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make the prohibition of the sale of intoxicating 

 liquors, and the faithful and impartial execution ot 

 the prohibitory law, the paramount issue of the pres- 

 ent day. 



Resolved,, That a political party that does not meet 

 this issue, and pronounce unequivocally against this 

 monster evil, is unworthy the support of temperance 

 men, and undeserving of government honors. 



ed, That the State government, having the 

 same power to enforce the criminal laws of the 

 State as to enact them, should be held responsible 

 for the violation of the same and the results growing 

 out of that violation, while it does not use all its 

 constitutional power for the faithful execution of said 

 laws. 



A Prohibition Press Association, devoted to 

 the promotion of the interests of the temper- 

 ance party, was also formed. 



The Labor Reform party of New Hampshire 

 assembled in State Convention at Concord, on 

 the 7th of December, 1871, the number of del- 

 egates present being 137, and representing 37 

 towns. Their candidates were nominated as 

 follows: Lemuel C. Cooper, of Croydon, for 

 Governor, and Levi B. Tucker, of Plaistow, for 

 Railroad Commissioner. 



The sentiments and purpose of the Labor 

 Reform party are embodied in the following 

 resolutions : 



Resolved, That the political events which have oc- 

 curred since the last State Convention of the People's 

 Reform party confirm the declaration then made, 

 that the public welfare demands a new political party, 

 freed from the extravagance, dishonesty, and corrup- 

 tion of the old organizations. 



Resolved, That we adhere to our distinctive prin- 

 ciples as heretofore avowed, demanding a reform in 

 the revenue service, a reduction in the number of 

 revenue officers, a decrease of the expenses of col- 

 lecting duties and district taxes, and a more rigid 

 responsibility and economy in all the departments 

 of public service. 



Resolved, That we still maintain that which has 

 always been our policy, and is now indorsed by Pres- 

 ident Grant in his message, that the reduction of the 

 tariff upon articles of general use is demanded by the 

 people, and we call upon Congress no longer to re- 

 sist, but to ratify the recommendation. 



Resolved, That we call upon the President and 

 Congress for the immediate repeal of that unjust 

 monopoly, the present national banking system, 

 which is a fraud upon the industry and enterprise or 

 the nation, imposing upon the laboring masses an 

 annual tax of more than $20,000,000, for the sole ben- 

 efit of the bondholder and capitalist, and the issue 

 of a sufficient amount of greenbacks to meet the de- 

 mands of trade under a free banking system, and 

 thereby make a saving of more than 50,000,000 an- 

 nually in the item of interest alone. 



Resolved, That we demand not promises, but a 

 thorough, positive reform in the civil service, so that 

 appointment to office will no longer depend on party 

 patronage, and cannot be used as a means of cor- 

 rupting the politics of the country, and perpetuating 

 unworthy men in office. 



Resolved, That we deprecate the levying of black- 

 mail upon clerks and other public officers for politi- 

 cal party purposes, as degrading and debasing the 

 public service. 



Resolved, That we congratulate Senators Sumner, 

 Schurz, Trumbull, and Patterson, and their coadju- 

 tors in the Senate, upon their triumph in opposing 

 and squelching the dangerous and corrupt scheme 

 of the President for annexing San Domingo. 



Resolved, That the thorough rebuke administered 

 to the Tammany thieves by the freemen of New 



York is cheering to every true reformer, and that the 

 same spirit of action onght to be followed up until 

 all plunderers and thieves, whether high or low, in 

 both the State and national Government, are driven 

 from their positions and punished as they deserve ; 

 to the end that this government of the people may 

 truly be a government of the people, by the people, 

 for the people. 



Resolved, That the recent discovery of forgeries 

 and defalcations among officials in New Hampshire 

 justifies the inference that, if a thorough investigation 

 could be made, too many would be found to exist in 

 our midst. 



Resolved, That, while we welcome immigrants of all 

 nationalities who come hither of their own free-will 

 and accord for the purpose of becoming citizens, we 

 are utterly opposed to the importation of Chinese 

 by corporate capital, for the purpose of creating a 

 species of slavery, and reducing the wages of Ameri- 

 can working-men. 



Resolved, That the present system of taxation in 

 New Hampshire is defective, unequal, and wanting 

 in that uniformity among the various towns which 

 justice and impartiality demand, and that we call 

 upon the coming Legislature to pass a law having 

 the essential features of the one defeated at the last 



Resolved, That the thanks of this convention are 

 due to the Hon. Horace Greeley, of the New York 

 Tribune, for his efforts to expose and reform the 

 abuse, frauds, corruption, iniquities, and usurpations 

 of the Grant Administration. 



The Democratic party held its State Con- 

 vention at Concord, on December 13, 1871. 

 James A. Weston, of Manchester, who was then 

 Governor, was renominated by acclamation. 

 The Railroad Commissioner nominated was 

 Henry Colony, of Keene. 



The following platform was adopted: 



Resolved, That the Democracy of New Hampshire 

 firmly adhere to the principles hereby enunciated : 



1. The perpetuity of the Union, a strict obedience 

 to the Constitution, and an honest enforcement of 

 the laws. 



2. The protection of the rights of every citizen, in 

 accordance with the fundamental law. 



3. Opposition to every species of corruption in all 

 departments of municipal, State, and national Gov- 

 ernments. 



4. No privileged classes and no privileged capital. 



5. A tariff that raises money for the necessary ex- 

 penses of the Federal Government, and not for the 

 benefit of monopolists. 



Resolved, That the recent declaration of martial 

 law over a portion of the republic is an atrocious use 

 of an unconstitutional enactment; and we hereby 

 denounce that enactment as subversive of every prin- 

 ciple of civil liberty, false in its pretexts, and in its 

 enforcement and outrage demanding earnest remon- 

 strance and rebuke; and we invite all patriotic 

 citizens of New Hampshire, who are opposed to the 

 present national Administration, to join with us in 

 efforts to stay the tide of corruption and centraliza- 

 tion which threatens to destroy the civil liberties of 

 the people. 



Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to a reform of 

 the civil service of the General Government, to a 

 vigorous prosecution of reform in our own State, the 

 reduction of its expenditures to the lowest prac- 

 ticable limit, the elevation of the courts of justice 

 above the influence of any personal or partisan con- 

 siderations, and the enactment of all necessary laws 

 which public sentiment will sustain and public of- 

 ficers be required to enforce. 



Resolved, That we reaffirm our confidence in Gov- 

 ernor James A. Weston, as personally and officially 

 above reproach ; and we pledge our united eflorts to 

 secure his reelection. 



