New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-07-04
Address of the Republican STATE
Central Committee.
To tie Republicans Of Massachusetts,:

To tie RepHJlicGRS Of Massachusetts:
The Republican State Central Committee
OF Massachusetts, through its Executive
Board, at a meeting held at the headquarter,
OF The party IN Boston, June %, 1872, deter.
mined that 1t was their duty to make an ap.
peal to the Republicans Of the Common.
wealth on the opening of the Presidential
campaign.
The Republican party of Massachusetts
has reason to be proud of its position. Fore
most to organize that great conflict which
mas resulted in the recognition of freedom and
civil rights throughout the length and breadth
of the land, devoted always to the honor OF
the country; setting an example of financial
honesty IN the most trying hours of the war,
and amidst all the burthens 0fpeace; demand
ing reconstruction of the Government on n
loyal basis; earnest for the elevation of the
civil service to the purest and highest posi-
BILE standard determined on the inyestira-
ton OF all questions of social and civil service
reform, until government in this country
shall mean justice and right and opportunity
to all who are under its control, and until
society shall mean freedom from oppression
and burdensome distinctions; devoted TO the
reimbursement and elevation of all. and
realizing that social safety and peace and pros
! perity can lind sure foundation only ON an
educated and contented community, this party
congratulates the country that its principles
and policy have become the accepted faith of
a great national political organization, and
that its earliest hopes and promises are to
be fulfilled by an earnest and humane and
progressive American people.
"A national convention, unequallcd in power
and enthusiasm and devotion to the right
the best representative assembly of TRIUMPH
ant and realized freedom and LOYALTY and honor
gathered -huS toll al,
highest most progressive thought of Massa-
chusetts as its political platform. To her
early, earnest refOrmers, who could only pray
and protest in the darkness which surrounded
them; to her bold political teachers and
guides; who began by leading forlo!n hope
te her statesmen who have manned the watch
towers OF freedom from the beginning: 10
her great war governor, whose inspiring words
and stern demand for humanity and Justice
made the war great and holy; to her brave
and Jealous sons, and to her self-saciiirinr
and loyal and aspiring daughters, a great po-
litlcal party has extended warm hand. and
has opened sympathizing heat.
Once again in our history has the patriotic
wisdom and fervor of America sent from
Phlladelphla generous response to the
freedOm-loving sentiment of Massachusetts
and as 1t was i'll lI1G, when the declarations
OF the defiant patriots of BOs ton found ma
tiOnal utterance iii the great council at Phila-
delphia, so now the voice of republican
reform, first heard here, is taken up and re-
echoed throughout the land, as the faith of n
great people and the object of all the highest
social and civil endeavOrs in America. In
the discharge OF Its great duty, the Republic
can party of this country takes up the work
designed by the revolutionary fathers, and
pledges itself to an untiring effort for the per-
lection OF a government of the people, by
the people, and for the people,'' and the
creation of a nationality founded on "eoual
and exact justice to all men" of every race
and color.
The State and district delegates to the
Philadelphia Convention went to that assem-
bly, generally bearing instructions to vote for
the nomination Of Ulysses s. Grant and
Henry Wilson as candidates for the two
highest offices in the gift of the American
people. And faithfully they performed their
work. Recognizing the high service per-
formed by Gen. Grant, through his bravery,
sagacity, and immOvable self-possessiOn dur
ing the war, and the equally commanding SER
vice performed by him through his wisdom
and integrity and patriotic desire for his coun-
try's good in peace remembering moreover
that it is his devotion to the highest Republic
can principles which has delivered the nation
from the supremacy of dislOyal councils, the
in the enthusiastic demand of the convention.
that he should be the standarGl-bearer of the
party once more. 1t was also a source of
pride and satisfaction to them to find (this
work having been accomplishedD q recogni-
ton OF the peculiar fitness of Henry Wilson
Tor the second place on the ticket. His life
long service i'll the cause of freedom, his un-
ceasing labors for his State and his country
during long Senatorial career, his apprecia-
ton OF the wants of a struggling people, his
unblemishcd honesty, his sympathy with all
reform, his desire to behold in the American
Government the bright consummation of the
best endeavor OF the people to regulate their
own afairs-all combined to attract the
wamest regard of the convention to himself
and to the Commonwealth which he has SO
long and faithfully represented.
To the humane and generous platform laid
down at Philadelphia, to the ticket there pre-
sented-Grant and Wilson--the LOYALTY and
courage and honesty, labor and common
sense of the Countrywide support of the Re-
publican party of Massachusetts is called.
At the autumnal State Convention the party
will give this ticket a hearty Endorsement,
and will give the country new assurances of
zeal and fidelity with which it will enter upon
its work.
Meanwhile let the watch-iires be set
throughout the Commonwealth Let meet
ings for ratification be held in the cities, and
towns, and villages; let clubs be formed
everywhere let all personal differences be
forgotten; let the Republican ranks close up
for the vindicatiOn of those who gave us our
principles and of those who sanctified them
with their blood; let Massachusetts, with her
sister States do her duty once more, and the
freedom and fright, and prosperity, and honor,
and peace, and safety of our country, its do
nestle happiness, land its international
power, will be secured beyond the reach of
political designs and changes at home, and
of mischievous combinations abroad.
GEORGE b. LORING, Salem, Chairman.
GEO. S. MERRILL, Lawrence, Secretary.
w. w. RICE, Worcester,
JAMES S. LEWIS, Lynn,
JOHN +. SANFORD, Taunton,
c. c. EsTY, birmingham,
HENRY l.. PIERCE, BoSToN,
W. "A. SIMMONS, Boston,
+. II. TINKER, North Adams,
III u Cir .TspITCE Rostnp