The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1868-03-12

OUT CONVICTION that, according TO
the laws under which the five
twenty bonds were issued, said
bonds should be paid 10 the cur.
rency Of the country which may
be q legal lender when the Gov
ernmei't shall be prepared to re.
deem sucll bonds.
%. That We heartily approve
the policy Of ofCongress in stopping
the contraction Of tie currency.
and believe that the issue Of cur
rency should be Commensurate with
the industrial and commercial ln.
forests Of the people. :.
40. That justice and sound pol.
icy require that nil property should
bear its equal share of the public
burdens. and that this principle
Uught to bo applied to oil United
States bonds hereafter issued by
making them liable. by express
provisions Ct law. to taxation pre-
clsely as other properly. n
I'll. That we reiterate TO the
soldiers and sailors ofthc Republic
our expressions Of heartfelt graft.
lude for their heroic sacrifices and
services, which will forever be
held ia tho affrc,ionate relnem.
brancs Of the American people; and
that. wbIle We cal. upon them now
TO sustain at the ballot box the
great cause which their valor and
endurance have saved in the field.
We pledge to the MANNED who sur.
vivc, and the wijows and orphans
Of those who fell, the public filth.
as tho wards Of the nstion, for the
payment Of all their pensions aud
bounties.
''l2. That we urge upon tic
national authorities the propriety
OF initiating negotiations 10 estab.
lish international rules Of expatria.
tion upon the basis OF our natural.
ization laws, SO that each nation
shall recognize naturalization By
others as terminating tho former
allegiance and conferring all the
rights of citizenship; and we affirm
the duty Of the Federal Govern
ment to extend adequate and equal
protection 10 all It's citizens, al
home and abro I'd, native and nat.
uralized. when in the legitimate
aud peaceable exercise of their le
gal or international rights.
"l3. That we remember with
pride and satisfaction the services
Of hat noble patriot, ,stateslnn and
son Of Ohio, Edwin NJ Stanton,
and that VIC hereby heartily in
dorso his recent official action in
retaining his position as Secretary
OF War, and trust that his great
experience ard ability will be coh-
tinued at the head of Tho War De.
partment."
The resolutions in reference to
Grant, for President, and the I'm.
peaehmcnt OF Johnson, were greet
cd with tremendous cheers.
A deles ate moved 10 strike out
the name Of B. F..Wade for Vice.
President, and insert tlat Of Schuy.
lcr Colfax
This move caused great coniu.
sion, and cheer upon cheer for
Wade was given, and the PROPOSE.
tion was voted down.
Tho platform was then adopted
amid three times three cheers.
which fairly shook the walls OF the
building.
The Committee on State Cen
trail Committee reported the fol-
lowing-named gentlemen as mem.
bcrs of said Committee:
First District-A. c. Sands; Sec,
ond. Jas. Morgan: Third, Felix
Marsh; Fourth, A. P. Howard,
Fifth, W. I. Wilson; Sixth, W. Il.
Smith; Seventh, A. d. Rogers;
Eighth, A. L. Lee; Ninth, Geo. W
Knapp Tenth, Moses X. Bradley;
Eleventh, ]. ]. Mcdowell, Twelfth,
A. K Keller; Thirteenth. A. G.
Griffin; Fourteenth G. w. Shu:t-
lift; RliteonthT. A. Rust; Sixteenth.
l.. Lewton; Seventeenth, j. X.
Rukenbroa; Eighteenth, Ii. W. Per-
kins;Nincteenth, Alphonso Hart.
Alter the announcement that
there would be u meeting in the
evening tho Convention adjourned
sine die.