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NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Resolved, That in this hour of national congratu- 

 lation over a united country, and a constitution free 

 from the leprosy of slavery, we express our profound 

 sorrow for the death of our late beloved President, 

 Abraham Lincoln, to whose patriotism, honesty of 

 purpose, and unswerving fidelity to a great principle, 

 we feel largely indebted for the triumph achieved, 

 and a whole race made free. A continent saved to 

 liberty will make his memory immortal. 



Resolved, That Kew Hampshire is justly proud of 

 the gallantry and heroism of her brave sons who 

 went forth to give their strength and their lives in 

 defence of the Union and liberty ; we owe it to our- 

 selves and to them to maintain and embody in our 

 Government the great principles for which they bat- 

 tled and so many of them fell. 



Resolved^hat while we rejoice that chattel slavery 

 no longer receives the sanction of law or constitu- 

 tion in our broad domain of the American Union, 

 we cannot be blind to the fact that many of the States 

 lately in rebellion have already adopted codes mani- 

 festly tending to the reestablishmenl of other forms 

 of "involuntary servitude," little less oppressive 

 than that which has just been abolished. It is the 

 sacred duty of the President, and of Congress, to see 

 that the ordinance of universal emancipation, written 

 in the blood of our brothers and sons, be not by 

 any subterfuge annulled or made of no effect. 



Resolved,, That the scheme to subvert our neigh- 

 boring republic of Mexico, and to plant by foreign 

 bayonets an Austrian despotism instead, having had 

 its origin in undisguised hostility to the United States, 

 it is the urgent duty of our Government to take such 

 decisive measures as will bring about the early aban- 

 donment of what, under the circumstances, is nothing 

 less than a standing insult to our power, and a men- 

 ance to our republican institutions. 



Resolved, That we recognize in Andrew Johnson, 

 President of the United States, the just citizen, the 

 sincere patriot, and the distinguished statesman ; 

 that the tone and temper of his late annual message to 

 Congress meets our warm approbation, and augurs 

 well for the success of his administration. We 

 pledge him our hearty confidence and support in all 

 his efforts to restore harmony and mutual trust be- 

 tween the different sections of the Union, upon the 

 basis of universal liberty, and exact justice to all. 



Resolved, That the State and the national faith, 

 pledged for the public debt, incurred in defence of 

 the Union, must be kept inviolate, and that we insist 

 upon an economv in the public expenditures, and 

 pledge the Republican party of New Hampshire to 

 retrenchment and reform, wherever practicable. 

 And of the sincerity of this pledge we give the high- 

 est guaranty in our power by presenting again for re- 

 election our present popular chief magistrate, Hon. 

 r Frederick Smyth, against whose official or personal 

 integrity not even political rancor has dared to utter 

 a word. The people know his devotion to their in- 

 terests, honor his integrity, and will triumphantly re- 

 elect him. 



Governor Smyth was renominated for Gov- 

 ernor. 



The Democratic State Convention of New 

 Hampshire assembled at Concord on Wednes- 

 day, February 7th, and nominated John G. 

 Sinclair as candidate for Governor. 



The committee on resolutions submitted a 

 series of nine, which were adopted amid hearty 

 applause. 



The first avers that the Government derives its 

 powers from the Constitution, and that any authority 

 exercised contrary thereto is usurpation, and calls 

 for a strict construction of the Constitution. 



The second totally disapproves of all proposed or 

 contemplated amendments to the Constitution. 



The third affirms the freedom of speech, of the 



press, and of elections, privilege of the writ of habeas 

 corpus and of trial by jury, exemption from arbitrary 

 arrest, and the subordination of the military to tho 

 civil power, as rights which must be preserved. 



The fourth affirms the right of each State to regu- 

 late its elective franchise for itself, and that attempts 

 to interfere with this right ai*e violations of the Con- 

 stitution. 



The fifth says that the announcement that the 

 State debt of New Hampshire is $13,000,000 is a very 

 startling fact to all honest men, who do not intend to 

 shirk their share of taxation. 



The sixth calls for a scrutiny of the expenditures 

 of the war funds of the State, in order that the 

 great difference in the debts of the States of Ver- 

 mont and New Hampshire that of the latter State 

 being thirteen millions, and that of the former but 

 about eight millions be accounted for. 



The seventh pledges to President Johnson iheir 

 support in the efforts which he is making to secure 

 to all the States immediate representation in Con- 

 gress, and their full rights under the Constitution as 

 States of the Union, and that they will stand by him 

 so long as he stands by the Constitution, and in- 

 vites all patriotic citizens to unite with them in this 

 purpose. 



The eighth states that equality of taxation is a 

 sound Democratic doctrine, and must be main- 

 tained. The whole taxable property of the country 

 should be equitably assessed, with no privileged ex- 

 emptions for the support of the local, State, and Fed- 

 eral governments, each and all of which should bo 

 administered with the utmost economy consistent 

 with their proper conduct, and under a sense of the 

 strictest accountability to the people. 



The last resolution states that, as in the past, so 

 now and forever, they proclaim as a device, worthy 

 of every true American citizen, " No North, no South, 

 but one inseparable Union, one undivided people of 

 brethren, making common front against every en- 

 croachment upon the Constitution and every form of 

 fanaticism." 



The Legislature met on the June 6th, and 

 continued in session four weeks. Among the 

 important acts passed was one establishing an 

 agricultural college, to be placed under the di- 

 rection of Dartmouth College. Its main fea- 

 tures are as follows : the general government 

 of the college shall be in the hands of nine 

 trustees, five to be appointed by the Governor 

 and council, and four by the trustees of Dart- 

 mouth College. The trustees shall appoint a 

 faculty of instruction, prescribe their duties, and 

 invest them with such powers for the immediate 

 government and management of the institution 

 as they may deem most conducive to its best 

 interests. No trustee shall receive any com- 

 pensation for his services ; but expenses neces- 

 sarily incurred by him shall be paid by the col- 

 lege. The trustees shall make an annual report 

 to the Legislature of the financial condition and 

 of the operations and progress of the college, 

 recording any improvements or experiments 

 made, with their cost and results, including such 

 State, industrial, and economical statistics, as 

 may be useful. The trustees are authorized and 

 empowered to locate and establish the college 

 incorporated by this act at Hanover, in the 

 State, in connection with Dartmouth College, 

 and with that corporation to make all necessary 

 contracts for a period not exceeding years, 

 in relation to the terms of the connection there- 

 with, and to its furnishing to the college of 



