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Fifth District, Albert S. Twitchell, of Gorham. 

 For Railroad Commissioners, James E. French, 

 of Moultonborough ; Charles A. Smith, of Man- 

 chester ; and Edward J. Tenney, of Claremont. 

 For Congressmen First District, Joshua G. 

 Hall, of Dover; Second District, James F. 

 Briggs, of Manchester; Third District, Evarts 

 W. Farr, of Littleton. For Presidential elec- 

 tors, Nathaniel White, of Concord ; Ezra B. 

 Winchester, of Portsmouth; Alfred L. East- 

 man, of Hampstead; John A. Spalding, of 

 Nashua ; and Henry L. Tilton, of Littleton. 



The two first named in the foregoing list be- 

 ing intended to serve as Presidential electors 

 for the State at large, the Convention nomi- 

 nated them together, on motion, by acclamation. 

 Mr. White having suddenly died of apoplexy, 

 or angina pectoris, on October 2d, the Republi- 

 can State Committee, at a meeting held for the 

 purpose in Concord on October 13th, filled the 

 vacancy by choosing Aretas Blood, of Manches- 

 ter, as such elector. 



The committee on resolutions reported the 

 following, which were received with loud ap- 

 plause by the Convention, and unanimously 

 adopted : 



The Republicans of New Hampshire, adhering to 

 their party organization which prevented slavery ex- 

 tension, put down a slaveholders' rebellion, saved 

 the Union of the States, abolished human bondage, 

 decreed manhood suffrage, and established itself as 

 the advocate and protector throughout the national 

 domain of equal rights before the law to all citizens, 

 and a free ballot to every voter ; and opposing^ the 

 Democratic party, which made itself the defender ot 

 slavery extension, encouraged secession and rebellion, 

 opposed and prolonged the war for the Union, resist- 

 ed emancipation and impartial suffrage, and made it- 

 self the ally of terrorism and murder as means for the 

 suppression of all free suffrage at the South, hereby 

 declare as appropriate to the opening of a new political 

 campaign : 



1. That we approve and endorse the platform adopt- 

 ed by the Republican National Convention at Chicago, 

 and cordially support the candidates for President and 

 V ice-President there nominated. 



2. That the national Republican party is sacredly 

 pledged to the complete protection of all its citizens in 

 the tree enjoyment of all their civil, political, and pub- 

 lic rights, to be not only theoretically conceded, but 

 actually and fully exercised in every part of the Union ; 

 and that, for securing the same, it is the solemn obli- 

 gation of the legislative and executive departments of 

 the Government to put into immediate and vigorous 

 exercise all their constitutional powers, and that we 

 imperatively demand a Congress and Chief Executive 

 whose courage and fidelity to these duties shall not 

 falter until those results are placed beyond dispute or 

 recall. 



3. That if any State shall attempt to limit or abridge 

 directly or indirectly the freedom of the citizen, or his 

 untrammeled right to the labor of his hands ; shall 

 oppose or neglect to provide for universal education ; 

 shall impede or destroy by legislation, intimidation, or 



fraud, the exercise of the right of suffrage, either for 

 national or State offices ; shall overcome lawful majori- 

 ties by turbulent, armed, or rebellious minorities; 

 shall adopt or tolerate oppression, terrorizing, whip- 

 pings, or murder as election practices, or omit to enact 

 and enforce laws for the punishment of such crimes 

 in any and all of these cases we demand the active in- 

 terposition of the Federal Government to furnish the 

 citizens of the States that protection and those benefits 

 which State action fails to supply ; and for these pur- 



poses we advocate the vigorous enforcement of all ex- 

 isting laws of Congress, and, if found necessary, the 

 enactment of new legislation, and the adoption of ad- 

 ditional constitutional amendments. 



4. That the party that has maintained the financial 

 integrity of the republic by the resumption of specie 

 payments, and the honest discharge of the national 

 liabilities, thereby lifting the industries of the country 

 from unparalleled depression to unprecedented pros- 

 perity, snould not be supplanted by a party which 

 has repudiated its financial obligations, and done all 

 in its power to debase the national currency and throw 

 a perpetual blight upon the industries and prosperi- 

 ties of the nation. 



5. That we point with pride to the present Republi- 

 can national Administration, and congratulate the 

 country upon its financial ^success^and its faithful 

 performance of its public duties, in spite of the system- 

 atic opposition of a Democratic Senate and House of 

 Representatives. 



6. That in the nomination of James A. Garfield for 

 President, th Republican party presents for the .suf- 

 frages of the American people a brave and successful 

 Union general, a tried and experienced statesman, 

 whose integrity and ability have won not only the 

 ad miration 'and confidence of his political associates, 

 but also the respect and esteem of his opponents ; that 

 in Chester A. Arthur, our candidate tor Vice-Presi- 

 dent, we have an eminent citizen of New York, whose 

 patriotism, honesty, and business capacity are unsur- 

 passed, and we pledge them our hearty and enthusi- 

 astic support. 



7. That we recur to the administration of State af- 

 fairs by the Republicans of New Hampshire for twen- 

 ty-four years, against the ability and honesty of which 

 no serious charge has ever been made by our bitterest 

 opponents, as a reason for continuing State control in 

 Republican hands; and we hereby commend Hon. 

 Charles H. Bell, this day nominated for Governor, 

 and James E. French, of Moultonborough, Charles A. 

 Smith, of Manchester, and Edward J. Tenney, of 

 Claremont, nominated for Railroad Commissioners, as 

 candidates in every respect worthy the votes of the 

 people of the State. 



The Democratic party, in State Convention 

 at Concord, on September 15th, nominated 

 their candidates in competition with the Re- 

 publican nominees for all the offices mentioned 

 above. In the State Convention they also 

 adopted a platform expressing their principles 

 and rules of action in government. 



As Democratic candidate for Governor was 

 declared Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, for whom 

 six hundred votes were cast. 



For Congressmen from the three districts, 

 in their numerical order, were nominated, 

 Messrs. Sanborn, Sulloway, and George A. 

 Bingham, one of the Judges of the State Su- 

 preme Court. On his being nominated for 

 Congressman, Mr. Bingham sent to Governor 

 Head his resignation of the office he held as 

 Justice of the Supreme Court, which was ac- 

 cepted ; and in order to fill the vacancy there- 

 by created, the Governor subsequently ap- 

 pointed Isaac N. Blodgett as Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, which appointment was con- 

 firmed at the meeting held by the Governor 

 and State Councilors on November 30, 1880. 



The adherents to the Liquor - Prohibition 

 party of New Hampshire assembled also in 

 State Convention in September, and adopted 

 the following platform : 



Whereas, We regard temperance as the most im- 

 portant issue in this State or nation, and more impor- 



