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Ihe Democratic State Central Committee
ALBANY, August S.The Democratic State Cen
trai Committee me, at the Delavan House TODAY.
There was full attendance. The session of the
Committee was private, but large number of non
delegates were gathered outside awaiting the ac-
tion of the Committee with interest.
On motion of Mr.. Benjamin Wood member from
the city of New York, the following resolutions
adopted:
Re$olred, That the Committee have heard with pro-
found regret of the death Of their associate friend
Wm d. Kennedy, Of New York. whose many virtues
devotion to the Democratic prncpI s. and unSerfsh ma
triosm render his decease deep and poignant ,riaf
to his numerous friends, and loss 10 the State and
country. ~
Resorea, That the above be incIosed in the minutes
puplshed and copy presented to the family of the
On motion of Mr.. Wood, Elijah J. Purdy was
UNANIMOUSLY appointed a member Of The Commit
tee t" MI the vacancy of VIM. d. Kennedy, De.
ceased and took his seat in the Committee.
Ihe following communication from the Republi-
can State Central Committee was presented:
To the Democratic State Committee.
GENTLENsN At ameetng Of the Rapuh can State I,om.
mttee held at Albany August 1861 the following reso
were adopted lHrre follows copy of the
utions OF the Republican Committee already published
Pursuant to the foregoing resolutions the undersigned
MerG appointed as such committees and do hereby
ulay hVi'e the Democratic State Committee Join with
us IN designating time and place for the hodinr of the
nae of the two parties whereby the people
OF the State represented in conventions NAV deter
mine for thems Ives upon the proprety of lavng aside
all minor issues in the effort preserve the Govern
mnt and to restore the Federal Constitution laws in
The Committee in attendance and respectfully
await your response.
GEO OPDTEE,
s. DRAPER,
DENNIS STRONG Committe.
WM A. DART,
S.P. ALLEN,
Alter an Interchange of views the Committee
adopted the following response to the letter of the
Republican Subcommittee:
GENTS The resolutions communicated to us by
you have been duly considered by our Committee
who have directed US to reply thereto. None can
be more profoundly impressed than we are with
sense OF the duty of foregoing partisan views and
purposes in the present critical condition Of our
unhappy country. The Democratic party has in
every crisis of public danger risen t. the nagnitude
of the occasion, and devoted its energies and sacri
fees to the call of patriotism. 1t will not be less
true to the duties Of citizenship now, when the
peris which menace us equal if they do not exceed
those which surrounded Us in the war Of irdepen-
dence and in the struggle for the formation Of the
Constitution As to the spirit in which it has al
ready responded point to the hundred of thou
sands Of our brethren who took up arms for the
Union, and to the alacrity which they, in common
with the whole people, have offered to bear tho
burdens OF taxation for the defence of the Country
You suggest as additional mode apparently of
uniting the people Conference of the Democratic
and Republican Conventions, with a view to 4 iaiot
nomination of candidates for State offices Thtt it
would be well at this time to fill the leading public
offices, especially in the Federal Government, 70
which the conduct Ui public affairs belOnrs with
men whose purity of character aud can ,citr for
admins trative labors SO well known ms to !
command the confidence of the peosio is most true;
and it is also probable that it this example were set
in the conduct of Federal offices il would bc toI-
loved by the people in the selection of their State
officers. But would be false to the party which
we represent 1t we considered any proposition of
union with former political opponents, except on
the basis of principle 1t is of little importance
what men or what party occupy public positions
1t OF honor and emolument but of the utmost mo
Ine at ibis tine IL q supp6p 81 6hee9d
and in vlndication ct the Constitution and Union
We believe utter the sentiments of all Demo.
Gratis, when we say that they ready to unite in
political action with every citizen who looks to the
preservation of the Constitution, and the perpetual
tion of the Union, as the great end to be arrived
at, and who estimate all measures, whether Of
war or peace, only they conduce to that end;
who opposed to any war, and equally to any
peace, which is based upon the idea Of the separa-
tiOn of these States. While they hold that the war
can only be safely prosecuted by a more rigorous
command in the field, and efficiency in the naval
blockade they regard it as the duty of the Federal
Government to hold QUO terms of peace aud accom-
mediation to the discovered States assuring them of
all their rights under the Constitution; that as our
political system was founded compromise, and
has been so perpetuated it can never be dishonnr-
able in any Administration tn seek to restore it by
the same means. Above all, they repel the idea
that there exists between the two sections Of the
Union, such inc0mpatibilitY of institutions to
give rise to an "irrepressibIe conflict between
them, which can only terminate in the subugation
of one or the other. Repeing the doctrine that
any State can rightfully secede from the Union,
they hold next in allowance that aggressive tanat-
cal and sectional policy which has largely con-
tributed to the present danger of the country.
They propose to invite to a union with them citi-
zens OF whatever party, who, believing in these
views, will act with them to secure an honest ad-
DnistratiOn in Federal and State affairs n ripid
maintenance OF the Constitution, economy ia the
public expenditures, honesty in the award of con
tracts, justice to the soldier in the field and to the
taxpayer at home, the rigid safeguard of the pub
lie credit, and the expulsion of corrupt men from
Office. As such a union must necessarily spring
from the people, instead of being dictated to them
instructed by our Committee to say that
in their call for the usual Democratic State Con-
vention they will invite all good citizens who are
willing to cooperate with Democrats to these ends,
to come together at the primary meetings, art
unite in selecting representatives to such Con
vention to nominate candidates for the support Of
the electors of the State upon this platform of
Union and patriotism.
We have the honor to be, &C.,
Very respectfully, YOURS
d. RICHMOND, Chairman.
PETER CAGGER, Secretary.
TO Messrs Opdyke, Draper, &C., Committee &c.
The Hon. Benjamin Wood dissented from some
portions OF the repls but with this exception was
unanimously agreed upon.
1t was then resolved unanimously that the Dem
ocratic State Conven'iO", to be composed of two
delegates from each Assembly District, be called
meet at Syracuse, on Wednesday, the 4th of Sep
tember next, to nominate candidates for the
raj offices to be filled at the November clecti, II.
The committee then adjourned sine die.
Republican State Convention
ALBANY, August 8 The Sub Committee of the
Republican State Central Committee met this at.
terncoD, after the meeting of the Democratic State
Committee, and agreed on the following call and
statement:
THB REPUBLICAN STATE CoNvENTIoN.-The Republi-
the State of New York. and all others
willing with them in support of the Govern
men and vigorous prosecution of the requested
to choose delegates from each Assembly District to
meet Convention in the city of Syracuse,
Wednesday, Ilth day fSepember, 1861 at IL A. M
purpose presenting candidates be supported
the Offices of Judge Of the Court of Appeals Secretary
of State Comptroller, Attorney General State Engineer
and Surveyor, State Treasurer two Canal Commissioners
and Inspector of State Prisons
BY order of the Committee.
SIMEON DRAPER Chairman.
JAMES TERwIELIGER, Secretary.
The foregoing call is issued under circumstances
which require explanation. The Republican
State Convention, at tn cir meeting the 9Th inst
feeling deeply sensible that the present dis
tracted condition of affairs in country de-
manded an entire obliteration Of all party feel
ing, and realizing the fact that they, as the repre-
sentatives of the powerful and dominant party in
the State, could best afford TO make the first ad-
vance, which they did after mature deiiberatior,
adopted resolution, contained in communication,