NEW YORK. 



faith of the Government, indicate that they are not 

 the ssii'c- custodians of tho national liiitli. Fidelity to 

 public honor requires that tho nutioiuil Ailiiiinistru- 

 tion slmll not bo subject to their control, direction, or 

 maimifemoiir. 



6. As a conclusive evidence of Democratic du- 

 pli.-it v . we point to the t'uct that tho Executive of 

 this State, while i-,'nin^ a law establishing specie 

 p:miu-nts in requiring all taxes to be paid in gold on 

 anil iit'ti-r January 1, 1879, joins with his party as a 

 prcM.lcntial candidate, and repudiating the pledge 

 of specie resumption throughout the country at the 

 same date, thus compelling the people of Now York 

 to pay in gold, and at the name time denying them 

 the moans to do it. 



6. Tho Democratic party, in its controlling spirit, 

 is false and untrustworthy in every living issue ; 

 false in practical government, for its eight months 

 of power in Congress is barren of good fruits ; false 

 to equal rights and the guarantees or the Constitution ; 

 false in the currency, for it openly repudiates tho 

 resumption pledge ; false on the question of tho 

 safety of the schools, for the solid Democratic vote 

 in the United States Senate defeated an adequate 

 amendment to prohibit tho school system from sec- 

 tarian attacks ; and false on civil-service reform, for 

 it signalized its control of the House of Representa- 

 tives by removal of faithful and efficient officers in 

 the persons of loyal Union soldiers, and by the ap- 

 pointment of corruptionists and thieves whose sole 

 claim was service in the Confederate army. 



7. The repeated claim that the large reduction of 

 taxation in this State is due to the present Executive 

 is pronounced utterly unfounded, and we confidently 

 appeal to the record for proof. In 1867 the county 

 debt was over $25,000,000. In four years a Demo- 

 cratic administration paid off $5,500,000 ; in the four 

 years succeeding a Republican administration paid 

 off $19.500,000, and left less than $1,000,090 remain- 

 ing to be paid. In 1875 the tax to pay off the debt 

 was $6,837,567. In 1876, under the Republican Legis- 

 lature, it was $789,260. The reduction of taxes thus 

 comes, not from a reduction of expenses, but from a 

 reduction of the debt, effected under a Republican 

 administration. 



8. The Republican party has led the way in the 

 reform of State offices, by proposing and adopting, 

 among other measures, an amendment to the Consti- 

 tution which cuts off all extra compensation to con- 

 tractors on the canals, and also to complete the good 

 work, and approve and commend to the people the 

 two pending amendments which reform the system 

 of canal ana prison administration. 



9. The Republicans of New York tender the Presi- 



dent of the United Stated, upon tho approaching 

 completion of his official term t the aiuruiice of their 

 respect and gratitude for the illustrious public mid 

 patriotic service which will secure his name au im- 

 perishable place in history. 



There was a gathering of Liberal Republi- 

 cans at Saratoga on the same date, held under 

 a call for a State Convention, which indorsed 

 the nominations and platform of the National 

 Convention at Cincinnati, and finally those of 

 the State Convention. Several contesting del- 

 egations which had not been admitted held a 

 conference, expressed their confidence in the 

 reform policy of the Governor of the State, 

 and recommended "all true Liberals of the 

 country to cordially support the St. Louis nom- 

 inees as the best means of lifting the country 

 out of the ruin which threatens it." 



The Democratic Nominating Convention was 

 held at Saratoga on the 30th and 31st of Au- 

 gust. On the first day and before the nomina- 

 tions were made, the following platform was 

 unanimously adopted : 



The Democratic party of New York hereby with 

 cordial unanimity ratify the nomination by the St. 

 Louis National Democratic Convention of Samuel J. 

 Tilden for President of the United States, and of 

 Thomas A. Hendricks for Vice-President. Tho 

 Democratic party of New York, when selecting del- 

 egates to the National Convention, then declared, 

 and now again declare, their settled conviction that 

 a return to the constitutional principles, frugal ex- 

 penditure, and administrative purity of the (bunders 

 of the republic is the first and most imperious ne- 

 cessity ot the times, the commanding issue now be- 

 fore the people of the Union. 



The Democratic party of New York then declared 

 and now again declare that the nomination of Samuel 

 J. Tilden, while it insures the vote of New York, 

 will be approved throughout the Union as the incar- 

 nation or the vital issue and a guarantee of the suc- 

 cessful achievement of the work of national regener- 

 ation and reform. 



The Democratic party of New York reaffirm the 

 principles set forth in their Syracuse platform of 1874, 

 which have been twice approved at the ballot-boxes 

 of the Empire State, and upon which the St. Louis 

 Convention, representing the Democracy of the 

 whole United States, have set the seal of their faith 



BENECA RIVJCB AQUEDUCT. 



and their adoption, and they incorporate herein 

 part of this platform the said Syracuse platform . 

 1874, and the St. Louis National Democratic plat- 

 form of 1876. 

 Setolved, That we condemn all interference with 



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the offense committed. 

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the constitutional amendments and all violations of coming election, do approve and ratify the two pr 

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