NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



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sioner, Thomas Dinsmore, of Alstoad, received 



1 1 .:. and was declared unanimously nominated. 

 The following platform wa-. ivportrtl l)y the 

 di-iirinan of the Committee on Resolutions, 

 ami unanimously adopted by the convention: 

 /.' - i.'^Wj That in entering upon the first State 

 . -s lit' the Centennial year, the Democracy of 

 Hampshire deem it proper to declare that they 

 recognize tlie final settlement of the issues involved 

 in tlio lute civil war and the bimlini,' force of the 

 constitutional amendments; that they demand for 

 till i-iti/. ns th -ir full constitutional right, the cessa- 

 tion of Fudural interference in local atfairs, thu de- 

 votion of the Government to the work of restoring 

 eo:n:norco, giving employment to labor and capital, 

 and fostering the interchange of the products of the 

 country, to the end that domestic peace and public 

 prosperity exhibited throughout a united and nappy 

 miti>>n may prove the success of the experiment of 

 self-government and insure the perpetuity of the 

 American Republic; and in the contest, on this 

 basis, we solicit and claim the support and coopera- 

 tion of all who desire a strictly constitutional Gov- 

 ernment, and honest and economical administra- 

 tion. 



Risolvtd, That the people of every State have the 

 sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as 

 free, sovereign, and independent States, nnd ought 

 to exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and 

 right pertaining thereto, which has not been by them 

 expressly delegated to the United States of America, 

 in Congress assembled. 



R&olvel, That tho Democratic party has bean al- 

 ways, as it is now, tho advocate of a sound currency, 

 stable in amount, fixed in value, and convertible into 

 coin at the will of the holder. 



Riwloed, That the present unstable, inflated, and 

 fluatuating currency is the work of the Republican 

 party, whose official theory has always tendsd in 

 (hat direction, and has largely contributed to the 

 deplorable evils which now afflict tho country. 



Rigvl'wl, That we believe, as fie Democratic Na- 

 tional Convention of 1872 declared, that "a spuedy 

 rotcirn to specie payments is demanded alike by the 

 highest considerations of commercial morality and 

 honest government; that such legislative policy 

 should be adopted as will steadily tend to this result 

 with the least possible derangement of the business 

 of the ountry, and with due regard to tlie interests 

 of all classes and 83ctions; tliat the most safe, sure, 

 direct, and speedy way to this end lies through 

 severe retrenchment, strict economy, careful hus- 

 bandry of resources, and the honest direction of all 

 revenues to the legitimate purposes of the Govern- 

 ment," in other words, ti rough administrative re- 

 forn and honest government. 



Rtsoleei, That the present condition of the coun- 

 try, the paralysis which rests upon business and 

 enterprise, the disgraceful state or the currency, the 

 enormous and unequal burden of taxation, and tho 

 frightful exhibition of waste, profligacy, peculation, 

 and fraud, which characterize all branches of the 

 public service, all attest alike the unfltness of the 

 Rspublicnn party to manage the affairs of the coun- 

 try, and the necessity of an immediate change, and 

 the most thorough and searching reform in the 

 national Administration. 



Remloet, T.I at the Democracy of New Hampshire, 

 by their representatives here in convention assem- 

 bled, pledge to the people their earnest efforts in 

 fivorof a sound currency, a reform of all abuses in 

 State and national Administrations, retrenchment 

 and economy in public expenditures, and equal and 

 just taxation, to the end that labor may be as slightly 

 bur lened as possible, the administration of public 

 affairs be made efficient, and the public indebtedness 

 be reduced, industry and enterprise be relieved of 

 the incubus now paralyzing them, and the old-time 

 prosperity cf the country bo restored. 



Resolved, That the inestimable system of common 

 schools, and our no less valuable Kcheme ol reli- 

 gious toleration, are the workmanship of Democratic 

 ha'id.-. and fruits of Democratic policy; that it is 

 the exclusive right and duty of the Sta'te to provide 

 for the education of its children; that it is the in- 

 alienable right of every citizen to worship God ac- 

 cording to the dictates of his own conscience, and 

 no political disabilities should be incurred \>y reason 

 of religious belief; and, while we defend these prin- 

 ciples and institutions to the fullest extent, we 

 deprecate all attempts to raise sectarian issues in 

 politics as utterly uncalled for and reprehensible, 

 and meriting the emphatic condemnation of every 

 good citizen. 



Resolved, That we favor a tariff for revenue only, 

 that we arc unalterably opposed to favoritism in 

 legislation, and to all subsidies to individuals, class- 

 es, corporations, or monopolies. 



Resolved, That while the illustrious example and 

 the spirit of our institutions are tilike opposed to a 

 tliird presidential term, the course of the present 

 Chief Executive, by using the great trusts incident 

 to his office for personal and family aggrandizement, 

 by inflaming sectarian animosity, and by interfering 

 with the course of public justice toward the de- 

 frauders of the revenue and their abectorc, demon- 

 strates the wisdom of the fathers, and enforces the 

 belief that a tliird term would be dangerous to the 

 liberties of the citizen and the prosperity of the 

 nation. 



Resolved, That we assert the purity of the ballot 

 and the integrity of the ballot-box, on which de- 

 pends the perpetuity of self-government; and we 

 declare that the action of the Republican majority in 

 tho House during the last Legislature in defeating 

 the bill providing for the discovery and punishment 

 of offenses in the exercise of the electoral franchise, 

 and other measures intended to secure free elections 

 and honest representation, places that party us the 

 champion of political corruption, and furnishes an 

 alarming evidence of the desperate means by which 

 it hopes to retain power. 



Resolved, That we recognize the need of social ns 

 well as political roform, helieving that the perpetuity 

 of our free institutions depends upon the virtue and 

 intelligence of the people. We, therefore, welcome 

 the present movement in behalf of temperance as 

 designed to promote a very desirable end by the 

 most proper and effectual means. 



Resolved, That regarding the plain requirements 

 of the Constitution and laws, and the independence 

 of the coordinate branches of the State government 

 the executive, legislative, and judicial within their 

 appointed limits, and respecting the rights of the 

 people, we emphatically indorse and approve the 

 action of the Governor and Council, and the course 

 of the Senate and Superior Court, on the organiza- 

 tion of the State Senate in June last ; and we as em- 

 phatically condemn the revolutionary course of the 

 Republican leaders in inducing a minority of the 

 Senators by secession to assume to be the Senate, 

 and to maintain the same by threats of mob vio- 

 lence. 



Resolved, That we cordially commend to the people 

 of New Hampshire the candidates this day nomi- 

 nated, as, by their character and fitness, eminently 

 worthy of their confidence and support, nnd we 

 pledge those candidates our most earnest effort to 

 secure their election. 



Two months earlier than the Republicans and 

 Democrats, the Temperance party of New 

 Hampshire met in State Convention at Con- 

 cord on November 10, 1875, to nominate their 

 State ticket. For Governor, Asa S. Kendall, 

 of Swanzey, was declared nominated. J. A. 

 Roberts, of Farmington, was nominated for 

 Railroad Commissioner. 



