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store house in Sam'l Stark's Block,
where by fair dealing and fair
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receive the public patronage.
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Dry Goods :
SILKS,
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ALPACAS,
LUSTRES,
DELAINES.
GINGHAM',
PRINTS,
Sn.AWLS.
INDIES" SAtaUIXGR,
DRESS TRIMMINGS,
BLEACHED AND BROWN MUSLINS,
CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES
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GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS j
TOILET ARTICLES.
NOTIONS, IC.
■ ;o:
Groceries.
SUGAR,
TEA,
COFFEE,
MOLASSES,
RICE,
SYRUP,
CANDLES,
SOAP,
STARCH,
FLOUR,
FEED,
SALT,
PORK,
BUTTER,
CHEESE,
DRIED BEEF,
HAMS,
FISH of all kinds,
BEANS,
AC., AC.,
Hardware,
A FULL ASSORTMENT.
Cutlery
OF ALL KINDS,
MEN'S AND BOYS'
Ilats and Caps.
• a '
Boots $ Shoes,
A FULL ASSORTMENT.
This branch of business made a speciality. A lot of
SEWED ARMY SHOES,
A GREAT BARGAIN,
SOLE LEATHER.
CROCKERY,
STONE,
WOOD AND
TIN WARE,
in great variety.
All kinds of Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
The abov. article* will be kept in full assortment.
I mean to make the experiment of good* sold in
quintites cheaper than ever before in Ibis vtcinity,
I shall be bappy to see you, and ycu can depend up
on finding bargains In every department. Goods re
ceived every week.
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THE CONVENTION.
Report of the Proceedings.
At precisely twelve o'clock, on July 4th,
Hon. Au'jnst Belmont, Chairman of the
National Democratic Committee, appeared
upon the platform, and was greeted with
loud cheering.
SPEECH OF ITON. AL'GL'ST BKLMONT.
Gentlemen of the Convention: It is mf
privilege to day to welcome you here in
this hall, constructed with so much artistic
taste and tendered to you by the time hon
ored society of Tatnmany. (Loud cheers.)
I welcome you to this magnificent temple,
erected to the Goddess of Liberty by her
stannchest defenders and most fervent
worshippers. (Applause.) I welcome you
to this good City of New York, the bul
wark of Democracy ( great applause ),
which has rolled back the surging waves
of Radicalism through all the storms of the
last eight years, and I welcome you, gen
tlemen, to rmr Empif£ State, which last
fall redeemed herself from Republican mis
rule by a majority of nearly 50,01)0 votes,
and which claims the right to lead the
vanguard of victory in the great battle to
be tonoht next November for the preserva
tion of our institutions, our laws and liber
tics.
It is a most auspicous omen, that we
meet under such circumstanc s, and are
surrounded by such associations, and I
share your own confident hope of the over
whelming success of the ticket and the
platform which will be the result of your
deliberations. For it is to the American
people that our appeal lies. Their final
judgment will be just. The American peo
ple ill no longer remain deaf to the teach
ings of the past. They will remember that it
was under successive Democratic admin is
trations, based upon our natural principles,
the principles of constitutional liberty, that
our country rose to a prosperity and great
ness unsurpassed in the annals of history;
they will remember the days when North
itnd Kouth marched shoulder to shoulder
together in the conquest of Mexico, which
gave us our golden Empire on the Pacific;
our California and our < fregon, now the
strongholds of a triumphant Democracy;
they wiil remember the Hays when peace
;ftid plenty reigned over the whole Union,
when we had no national debt to eru-b the
energies of the people, when the Federal
tax-gatheier was unknown throughout the
vast extent of the land, and when the cred
it of the United Slates stood as high in the
money marts of the world as that of any
other Government; and they will remem
ber in sorrow, that with the defeat of
democratic party in 1860 came that f-arfu
civil war which has brought mourning and
desolation into every household; has co-t
the loss of a million of American citizens,
and has left tis with a national debt the
burden of which drains the resources, crip
ples the industry, and impoverishes the la
bor of tiie country. They will remember
that, after the fratricidal strife was over,
w hen the bravery of our army and navy
add the sacrifice of the people had retorod
the Uoion and vindicated the supremacy j
of the law ; when the victor and the van
quished were equally ready to bury the
past aud to hold e'"t the hand of brother
hood and good will across the graves of
their fallen comrades, it nv." 5 again the de
feat of the Democratic candida.''-* 1864
which prevented this consummation ao de
vouily wished for by all. Instead of re
storing the Southern States to their con
stitutional rights, instead of trying to wipe
out the miseries of the past by a magnani
mous policy, dictated alike by humanity
a nil sound statesmanship, and so ardently
prayed for by the generous heart of the
American people,the Radicals in Congress,
elected in an evil hour,have placed the iron
heel of the conqueror upon the South.—
Austria did not dare to fasten upon van
quished Hungary, nor Russia lo impose
upon conquered l'oland tiie ruthless tyr
rany now inflicted by Congress upon the
Southern Slates. Military satraps are in
vested with dictatorial power, over riding
the di cisions of the Courts, and assuming
the functions of the civil authorities ; the
white populations are disfranchised or
forced (o submit to test oaths alike revolt
ing to justice and civilization; and a de
based and ignorant race, jujt emerged from
servitude, is raised into power to control
the destinies of that fair portion of our com
mon country. These men, elected to be
legidators and legislators only, trampling
the Constitution under their feet, have
usurped tho functions of the Executive
and the Judiciary, and it is impossible to
doubt after the events of the past few
months, and the circumstances of the im
peachment trial, that they will not shrink
from an attempt hereafter to subvert the
Senate o? the United States, which alone
stood between them and their victim, and
which had virtue enough left not to allow
the American name to be utterly disgraced,
and justice to be dragged in the dust. In
order to carry out this nefarious pro
gramme our army and navy are kept in
times of profound peace on a scale which
has involved a yearly expenditure of fiom
one to two hundred millions; prevents the
reduction of our national debt, and impos
es upon our people a system of the most
exorbitant and unequal tazation, with avi
cious, irredeemable and and depreciated
currency. And now this same party,
which has brought all these evils upon the
country, comes again before the American
people, asking for their suffrages, and
whom has it chosen for its candidate? The
General Commanding the Armies of the
United States. Can there be any doubt
left as to the designs of the Radicals, if
they should be able to keep their bold on
the reins of Government ? They intend
Congressional usurpation of all the bran-
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
rites and functions of the Government, to
he enforced by the bayonets of a military !
despotism !
It is impossible that a free *nd intelli
gent people can longer submit to such a
state of things. They will not calmly stand '
by to see their liberties subverted, the pros- j
perity and greatness of their country un
dermined, and the institutions bequeathed
to them. They must see that the conserv
ative and national principles of a liberal
and progressive Democracy are only safe- j
guards of the Republic. Gentlemen of the
Convention: Your country looks to you to
stay this tide of DISORGANIZATION, V;O- ;
LKNCE, AND DESPOTISM. It will not look
in vain, and when State after State shall |
respond by rallying around the broad ban- j
ner of Democracy, on which, in the future i
as in the past, will be inscribed out undy- I
ing motto: "THE UNION, TIIE CONSTITUTION,
AND THE LAWS !"
The nomination was receiver! with loud
cheers. Mr. Palmer thanked the Conven
tion in a brief speech.
The Rev. Dr. Morgan, Rector of St.
Thomas church, offered an impressive
prayer—the vast audience rising and
standing in respectful silence.
The roll of Slates was then called, and
each found to he fully represented.
Committees of one from each State were
appointed, on permanent organization, on
credentials and on resolutions.
The Declaration of Independence was
reHd by E. O. Perin, of N. Y., the Secre
tary, after which the Convention ad
journed, to meet on Monday, the 6th at
10 o'clock..
SECOND DAY.
The Convention was called to order by
the temporary President. The Rev. Mr.
Quinn was called and opened the session
wiili prayer.
Ilie-ter Clymer, chairman of the com
mittee on permanent organization, reported
as permanent officers of the convention :
For President, Horatio Seymour of
New York. For Vice President, Ex-Gov.
Ritiben Chapman of Alabama, with a list
of Vice Presidents and Secretaries taken
from each State.
E. O. l'errin of N. Y., was chosen read
ing Secretary.
Horatio Seymour being introduced, ad
dressed the Convention as follows:
GENTLEMEN CF THE CONVENTION: I
thank you tor the honor you have done
me in making me your presiding offjeer.—
This Convention is made up of a large
number of delegates from all parts of our
broad land. To a great degree we are
strangers to each other, and view the sub
jects which agitate otir country from dif
ferent standpoints. We cannot, at once,
learn each others modes of thought, or
gra<p all the facts which bear upon the
minds of others. Yet our session must be
brief, and we are forced to act without de
lay upon questions of an exciting charac
ter and of deep import to our country. —
To maintain order, to restrain all exhibi
tions of passion, to drive out of our minds
all unkind suspicions is, at this time, a
great duty. I rely upon your sense of
this duty and not upon my own ability to
sustain me in the station in which I am
plae'i'd by your kind partiality. Men
never nftt under greater responsibilities
than those which notv weigh upon us.—-
It is not a mere pattf triumph we seek.—
We are trying to save our country from
the dai geis which overhang if. We wish
to lift off the perplexities and the shackles
which, in the shape of bad laws and of
crushing taxation now paralyze the busi
ness and labor of our land. We hope, to?
that we can give order, prosperity, and
happiness to those sections of our country
which suffer so deeply to-day in their
homes and in all the fields of their indus
try from the unhappy events of the last
eight years. I trust that our actions will
show that we are governed by an earnest
purpose to help all classes ol our citizens.
Avoiding harsh invectives against men,
we should keep the public mind fixed up
on the questions which must now be met
ane solved. Let us leave the past to the
calm judgment of the future and coufrout
the perils of the day.
We are forced to meet the assertions
in the resolutions put forth by the Repub
lican Convention. I aver there'is not in
this body one man who has it in his
heart to excite so much of angry feeling
against the Republican party as must be
stirred up in the minds of tl(,ose who read
these declarations in the light of recent
events and in view of the condition of our
count'ry. In the first piace, they congrat
ulate the perplexed man of business, the
burdened tax-payer, the laborer whose
hours of toil are lengthened out by the
growing cost of the necessaries of life up
on the success ol that reconstruction poli
cy which has brought all these evils upon
them by the cost of its military despotism
and the corruption of its bureau agencies.
In one resolution th cy "denounce all forms
of repudiation as a national crime."—
Then why did thev put upon the statute
books of the nation the laws which invite
the citizens who borrow coin to force their
creditor to take debased paper, and thus
wrong him out of a large share of his
claim in violation of the most solemn com
pact/ If repudiation is a national crime,
is it no crime to invite all the citizens of
this country thus to repudiate their indi
vidual promises ? Was it not a crime to
lorce the creditors of this and other States
to take a currency at times worth no more
than 40 cents on the dollar in repayment j.
for the sterling coin they gave to build !
roads and canals which yield such ample
returns of wealth and prosperity ? Again i
they say : "It is due to the L,borer of the
nation that taxation should be equalized ." j
Then why did they make taxation unequal ]
Beyond the injustice of making one class i
of citizens pay for another, their share of
the costs of schools, of roads, of the local
laws which protected their lives and pror- j
crty, it was an unwise and hurtful thing.— j
It sunk the credit of the country, as un
usual terms are always hurtful to the cred
it of the borrower. They also declare,
" The best policy to diminish our burden of ,
debt is so to improve our credit that enpi - i
talists will seek to loan us money at lower
rates of interest than tee now pay and we
must continue to pay so long as repudiation, \
partial or total, open or covent, is threat
ened or suspected."
Then why have they used full five hun
dred millions of the taxes drawn from the
people of this countrv to uphold a despotic
military authority and to crush out the
life of States, when, if this tnoncv had
; been used to pay our debts, capitalists
| would now seek to lend us money at l iw
jer rates of interest, (cheers.) But for
! this "covet repudiation" our national
I credit would not he tainted in the markets
of the world. Asrain they declare, "Of all
I who were faithful in the trials of the late
• war, there were none entitled to more es
j pecial honor than the brave soldiers and
' seamen who endured the hardships ofcain
; pnign and crui-e, and imperiled their
i lives in the service of the country ; the
, bounties ai d pensions provided bv the laws
for these brave defenders of the nation are
obligations are never to be forgotten; tho
the widows and orphans of the gallant
dead are the wards of the people—a sa
cred legacy bequeathed to the nation's
J protecting care." llow have these sacred
duties been performed ; they pay to the
maimed man, to the widow, or the orphan
a currency which they have sunk one quar
ter below its rightful value by their policy
of hate, of waste, and of military despotism
The pittance paid to the wounded soldiers
is pinched down twenty-five per cent, be
; low the value of that coin which he had a
| right to expect. Is there no covert repu
diation in this ? Again they say, '■ Foreign
immigration, which in the pest /<< I added so
I much to the weulth, development, and re
! sources and increases of power to this Repub
• lie, the assy lam of the oppressed of all na
tions, shot Li be foster d zud enroe raged by a
libevat just policy"' Is this foreign immi
gration fostered by a policy which, in cru
el mockery of laws just passed declaring
) eight hours to be a legal day's labor, by
I the cost of Government and <>f swarms of,
| officials, so swells the costs of living that,
| moil must toil on to meet the exactions? |
I The time was when we could not only in-i
vite the European to share with us the j
material bles-iugs of our great country ; (
but that we could tell those who fled
from oppression that we livsd under a
government of laws administered by the
judiciary, which kept the bayonet and the
sword in due subordination. We could
point, to a written constitution which not
only marked out the powers of government,
hut with anxious care secured to the hum
blest man the lights of property, of person,
and of conscience. Is immigration encour
aged by trampling that Constitution in the
dust; treating it with contempt;shackling the
Judiciary; insulting the Executive, and giv
ing all the world to understand that the
great guaranties of political and social
rights are destroyed ? But the crowning!
indictment against the folies and crimes of
those in power is in these words:
" That we recognize the great principles
laid down in the immortal Declaration of
Independence, as the true foundation of
democratic government, and we hail with
gladness, every effort towards making these
principles a living reality on every inch of
America.) soil." If within the limits of ten
States of this Union an American citizen, j
stung by the sense of his wrongs, should
publicly untruthfully denounce the men in
power because in the very language of this
Declaration of Independence, '' They hare j
erected a multitude of new offices and sent
forth swarms of officers to harass our peo |
pie and eat out their sustance," he wou.d i
in all human probability be dragged to a pris
on. Or if, in the indignant language of our
fathers, he should exclaim, " They hare ef
fected to render the military independent of
and superior to the cicil power, thei] have
abolished the free system of English laws,
and established herein an arbitrary govern
menl, " for the offence of asserting tfiese
principles, ho would bo tried and punished
by a military tribunal, Having declared j
that the principles of the Declaration of In '
dependence should be made a " living reali- j
ly on every inch of American soil, " they i
put in nomination a military chieftain who |
stands at the head of that system of des- •
potisms that crushes beneath its feet the
greatest principles of the Declaration of In-j
dependence. To-day in some States, it is |
held by military orders to be a crime to ]
j speak out the indignation and contempt j
which burn within the bosoms of patriotic !
| men. If to-morrw a military order should j
be put forth in that Slate where the ashes of
I Washington are entombed, that it should be
an offence to declare that the military should
ever be subordinate to the civil authority—
to speak out the sentiment that it was a dis
grace to our country to let the hordes of of
■ ficials eat up the substance of tho people—he
who uttered these words could be dragged to i
prison from the very grave where lie the re
mains of the author of the Declaration of|
Indepedence—from this outrage there could
be no Sppeal to the courts ; and the Republi
can candidate for the Presidency has accept
ed the position which makes the rights and
liberties of a large share of our people depen
dent upon his will. In'view of these things,
can there be no man in this Convention who
can let a personal ambition, a passion a pre
judice, turn him aside one hair's breadth in
his efforts to wipe out the wrongs and out
rages which disgrace our country ? Can
there be no man here whose heart is so dead
to all that is great and noble patriotism that
he will not gladly sacrifice all other things
for the sake of his country, its liberties and
its greatness? Can we suffer any prejudices
growing out of past differences of opinion, to
hinder us from uniting with all who will
act with us to save our country ? IFe meet
to-day to see what measures can be taken to
arrest the dangers which threaten our coun -
try, and to retrieve it from the evils and bur
dens resulting from Lad government and un
wise counsels. I thauk G>d that the strife
of arms has ceased, and that once more in
great Conventions of our party we can call
through the whole roll of Slates and find
men to answer for each. Time and events in
their great cycles have brought us to this
spot to renew and invigorate that constitu
tional Government which nearly eighty years
ago was inaugurated in this city It was
here that George Hash ing I on, the first Pres
ident, swore to " preserve, protect, and de
fend " the Cinstitution o! these United S'at
es. And here, this day, we as solemnly
pledge ourselves to uphold the rights and
: liberties of the American people. Then, 'a*
n<>w. a gieat war which had desolated our
land had ceased. Then, as now there was in
! every patriotic breast, a longing for the
; blessings of good government, for the pro
i tection of laws, and for sentiments of fra'er
nal regard and affection among the inhabi
| tants of a!! the Stales of the Union. W hen
! cur Government in 1780, was inaugurated in
I B
| this city, there were glad processions of men
and those manifestations of great j.y which
a people sh >w when they feel that an event
| has happened which is to give lastirg bless
i ing to the land. To day in this samo spirit
i this vat assemblage meets, and the streets
! of this city are thronged with men Who have
| come fr .m the utmost borders of our conti
, nent. They are filled with the hope that we
are about, by our actions and our policv, to
| bring back the blessings of a good govern
ment. It is among the happiest omens which
; inspirit u* now thai those wt>o f. ught brave
ly in our late civil war are foremost in their
; demands that there shall be peace in our
land. The passions of hate and malice may
linger in meaner breasts, hut we find our
selves upheld in our generous purpoes by
those who showed true courage and man
hood on the field of battle. In the spirit,
then, of George Washington and of the pa
triots of the revolution let us take the steps
to reinaugurate our Government, to start it
at once again on its course to greatness and
prosperity. May Almighty God give us the
wisdom to carry out our purposes, to give to
every of our Union, the blessings of
peace, good order, and fraternal aff ction.
Mr. Seymour closed amid long continued
and tremendous cheering.
THIRD DAY.
After prayer bv the Rev. Mr. Plummer, a
series of resolutions by Alexaudt r H. Ste
ohens, was presented and read. They were
referred to the Committee on resolutions.—
After some discussions as to order of busi
ness, Mr. Murphy, of X. Y., Chairman of Com
mittee reported the following resolutions,
which after reading,were unanimously adopt
ed as the
PLATFORM OF THE PARTY.
The Democratic Tarty in Aitional Convention
assembled, reposing its trust in the intelligence i
patriotism, and discriminating justice of the people, j
standing upon the Constitution ns tho foundation !
and limitation of the powers of the Government, .
and tho guarantee of the liberties of tho citizen;
and recognizing the questions of slavery and seces
sion as having been settled for all time to crime—
(tremendous cheering)—by the war or voluntary
action of tho Southern States in Constitutional Con
vention assembled, and never to he renenod or re- j
agitated, do with the return of peace drmind :
First —lmmediate restoration of all the States to
their rights in the Union under the Constitution, and
of civil government to the American people.
Second— Amnesty for nil psst political offences
and the regulation of the elective franchise in the
States bv their citizens.
Third —Payment of the public debt of the I nited
States as rapidly as practicable ; all moneys drawn
from tho pooplo by taxation, except as much as is
requisite for the necessities of the government, eco
nomically administered, being hcDc.-llv applied to
such payment, and where the obligations of the
Governmenn do not expressly stale upon their face
or tho law under which they were issued does not
provide that they shall be paid in coin, they ought,
in right and in jusAice, to be paid in the lawlu;
maney of tho United States.
Fourth— Equal taxation of every spe.-ies of prop
erty according to its real value, including Govern
ment bonds snd other public securities.
Fifth—O ne currency for the Government and tbe
people, tho laborer and the officeholder, Ihe pension
er and the soldier, the producer and the bondholder,
Sizlh —Econooij in the administration of the
Government • the reduction of the standing army
anl navy ; the abolition of the Freedmen's Bureau
( great cheering ) and all political instrumentali
ties designed to secure negro supremacy , simplifica
tion of the system, and discontinuing e of inquisito
rial modes of assessing and collecting Internal Rev
enue, so that the burden taxation may be equal
ized and lessened ; tbe credit of tbe Government
and the currency made good ; th* repeal 01. all en
actments for enrolling Ihe State militia in tosational
TEAMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
forces in time of peace ; and a tariff for revenao up
on foreign imports, and such equal taxation under
the Internal Revenue laws as will afford Incidental
protection to domestic manufactures, and as will,
wi thoat impairing the revenue, impose the least
burden upon and best promote and encourage the
great industrial interests of the eounfr/.
Seventh- Reform of abuses in the administration,
the expulsion of corrupt men front office, the at>-
rogation ofmseless "fficcs. the restoration of right
ful authority to, and the inlepeu lence of, the exec
utive and judicial depart nents of the government,
the subordination of tho military to the civil power,
to the en d that the usurpations of Congress and the
despotism of the sword may cease.
| E'gtith Fqual rights and protectiofi for natural
, ized and native-born citizens at home and abroad,
. the assertion of American nationality which shall
command the respect of foreign powers and furnish
an example and encouragement to people struggling
; for national integrity, constitutional liberty and
i individual rights and the maintenance of the rights
of naturalized ciiistns against tho absolute doc
, trino of immutable allegiance, and the claims of for
eign powers So punish them for alleged crime com
mitted beyond their jurisdiction.
In demanding these measures and reforms we ar
raign the Radical party for its disregard of right
1 and the unparalleled oppression and tyranny which
have marked its career.
Arter the most solemn an J unanimous pledge of
both Houses of Congress to prosecute the war exclu
sively f..r the maintenance of toe Government and
the preservation of the Union under the Constitu
tion. it has repeatedly violated that most sacred
plcdft under which alone was rallied that noble
volunteer army wbioh carried our flag to vic
tory: Instead of restoring the Union it has, so
far as in its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten
States, in time of profound peace, to mrlilury des
p tistn an] negro supremacy. It has nullified there
the right of trial by jury ; it has aboli-fcel the
habeas corpus: that most sacred writ of liberty ; It
has overthrown the freedom of speech and the press;
it has substituted arbitrary seizures, and arrests,
and military trials, arid secret star chamber inqui
sitions for the constitutional tribunals : it has dis
regarded in time of pence the right of the people to
be free from searches and seizures ; it has entered
(he post and telegraph offi-es, ani even the private
rooms of individuals, and seized their private pa
pers and lett.TS without any specific charge or n>-
tiee of affidavit, as required by the organic law ; it
has cohverted the American Capitol ir.to a bastile t
it has established a systen of spies and official es
pi nage to which no constitutional monarchy of
Europe would now dare to resort ; (cheers!—it has
abolished the right of appeal on important constitu-
tional questions to the supreme judiciil tribunal and
threaUns to curtail or destroy its original jurisdic
tion which is irrevocably vested by the Constitution,
while the learned Chief Justice—(loud cheering)—
has been subjected to the most atrocious calumnies,
merely because he would not prostitute his high of
fice to the support of the false and partisan charges
pieferred against the President Its corruption atrd
extravagance have exceeded anything known in
history, ant by its frauds and monopolies it has
nearly double 1 the burden of the debt created by
the war. It has stripipel the President of his con
stitutional power of appointment, even of his own
Cabinet. Under its repeated assaults the pillars of
the Governmeltt are rocking ou their base, and
should it succeed in November next and inaugurate
its President, we will meet as a subjected and con
quered people atuid the ruins of liberty and the
scutteied fragments of the Constitution.
And we do de-iare and resolve that ever since the
people of the I nited States threw off all subjection
to the British Crown the privilege and trust of suf
frage have belonged to several States, and have
been grantod, regulated, and eootolled exclusively
by the political power of each State respectively,
and that any attempt by Congress, on any pretext
whatever, to deprive any State of this right, or inter
fere with its rxercise, is a flragrant usursupatlon of
power which can find no warrant in the Constitution,
and if sanctioned by the people will subvert our form
of Government, nn l can only end in a sing'e cen
tralized and consolidated government in which the
separate existence of the Slates will be entirely ab
sorbed, and an unqualified despotism be established
In place of a Federal Union of coeq .al Statos
And that we regard tho Reconstruction act (so
called) of Congress, as such, as ursupations and un
constitutional, revolutionary and void'
That our soldiers and sailors who carried the flag
of our country to victory against a most gallant artd
determined foe must ever he gratefully remembered
and all the guarantees given in their favor must be
faithfully carried into execution.
That the public lands should be distributed as
widely as possible among the people, and should be
disphised of either under the pre-emp ion of home
stead lands, or sold tn reason able quamties, and to
none but actual occupants, at the minimum price es
tablished by the Government When grants of the
pubic lands may be allowed, necessary for the en
couragement of important public improvements, the
pro ceds of the sate of such lan is, and not the land*
themselves should be applied
That tho President of tho United States, Andrew
Johnson (r.ppia >.e) —in exercising the pewer of hu
high office in resisting the aggressions of Congress
upon the constitutional rights of the States and the
People, is entitled to the gratitude of the whole
American people, and in behalf of the Democratic
party we tender him our thanks for his patriotic ef
forts in that regard.
Ujsin thes Platform the Democratic party appeal
fo every patriot, including all the conservative ele
ment ai d all who desire to sup|*>rt tho Constitution
and restore the Union, forgettiug all past differences
of opinion, to uniti with us in the present graet strag
gle for the litierties of the seop e—( 'heers)—and th.t
to all such, to whatever party they may have here
tofore belonged, we extend the tight hand of fellow
ship, and hail h!1 such co-operattng with us as friend*
and brethern
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California promises to became one of the
rlhief raiding-producing countries in the
world. The best grape for the purpose is
one of tho Malaga variety. Last year a sin
gle farm raised 20,C00 pounds.
battel's compliment that Bingham
is an acknowledged " ladv killer " ts re
turned by Bingham in the declaration
that no man surpasses butler in his " tak
ing ways."
There has been 1,1 '23 baukrupta in Chi
cago during the first year.
NO. 48.