NEW JERSEY. 



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elections, doom it unnecessary lo advert to national 

 us, further tliuii to declare: 



1. That we approve and will continue to uphold 

 the j.i in. -i !!.> u]... n which the Bepuhlioon pony WM 

 founded, un.i which, .luriii,' fourteen yean of asoen- 



ni the national Government, have resulted in 



vacrvuti'.n of the Union; in the extinction of 



slavery; in tho reorganization of ull tlio Slut.'-.; in 



nf equal political rights to all citi/en^ ; in the 



nanoc of the national credit; in the diminu- 



publiodebt; in the reduction of tuxes; 



in tin- !i..ii"nil.lc ti.ljuHtment of foreign compli- 



; in the advancement of tho nution in power 



un.i dignity abroad and prosperity at homo; un.l in 



courageous efforts to expose official delinquencies 



and promote integrity in public trusts. 



2. That President iirunt, who has borne so large 

 a part in producing these results by his skill in war 

 un.l his \\:s,iom iu administration, deserves our un- 



confldeuco. 



8. That we are in favor of such national legis- 

 lation as will maintain inflexibly the faith of the 

 Government to its creditors, and secure the speedy 

 rc.-umption of specie payments. 



Jiaiolced, That, while not unmindful of the good 

 of tho whole country, we feel at liberty in this pure- 

 ly State contest to maintain especially the interests 

 of New Jersey, to remember her peculiar position 

 between two great manufacturing and commercial 

 States in the path of our vast national traffic, to be 

 ju-tly proud of her mineral and agricultural wealth, 

 her commercial facilities, her great system of rail- 

 roads, and her important manufacturing interests, 

 and to be watchful against any form of national 

 legislation and any theories of political economy 

 which shall tend to lessen her advantages, to cripple 

 her industries, or diminish her sources of wealth: 

 and therefore we are in favor of such a tariff and 

 such equal internal taxation as will afford protection 

 to domestic manufactures and best promote and en- 

 courage the industriul interests of the State. And 

 for the same reasons we are in favor of the estab- 

 lishment of a port of entry at Jersey City, in order 

 to secure to New Jersey the just advantage of her 

 unrivaled harbors, and to facilitate the flow of com- 

 merce in its natural channel through her territory. 



Resolved, That in regard to State affairs we com- 

 mend and will pursue the measures and policy 

 adopted by the Republican party during its control 

 of the State government, viz. : 



1. The general railroad system and the consequent 

 diminution of corrupting influences in legislation. 



2. The judicious amendment of the State consti- 

 tution. 



8. The generous support of our system of public 

 education. 



4. The wise management and liberal extension of 

 our public institutions for penal, sanitary, and chari- 

 table purposes. 



5. And the general promotion of the varied in- 

 dustries of the State so far as they lie within the 

 sphere of State control. 



The Democracy assembled in State Conven- 

 tion in Trenton on the 15th of September, nom- 

 inated Joseph D. Bedle for Governor, and 

 agreed upon the following platform of prin- 

 ciples, reported by ex -Governor Randolph 

 from the Committee on Resolutions : 



The Democracy of New Jersey, in convention as- 

 sembled, make the following declaration of princi- 

 ples : 



1. Rigid restriction of the Government, both State 

 and national, to the powers of government expressly 

 granted or necessarily implied by the Constitution. 



2. Favoring equal political rights for all, and con- 

 demning all acts of violence and lawlessness that 

 infringe upon the rights of any, they protest against 

 Federal interference in popular elections ; denounce 



M crime Against free government the opon and 

 secret support which thu j>r< >u nt I . .l.-rul Adininulra- 

 ti.'ii has given to notorious adventurer* and plun- 

 derer*, who have forced themeKe.i upon the people 

 of States impoverished by war and weakened in re- 

 sources by repeated culamii . 



8. The restoration of gold and cilver ait the only 

 true bui of the currency oJ' the country. The 

 prompt resumption of specie payment*, und the pay- 

 ment of all national indebtedness in the IIK.I. 

 ised by the civilized world. 



: cognizing the necessity of a tariff for revenue 

 by which the legitimate expenditures of tho Gov- 

 ernment may bo assisted, wo advocate a true revenue 

 reform that will secure to labor both steadiness and 

 > ipcimation, by equitable and judicious tariff laws. 



5. Opposition to the civil-rights bill as detri- 

 mental to the cause of education, fatal to tho true 

 interests of tho race in whoso interest it is ostensi- 

 bly required. The daily evidence is with us, of the 

 uselessness of attempting to compel by law that 

 which is repelled by Nature. The attempt so to do 

 adds meanness to tolly, in attempting to force upon 

 a defenseless people that which we refuse to do our- 

 selves. Born of vindictive purtianidiip, intended 

 for humiliation, the passage and enfoi m.-nt of the 

 civil-rights bill would foment the worst passions of 

 both races, give pretext, for constant Federal inter- 

 ference, and indefinitely delay the return of peace 

 and prosperity. 



6. That the attempt of the Grant party as repre- 

 sented by the majority in Congress, led by Senator 

 Frelinghuysen of this State, to establish a new sedi- 

 tion law, and to subject the press of the country to 

 a new censorship and new forms of punishment to 

 be administered in the interest of the tenants of 

 power through the local magistrates of the District 

 of Columbia, constitutes a grave outrage upon both 

 the spirit and the letter of the Constitution ; and we 

 demand the immediate and unconditional repeal of 

 such legislation. 



7. Opposition to the government of municipalities 

 by legislative commissions. We favor a system of 

 general laws by which all corporate power is ren- 

 dered equally accessible and responsible. 



8. Condemnation of prominent Federal officials 

 and the inaction of leading Administration organs 

 and speakers that have rendered the third-term 

 question a live issue before the people. We oppose 

 a third term for any presidential candidate, no mat- 

 ter what his political associations. 



9. Recognizing in labor the true basis of a nation's 

 wealth and prosperity, and recognizing its right to 

 obtain full and equitable remuneration, we extend 

 to our fellow-citizens now out of employment our 

 sincere sympathies. 



10. That the assumption by the Republican Con- 

 vention of credit for the passage of the General Rail- 

 road Law is as impudent as it is false, this measure 

 so destructive of monopoly having been originated 

 and sustained in both oranches of the Legislature 

 by distinguished Democrats. 



11. That corporations are created by the State for 

 the public benefit, and their reasonable profits being 

 secured, they shall be held by law to an exact, 

 prompt, and faithful performance of their duty to 

 the public. 



12. That the illegal issue of paper promises in 

 forced payment of wages is an unjustifiable impo- 

 sition upon the laboring-man, and tends to a monop- 

 oly of trade and the laboring-man should be left 

 free to purchase when and where he deems proper. 



In addition to the declaration of principles the 

 Democracy of New Jersey assert : 



That Republican administrations are no longer en- 

 titled to the confidence and support of the people, 

 because 



They have wantonly violated the pledges upon 

 which'they came into power, and failed to adhere to 

 their professed principles. 



