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rnand of any party respecting their votes an ex- 

 plicit duolurution against the claims of any man to 

 become President of the United Statea fur a third 

 term, or against the conduct of any man toimtiBf 

 the use by others of hia name for auch a candidacy. 



Jttiolcikt, That the return of the country to a spe- 

 cie basis is an object of paramount importance ; that 

 as the great purpose of money is to serve as the me- 

 dium /o, a national Integrity demands a 

 speedy return to the common standard of the world ; 

 a; i-l that the business interests of the country require 

 that a free banking system should be established. 



Rttolved, That the acts of Congress providing for 

 supervision of elections are oppressive, and should 

 be amended or repealed. 



Retained, That experience demonstrates the injus- 

 tice of governing the cities of the State by legisla- 

 tive commissions, and we advocate the restoration to 

 them of the right of self-government. 



After passing the above resolutions, the 

 convention adjourned, to meet again in Alba- 

 ny on the 20th of September. At this session 

 there was an earnest discussion upon the ex- 

 pediency of indorsing the Syracuse ticket, but 

 it was finally decided to declare in favor of 

 neither the Republican nor the Democratic 

 nominations, and the convention adjourned, 

 after passing the following resolution : 



Jfaolvtd^ That this convention deem it unwise to 

 make nominations for State officers ; but adhering to 

 the integrity of the Liberal Republican organization, 

 and the principles which it represents, we recom- 

 mend to the Liberal Republicans and other inde- 

 pendent electors of the State that they support for 

 office men only of approved honesty, and who most 

 fitly represent the principles enunciated at the or- 

 ganization of the party at Cincinnati, and subse- 

 quently reaffirmed at State Conventions, and who 

 also stand committed by the action of the conven- 

 tion which placed them in nomination against a third 

 presidential term and the centralization of power at 

 the seat of the Federal Government. 



The Democratic State Convention was held 

 in Syracuse, on the 16th and 17th of Septem- 

 ber, with General Lester B. Faulkner, of Liv- 

 ingston, as president. The resolutions, report- 

 ed by ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, were as 

 follows : 



The Democratic party of New York pledge them- 

 selves anew to the principles set forth in their plat- 

 form, adopted last year at Utica, approved by the 

 votes of the people of the Empire State, and indorsed 

 by the Democrats of Illinois, Michigan, Maine, and 

 other States of the Union : 



1. Gold and silver the only legal tender; no cur- 

 rency inconvertible with coin. 



2. Steady steps toward specie payment. No steps 

 backward. 



3. Honest payment of the public debt in coin ; sa- 

 cred preservation of the public faith. 



4. Revenue reform ; Federal taxation for revenue 

 only; no Government partnership with protected 

 monopolies. 



5. Home rule to limit and localize most jealously 

 the few powers intrusted to public servants mu- 

 nicipal, State, and Federal. No centralization. 



6. Equal and exact justice to all men. No partial 

 legislation. No partial taxation. 



7. A free press. No gag-laws. 



8. Free men. A uniform exercise of laws. No 

 sumptuary laws. 



9. Official accountability, enforced by better civil 

 and criminal remedies. No private use of public 

 t'nnds by public officers. 



10. Corporations chartered by the State always 



supervUable by the State, in the interest* of tb 

 ptonto, 



11. The party in power responsible for all legUhv 

 ti"n while in power. 



!_'. The presidency a public trust, not a private 

 perquisite. No third term. 



18. Economy in public expense, that labor may be 

 lightly burdened. 



Tin- Democrat* of New York, in convention as- 

 sembled, recognizing the independence and the pa- 

 triotism of the Liberal Republican*, who, preferring 

 principles to party, shall unite with them in op- 

 poring the present State and national administra- 

 tions, commend to their support and the approval 

 of all honest and independent persona the foregoing 

 platform and the nominees of the convention. 



The leading claimants before this convention 

 for the gubernatorial nomination were Samuel 

 .1. Tilden and Amasa J. Parker, tin- ('rmcr 

 receiving 252 votes, and the latter 126. The 

 ticket put in nomination comprised, besides 

 Mr. Tilden for Governor, William Dorsheimer 

 for Lieutenant-Governor, Adin Thayer for Ca- 

 nal Commissioner, George Wagener for In- 

 spector of State-prisons, and Theodore Miller 

 for Associate Judge of the Court of Appt-als. 



The Republican State Convention met in 

 Syracuse, on the 23d of September, and organ- 

 ized with . D. Morgan as president. The 

 proceedings were attended with great enthu- 

 siasm, speeches being made by Theodore M. 

 Pomeroy, ex - Governor Morgan, General 

 Woodford, Senator Conkling, and others. 

 Governor Dix was renominated by acclama- 

 tion for the office of Chief Magistrate, and 

 General John C. Robinson for that of Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor. Alexander Barkley was re- 

 nominated for Canal Commissioner, Thomas 

 Kirkpatrick for State-prison Inspector, and 

 Alexander S. Johnson for Judge of the Court of 

 Appeals. The following platform was adopted : 



The Republicans of New York, in convention as- 

 sembled, adopt the following resolutions : 



1. That the Republicans of New York reaffirm the 

 principles so often approved by the people, and 

 point to the past achievements of their party as a 

 pledge that it is equal to every new requirement. 



2. That we demand obedience to the laws and 

 the full protection of every citizen in the enjoyment 

 of his rights against the assaults of Ku-klux assas- 

 sins and White-League revolutionists, who are en- 

 couraged by every Democratic success. This pro- 

 tection to be given by the States, if they can and 

 will ; but, if the States fail, by the General Govern- 

 ment, in strict conformity with the Constitution and 

 the laws. 



8. That an armed attempt to subvert the recog- 

 nized government of a State is revolution, and rev- 

 olution must be suppressed and the supremacy of 

 the law maintained at every cost. 



4. That the public faith must be preserved invio- 

 late, and the public debt be paid in coin. 



5. That we oppose any inflation of the paper 

 currency, and indorse the President's veto of the 

 inflation act ; and we are in favor of a return to 

 specie payments, and of such action on the pan of 

 the Government as will speedily secure that result. 



6. That taxation, whether national or State, 

 whether direct or indirect, should be kept at the 

 lowest practical point permitted by economical ad- 

 ministration ana the requirements of the public 

 credit., and should be so adjusted as to be least bur- 

 densome to all classes. 



7. That the Administration of President Grant 



