Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-04-06
THE CAMPAIGN.


ResoIutisas Of the lIlIneis Association.
The following Is tho report OF tho committee
o. The Illinois STATE Republican Association, {
the Ohio Association q few days ago;
Your committee, to whom tho resolutions
adopted on the h OF March last BY tho Ohio
Republican ASS jolatlon wero referred, have
carefully considered the subject matter involved,
aud bog leave TO submit tho following report:
Those resolutions declare, In substance, "that
tho safety Of the nation demands that disloyAl
men should not DO appointed 70 once, through
the benevolent scheme Of the Civil Service Con.
mlssion, or retained In once as being indispen-
Ing any position Of trust, honor or pront undsr
the Government" In the Judgment OF your
comuittee, ths present time Is not proper one
i9I R..Puelissns % eri!isi,e with partisan mo.
under which We hold once, OF hold iealty; and
In view Of the present division Of sentiment upon
various abstract questions within the party
ma main he power Of he aoVernmsnt 81 81
loyal and tried men Of the Republican party, II
beeomes US 70 avoid contentious calculated 10
my % obtain the control Of public AFFAIR.".
with this general expression, In connection
with tho questions submitted for our action,
yynr ooumlttee would respectfully submit tho
Resolved, That the accredited representa-.
tvs Of the Republican party Of all the states
Of proclaiming the principles Of the party, and
Of naming our standard bearers, should DO lei
FREQ 70 consult and adopt measures In their iudR
mont best calculated 70 promote the interests Of
Rs,cirsd, That while VIC cordially agree win
our Republican friends from Ohio on genera
principles, We arc not Tree TO admit our belief iI
tho policy Of forestalling public opinion, whiol
/ must, according 10 all party usage, DO largely
directed by the convention duly called under thu
auspices Of the constituted authorities OF th'
Il Republican party Of the country.
i HtiOipsd, That at this time Il Is ineKpedien
| for tho members Of this association TO express
any other sentiments than those Of confidence
s1q oy s sSs R PSfy q SsS
| words Of Wisdom, and whose aots, though many
arc marked by patriotism.
Resolved, That while We are Of the opinion
that Treason cannot DO too stsrnly dealt with
and aiders and abettors Of crime against III
ooyornment cannot be too severely punished
We deem u inexPedlent 70 embody expression
made within the Republican lines, where d.
vision Of sentiment on the subject clearly 81
lists, leaving all such questions TO DO dealt Wit
can DO best made by delegates In duly const
| tuted national convention.
hsSOiusd, That In the interest Of good govern
nent and for the sake Of generations 10 CONT
the blsssed lessons Of the sermon on the Noun
| should md somewhere recognition In our M
uonal politics, whore Its suggestions may b
Rssolusd, That wo deem It both impoli,ic an
| unwise NJ the close Of an Standardization, upO
tho eve Of q presidential canvass, and In az
/ vance OF tno PROCLAMATION u principles VI IN
| party In national convention, whore We A. a pal
81 the executive branch Of the government al
TO be put upon trial, TO denounoe the policy q
the administration in reference to the civil sol
| vica.
ResoiUed, That while we extend TO our Obi
Republican friends our most generous sympi
thy In ovory good word and work Of theirs,
| We cannot unite with them In n measure, or
exprossions which We believe not TO be In strl'
, harmony with the policy calculated to strengthe
the administration Of the President In tho d.
J charge Of his high trust and who, TO say u
least, Is q very prominent candidate for ronom
| nation at the Philadelphia Convention,
Resolped, That all That portion OF tho Oh
resolutions which supports and Endorses u
policy Of the President meets with our hoarl
approval, and that portion calculated TO invi
| strife within our lines and establish In our POI
tics dogmg. Of variance with the principles
y. NJ. MeNIELL,
II. EVANS,
a. y. WHITAKER,
A. q. WILEY,
L. b. CuTLER,
Committee.