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form. The report was adopted and the

ticket indOrsed
No delegation was present from Cecil
Charles, NicOmic0 or Worcester cOun
tHs.
The commit ee on resolutions reported
n number of resolutions, favoring re-
fJrm, opposing initiation, and advocating
return 10 specie payments.
A recess was then taken until two
o'clock in the eveuing.
On reaa5embliDg, TIE committee on
resolutions reported as follows: We,
the representatives OF the Republican
party Of the State Of Mary land, in con.
ventiOn assembled, while adhering tc
those principles which tn It party has in
The past so tTiumphsnuy vindicA ed be-
fire the American people, nevertheless,
being satisfied il is the first aUd most
imperative duty OF every Republican 70
cooperate with those citizens OF Mary
land who have so nObly ignored parties
aud party questions, aud are engaged in
an earnest sffOrt to restore an honest
and pure government to our State, We,
Therefore, do declare and resolve that we
are earI estly in favor of an honest and
| ecOnomi :al admins. ration OF the gov
eTImeDt, both State and national, an1
Cf tb- fUiti'lment OF every pledge as 10
d
obligations, and OF q return to specie
| payment at the earliest practicable
moment, and cessation OF sii further
expansion of currency; the equal taxa
/ ton of all property, Of whatever kind,
| in the State; the appropriation Of
State money for State purposes only,
and the Improvement and liberal devel-
ment Of the school system; that we dep
rs cate the corruption existing in the ad-
| ministration of the State government
Of Maryland, and hail with joy the up
rising of the people to destroy rings and
c!iques that have fastened their fangs
on the vitals OF the State, and do hereby
! pledge ourselves TO expose, denOunce
and punish venRlity and corruption
among public officials whenever and
wherever it may be discovered, and ID
this end we invite the cordial cO-opera-
ton Of all Republicans throughout the
State with those who have nominated
and secured the acceptance OF J. MoFri-
con Harris for governor OF Maryland,
Steckel Wallis for encouragement and
Colonel Edward Wilkins as comptroller,
and We heartily Recommend them to
you, voters, as men eminently fit for
their respective positions, being both
honest and capable. The resolutions
were unanimously adopted, and the con-
vention adjourned sine die.
The New York Liberals.
ALBANY, September % The Liber-
al State convention to-day adopted a
platform, including the following reso-
lutOns:
ReSotved, That we consider it sslf-ev-
ident that there can be no sound cuTTen-
cy but coin, or pSp=r convertible into
coin Oh demand, and that without g
spec dy return to which national dis sster
threatens; that the whole system Of civ |
il service needs reform; that military |
aUt hority be subordinate to the civil; |
that single Presidential term isenCugh; |
that local self-government is the basis of
free government, and that foIcible inter- |
ference with this right of States usurps
it; that social, civil and political tests |
discriminating race and color are fat ii ID |
equal and exact justice to sll men; that
the original and the amendments of the
Federal constitution are obligatory in
their text and spirit, aud on their judi
cial expo sittOn, subject neither to the
Executives caprices, nor to the eXigeu.
cies OF personal government; that ee
press is the bulwark of freemen; that
municipal rights be respected, monopo.
lies repressed, and economy in public
Oe Observed; that the min
imum Of taxation be secured, peculators
punished, and corruption Of public NOR
ais banished; that the canal reform be
upheld, and the school fund be sscredly
devoted to our present system of COM
mon schools, and that app Opriations Of
the peoples money 10 sectsrian uses
cease; that bribery and corruption are
the canker OF the body polite, anu
should be pursued through all their subtle
forms, and the guilty punished.
ReGoEUea, That we condemn the na-
tional administration for its illegal and
OppIe, sive acts; for its retention Of cCr.
rupt mel in office, its fraudulent pre-
tenses to the contrary Notwithstanding;
for lis eXtravagant expenditures, and
ts general disregard for an intelligent
public opinion.
ReSOlUed, That the Liberal Republi- ,
cans of the State Of New York do not
think it neces: sry or useful to nominate
4 State ticket. They do, therefore,
recon- mend to the liberal and indepen.
lent voters of the State to support those
candidates already in nomination ,
whose character they most approve, and !
who, in their ju lgment, will earnestly
md efficiently cooperate with Cover |
Tor Tilden in his work of 8dninistra- I :
i've reform.
The following, offered by Mr.. Bliss, !
vas also adopted: :
Resolved, That by endorsing the ac- :
ion Of the Democratic party in the can /
1ass, we do but reaffirm the principles |
md policy of the liberal party since its J
that the Democratic and 5
LIBERAL parties are now identical in aims 4
nd purposes, and that we do hereby :
leartily adopt, and recommend for sup. >
'ort, the platform and candidates Of the r
Democratic party lately adopted at !
syracuse as the platform and candidates 9
4 the liberal party Of New York.
WiIseR Declines Guber- :
Material HOnOrs.
BOSTON, September 22.-The following d
las been published: l.
NATICK, September q. @
EDITOR BOSTON JoURNAL-I find in Q
our paper OF this morning dispatch
rom WOrcester, stating that "Vice-
resident Wilson would accept the Re-
ublican nomination fer governor, and
onsider it the greatest compliment ever
aid to him." Highly ss should value
uch an honor, sense Of obligation and
duty to the country would not permit
ne to accept a nomins ton, were it ten n
cred by the unanimous voice of the
HENRY WILSON.