The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-09-08
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

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state convention, at Saratoga, to-day, for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
state officers and making declaration OF
the principles upon which they purpose to
conduct the campaign. AS we look upon
it, this convention will be one of the most
important political gatherings of the year,
and much of good or evil will depend upon
its results. Ordinarily, perhaps, political
platforms or declarations of principles are
not worth the paper on which they are
written, but this year they are something
more than gliltering generalities. This Is
seen from the result of the insertion of an
imitation plank in the Ohio democratic
platform and because of its insertion ano
the intensity of the feeling it has aroused.
the gradual, but general, shifting of thu
democracy of the whole country from a
belief in specie only to the advocacy of an
irredeemable paper currency, it behooves
the republicans of New York to make a
clear, explicit, emphatic declaration that ii
is the intention of the republican party, as
it is one of their cardinal principles, that
no backward steps shall be taken in the
path marked out for return to specie pay
ments If any change 10 to be made II
must be for an advance, not a retrograde
movement
We have no fears, however, but what the
repu licaus of New York will be clear, ex-
pllcit and emphatic on this point, but that
they will repudate reputation aud infia-
ton, and declare themselves distinctly and
unequiyocaly against further postpone
ment Of the day for the resumption OF
specie payments and because we believe
that they will do this, we also expect an
equally emphatic and explicit declaration
against third term for General Grant or
any other man. Not that we now have any
fear of third term, not but that we be-
ieve that the idea of reelection of Gem
eral Grant ia exploded, but because with
the gathering of the democracy under the
initiation banner, many of the wisest men
of that party zee that defeat is inevitable
unless back fire can be started. Conse-
quently, we see that the argument begins
to be advanced that in order to fight the
battle of specie against initiation, General
Grant must be selected as a leader because
of his vetoes of initiation measures. Re-
publican Office holders favor it of course,
and democrats give currency to the idea
because they believe, and perhaps truly,
that the country fears a third term more
than it does rag money-and the very idea
will drive many timid men from the repub-
lcan party. In any event, a third term
would defeat the republican party, and the
republic ms CT New York can, if they will,
bury the third term, corpse so deep that no
one will ever think of its resurrection.
We further expect that they will be ex-
plicit upon the subject of reform, particu-
larry canal reform. Nothing can be gained,
all may be lost, by Il captious opposition to
Governor Tilden's efforts in this direction
simply because he is democrat. Repub-
licans may not think he ID the great and
good man that his party claim him to be
they may believe that we should never
nave uc1TQ Oh Lnl5 canal DuSlnesS Dul lOT
dissolving view of the presidential chair
but let them give him an honest, hearty
support in his honest movements towards
reform and, if possible. so him =" one
"better." They can do this by their de-
claration of principles supplemented by
the nomination of men the ablest, the best
and the purest the party affords, men
whose very names shall be synonymes OIL
efficiency, integrity and honest reform.
Thus they will strike the keynote OF the
next presidential canvass, make the party
worthy of success, and, if 1t is so worthy,
success will be certain. With the republi-
cans of New York, to-day, depends largely
the shape and result of the next presiden-
tial canvass. Their acts may not neces-
sarily result in state victory this year, but
If they act wisely a national triumph is sure
next year