PENNSYLVANIA. 



PERKINS, SAMUEL E. 723 



tnte for tho resolution relating to the national 

 finances : 



That the power to issue paper money as well as coin 

 is tho exclusive right of the General Government, and 

 a the charters of the national banks expire the Gov- 

 ernment should substitute for their circulation legal- 

 teiuliT Treasury notes, redeemable in coin, and receiv- 

 able by the Government for all dues at their par face 

 value. 



That tho coinage of silver should be on the some 

 terra* and conditions as gold, and all coins of the same 

 denomination should bo of equal value ; that the res- 

 toration of silver to a perfect equality with gold, both 

 as coin and bullion, is by the dictates of justice and 

 wise statesmanship immediately demanded. 



This motion was lost, and the platform was 

 then adopted. 



The Republican State Convention assembled 

 at Harrisburg on July 23d. Galusha A. Grow 

 was made permanent Chairman. Samuel But- 

 ler of Chester County was nominated for State 

 Treasurer. The following resolutions were 

 then adopted : 



1. That the Republican party, again forced to stand 

 forward for the defense of human rights, after a strug- 

 gle lasting through a generation, finds itself confronted 

 by the same foes of Federal unity, political freedom, 

 and national honor, which it has so often overthrown 

 in civil contests and in armed conflict. 



2. That we appeal to the Union-loving people of 

 Pennsylvania to arrest, by their votes, the mad career 

 of the Democratic party, which insists upon placing 

 the national Government under the domination of men 

 who but lately fought to destroy it, and who are now 

 plotting to give triumph to the doctrine they failed to 

 establish in the field the establishment of State sov- 

 ereignty by the overthrow of national supremacy. 



8. We declare our implacable hostility to the repeal 

 of the national laws which protect the purity pi the 

 ballot-box and secure fair elections. The election of 

 Congressmen and Presidential electors being clearly 

 subject to national control, any attempt to throw off 

 that control is simply an effort to establish fraud at 

 national elections. Honest suffrage, equal rights, the 

 unity of the nation, and the supremacy of the national 

 Government in all matters placed by the Constitution 

 under its control, can be maintained only by the Re- 

 publican party, which is alone committed to their de- 

 fense. 



4. That tho Democratic party, having committed 

 itself to an attempt to break up the Government by 

 refusing to appropriate moneys already collected from 

 the people to sustain the Government, unless tho 

 Executive shall sanction measures intended to foster 

 fraud, violence, and corruption in the national elec- 

 tions, and to impair the constitutional supremacy of 

 the nation, deserves and invites the signal condemna- 

 tion of every law-abiding and honest citizen. 



6. That wo are in favor of the discharge of the na- 

 tional debt in coin according to the understanding be- 

 tween the Government and the lender ; of a paper cur- 

 rency redeemable in coin ; and of the existing national 

 banking system. Wo congratulate the country upon 

 returning national prosperity, and upon the accom- 

 plishment, under a Republican national Administra- 

 tion, of the successful resumption of specie payments. 

 Our currency, tho best ever afforded the country, is 

 restored to its par value ; the national credit has peon 

 maintained and strengthened, and the burden of tho 

 national debt largely reduced. To complete what has 

 been so well done, we demand that our present finan- 

 cial system remain undisturbed. 



6. That to tho policy and practice of protection to 

 home industry and home production, inaugurated and 

 sustained by the Republican party, we are indebted for 

 the growth and development of our domestic and for- 

 eign commerce, and for the prosperous condition and 



strength of the national finances : and that to the con- 

 tinuance of that policy must we look in the future for 

 assured prosperity and peace throughout our whole 

 country. In filtering the same we desire to inauro 

 constant employment to labor at remunerative wages. 



7. That tho firm stand of the President in vindicat- 

 ing the prerogatives of the coordinate departments of 

 the Government meets the hearty approval of the Re- 

 publican party of Pennsylvania. 



8. We call on the veteran soldiers of the war for tho 

 Union to join us hi resenting the unjust expulsion of 

 their wounded comrades from offices by the Demo- 

 cratic Congress, and the transfer of their places to 

 rebel soldiers, whoso chief recommendation seems to 

 be unrepentant treason and unending hate of the na- 

 tion. 



9. That we earnestly sympathize with our Southern 

 Republican brethren, who are now passing under tho 

 harrow of political persecution. We bid them be of 

 good cheer. Fraud and force can not always triumph, 

 even in a region where fraud and force find a conge- 

 nial home. If a solid South now deprives them of 

 their just rights, a solid North will not fail, in due 

 time, to secure them that perfect freedom which is the 

 birthright and inheritance of every American citizen. 



10. That the United States of America is a nation, 

 not a league ; its Constitution and all laws made in 

 pursuance thereof are tho supreme law of the land, 

 anything in the Constitution or laws of a State to the 

 contrary notwithstanding. 



11. That the tribunal established by the Constitu- 

 tion to determine whether the laws are made in pursu- 

 ance thereof is the Supreme Court of the United 

 States. All laws once enacted, unless repealed by tho 

 law-making power or declared void by said Court, 

 neither law-maker, citizen, nor State has a right to 

 nullify. 



12. That the success of the administration of the 

 State under the management of the Republican party, 

 the steady reduction of the State debt, and the enforced 

 compliment of the present Democratic Treasurer that 

 not one dollar of the public funds had been lost or mis- 

 placed during tho seventeen years of Republican cus- 

 tody of the funds, prove that official integrity and 

 financial skill have been the benefits conferred by our 

 party on the tax-payers of the State, and merit the ap- 

 proval of the people of Pennsylvania. 



13. That we pledge ourselves in favor of such legis- 

 lation as will prevent unlawful and unconstitutional 

 discrimination hi freights by the carrying companies 

 of the country. 



The result of the election was as follows : 



FOR TREASURER. 



Butler. Republican 980,15 



Barr, Democrat 221.715 



Button. National 2T.20T 



Kiehardson, Prohibition 8,219 



The Legislature was divided as follows : 



PERKINS, SAMFJEL E., Chief Justice of the 

 Supreme Court of Indiana, died at Indianapo- 

 lis, December 17th. Born in Brattleborougb, 

 Vermont, December 6, 1811, he passed his 

 youth on the farm of his adopted father, Wil- 

 liam Baker, in Conway, Massachusetts, attend- 

 ing the winter schools and devoting his spare 

 houra to study. After reaching his majority 

 he made efforts to complete his general educa- 



