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. ._ . subject should be 

 .-.. and statesmanlike spirit, com- 

 h W B lt f L lt L!, r l a l.L m P? r ! an '.? nd that we 



t That the time has arrived folly to intro- 

 duce the temperance issue in State and national poH 



tics; that we recommend all friends of temperance hold H i grea lm P ort "nce, an that we 



to make ,t henceforth the paramount issue, anTwe LeLls ature to H P aramount dut y t the incoming 

 do hereby pledge our adherence to the National Pro! tl^conn^ ^ T^ 8 wher <% the cereals o? 

 hibition party, and recommend that it be organized their 



m each town and city, and county, and distrfcHnd 

 State in the Union, and, appealing to the God rf 

 righteousness and justice for guidance and support 

 we w,ll mamtain these organizations until succes 

 orowns our efforts. 



The State Convention of the Republican 

 party was held at Dtica, on the 24th of Sen- 



Hopkms, Controller; Daniel T. Ford, Treas- 

 urer; Benjamin D. Silliman, Attorney - Gen- 



e cereas o 



TZ. their y with dispatch to the 

 that snedallv thenc to . the ""tetB ofthe world ; 

 action t P n^l{ c nsid< : D g. the necessity of wise 



canals oftlfis StTtl "l uT V f trade ' the main 

 ?l should be adapted to steam uavi- 



' lon > and b y the refunding of the debts in lone 

 Bonds at a low rate of interest should be made a! 

 f to - the eomme of the nation as their economi- 

 mit w/H^ 7"^ ut ^ xin 'he people will per- 



e , ra . tlon / Congress the natural advantages and just 

 st l" great ehannels whioh run through the 



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t>tate - prison Inspector. The principles on 

 winch the party proposed to conduct the suc- 

 ceeding canvass were set forth in these resolu- 

 tions : 



Betolted, That having abolished slavery, sup- 

 pressed the rebellion, preserved the Union, estab- 

 lished equal political and civil rights, restored the 

 national credit, paid or funded a large portion of the 

 lonal debt, relieved the burden of taxation, dis- 

 armed and crushed the threat of repudiation, created 

 uniJorm national currency, adjusted foreign com- 

 plications, assured general stability and prosperity 

 throughout the land; and furnished a wise, economi- 

 cal, and wholesome administration of public affairs 

 both in the nation and the State, the Republican 

 party has not only established the strongest title to 

 he gratitude and confidence of the people, but has 

 presented the pledge that it will be as true to every 

 present and future obligation as it has been to every 

 past requirement. 



Baohtd, That as well for the maintenance of these 

 rreat achievements as for the fulfillment of every 

 new demand of public reform and popular rights, we 

 lieve the people will look not to the long-rejected 

 party which has stolidly resisted every step and 

 movement of progress and act of patriotism in our 

 r history, but to that long-trusted party whose 

 enduring principle* and unexampled career are hon- 

 rably identified with all these advances and tri- 

 umphs ; and which meets all questions as they arise 

 with the same patriotic and faithful spirit. 



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. Con g re 8 opposed the appropriation of money as an 

 lD , cn f e of compensation f or congressional service 



riem 01 me nencii, tne mismanage- 

 ment of the public works, the increase of taxation 

 and the addition of 16,600,000 to the public debt were 

 'he direct fruits of Democratic rule in this State ; that 



pu- 



lican organization has overthrown the Tammany ini- 

 quity, .purified the elections, elevated the judiciary, 

 redeemed the State administration, and made pro- 

 ill public obligations ; and the completion 



Rttohed, That having enacted a statute permit- 

 tine suits for the recovery of civil damages in oases 

 r injury sustained by the sale of intoxicating bever- 



0mttd t? tb pci ,S le , of allow - 



hown itself the true friend of temperance. 



-BMffferf That it i essential to the prosperity of 



tate of New York, and especially to her com- 



al metropolis, that all lines of communication 



le producing States of the West and South, 



votes enacted such a provision. We do noV cliaree 

 this wrong upon either party, although it was Bup- 

 orted by a larger relative proportion of the oppS- 

 nents than of the friends of the Administration, and 

 itnough among those who promoted it and those 

 who were conveniently absent when the votes were 

 taken arc several members of a small faction who 

 had recently deserted their party under the pretence 

 of unfounded charges of Republican extravagance. 

 We commend also the Senators and Representatives 

 who have refrained from appropriating buck pay 

 and we hold that the only eflectual mode of restor- 

 ing to the Lnited States moneys which such mem- 

 bers of Congress have declined to receive, is by a 

 law to cover the same into the Treasury. We there- 

 lore request the Republican Senators from this State 

 introduce, at the next session, a bill which shall 

 relund to the Treasury all such moneys, including in 

 the same such as have been merely left untouched, 

 and all sums which have been, in one form or an- 

 other, publicly or privately, renounced. 



Setohed, That we point with pride to the Republi- 

 can administration, both of the nation and State 

 The former still exhibits the honest purpose, the 

 successful policy, and the auspicious results, winch, 

 together with his own practical wisdom and patri- 

 otic services, led to the triumphant reelection of 

 President Orant; that the latter, by his watchful 

 care of every public interest, equally justifies the ex- 

 pectations of the people, and that, with the ticket 

 nominated to-day, we can confidently pledge a faith- 

 ful and efficient government. 



The Democratic Convention took place at 

 tica on the 1st and 2d of October. It was 

 presided over by Hon. Horatio Seymour, and 

 made the following nominations for the State 

 offices to be filled : Secretary of State, Die- 

 drich Willers ; Controller, A. P.Nichols; At- 

 torney-General, Judge Daniel Pratt; State 

 Treasurer, Thomas Raines ; Canal Commission- 

 er, James Jackson, Jr. ; State-prison Inspector, 

 George "W. Millspaugh. 



The platform, which was unanimously adopt- 

 ed, was presented in the followings series of 

 resolutions : 



Kfiohed, That the Democrats of the State of 

 New York invite the cooperation of all citizens 

 who agree with them on the following funda- 

 mental principles enunciated by Thomas Jeffer- 



