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State and of the nation, upon the termination of civil 

 war and upon the return of peace, and especially that 

 this blessing is attained with a preserved Union, an 

 undivided country, and the reassertion of constitu- 

 tional liberty throughout the land. 



Resolved, 'That as the first fruits of this triumph, 

 the people demand the subordination of military to 

 ' civil rule, the restitution of the authority of the 

 courts, and the recognition of the equality of the 

 States ; that we regard all efforts, either by prolonged 

 military rule or by denying the right of representation 

 to States, in order to compel them to adopt negro 

 equality or negro suffrage as an element of their con- 

 stitutions, as tending to delay and prevent the paci- 

 fication of the country, and to subvert the principles 

 of the Government, and endanger the liberties of the 

 people. 



Resolved, That in the plan of President Johnson 

 for the speedy restoration of the States lately in 

 rebellion to their old positions in the Union, by com- 

 mencing the work of reorganization at the point of 

 secession, and confiding it to those then recognized 

 as electors by the laws of the respective States, leav- 

 ing the question of suffrage, where the Constitution 

 places it, to the future action of the several States, 

 we recognize enlightened statesmanship, sound polit- 

 ical theory, and an old-fashioned, time-honored regard 

 for the relations and rights of the States and the fed- 

 eral Government, as established by the Constitution ; 

 and that we pledge to the President, in this great 

 work, our cordial and energetic support. 



'Resolved, That while we stigmatize as alike fatal to 

 national prosperity and the rights of labor, the doc- 

 trine that " a national debt is a national blessing," 

 we recognize the obligation by which the whole re- 

 sources of the country are pledged to the payment 

 of the public debt, and we believe the interests and 

 honor of the people are involved in its faithful fulfil- 

 ment, and that all constitutional and legal means 

 should be taken to compel the whole property of the 

 country, real and personal, to share in the public 

 burdens, believing that equality of taxation is not 

 only equity, but also the soundest possible basis of 

 public credit. 



Resolved, That the thanks and gratitude of the 

 people are due to the soldiers and sailors of the nation 

 and to their brave commanders, who have illustrated 

 the pages of our history with deeds of valor that ele- 

 vate the fame of the people, and vindicate the char- 

 acter of republican government. 



Resolved, That the position originally taken by our 

 Government in reference to the interference of Eu- 

 ropean powers with the people of this continent, 

 called the "Monroe doctrine, is a policy which has 

 preserved peace and avoided foreign entanglements, 

 and cannot be abandoned without dishonor to us as 

 a Power among nations, nor without danger to dem- 

 ocratic institutions. 



Resolved, That the frank and generous acceptance 

 by the Southern people of the condition in which 

 they have been left by the recent war, including the 

 abandonment of slavery, removes the main difficulties 

 in the way of the restoration of amicable feeling 

 among the States ; and that it should be met on the 

 part of the Federal Government in a spirit of concilia- 

 tion and kindness. 



Resolved, That, banishing all minor party consid- 

 erations, and acting in the spirit of an enlarged and 

 generous patriotism, we cordially support President 

 Johnson in the policy which he has avowed, to enable 

 the States lately in revolt to put their governments 

 in practical operation, and in all such constitutional 

 measures as he may inaugurate to harmonize the coun- 

 try and restore and cement the union of the States. 



A resolution was also adopted, charging the 

 Secretary of State and the enumerators under 

 him -with the perpetration of frauds in con- 

 nection with the census. 



The Kepnblican Convention met at Syracuse, 

 on the 20th of September. Maj.-Gen. Barlov> 

 was nominated Secretary of State, and the fol- 

 lowing resolutions were adopted : 



Resolved, That we congratulate the people of this 

 State upon the overthrow of the rebellion and the 

 return of peace to all sections of our common coun- 

 try; and that we find in the preservation of the Union, 

 the reestablishment of the national authority, and 

 the extirpation of slavery, ample recompense for the 

 suffering and sacrifices by which these results have 

 been achieved. 



Resolved, That to the soldiers and sailors of all 

 ranks and in all departments, by whose valor, under 

 divine Providence, this great result has been accom- 

 plished, and who have by their heroism shed new 

 and undying lustre on the American name, we re- 

 turn the heartfelt thanks of a grateful people ; that 

 we renew the demand made by the Union National 

 Convention at Baltimore that adequate provision be 

 made by the national authorities for the support and 

 comfort of such of their survivors as have received 

 honorable and disabling wounds in the service of 

 their country. 



Resolved, 'That while we deplore the death by as- 

 sassination of Abraham Lincoln as closing a career 

 of transcendent usefulness and honor, and as a great 

 national calamity, we recognize in Andrew Johnson, 

 bis successor, a statesman of ability, experience, and 

 high-toned patriotism and the most unsullied integ- 

 rity, and one who has rendered invaluable services 

 to the Union cause during the rebellion, and whose 

 single-hearted devotion to the permanent prosperity 

 and glory of our common country commands the 

 respect and confidence of the American people; and 

 that we renew to him in his administration those as- 

 surances of cordial and effective support which were 

 tendered by us in his nomination and election. 



Resolved, That we approve as eminently wise and 

 just the sentiments of kindness and confidence 

 which President Johnson has evinced toward those 

 of the communities and individuals lately in rebel- 

 lion who accept the perpetuation of the Union and 

 the perpetual prohibition of slavery as the legitimate ' 

 and irrevokable results of the war ; that we approve 

 the initial steps which he has taken toward relaxing 

 the bonds of military authority in the Southern 

 States and in restoring to their people full and com- 

 plete control over their local affairs just as soon as 

 may be found compatible with the preservation of 

 order, the maintenance of peace, the exclusion of 

 slavery, and the fulfilment of the constitutional obli- 

 gations of the national authority to guarantee to 

 every State a republican form of government ; and 

 that we confidently look forward, under his wise and 

 patriotic administration, to the establishment of 

 mere cordial relations, of greater mutual respect, and 

 of a stronger interest in each other's welfare between 

 the Northern and Southern sections of the Union 

 than have hitherto prevailed, and that in all the 

 measures he mny adopt tending to the attainment of 

 these just and beneficent ends we pledge him our 

 cordial and hearty support. 



Resolved, That 'while we regard the national sover- 

 eignty^ over all the subjects committed to it by the 

 Constitution of the United States, as having been 

 confirmed and established by the recent war, we re- 

 gard the several States in the Union as having juris- 

 diction over all local and domestic affairs expressly 

 reserved to them by the same constitutional author- 

 ity, and that whenever it shall be deemed compati- 

 ble with the public safcty to restore to the States 

 lately in rebellion the renewed exercise of those 

 rights, we trust it will be done in the faith and on 

 the basis that they will be exercised in a spirit of 

 equal and impartial justice, aud with a view to the 

 elevation and perpetuation of the full rights of citi- 

 zenship of all their people, inasmuch as these aro 



