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ings for that purpose be held simultaneously on 

 the 19th of February. 



A Republican Convention was held at St. 

 Louis February 22d, to name delegates to the 

 National Convention at Chicago, and announce 

 the position held by the party on national ques- 

 tions. This announcement was contained in 

 the following series of resolutions : 



Resolved, That sovereign political power in our 

 great Commonwealth is vested in the people, and, 

 under the Constitution of the United States, Con- 

 gress is the representative of that sovereignty. 



Resolved, That, in the words of the Declaration of 

 Independence, all men are created equal, and that 

 equal political rights to each and every citizen are 

 the only safeguards of constitutional liberty, and to 

 this end we indorse the reconstruction policy of 

 Congress ; and we ; the representatives of the Eadical 

 Union men of Missouri, in convention assembled, 

 stand ready to accept the responsibility and issues 

 arising therefrom. 



Resolved, That, we are in favor of the admission of 

 the States lately in rebellion to full and complete 

 representation in Congress, as soon as they shall 

 give ample guarantees of their future loyalty and 

 fealty to the Government, and of equal political 

 rights to all citizens in such States. 



Resolved, That as taxation must remain in propor- 

 tion to our wealth, and in direct proportion to the 

 value of our productions, we will support only those 

 measures of political economy which tend to increase 

 the agricultural, mechanical, and mineral productions 

 of our country ; that the doctrine of Great Britain, 

 Prussia, and other European powers, that " once citi- 

 zens, always citizens," must be resisted at all hazards 

 by the United States, as a relic of the feudal times not 

 authorized by the law of nations, and at war with our 

 national honor and independence ; naturalized citi- 

 zens are entitled to be protected in all tbeir rights of 

 citizenship, as though they were natural born, and 

 no citizen of the United States, native or naturalized, 

 should be liable to arrest or imprisonment by any 

 foreign power for acts done or words spoken in this 

 country, and, if so arrested and imprisoned, it is the 

 duty of this Government to interpose in behalf of such 

 citizen. 



Resolved^ That we, the Eadical party of the State 

 of Missoun, hereby express our preference for U. S. 

 Grant, as candidate for President of the United 

 States upon the national Eepublican platform. 



The following resolutions were also adopted 

 by the convention, and telegraphed to Sec- 

 retary Stanton : 



Resolved, That the law passed by the Congress of 

 the United States, by the constitutional vote over the 

 veto of the President, is a law of the land, to be 

 obeyed by all, from the highest to the lowest, and 

 that the acting President is as much bound by it as 

 any citizen. 



Resolved, That we send greeting to the Radical 

 Congress, and to E. M. Stanton and General Grant, 

 with the assurance that loyal Missouri to' a man will 

 stand by them till acting President Johnson and 

 every man of this country shall bow in obedience to 

 the law of the land. 



A similar convention of the Democracy was 

 called by the State Central Committee to meet 

 on the 28th of May, and appoint delegates to 

 the New York Convention, but no platform 

 was adopted at that convention, and a proposi- 

 tion to recommend the nomination of George 

 H. Pendleton for the presidency failed to pass. 



The regular State Convention of the Repub- 

 licans was held at Jefferson City on the 16th 

 of July, and nominations for State offices were 



made as follows : Governor, Hon. J. W. Mc- 

 Clurg, of Camden ; Lieutenant-Governor, E. O. 

 Stanard, of St. Louis; Secretary of State, Fran- 

 cis Rodman, of St. Joseph ; Treasurer, William 

 Q. Dallmeyer, of Gasconade; Auditor, Daniel M. 

 Draper, of Montgomery. The platform adopted 

 was contained in the 'following resolutions : 



1. Resolved, That we heartily approve the decla- 

 ration of principles adopted by the Eepublican Na- 

 tional Convention, and, believing that the election, 

 upon these principles, of the chief defender of the 

 laws to be their sworn executor will give peace and 

 quiet to the land, and prosperity and happiness to 

 the people, we pledge to its candidates, General 

 Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, our hearty 

 and united support. 



2. That we thank the party called Democratic for 

 unmasking to the country its real designs by the 

 nomination of men whose political creed finds its due- 

 interpretation in the declarations which publicly 

 threaten a new revolution, and propose to trample 

 into the dust laws duly enacted ; to disperse State 

 governments constitutionally established, and to 

 compel the Senate to submit to such an interpreta- 

 tion of the Constitution as a dictator may give. We 

 appeal to all good citizens of either party, who desire 

 peace, order, and. a government of law, to join in. 

 putting down this new cause of the rebellion and 

 crushing the madmen who threaten to bring upon 

 us another cruel war. 



3. That we, the Republicans of tbe State of Mis- 

 souri, particularly indorse the 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th 

 articles of the national platform, and reaffirm that 

 the payment of the national debt is part of the na- 

 tional honor ; and good faith and justice are as ob- 

 ligatory upon governments as upon men ; and that 

 the spirit of the contract is more of its life even than 

 its letter ; and that we spurn and utterly condemn 

 the evasion of our national obligations, as proposed 

 by the Democratic Convention, as ruinous to the na- 

 tion's credit and its material interests. 



4. That a disfranchisement based upon a difference 

 of color only is neither just nor republican, and that 

 we, therefore, unequivocally are in favor of the adop- 

 tion of the constitutional amendment now pending, 

 that _ impartial suffrage may be established in Mis- 

 souri, and that an unjust discrimination born of sla- 

 very, the cause of th'e rebellion, may be forever re- 

 moved from the laws of the State. 



5. That while we believe that the disfranchise- 

 ment of those who engaged in, aidedj or sympathized 

 with rebellion, was not only a legitimate and just 

 consequence of their own conduct, but a necessary 

 measure for the safety of the loyal people of this 

 State, we cherish no revengeful feeling toward those 

 who fought in fair and open battle though for an un- 

 just cause, and stand ready to restore to them every 

 political privilege, at the earliest moment, consistent 

 with State and National safety. 



6. That the payment of our seventeen millions of 

 State debt left by former Democratic administrations, 

 the appreciation of the bonds of the State from 33 

 cents in 1863 when they bore 36 per cent, interest 

 overdue, to 91 cents without overdue interest in 1868 ; 

 the enlargement of the School Fund ; the restoration 

 of the credit of the State, accomplished not only with- 

 out increase, but with large reductions of taxation, . 

 give proof the ability of the Eadical party to .so man- 

 age the finances of the State as to secure its prosperi- 

 ty and guard its honor, and at the same time relieve 

 the tax-payers of all unnecessary burden. 



V. That we sternly insist upon the most economical 

 administration of the Government, and that we ear- 

 nestly recommend to our friends the greatest care and 

 circumspection in their nominations, for public offi- 

 ces, of men of established character and honesty. 



The Democratic State. Central Committee is- 

 sued a call on the 1st of June, designating the 



