New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-25
NETWORK REPUBLICANS.


tontinued from FIRST rage
organization shall rule faithfully and well the State
c %9f1 90 On e be raSd old wear
and bear the rule. or one thing be assured names
The party name in which we glory thus to-day may
pass into history all bright with tho great achievements
nned by our @sdeeds but the IDEAS Of our
organization shall live and rule among mon in our STATE
and natiou IL not In name then in some others
not in and through us, then In and through Others,
better, manlor, and more deserving than We In tbs
Republican column aud under the Republican banner
we have only fought the Old old battle of manhood
against class privileges and class claims, OF the
many against the few Of the essence OF liberty against
the essence OF tyranny While human nature re-
mains weak and errng. and the conditions Of time
sense. ana matter endure, that battle Is impending
trust that for many years we may stlll nght
that battle. and this same column, under
TINS same banner. cheered by great memories,
and emuatng the deeds and words elder brothers
gone before When II ever. this column shall move out
the side Of Injustice. oppression, or dishonesty hen
pray that It's banner down In defeat, and ts sh
OF tho land. Such Is the record OF the past
such the responsibilities OF tho present. As we
met the duties OF yesterday let seek to meet the
duties OF today As we deserved success III 1000 anu Al
1860 by unbending fidelity the rights OF our common
manhood, although that manhood crogched IN the slave
cabin and sold the auction block; we deserved
from 1861 to 1866 in the words and spirit OF our
great leader. by lighting 1t out on the old line OF com
polling absolute submission TO the law and uncondl
tona preservation of our national unon as we deserved
success from 1865 TO 1868 by generous charity 70 our
beaten brothers, and yet by resoluty demanding eq
justice 10 those who had been our falthIul aIies
IN tho and whose wrongs nau Drought sucn
terrible retrbuton upon the land as we deserved sue
during all the first term Of the present Adnlnstra-
ton by faithfully keeping the pghted falh OF tne ma
ton In the steady payment or our DEBT IN inc sSauy
reduction Of taxation, IN the steady enforcement Oh Tue
law In generous effort to deal justly by the Indian IN
tho settlement OF our differences with the motner and
by Christian methods peaceful arbitration rather
than In the bloody tribunal OF battle so lot US deserve
success to-day by the declaration OF Just ana wise pr
cipes, by the nomination Of pure and able candidates,
and by sguarey living up TO our on sGe s Is
our responsibility. We frankly recognize II we dellp-
eratey accept its duties; humby ask for strength
and wisdom to fulfill our high opportunities In the
We must enforce honest administration, save every
dollar OF unnecessary and unwise expenditure AVOID
useless and experimental legislation encourage inc
States lately in rebellion to resume in practice as wen as
in theory the functions OF local sefgoyernment encour-
age them 10 rely upon themselves ana less upon
the general Federal authority We must seek by econ
omy honesty, and practical common sense to cure the
corruptiOns Of and the demOraiZing ten
dency Of great and long continued political powers
la our own loved Commonwealth OF newborn we must
keep these same of integrity and economy OF adj
minstraton steadily strictly in view. The terrible cor
rupOn5 in the local governments or our largest ctles
have burdened our municipalities with enormous local
debts whose full burden and extent are even as yet put
partially realized The great developments or local ran
ness upon rural townships and counties. II. mas
been easy borrow therefore has seemed easy 10
pay. 1t will DE for some years difficult to borrow auu
will therefore difficult pay This strain will be severe
trust IL Will be bravey and honestly But TINS one
thing Is sure the taxpayers OF this state WIZ not anu
should not forgive any legislator Official VINO spends
votes dollar in excess of actual need, or ia al
of the very and most certain internal IN
prOvcment The inefficient management OF our canals
from 1869 to 1872 brought our canal nances INTO an u
fortunate condition. But there Is little use IN lde fea
ing. The Erie Canal built by the wisdom OF De witt
Clinton and enlarged by the resolue faith OF VIM Henry
Seward, has made it the great highway or western COM
through Commonwealth and pours the riches
OF States into the lap Of Metropolis at the gates or
tue No financial disasters OF to-day should as
COURAGE, no burden Of old debt should deter us. We
must keep our Excelsior" State still at the head OF
this nation and in the fore front of the CONNER
cal eudeayOrs OF the continent. The lakes ana tue o.
Lawrence bring the granelds OF thesya5t prare IAhu
to our very borders On the west and north we must
still keep the watery highways OF the nation from the
praries TO the ocean, in State. The carrying ca
pacity Of our canals must De enlarged, ana mus our
Lawrence If the nation will not do this,
cOnstutonay, then let our Empire state, WIN
the wisdom or her great statesmen OF other days deepen
her canals and double her tracks until Chntons dltcn
shall indeed be the mighty river truly, giving the MIS-
through the Hudson TO the III our state VIII not
then let the twin cites OF New-fork ana BrOOkyn
demonstrate their fitness to control the permanent
OF this land by themselves assuming the burden
and forever assuring che supremacy OF the manu- COM
merce OF this continent.
Now our Republican party very dear TO all who bear
its name aud hOnOred IN It's membership. In lts
plead with you earnestly Tor lts purity not mercy 1V
10 be preserved but that through our dear Idther
land may kept honor and tue great nation saved in
battle, may be blessed In peace that through IL our III
pre- state may sun bear us excelsior banner Iu n5
advanced, leading not i'll vain bOastlng over past
achievements and accumulated wealth, Dut leauihg IN
resoute and effort develop3 all our resources
Thus shall aid our sister states in Ike develop
ment thus shall we give cheap bread TO the laDOrer
aud the fleets that snail yet line our wnarVes
floating the free nag, ana bearing the en-
terprise OF the American merchant ana the produes
the American farmer and artisan 10 every quarter Oh
the gloDe. such service may VIC Lsgor W Ji e,
nation, TO the civilization or the wOrd, II we are
faithful, wise, and elevated IN the performance Oh our
duties and trusts as American citizens.
Gentlemen OF the Convention, what Is your further
THE OTHER PERMANENT OFFICERS.
The Committee Permanent Organization reported
the following additional officers:
Vice-Presidents-Ist Judicial District, Alexander W.
Harvey aud James WinterbOttOm OF New York; lid,
L. Bradford Prince OF Queens Amherst wight ST., OF
Westcheser; IlId john f. HazeltOn Of Schoharle and
joseph F. Ives Of Greene; IYth II. A. Paddock of
Franklin fl. Hathorn Of Saratoga Vth, Elias Root
C. Plat Of rioga and David WILDER of otsego; With,
John s. Fowler OF Cayuga. aud Martin Holmes OF Gates
With, Job Southwck OF Erie, and Byron Healy
Secretaries-lst, George w. Lyon and Walter j. Pnck
ney; IId john s. Plat Of Duchess and A. Wood iof
Rundle OF Greene IVh. Edward Eice of schenectady,
and NJ. ID. Breckwith OF 81. Lawrencoj Vth, &: Fred
Hertest OF OnOndaga, and Ward Hunt, jr, OF Oneida
Win c. G.. Thurman OF Chemung, and s. p. Allen OF
Chenango; yIItb John g. Klnek OF Monroe and Lewis
H. Clark OF Wayne With, Willard A. Cobb OF Niagara,
and Lewis McKinsley OF Chautauqua.'
Mr. voorhees, Of Monroe offered resolution that the
delegates to the Convention from each Congressional
district be requested to from such dis
rict to represent such district upon the State Central
Committee.
j.. Deafeld Smith said there had been difficulty in
the Ist District Of NewYor and he had been requested
to present the following resolutions to give the Central
Committee more power to settle conflicts between
testants, which were adopted unanimously:
Pesolrsd That whenever in the City OF New York the
disrict ORGANIZATIONS fail TO perform their duties
cordance with the Constitution for the government OF
said associations, the Central Committee OF said city be
fully wered to investigate, and take such action as
In their Judgment may be just and proper.
solued That the secretary OF the Central Committee
be requested copy Of these resolutions the
Chairman Of the Central Committee OF the City of New
York.
NOMINATION OF F. s. THAYER FOR SECRETARY BY AcCLA
NATION.
Mr. voorhees, moved to proceed to the nomination OF
candidate for Secretary of State. The motion was
agreed to.
The Hon. Martin D. Townsend nominated the Hon.
Francis s. Thayer He said he had served two terms in
the State Senate where he commended himself as faith