Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-01-29
WILMINGTON, DEL
Monday Afternoon, Jan. 2e.
National Union Republican Convention.

The undersigned, constituting the National
Committee designated by the Convention held
at Chicago on the goth of May, 1868, hereby call
a convention of the Union Republican Party az
the city of Philadelphia, on Wednesday, the oth
day of June next at ~ O'Clock noon, for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for the offices OF
President and Vice President Of the United
States.
Each State is authorized to be represented in
the Convention by delegates equal TO twice the
number of Senators and Representatives to
which it will be entitled in the next National
Congress, and each organized Territory s au-
thorized to send two delegates,
In calling this Convention, the Committee re-
mind the country that the promises OF the Union
Republican Convention OF 1868 have been ful-
filled The States lately in rebellion have been
restored to their former relations to the Govern
ment. The laws Of the country have been faith
fully executed, public faith has been preserved,
and the national credit firmly established Gov
ernmental economy has been illustrated by the
reduction, at the same time, of the public debt
and of taxation; and the funding of the national
debt at a lower rate of interest has been success
fnlIy inaugurated. The rights of naturaized
citizens have been protected by treaties, and i'm
migration encouraged by liberal provisions. The
defenders of the Union have been gratefully re-
membered, and the rights and interests OF labor
recognized. Laws have been enacted, and are
being enforced, for the protection Of persons and
property in all sections. Equal suffrage has
been engrafted on the National Constitution +;
the privileges and immunities of American citi-
zenship have become part of the organic law,
and liberal policy has been adopted toward all
who engaged in the rebellion. Complications in
foreign relations have been adjusted in the in
terest of peace throughout the world while the
national honor has been maintained. Corruption
has boen exposed, offenders punished, RESPONSE
bility enforced safeguards established, and now,
as heretofore, the Republican party stands
pledged to correct all abuses and carry out all
reforms necessary to maintain the purity and
efficiency of the public service. To continue and
firmly establish its fundamental principles, We
invite the cooperation of all the citizens OF the
United States.
WILLIAM C1AFL1N, of Massachusetts,,
Chairman.
WILLIAM E. CHANDLER, of New Hampshire.
Secretary
John A. Peters, Maine Luke P. Poland, Yer
mont L. b. Frieze, Rhode Island H H Stark
weather. Connecticut James Gopsil, New Jer
sey; William II. Kemble, Pennsylvania Howard
NJ Jenkins, Delaware ; b, II. Cowen, Ohio
John Coburn Indiana c. B. Farwell, Illinois
Zachariah Chandler Michigan j. T. Averill
Minnesota David Atwood, Wisconsin Georg'
w. McCrary, Iowa; G. G. Fulton, Maryland
Franklin Stearns, Virginia; John Hubbard, Wes
Virginia William Sloan, North Carolina Thof
w. Osborne, Florida L. Q. Carpenter, Sout
Carolina; John H. Caldwell, Georgia James I
Stow, Alabama NJ. II. Southworth, Louisiana
A. O. Fisk Mississippi s. @. Pomeroy. Kansas
B. L. Rice Arkansas John b. Clark, Missouri
A. A. Burton, Kentucky, Horace Maynard
Tennessee L. b. Taylor, Nebraska James "
Nye, Nevada II. W. Corbett, Oregon Georg
O. Gorham, California John b. Chaffee Co
orado W. A. Burleigh, Dakota Sayles
Bowen, District of Columbia.
WAsuINGToN, D. c., Jan. IL, 1872.