Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1873-01-23
New Hampshire Politics.

'loi', as our type INCORRECTLY stated last
week. On taking the chair Mr.. Bailey
made the following speech -
Gentlemen of the Convention: The
selection of myself to preside ovel
your deliberations to-day is as unex-
pected to me as it is gratifying, and
for the honor conferred | thank you.
1t is over forty years since l first left
New Hampshire to reside in a neigh,
boring State, and as | have but recent
ly returned foreman among you | had
no right to expect so much favor from
your hands. Yet this separation from
the Democracy of my State, and my
observations and the lessons taught me
elsewhere have only riveted more
strongly in my mind the soundness Of
those great Democratic truths inaugu-
rated by Jefferson, sustained by Madi-
son and Monroe, and which became
the settled policy Of the nation under
the administration Of Gen. Jackson
1t cannot be denied that under the
guidance Of these men, associated as
they were in the early days of our Re
public with Washington and Adams,
that the country prospered and grew
rapidly in wealth and population, strug-
Cling up from a few feeble colonies tc
a mighty confederation Of States. Yet
the names of Washington and Adams
are seldom mentioned i'll these latter
days. A new order Of things and a
new race of men have come upon the
public stage, many Of whom claim Il
superior wisdom and knowledge to the
Father Of the Republic, and set them
selves up as political teachers Of the
people, and desire all to fall down and
worship them, But are we sure, let
me ask you, that we are on the right
track Is it not well for us to consider
whittier we are drifting, and if the ship
Of state is among the breakers and i'll
danger Of humiliation? Does it not
become our highest duty to assist i'll
bringing her into port i'll safety? lneed
not tell you, what all know, that the
dominant party in the nation has be
come so thoroughly anti-republlcan in
its character in assuming unto itself
such power that it is impossible for
the country to contemplate the actions
Of the present Administration without
feeling alarmed for the future of the
nation. Witness, for instance, the rs,
sumption Of power over the sovereign
State Of Louisiana, In my Judgment
a great wrong has been done the peo-
pie Ct that State, and that, too, by
force Of arms, under the direct orders
of the President Of the United States.
| need not recapitulate to you the at
tempts made in other States to force
the people to yield to the behests of
party, or run the risk of loosing their
rights if not their heads, should they
dare disobey. Such action should
arouse the people from Maine to Texas
to the dangers which threaten them
and prompt us to sec to it that this
tendency to Capitalization of all pow
cr in the hands of the Executive and
Of Congress should be checked before
it is allowed,to gather greater Roadway
and make it impossible to bring the
nation back to its constitutional moor
ings, and cause the rights Of the SOY"
ereign and independent States to be
DO the people desire, in
view Of the present financial condition
of the country, to see the Government
set out in grand schemes of building
canals from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Mississippi river and so on to Calitor-
mia "a scheme which, once commence
ed, will plunge the nation into financial
ruin, and can onl y result disastrously
to the country, especially il it is to be
engineered by rings like unto the Cred
it Mobilier? No, gentlemen. Let us
set our faces against all such schemes
and assumptions Of power by the Gen
eral Government, and, so far as we can,
strive to elect men to Office who have
some regard for their constituents,
adopting the principles laid down at
Cincinnati and at Baltimore, and fra
ternizing with patriotic men Of any
and all parties who will act with us,
let us push forward the good work,
and depart from this hall to our homes
fully and finally resolved that the old
Granite State shall wheel into line in
support of the Union, the Constitution
and the independence of the States,
and that the people of New Hampshire
will now, as in the days Of the Revolu-
ton, fight manfully for the right and
resolutely oppose the wrong.
The Democratic State Committee
by choosing Hon. George
Jones Of Warneras temporary chairman
and f. S. Nutter of Concord Temporary
secretary. Adjourned, subject to the
call of the chairman
The Republicans of the Granite
State have re-nominated f. A. Straw
of Manchester for Governor, and Z. 7.
Hodsdon of Dover for Railroad Com
missioner. The same party have also
for Representatives to Con-
gress from the LIST, 2nd and 3rd Dis
tricts, respectively: The Hon. VIM. B.
Small, of New Market the Hon. Aus
tin f. Pike, Of Franklin, and Gen. s.
G. Griffin of Keene.
The State is now represented in the
National House of Representatives by