488 



NEW YORK. 



I, That we also rejoice at the course of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church of the United States, 

 recognizing, as a step in the true direction, their re- 

 cent action admitting women of that Church to vote 

 on lay delegation. 



Resolved^, That, in recognition and furtherance of 

 the principles of justice, the Constitution of the 

 United States should be so amended as to secure 

 the right of suffrage to the women of the nation, 

 on the same terms that it is held by the men of the 

 nation. 



Resolved, That we invite the cooperation of every 

 man and woman, no matter how differing as to party, 

 politics, creed, color, or nationality, in securing such 

 an amendment. 



The Democratic Convention assembled at 

 Syracuse on the 22d of September to make 

 nominations for the coming election, and set 

 forth the principles on which the party pro- 

 posed to conduct the canvass. The highest 

 office to be filled was that of Secretary of 

 State, and the following was the full ticket of 

 nominations as determined upon : For Secre- 

 tary of State, Homer A. Nelson ; for Comp- 

 troller, Wm. F. Allen ; for Treasurer, Wheeler 

 II. Bristol ; for Attorney-General, Marshall B. 

 Champlain ; for State Engineer, Van Rensse- 

 laer Richmond ; for Canal Commissioner, "W. 

 W. Wright; for State Prison Inspector, For- 

 dyce Laflin; for Judge of the Court of Ap- 

 peals (long term), John A. Lott ; for Judge of 

 the Court of Appeals (short term), Robert 

 Earl. The following resolutions were adopted 

 without debate : 



The Democracy of Xcw York, in convention as- 

 sembled, report and reaffirm the pledge they have 

 given to the people in regard to questions of public 

 policy, and they point to the history of their connec- 

 tion with the Government from the day of its founda- 

 tion for the record of their devotion to its interests, 

 their fidelity to its honor, their nationality and pa- 

 triotism, and their unswerving loyalty to the Consti- 

 tution ; that, as the party which derives its princi- 

 ples from Jefferson and Jackson we are ready to go 

 before the country with the record of our conduct 

 and our principles, and demand to be judged by 

 them. 



Resolved, That, in pursuance of these principles 

 and faithful to these traditions, we demand the res- 

 toration of all States to their rights in the Union 

 tinder the Constitution, the amnesty of political of- 

 fenders, the reduction of the standing army, the abo- 

 lition of that hybrid institution, the Freedmen's 

 BureaUj the restoration of the rightful authority of 

 the judiciary, and the subordination of the military to 

 the civil power. 



Resolved, That we arraign the Administration of 

 President Grant as false to these principles and meas- 

 ures, and to its pledges to give the country peace. It 

 has for partisan purposes prolonged the disunion of 

 the States, and by military dictation and arbitrary 

 penalties is endeavoring to coerce communities and 

 States into assent to its measures ; it has failed to 

 protect the masses, and has given countenance and 

 support to class interests, and, turning its back upon 

 the people, has become in turn the pensioner and 

 patron of accumulated wealth, and that, while thus 

 abusing the standard of administration at home, it 

 has lowered the tone of our diplomacy abroad by the 

 character of its appointments; by its vacillations 

 and hesitations in regard to our rights as a nation, 

 its want of sympathy with the people struggling for 

 liberty, and its indifference to the fate of American 

 citizens, victims of foreign despotism. 



Resolved, That the protection of American citizens, 



whether naturalized or native born, in all their rights 

 and wherever they may go, is a sacred duty imposed 

 upon the United States . Government, which cannot 

 be disregarded without incurring national dishonor ; 

 that protection and allegiance are reciprocal duties^ 

 and whenever or wherever the rights of American 

 citizens are assailed, duty and honor require that 

 this Government should promptly employ adequate 

 means for the vindication of such rights ; and that 

 we therefore denounce the recent flagrant omission 

 by the Federal Administration to perform its whole 

 duty toward American citizens in Great Britain and 

 Cuba. 



Resolved, That the Democratic party is now, as it 

 ever has been, in favor of the fulfilment of all legiti- 

 mate contracts made with the Federal Government, 

 with the same strictness and honesty that should 

 attend the payment of contracts between man and 

 man ; that, in case of loans made to the Federal Gov- 

 ernment by authority of law, it is the right not only 

 of the lender, but of the American people, from the 

 fruits of whose labor such, loans must be paid, that 

 such obligations should be discharged when due in 

 the manner provided for by the law in obedience to 

 which they were created. 



Resolved, That the multiplication of taxes, their 

 complexity and uncertainty, and the inquisitorial 

 process by which they are extorted from the people, 

 and, still more, that unequal and unjust system by 

 which a moneyed class is exempt from the burdens 

 of State and municipal government and their share 

 imposed upon their neighbors, is a constantly-in- 

 creasing abuse ; that it is the duty of the statesmen 

 of the country to simplify our taxes, distribute them 

 upon the property of the country, reduce the tariff 

 to a revenue basis, and thus release industry from 

 its heaviest burden, and give freedom to commerce. 



Re-solved, That the course of the executive and ad- 

 ministrative officers of this State in enforcing econ- 

 omy and reforming abuses which have grown up 

 under the fostering care of our political opponents 

 commends itself to the approval of the people, and 

 should be extended to all the departments of the 

 Government ; that if the registration and excise 

 laws are to be imposed upon the people, they should 

 at least be uniform in their operation throughout the 

 State ; that the canals of the State should remain the 

 property of its citizens ; that they should be im- 

 proved by the enlargement of the channels and the 

 doubling of the locks where necessary ; that the tolls 

 should be reduced to such an extent as to command 

 the carrying-trade, and that, as soon as the existing 

 canal debt (now in process of rapid liquidation) shall 

 be paid, the canals should be opened to the naviga- 

 tion of the people of all the States, subject only to a 

 charge to defray the cost of their annual maintenance 

 and repair. 



Resolved, That the fifteenth amendment of the 

 Federal Constitution, proposed by the radical ma- 

 jority in Congress in a spirit of contempt of the 

 people and of the right of the States to regulate the 

 elective franchise, and in utter disregard of the 

 pledges of the party, and attempted to be forced 

 upon the States as a condition of their restoration to 

 civil government and to their representation in the 

 national Legislature, is intended to place the ques- 

 tion of suffrage in the hands of the central powers 

 and by debasing to demoralize" the representative 

 system. 



Resolved, That the amended constitution of this 

 State in its various schedules to be submitted to the 

 electors does not commend itself to the favor of the 

 Democrats of the State, either by the motives _ in 

 which it was conceived^ or by the manner in which 

 it was presented, or by its intrinsic worth. 



Resolved, That his Excellency John T. Hoffman, 

 by his fidelity to the interests of the State,_ his high- 

 toned assertion ofxlcmocratic principles, _ his effective 

 hostility to corrupt and special^ legislation, and the 

 dignified and impartial manner in which he has dis- 



