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KENTUCKY. 



in all elections, national, State, or municipal, and 

 hereby express our condemnation of the acts of the 

 Democracy in this State in contravention of this 

 principle. 



2. To the people of Kentucky and of the nation 

 we send congratulation upon_the fulfilment of the 

 promises given by the Republican party in National 

 Convention assembled in 1868 resulting in the res- 

 toration to the Union of all the States in giving 

 equal rights to all men before the law surrounding 

 us with prosperity at home, and increased honor 

 amongall the nations of the civilized world. 



3. We recognize with pride the beneficial achieve- 

 ments of the present Administration in the manage- 

 ment of national affairs, in executing the wishes of 

 the people as declared by law, in condemning and 

 punishing corruption, and in relieving the industries 

 of the country from grievous burdens thrust upon 

 them. 



4. To an extent beyond our most sanguine ex- 

 pectation, the Kepublican party has reduced the pub- 

 lic debt, and at the same time appreciated to a high 

 standard the national currency and the securities of 

 the Government. 



5. We express an undiminished confidence in the 

 personal and official integrity and honor of President 

 Grant, and have witnessed with satisfaction the ref- 

 utation and exposure of the falsehoods and calum- 

 nies directed against him. 



6. We pledge ourselves to support the nominees 

 of the convention which is to assemble on the 5th 

 day of June, in the city of Philadelphia, and, be- 

 lieving that President Grant has met his pledges 



given to the country in the administration of his 

 igh office, he deserves our thanks and support, 

 and our delegates are instructed to vote for his 

 renomination for the presidency of the United 

 States. 



7. For sacrifices and services in behalf of his 

 country, the Republicans of Kentucky are indebted 

 to General John M. Harlan, and we present his 

 name with pride to the Republicans of the United 

 States as our choice for Vice-President. 



The Democratic Convention took place at 

 Frankfort, on the 20th of June. There was 

 also some disagreement in this body, owing to 

 the disposition of some to support the plat- 

 form and nominations of the Liberal Republi- 

 cans adopted at Cincinnati, and of others to 

 favor an independent Democratc ticket. The 

 course finally agreed upon is indicated in the 

 following resolutions : 



That the Administration of the Federal 

 Government, with President Grant as its executive 

 head, has persistently violated the Constitution, and 

 the purity of its administration, and the elective 

 franchise, and, unless arrested in its centralizing doc- 

 trines and corrupt practices, will subvert and destroy 

 our liberties. 



Resolved, That the Democracy of the State of 

 Kentucky now reaffirm the principles contained in 

 the platform adopted by the former conventions of 

 the party, since and including the conventions of the 

 first day of May, 1866. These platforms contain sub- 

 stantially the theory and practice which, we believe, 

 if carried out, will secure the protection of life, lib- 

 erty, and property, and all the essential ends of free 

 government. 



Resolved, That, while we adhere to the principles 

 declared in said platforms, and while we are deeply 

 impressed with the conviction that the peace, pros- 

 perity, freedom, and happiness of the people of the 

 United States will be best secured and promoted by 

 a strict adherence to said principles in the adminis- 

 tration of both State and Federal Governments, yet, 

 recognizing and appreciating the necessity of pre- 

 venting, if possible, the continuance in power of the 



present corrupt Administration, while we do not ex- 

 pressly instruct our delegates to the National Con- 

 vention as to the course they shall pursue, we expect 

 them, after consultation with the representatives of 

 the Democracy of the whole country, to take such 

 action as will most likely insure a perfect union of 

 all the elements of opposition to the nominees of 

 the Philadelphia Convention ; and that the Demo- 

 crats of Kentucky unhesitatingly pledge themselves 

 to give to the ticket that may be presented to the 

 country by the Baltimore Convention an earnest and 

 active support, not only because it will be the repre- 

 sentative body of the whole party, but because in 

 party organization it is the ultimate judge of the 

 line of policy which the members of the party should 

 pursue. 



Resolved, That the delegates from Kentucky to the 

 Baltimore Convention are instructed to vote as a unit 

 on all questions. 



At the election for President in November, 

 the whole number of votes cast was 191,402, 

 of which the Grant and "Wilson electors re- 

 ceived 88,816, and the Greeley and Brown 

 electors 100,212, while 2,374 were cast for 

 O'Conor and Adams. The majority of Greeley 

 and Brown over Grant and Wilson was 11,396 ; 

 over all 9,022. The total vote for Governor, 

 in 1871, was 215,142; and Leslie, the Demo- 

 cratic candidate, had a majority of 36,976; in 

 1868 the total vote for President was 155,455, 

 and Seymour and Blair's majority was 76,325. 

 A Representative to Congress was also chosen 

 in each of the ten congressional districts at 

 the election in November. All of these were 

 Democrats. The State Legislature consists of 

 34 Democrats and 4 Republicans in the Senate, 

 and 82 Democrats and 18 Republicans in the 

 House. 



According to the census of 1870, the State 

 contained 8,103,850 acres of improved, 9,134,- 

 658 of wood land, and 1,421,598 of other un- 

 improved land. The cash value of farms was 

 $311,238,916 ; of farming implements and ma- 

 chinery, ' $8,572,896 ; total amount of wages 

 paid during the year, including value of board, 

 $10,709,382; total (estimated) value of all 

 farm-productions, including betterments and 

 additions to stock, $87,477,374 ; orchard-prod- 

 ucts, $1,231,385 ; produce of market-gardens, 

 $527,329; forest-products, 574,994; value of 

 home manufactures, $1,683,972 ; value of all 

 animals slaughtered, or sold for slaughter, 

 $24,121,861 ; value of all live-stock, $66,287,- 

 343. There were 317,034 horses, 99,230 mules 

 and asses, 247,615 milch-cows, 69,716 working- 

 oxen, 382,993 other cattle, 936,765 sheep, and 

 1,838,227 swine. The chief productions were 

 38,532 bushels of spring, and 5,690,172 of 

 winter, wheat; 1,108,903 of rye; 50,091,006 

 of Indian-corn ; 6,620,103 of oats; 238,486 of 

 barley; 3,443 of buckwheat; 105,305,869 

 pounds of tobacco; 1,080 bales of cotton; 

 2,234,450 pounds of wool ; 119,926 bushels of 

 peas and beans; 2,391,062 bushels of Irish, 

 and 802,114 of sweet, potatoes; 62,360 gallons 

 of wine; 11,874,978 pounds of butter ; 115,21! 

 of cheese; 1,345,779 gallons of milk sold; 

 204,399 tons of hay; 2,551 bushels of clover- 

 seed ; 35,896 of grass-seed ; 7,777 pounds of 



