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of its political principles, it only remains for the Na- 

 tional Republican party to consign it, with its unholy 

 coalition, to political oblivion forever. 



Resolved, That the Republicans need no " new de- 

 parture " and have no faith in that so-called liberal 

 reform which involves the desertion of true and tried 

 leaders, or abandonment of the principles of repub- 

 lican government and the rights of man. 



Resolved, That we fully concur in the opinion ot 

 Horace Greeley. that General Grant never has been 

 beaten and never will be, and propose to u fight it 

 out on this line" until November, when said pre- 

 diction will be fully realized by the verdict of the 

 American people. 



The German citizens of San Francisco 

 held two mass meetings on the 17th and 

 28th of August, in favor of the Republican 

 candidates for President and Vice-President. 

 Both meetings were reported as having been 

 very largely attended, enthusiastic, and ad- 

 dressed by numerous speakers. The meeting of 

 the 17th gave expression to its political senti- 

 ments in the following preamble and resolutions: 



Whereas, The German-born citizens of our country 

 most ardently desire the welfare, prosperity, and per- 

 petual continuance of this republic their adopted 

 fatherland and the preservation of our own free 

 political institutions, as well as our peaceful and 

 happy relations with all foreign countries ; and, 

 whereas, the great National Republican party has, by 

 the abolition of slavery and the adoption of the amend- 

 ments to the Constitution, established a republic in 

 its real meaning, free and equal to all men; and 

 whereas, we recognize the services of those who re- 

 mained true to these Republican principles in war, 

 as well as in peace, who defended these principles 

 with the sword as well as the pen, and who caused 

 our beloved new fatherland to be to-day united, free, 

 great, and mighty ; and whereas, in the event of the 

 election of Greeley and Brown, we consider the rights 

 and liberties of the people endangered by the intro- 

 duction of, to us, distasteful temperance and Sunday 

 laws : therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the German-born citizens of San Fran- 

 cisco, here assembled 



1. That we accept with pleasure and pride the plat- 

 form of the great National Republican party, as pre- 

 sented to the people by the Philadelphia Conven- 

 tion ; and we recognize in the nomination and election 

 of Grant and Wilson the future preservation of our 

 adopted fatherland. 



2. That we denounce the alliance of discontented 

 Republicans with .Democrats and secessionists, as 

 unnatural, and portending danger to our republic. 



3. That we pledge ourselves to use, during the 

 coming campaign, all our energy, and all honorable 

 means, to defeat a party supported by such elements 

 as Tweed, the New York Tammany, Jeff Davis and 

 secessionists, and drifting to anarchy and increase 

 of the national debt. 



4. That we now organize a German-American 

 Grant and Wilson Club for the coming campaign, 

 and for the purpose of uniting all German-born Re- 

 publicans of our State ; and we, therefore, earnestly 

 invite every German, having the interest of his adopt- 

 ed fatherland at heart, to join and aid us, by word and 

 deed, in this just and noble cause. 



A new apportionment of the State, for elec- 

 tion purposes, was proposed to the Legisla- 

 ture at the session of 1872, and defeated. This 

 result was condemned, it is said, by all the Re- 

 publican and independent press in the State, 

 with one exception. It was characterized as 

 unjust, and as brought about by fraud and the 

 employment of other undue means. In San 

 Francisco it was asserted that, by the present 



system, their representation in the State Legis- 

 lature was less than their due proportion. 



The State Asylum for the Insane is over- 

 crowded. In order to supply the deficiency 

 of room, three commissioners were appointed 

 to select a proper site whereon to erect a build- 

 ing for a branch asylum. They decided to lo- 

 cate it on a spot situated about a mile and a 

 half from the town of Napa, and bought for 

 that purpose a tract of 207 acres of land, at a 

 cost of sixty dollars an acre. The selection was 

 regarded as an excellent one for the purpose 

 intended, and the price of the land moderate. 



The instruction of youth seems to be care- 

 fully attended to in California, and with marked 

 success. 



The Territory of Arizona, in the welfare of 

 whose inhabitants the people of California feel 

 great interest, has been frequently subject to 

 depredations and massacres at the hands of 

 the Apache Indians. The commission of these 

 outrages was repeated in the beginning of 1872. 

 Under these circumstances, the Legislature of 

 California, at its session, thought proper to act 

 on that matter, and both Houses, without a 

 dissenting voice, passed the following preamble 

 and resolutions : 



Whereas, We are fully assured that the following 

 statements are true : 



That the inhabitants of the Territory of Arizona 

 are now, and for years past have been, the victims 

 of the most cruel outrages at the hands of the Apache 

 Indians. 



That hundreds of them, including women and chil- 

 dren, have been murdered by these savages within 

 the last few years. 



That neither homes nor property in that Territory, 

 outside its principal towns, are safe from savage in- 

 cursion. 



That in but exceptional places can any high-road 

 be travelled without great danger. 



That many of the citizens of our own State, while 

 there on business, have fallen victims to these In- 

 dians. 



That at no time in the history of that Territory 

 have the Indians been more hostile, or the lives and 

 property of the people less safe, than within the past 

 two months. 



That the nation is rich enough to afford and strong 

 enough to enforce protection to its people living in its 

 own territory and under its own flag, as well as those 

 abroad in other lands. 



That, for the murder of the fewest number of its 

 citizens, who have been slain by these savages in 

 Arizona in any two months in the last two years, the 

 United States Government would have declared war 

 against every power in Europe, had its citizens been 

 so murdered there, for want of proper protection 

 from European powers. 



That the feeling and belief is universal on the part 

 of the people of this State, and, we believe, of the 

 Pacific slope, that, when General Crook was sent to 

 Arizona, he was the right man in the right place. 



That he is as humane as energetic, and, if allowed 

 sufficient means, and given the discretion to which 

 his experience in the management of Indian affairs 

 entitles him, and not interfered with in his opera- 

 tions, he will in a brief period arrest this reign of 

 terror and blood, and give security to the long-suf- 

 fering people of this Territory ; and 



Whereas, We do most seriously believe that in all 



the land no such prompt and efficient measures are 



required for the protection of our people as in the 



Territory of Arizona : therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the Senate, the Assembly concurring : 



