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to obey the illegal order to remove him from office, 

 and the national House of Representatives has passed 

 a resolution to impeach Andrew Johnson of high 

 crimes and misdemeanors ; therefore 



Resolved, That the prompt action of the majority 

 of the members of Congress in passing the resolution 

 for the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President 

 of the United States, of high crimes and misde- 

 . meanors, be and the same are hereby commended and 

 approved. 



Resolved, That the refusal of E. M. Stanton to obey 

 the illegal order to remove him from office meets 

 with the approval of the Union-loving and law-abid- 

 ing citizens of Pennsylvania. 



Resolved, That the Governor be and is hereby re- 

 quested to forward a copy of these resolutions to the 

 Speaker of the national House and to Mr. Stanton. 



The Democratic State Convention met in the 

 chamber of the House of Representatives at 

 Harrisburg, on the 4th of March. Delegates 

 to the National Democratic Convention were 

 chosen, and presidential electors and State of- 

 ficers nominated. Charles E. Boyle, of Fay- 

 ette County, was nominated for 'the office of 

 Auditor-General, and General "Wellington Lut, 

 of Columbia, for that of Surveyor-General. 

 These were the only State officers to be filled 

 at the election of the year. The platform of 

 principles adopted by the convention was con- 

 tained in the following resolutions : 



Resolved, That the happiness of the people and the 

 preservation and continuance of our power as a re- 

 public depend upon the perpetuity of the Union and 

 the preservation of the constitution, and the prompt 

 restoration of each and all of the States to the enjov- 

 ment of their rights and functions in the Union is 

 essential to our progress, our prosperity, and the pro- 

 tection of our liberties, and radical legislation is the 

 barrier thereto. 



Resolved, That the Constitution of the United 

 States is the supreme law ; it is binding upon the 

 people and upon every department of the Govern- 

 ment, and it is the highest duty of those in and out 

 of official place to yield implicit obedience to all its 

 provisions until it is changed in the manner provided 

 therein ; that the recent attempts of the legislative 

 branch of the Government to usurp the office of the 

 Executive and to destroy the independence of the 

 judiciary, are deliberate attacks upon the plainest 

 provisions of the Constitution, in utter violence of 

 its spirit, and tend to the ovetfhrow of the Govern- 

 ment itself. 



Resolved, That the radicals in Congress have wrung 

 from the people enormous sums of money, which 

 they have squandered in reckless extravagance ; that 

 their system of revenue is ill devised, incongruous 

 and inequitable ; that rigid economy in every branch 

 of the public service, a decrease in the number of of- 

 ficials, a reduction in the army and navy, and reform 

 in the collection of the revenue, are imperatively de- 

 manded ; and only by this means can a reduction in 

 the amount of taxation now imposed on the indus- 

 trial and manufacturing interests be attained, and the 

 payment of our indebtedness be assured. 



Resolved, That the Republican party is responsible 

 to the country for the delay in the restoration of the 

 Southern States to their just relations in the Union, 

 and for the government of their people by military- 

 rule ; that the purpose of these measures is to per- 

 petuate radical power through the votes of illiterate 

 negroes. 



Resolved, That, in enacting the Tenure of Office law 

 the legislative and executive branches of the Gov- 

 ernment each had a right to judge of its constitution- 

 ality, and that, in thus exercising the right, the Ex- 

 ecutive was only complying with that portion of his 

 oath of office which required him to preserve, protect 



and defend the Constitution of the United States, and 

 that it is the right of every branch of the Govern- 

 ment and of every citizen to have the questions in- 

 volving the constitutionality of any law speedily ad- 

 judicated, by the Supreme Court of the United States, 

 and the right of all the people to have said decision 

 enforced. 



Resolved, That the pending impeachment of the 

 President of the United States is a gross and reckless 

 abuse of partisan power, without justifiable cause, 

 and intended for the attainment of party purposes at 

 the sacrifice of the most vital interests of the country. 



Resolved, That a return to a specie-paying basis at 

 the earliest practicable moment is essential to the in- 

 terests of the people and the prosperity of the na- 

 tion. 



Resolved, That the national debt should be paid as 

 rapidly as is consistent with the terms of the laws 

 upon which the several loans are based. 



Resolved, That the five-twenty bonds and the legal 

 tender notes are component parts of the same finance 

 system, and, until the Government is able to redeem 

 the legal tenders in coin, the holders of those bonds 

 should be required to receive legal tenders in pay- 

 ment. 



Resolved,, That every species of property should 

 bear its fair proportion of taxation, and that the ex- 

 emption of government bonds therefrom is unjust 

 and inequitable. 



Resolved, That we recognize with emotions of the 



to them the eiforts of the radicals to prevent a resto- 

 ration of the Union until negro supremacy is estab- 

 lished in certain States and negro equality made the 

 rule in all. 



^ Resolved, That the naturalization of foreign-born 

 citizens places them on the same foofing as those 

 born in this country, and that it is the duty of the 

 Government to see that all citizens, naturalized and 



ought and must be made to protect all our citizens. 



The Republican State Convention assem- 

 bled at the Academy of Music, in the city of 

 Philadelphia, on the llth of March. A vote 

 of the delegates was taken, in order to ascer- 

 tain their preferences with regard to candi- 

 dates for President and Yice-President. Tne 

 Convention pronounced unanimously in favor 

 of General Grant for President ; and, for Vice- 

 President, gave 109 votes for Andrew G. Cur- 

 tin, 22 for Benjamin F. "Wade, and 1 for Edwin 

 M. Stanton. General John F. Hartranft and 

 Col. Jacob M. Campbell were unanimously 

 nominated for reelection to the offices of 

 auditor and surveyor-general. The resolutions 

 adopted were as fellows : 



Resolved, That the great Republican party of Amer- 

 ica, without which the rebellion against the Govern- 

 ment would have consummated a division of the 

 Union and perpetuated human slavery, with the aid, 

 comfort, and full approval of the present Democratic 

 party, is in the fore-front of another peril and another 

 trial. Electing its candidate for President in 1860, 

 and reelecting him in 1864 ; it is now called upon to 

 decide whether all its sacrifices of blood and treasure 

 have not only been vain, but were simply contribu- 

 tions for a restoration of treason under the influence 

 of a man who, clothed with the confidence of his 

 country, is prevented from overthrowing the Govern- 

 ment solely by the wise and patriotic stand taken by 

 a loyal Congress. 



Resolved, That we add our voice to the loud acclaim 



