Masedo, did not cross
the river at Garrison's to inspect the
United States military post, pleading
fatigue and desiring needed rest from
long journeying8. Hardly had his Ma
jesty, tlie JrLmptror, reached Gen. Rug-
erV headquarters when the Empress
ami Uona Josetma with their male
friends alighted from the Wagner draw-
mg-room car and made their way leie-
urely to the near;t grocery. Now,
their was nothing very peculiar in a
Brazilian Empress approaching the
American grocery, but when her Majes
ty, the Empress of Brazil, seated herself
upon tlie steps of the aforesaid grocery,
with Dona Josefina by her side, and
the male attendants called for lager for
four, then came that true inwardness of
feeling which always surrounds a merry
group, gathered for a festive round or
two of the Teutonic beverage. Iough
keepsie (JV. Y.) Juiglc.
A Danbury man put a pair f nine
dollar shoes in the stove-oven to dry,
the other night. There was not much
fire in the s'ove, so he closed the oven
door. The next morning he built a fire
without a thought ot the shoes, and it
was not until an hour later-lhat they
oecuneii to him. I fiey were ruined
tlven. i . es were turned up in a
p'ayf'u mat i it. and th uppers some
what iveinbled the coast ot Maine.
Hedidn't say a word. Sadly and silent
ly he was removing them with a shovel,
when his wife came in, and saw at a I
glain-e what had happened.
"W ell, that's just like a man!" she
indiscreetly exclamed. "Why didn't
yon have sense enough to look into the
oven before you started the fire?"
lie hadn't said a single word of his
loss. But now he spoke: "Gosh dum
my eyes if I'll ever bni.'d another fire!"
And he is keeping his word. When
tcill a woman learn wisdom?
How to Gnow Ricin Nothing is
more easy than to grow rich, it is only
to trust nobody to befriend none to
get everything, and save all we get to
stint ourselves and everybody belonging
to us to be the friend of no man, and
have no man for our friend to heap in
terest upon interest, cent upon cent to
lie mean, miserable and despised, tor
some twenty or thirty years and riches
will come as sure as disease and disap
ointment. And when pretty nearly enough
wealth is collected by a disregard of all
the charities of Jmman heart, and at the
ex jwnse of every ei joyment, Fave that of
wallowing in filthy meanness death
comes to tinuh tlie work the body is
buried iu a hole, the heirsdance over it,
aud the spii it goes where?
A country curate, in a letter to
IllacJctcooiPs Magazine, says that on
one occasion he baptized a;hi'd named
"Acts.' Afterward iu the veHry he
asked the good woman what made her
choose such a name. Her ai.swer- was
this: "Why, sir, we bo religious peo
ple; we've got four on 'em already, and
they be called Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John, and so my husband thought
he'd compliment the Apostles a bit.''
"xVre you going after that sugar?"
called a Marquette, Mich., mother to her
boy, wlu was in the street. "Am I go
ing after that sugar ?" drawled the youth
in a saucy and impudent tone; but just
then he happened to see his father com
ing up behind him. and ho said very re
spectfully and lovingly, "Why, of course
I am, ma I didn't know you needed it
right away."
To every man there are many dark
hours when he feels, inclined to abandon
his best enterprises, when his heart's
dearest hopes appear delusive, hours
when he feels uneqnal to the burden,
when all his aspirations seem worthless
Let 'no one think he alone has his dark
hours. They are the common lot of
huma: ity. They are the touchstones to
try whether you are current coin or not.
A SmmitDoo. Tlie Hoston Ti-aecl-cr
says- "Mr. Tobin, newsdealer on
Broadway, 'South'. Hoston, has a St.
I "en ai'.I so sagacious that when a
rain-storm t hreateiis tir begins to drop,
he snuffs mound in proximity to an um
brel'a stand, and on obtaining an umbrel
la, starts at full . speed with it in his
mouth from Atlantic street, near Dor
chester Heights,, to his master's, near E
street, on Broadway, and frequently car
ries parcels back and forth." .
Little Billy was very cross and tired
the other night, and he wanted his fath
er to take him on his knee; but father
was tired, or pretended to be, "I want
you to hold mo on your knee," he whin
ed. "I tell you I cannot do it, I am
tired," rpplied bis father impatiently,
"Tired ! You wasn't very tired last
night when yon held Mary on your knee
in the kitchen."
"What causes so many conflagra
tions?" asks a Cleveland paper Should
n't wonder if fire had something to do
with it. Possibly a good fire risk in
oiue instances
National Republican Platform.
When. In tha economy of Providence,
this laud was to he purged of human sin very
aud when the strenjjth of government of
the people by tlie people and for tlte people
was to be demonstrated, the Republican
party came Into power. Its deeds have
passed into history, and we look back to
them with prite. Incited by their memo
ries to lii(h aims for the good of oar coun
try and mankind, and looking to tlie future
with nnlaltering courage, hope and purpose,
we, the representatives of the party "lu Na
tional Convention assembled, make tbe fol
lowing declaration ot principles j -
,1. The United States of America is a
Nation, not a league by the combined
workings of the National and Slate govern
ment under thi-lr .respective institutions.
Tlie rights of every citizen are secured at
home aud protected abroad, aud couimou
welfare promoted.
3. The Republican party has preserved
these governments to the hundredth anni
versary of the Nation's birth, and thev a
eauatha?' ,5" aU m are created
rSU ui.they-JiPe endowed by their
Creator with certain Unalienable rto-hti
among Which are life, liberty and the &
suit of happiness, that tor the attainment
l,m2 deriv,l, elr just w.
t-o .T t,,e "sent of the governed
' porously entorcedV the work
ot toe RepubHcan party Is unfinished,
c Vi Permanent pacification ot the
Southern section ot the Union, and the free
protection of all its citizens in the free en!
w Men the Republican party stands sacredly
pledged. The power to provide for thJen!
forcemeat of the principles embodied I hi
theJTiTni Constittional amendment to
JZPFZ nn n the Congress
of the United States, and we declare it to
be the solemn obligation of the legislative
and executive departments of the govern
ment. to put Into immediate and vigorous
exercise all their constitutional powers for
removing any just causes for discontent on
the partof any class, and for securing to
every American citizen complete liberty
and exact equality In the exercise of ail
civii, political and public rights. To this
end we imperatively demand a Cono-res
and a Chief Executive, whose conran-e'and
fidelity to these duties shall not falter until
these results are placed beyond dispute or
recall. 1
4. In the first act of Congress signed by
President Grant, the National Governmn.,t
assumed to remove any doubts of iu pur
pose to discharge all just obligations to the
public creditors, and "aolemnlv rWM n.
faith to make provisions at the earliest mnr
iii.mie penou ror ine rrlemption of the
United States notes In coin." Commercial
prosperity, public morals and national cred
it demand that the nromlse be fulfill! hr
a continuous and steady progress to specie
payment. .
5. Under the Constitution, the President
ii.io ueaus oi oeparrment.3 are to make nom
inations for office, the Senate is to :nlvie
and consent to appointnients.aiid the Iloue
of Representatives is to accuse and prose
cute faithless officers. The best interest of
Ihe public service demands that these dis
tinctions be respected ; that Senators and
Representatives who may bejtIres and ac
cusers, should not dictate appointments to
. , .The i,1V!"tble rule in appointments
should have reference to tlie.lionesty. fideli
ty and capacity of the appointees, giving
to the party in power those places where
harmony and vigor of administration re
quire its policy to be represented, but per
mitting all others to be filled by ,)crsous
selected with solo reference to the efficiency
to the public service, and the right of all
citizens to share in the honor of rendering
faithful service to five country
6. ;We rejoice in the quickened conscience
of the people concerning political affair,
and will hold all public officers to a rigid
responsibility, and engage that the prose
cution and punishment of all who betray
official trusts shall be switt, thorough, auil
unsparing.
7. The public school system of the several
States I the bulwark of Ihe American Re
public, and with a view to its security anil
permanence. we recommend an amendment
to tlie Constitution of the United States for
bi.lfltng the appropriation of any public
funds or property for the benefit of anv
schools or institutions under sectarian con
trol. 8. The revenue necessary for current ex
penoirures and the obligations of ihe public
debt, must be largely derived from duties
npon importations, which, so far as possi
ble, should be adjured to promote the in
terests of American labor, and advance the
prosjierity or the wlio'e country.
0. We reaffirm our opposition to further
Kr.uus oi tne. puuiic .u lids to corporations
.too monopolies, nun (lemaixl tliat the na
tional domain be devoted to the free uses of
iue eopie.
10. It is the imperative duty of the gov
ernment so to modify existing treaties wiili
European governments that the same pro
tection shall be afforded to the adapted
American citizen that is given to the native
lwrn. and that all necessary laws should he
passed to protect immigrants, in tlie ab
sence ot power iu the States for that pur
pose. 11. It is the immediate duty of Congress
to fully investigate the effect of the immi
gration and importation of Mongo'I ins up
on the moral and material interests of the
country.
12. The Republican party recognizes w ith
approval the substantial advances recently
made toward the establishment of equal
rights for woman by the many important
amendment effected by Republican legis
latures, in tho laws which concern tl e per
sonal and property relations ot wives,
mothers and widows, and by the appoint
ment and election of women to the superin
teii'Jence of education, ot charities, and
other public truts. The honest demands
of this class of citizens for additional rights,
privileges, aud iinmunit ies, should be treat
ed with respectful consideration.
13. The Constitution confers upon Con
gress sovereign power over the Territories
of tlie United States for their government,
and in the exercise of this power it Is right
and the duty of Congress to prohibit and
extirpate in the Territories that relic ot
barbarism, polygamy ; and we demand
such legislation as shall secure this end and
the supremacy of American institutions in
all tiie Territories.--
It. The pledges which the nation has
given to her soldiers and sailors must be
fulfilled, and a grateful people will always
hold those who imperiled flteir Jives for
their country's preservation in the kindest
remembrance.
15. We sincerely deprecate all sectional
feelings and tendencies. ve. therefore,
note with deep solicitude, that the Demo
cratic party counts, as Its chief hope of suc
cess, upon the electoral vote of a united
South rcured through tlie efforts of those
who were recently arrayed against the na
tion, and we invoke tl ie earnest attention
of the country to the grave truth that a
success uius acnieveu would reopen section
al strife, imperil national honor and human
rights.
18. We charge the Democratic party
with being the same in character and spirit
as when it sympathised with treason; with
making iu control of the House of Repre
sentatives tlie triumph and opportunity of
the nation's recent foes; with reasserting
and applauding in the National Capital the
sentiment of unrepentant rebellion ; with
sending Union soldiers to the rear, and
promoting Confederate soldiers to the front;
with deliberately proposing tOTepudiate
tlie plighted fait h of tlie government ; with
being false and imoecile npon the overshad
owing financial questions; with thwarting
tiie end of justice by Its partisan wismaii
agement and obstruction of investigation ;
with proving itself, through the period ot
IU ascendancy in the Lower House of Con
gress, ntterly incompetent to administer
tlie government, and we warn the country
agHtust trusting a party thus alike unwor
thy, recreant and incapable.
17. The National Administration merits
commendation for its honorable worw in
tlie management of domestic aud foreign
affairs, and President Grant deserves the
continued hearty gratitude of the American
people for hi patriotism and his eminent
services In war and In peace-
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A Iarge Body of Rich Land Tor
; t Sal Cheap.'
QAA ACBts of land nr unit county;
JOVJ 800 acres In cnltivntlon everv acre sus
ceptible of cultivation well watered. Has a
good house, bam, and outhonses thereou all
ruvlOT fences and lying within a miles of a rail
road station. A ligood grass or grain land. Tba
entire tract will be sold cheajv. Tinqnlre of
, .... , . 8. A. JOHNS.
AnsaJ'74-t8v7 Albany, Oregon.
Centaur
Letter from a Postmaster.
, "AxTtocn, J.i.1.., Dec. 1, 1874.
"JlKSSRS. J. B. B'IBl! ft Co.:
'Sly wife has. lor a k,n time, been a terrible
snrterer from Kbenmatlsm. She has tried many
pliysu-tunsiuid many remedies. Theonly thing
which has Ki .-en lier relief lsi'entanr Liniment
,",nl ""Joea to My this has cortsl lier. X aui
doing what I can to extend its snle.
W. n. RING.
This is a sample of many thonsnnd testimoni
als roceived, of wonderfnl cures effected by tho
Centanr Liniment. The ingredients of this ar
ticle are published amnnd each bottle. It con
tains Witch Hazel, Mentha. Arnica, Koclc Oil.
Carbolic and ingredients hitherto little known
It is an indisputable fiict that the Centaur Linl
P1?1. performing more cures of Swelllnirs.
St la Joints, Eruptions, Hlieninatism, Keoraliria
Stiat tea, Cnked Ureasts. Lock-jaw, &c, Ihun all
the other Liniments, Embrocations. Extracts.
&aivesAoh',mentt' "" Plasters now In use.
Cutaneous Eruptions, it is admirable. It cures
bnms and scalds without a scar. Extracts pol
"J n?,U,,,-i,e9 HnJ 81 Inland heals frost-bites
and cliiilblains, hi a short time. No family can
atfVjrd to be without the Centanr Liiiuiicnt.
white wrapper. , ,
TUe Centaur LI u Ira en t, yellow Wrapper,
is adopted to tlie tonu skin, muscles and flesh
of theniiiinul creation. Its effects upon seveio
fuses of Spavin, Sweeny. Wind Gall, Big Head
and Poll fcvll. tire little less than marvelous.
Messrs. J. MeClnre 4 Co., Iira-fists, corner of
Elm and Front streets, Cincinnati, Ohio, say :
'In our neighborhood a number of teauistcrs
are nting tho Centanr Liniment. Tbey pro
nounce It superior to anything they have ever
used. W e sell as high as four to five doeoa bot
tles per month to these teamsters."
We have thousands of similar testimonials.
For Wounds. iul)s, Scratches, Ring-bone. Ac.
and for Screw Worm ia sheep It lias no rival.
y armors, livery-men and stock-raisers, have In
this .i nit u en t a remedy which ia worth a hun
dred times its cost.
Laboratory of JV B. Rose A Co..
48 IJey street. New York.
PITCHER'S
C ASTORIA.
Motliers may have rest ami their babies inav
have health, if they will use t astoria lor Win.'l
L.olic, or ms, Kevei'ishnest.Sor Month, Croup,
or Stoma, h Complaints. It is entirely a vege
table pie- iinitK.n. nnd contains neither miner
al, morphine, nor alcohol. It is as pleasant to
take as honey, and itch her gngs nor gripes.
J)r. E. Diinocb, of Dnpont, u.. savs:
'I am using Castorhi in my practice with the
most si-nHl benetitsand happy result."
1 his iswlmt every one says: Most nurses in
New ork t lty nse the tustoria. It Is prepared
by Messrs. .1. 15. Rose ft- Co., 44 I lev street, New
1 ork, successors to Samuel ritcuer, M. U. 39vS
OUD'S
EKTRAG
llcar7ii a wi.i .u oi excellent
Hi in :;.'
PORD'S EXTRACT' Tho trreat Vegetable Pmim
lestrer. Has been iu iuks over thirty
years, anil for cleanliness and prompt enm
1 ive virtues cannot be excelled.
CHILDREN. No fiimily can aff ord to be wTTnoat
i'uud's Extract. Accidents Braises,
Contusions, Cuts, HpraJns, are relieved
almost instantly br external application.
Promptly relieves pains or Doras, fetcaJda
Excoriations, Cuafings, Old Bsros,
Boils, I-'clons, Corns, etc Arrssta ta
flamatkm, reduces swelling, stops bleeding,
removes disroloratiousancf heals ranfdlv.
FEMAUWEAIHtSSIS.-It always relieves psln
lu ine back and loius,fnllness aud pressing pain
in the head, nausea, vertigo.
IR LEUC0BRHCEA it ''as no eqnal. ATI kinds of wl.
eeratJous to which ladies are subject are
promptly enrcd. Fuller details ia book accom
pauunir each bottle.
PIlES blind or bleeding meet prompt relief
und ready care. No esse, however cntouic or
obstinate, can long resist its regular use.
YARiqOSE VEINS. ".Is the only sare cure for
this distrvrinr and dangerous condition.
KIDNEY DISEASES. It has no equal forprrma
neiit cure.
BLEED I KB front any ennse. For this is a pe.
chic. It has saved hundreds of lives when all
other remedies failed 10 arrest bleeding from,
nose, siomaeli, lanr and elsewhere.
RHEUMATISM, KEURAIGIA, Tooth mm
I Esrache are nil uiike lei. eved, aud often per-,
manentlv cared.
PHYSICIANS of Bll pchools trhoaro acquainted
with 1'ond'a Extract of Witch Ilaxel rec
ommend it iu thir practice. We have letters ot
couimendatio- from bnndreds of Physicians,
many of w hom order it lor nsein their own
practice. In addition to tho foregoing, they
. order its ne for Mwcllloga of all Mods,
Culnsy, Horo Throat, Inflamed Towoilo,
Firuple end chronic Diarrhom, Cat atrrk,
(for which it is a specific,) Chilblains Proof
ed Feet, Stings of Insects, Ulaoqoltoes.
etc.. Chapped Hands, Face aaV Indeed,
all manner of shin diseassa.
TOILET U8E. Kcmovcs Soreness, Bowahncnn,
uud Smarting lea Is Cots, Eruptions,
and Pimples. It renret, inriqorav, and re.
frtshv, while wonderfully improviDr tho
Complexion.
TO FARMERS. Pond's Extract. JTo- Htock
Breedur.DoXlveryMaDcan a fiord to be without
it. It it used by r 11 tho Leading Livery Pt&bleo,
treet Kailroada and Brat Horsemen In New
York City. It has no equal for Kpralns, IIar
ness or Saddle ChuHnjns Motto ,
Heratcbes, S welUngs.Cotr, Leerattaas
Weeding, Fnenmoulm, Colic, Dlairrhirm,
Chills, Colds, etc Itsrangeor action in wide,
and the relief it affords is so prompt that it la
invalnnble in every Farm-yard as well as in
every Farm-house. Let it be tried once, and
von will never be without it.
fiAflllOR. Fotids Extract baa been Imitated.
Tut.-hemline article has the words Pond' Ex
tract blown in each boule. It s prepared by
, tbe only persons living who ever knew how
to prepare it nroperlv. Refuse all other pre
parations of Witch HasrL This ia the only
article need by Physicians, and ths bmnt- '
tai of this conntry and Eorrme.
HISTORY ARB USES OF P0R0 'S CXTRASf.
in pamphlet form, seat free a applicuoit ui
PORO'S EXTRA6T COMPART, W "klaidcu
Lane, New ork.
From this date until further notice, I will sell a
I CHOICE slXMTIOJI F.,'-i
Stoves &. Eanges !
CCJ CED
PUMPS, HOSE ETC,
W. n- McfAJtLAKp,
Albany, Pec. 10,1874-1?
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