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WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 8. 1891.
Prom TIE albany Daily Advertiser Of Jane 4.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN STATE CON
VENTI0N.-FRIDAY, JUNE 5.


agreeaby to invitation.
Mr.. Jordan, of Columbia, from the Committee
for that purpose, reported the following resolu-
tons, which were adopted unanimously:
Res iced, That the power OF nomination to OF
fee, vested by the Constitution ia the President
Of the United States, was designed to be employ
ell for the public good, and that the exercise OF
this power by the present Executive, in removing
officers Of government ut admitted capabihty,
tried integrity, and known attachment to repub
lican principles, to give their places to men, IN
numerous instances, devoid of the requisite qua
fications or OF prOiligate character, merely be-
cause Of their personal attachment to himself,
and activity in promoting his election, is an
abuse of the power delegated to the President;
that in this perversion OF power General Jackson
has not only violated the plain spirit ot the Con
stitutiou but insuted the moral sense of the ma
ton, aud put in practical operation the princi-
pie Of persecution for opinions sake, utterly re-
pugnant TO the genius of our republican instiu-
lions, one Of whose chici excciencies Is, that
thew secure the freedom of the mind
Resoived. That the irregularities which have
been committed during The present adminstra-
tim, in the post-olice department, are deserving
Ut severe apprehension, and this convention re-
card as great evil and national disgrace, the
suspicion which prevails extensively, of the sane
tiiy of this department. the character OF which
for integrity should be not only uaimpeached,
bat unSUrCGcied
Resoleed, That the amount of moneys already
expended by the present administration IN for
eign embassies, and the additional amounts
which will be required in fitting out the contem-
plated embassy to England, and one to Russia,
uianifests total disregard Of that economy which
Was promised by the present executive Oh his en-
trance into Office
.Resoired, That the countenance given BY the
present administration, 10 the attack made at the
late session of Congress upon the Supreme
Court of the United States, shews that the Judi
cial power is regarded with no friendly feelings
by the executive, and should unite IN v sorOus
opposition to his reelection, all those who set
hish value upon the union Of the States, and be-
leye that the permanency Of that court is essen
tal to the preservation Of this union.
Res0lped, That when treaty Is ratified &C
cording TO The requirements OF the constitution,
it is the supreme law Of the land; that when
bill has passed both houses OF Congress, and re-
ce,ved the approval of the President, 1t becomes
law, aud the President is bound to execute the
articles Of such treaty. and the provisions of
such law, aud his omission refusal to do
the ground of the invalidity of the treaty or un.
consG,utionaity of the law, is usurpation If
the power Of me judiciary, and is in the opinion
Of this convention, an offence for which the Pre-
si,lent deserves impeachment. and this offence
has Gen Jackson committed in his refusal to exc
cute the plain articles of treaties between the
United States and the Cherokee Indians, and the
provisions o! the law now in force, designed to
protect the lands ~ The CherokeeS from invasion
by citizens OF the u. States.
Resoice|, That the practice which prevails
almost universally among the friends of the pre-
sent administration, OF asorlbing The errors of
the executive department of the government,
not To the president himself, but to his cabinet or
his advisers, can only be justified By resor,iug to
principle which, in hereditary monarchy,
might protect the king, but which is not less re-
pugnant to the theory of our government than
the former practice under 1t. The president,
not less than the humbest officer of the govern
ment, Is invested with power delegated by the
people. and tor the exercise Of which he is res
ponsible.
Pesoicsd, That no principles of political econ
omy are worthy an American statesman, but such
appropriate the energies OF our own SOIL. and
reward the industry of our own citizens; and that
HENRY CLAY, by his early and undertaking
support of the American System, has secured to
himself the imperishabIe gratitude Of his country
mca.
Resoired, Thatcongress have the pow er TO con-
struct internal improv ements for the promotion
of the general welfare, To deny tins is to sever
the main arteries of the constitution, impair its
ergies in war and PROSTATE them in peace.
Resoired, That the talents and integrity Of
HENRY CLAY, his onward, fearless, efficient pub
lie life, devoted to the cause Of his country, her
constitution and laws, enhtle hun to the conf
dence of the republic, and we do earnestly re-
commend hun TO the electors Of this state as
candidate for the presidency of these United
States.
Reseioed, Thatthe citizens of Washington, in
the District of Columbia, by their proceedings
and resolutions at their public meeting on the 4tb
May last, have displayed an independence, IT,
delity, and vigilance which entitle them to the
confidence Of the National Republicans through
out the Upion, as jealous and efficient sentnels
to give the alarm whenever corrupt or imbeciIe