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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



of 1860, to have been as follows: Census of 

 1870, 818,300; census of 1860, 326,073 a net 

 loss in ten years of 8,773. Coos and Hillsbor- 

 ough, the two extreme counties north and 

 south in the State, are the only ones in which 

 the population has increased, 1,762 and 2,098, 

 respectively, during that period, while each of 

 the other eight counties has sustained a loss 

 varying from a minimum of 169, for Cheshire, 

 up to a maximum of 3,133, for Carroll. The 

 following is the Federal census of New Hamp- 

 shire, by counties, taken in 1860 and 1870 : 



The Republicans have preponderated in New 

 Hampshire, though the Democrats also pos- 

 sessed considerable strength and influence. Be- 

 sides these, there are two other parties which 

 have lately been formed, under the relative ap- 

 pellations of "Temperance" and "Labor Re- 

 form " parties. Although the end which these 

 two severally profess to pursue is not a political 

 one, properly so called, they have entered the 

 political arena, as separate public bodies, in- 

 tending so to mould the popular ideas and the 

 government of the State as to forward, and ul- 

 timately realize, the accomplishment of their 

 Birposes. Their members are, in fact, either 

 emocrats or Republicans ; but they have made 

 the prohibition of intoxicating beverages and 

 the promotion of the working-man's interests 

 the special object of their respective organiza- 

 tions, as a body. 



In preparation for the general State election 

 of March 8, 1870, the members of these par- 

 ties severally met in convention, and nomi- 

 nated their candidates. 



The Democrats held their State Convention 

 at Concord, on the 5th day of January. They 

 nominated for Governor, John Bedell, of Bath ; 

 for Railroad Commissioner, Michel T. Dono- 

 hue, of Concord. At the same time they adopt- 

 ed the following resolutions : 



"We, the Democracy of New Hampshire, in conven- 

 tion assembled, with unshaken faith in the justice 

 and ultimate triumph of the principles which we 

 have so long maintained, renewing our pledges of de- 

 votion thereto, do now resolve : 



1. That we will continue to oppose the efforts of 

 the radical party to centralize all power in Congress, 

 and to subvert our federal-republican system of gov- 

 ernment, to the utmost extent of our power ; and, 

 that we especially denounce the late outrage upon 

 the State of Georgia, as subverting the only safe- 

 guard in the Constitution whereby the rights of 

 States can exist ; that we will not relax our endeav- 

 ors to restore the Government to its original basis, in 

 all its essential relations, until such restoration is 

 completely effected. 



2. That the system of national taxation under the 

 existing tariff and revenue laws, throwing, as it does, 

 the burden upon the laboring classes upon the in- 

 dustry rather than upon the wealth of the country 

 is unjust and oppressive, and calculated to aid in the 

 subjection of the masses to an aristocracy of wealth 

 and privilege ; and that we, in common with the in- 

 dustrial classes, whose cause is our cause, demand a 

 complete reformation thereof, upon the basis of jus- 

 tice and equality. 



8. That a return to the principles of honesty and 

 economy in the administration of public affairs is the 

 only sure and proper remedy for the present and pro- 

 spective financial ills of the nation. 



4. That monopoly, in every form, is unjust, preju- 

 dicial to the general welfare, and can be tolerated 

 and maintained only in direct violation of the spirit 

 of our democratic institutions ; and that we witness 

 with alarm the tendency to consolidate and concen- 

 trate capital in gigantic corporations in this State and 

 the United States. 



5. That while all existing contracts entered into in 

 good faith should be fully kept, in the letter and 

 spirit of the contract, Congress should impose such 

 just and equal taxes upon all Government bonds and 

 United States securities as will compel their holders 

 to bear their just share of the burdens of government. 



6. That all debts, public and private, except duties 

 on imports and the interest on the public debt, which 

 by its terms is payable in gold, are payable in the 

 currency of the country. 



Resolved, That in the death of Franklin Pierce the 

 country lost a true patriot and profound statesman ; 

 New Hampshire lost its most honored son, and each 

 of us a friend. Living, we loved him ; dead, we will 

 cherish his memory. 



Resolved, That the Democracy of New Hampshire 

 hereby pledge their earnest and united efforts to in- 

 sure the election of the candidates this day nomi- 

 nated. 



The Republican State Convention was held 

 on January 7th, and renominated Onslow 

 Stearns for Governor, by acclamation, and 

 nominated Charles P. Gage for Railroad Com- 

 missioner. The committee appointed to in- 

 form the Governor of his renornination having 

 returned with a letter from him to the con- 

 vention, in which he stated " that, on account 

 of feeble health, he was compelled to decline 

 being a candidate for reelection," a second 

 committee was appointed and sent, urging him 

 to withdraw his declination; whereupon he 

 wrote a letter of acceptance. The Republican 

 platform was unanimously adopted, and is as 

 follows : 



The ^Republicans of New Hampshire, in delegate 

 convention assembled, hereby renew and reaffirm 

 their allegiance to the principles of liberty, equality, 

 and impartial suffrage, which underlie our republican 

 institutions, and are the hope of" the oppressed in 

 every land. 



1. Resolved, That the Administration of President 

 Grant has our hearty approval and highest admira- 

 tion for the vigor, integrity, and statesmanship, 

 which have already brought the prestige of the na- 

 tional Government back to that of the better and 

 purer days of the republic. 



2. That the extinguishment of more than seventy- 

 six millions of the national debt, during the first ten 

 months of the Administration of President Grant, 

 furnishes the surest guarantee that it will continue to 

 administer the affairs of the Government with pru- 

 dence and wisdom. 



3. That the demand of the recent Democratic State 

 Convention for the taxation of United States bonds, 

 and their payment in depreciated currency, is only 



