Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-25
Saturday, March "5. 1876.
Rcpubllcan state Convention.

A Republi can Union State Convention i
hereby called TO be held in the city OF Bur
lihgton, on Wednesday. The T~eniy-Ninm doI
Of March, 1876, at Eleven o'clock a. NJ, for the
purpose of choosing, in accordance with
precedent esta blshcd, ten delegates land ten
substitutes) to represent the state OF Yer
mont In the Union Republican National Con
yenton to be held In the city of Cincinnati
on Wedresday, the fourteenth day OF june
next for the purpose of nominating candi'
dates for the offices of President and Vice
President of the United States.
All Republican electors and all other vot'
ers, without regard TO past political diner
cnccs or previous party difficulties, who are
opposcd to reyiying sectional issues. and de-
sire to promote friendly feeling and perma
nent harmony throughout the country by
maintaining and enforcing all tho eonst'tn'
tonal rights of every citizen, including the
full and free exercise of the right of suffrage
without intimidation and without fraud
who are in favor of the continued prosec"
ton and punishment of all official dishonesty
and of mn economical administration OF the
government by honest faithful and capable,
officers. who are in favor of making such re
forms in government rs experience may from
time to time suggest; who are opposed to
impairing the credit of the nation by depre'
ciatin any of its obligations, and in favor OF
sustaining in every way the national fait-
and financial honor; who hold that the com
mon school system is the nurs cry of Ameri-
can liberty, and should be maintained abso-
lutely free from sectarian control; who be-
lieve that for The promotion of these ends the
direction of the government should continue
to be confined to those who adhere to the
principles of l776, support them as incorpo'
rated in the constitution and laws, and who
are in favor of recognizing and strengthen
ing the fundamental principles of national
unity in this Centennial anniversary of the
birth of the republic, are invited, through
their delegates, to participate in the deliber'
atoms of the convention.
All such electors will be represented in the
State Convention by their delegates, chosen
upon the basis of one delegate from each
town, and an additional dele gate for each
one hundred votes, and for each fraction of
one DunuFeu NOIcS oNcI my ShSp AVA INV AsS
publican candidate for Governor at the last
state electios.
BY vote of former convention, the State
Com mttee are constituted Committee on
credentials. Delegates will provide them
selves with proper credentials, signed by the
secretaries of their respective primary meet
ings, and Immediately upon their arrival in
Burlington, presen them to the State Com
mittee at their headquarters-tho Van Ness
IIou
The several railroads in the State, except
the Delaware g. Hudson Canal Company,
will extend the usual courtesy of fare one
way.
GEO. w. GRANDEY, Chairman, GEO.
NICHOLS, Secretary. CHAS. II. JOYCE,
STEPHEN THOMAS, FRANKLIN FAIR
BANKS, WILLIAM ROUNDS, JOHN L,
BARSTOW, GEO. N. DALE, Carroll G.
PAGE, Republican Stcte Committee.
Mortified, Feb. 5th, 1876.