Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-03-04
Saturday, March 4, 1876.
Republican State Convention.

A Republ lean Union State Convention i
hereby called 10 be held in the city of Bur
lington, OH Wednesday. the Tmenty Ninth dal
of March, 1876, at Eleven o'clock 4 NJ, for thu
purpose of choosing, in accordance with q
precedent esta blished, ten delegates land tel
substitutes) to represent the State OF Yer
mont in the Union Republican National Con
vention 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 differ
ences or previous party difficulties, who are
opposed to reviving sectional issues, and do
sire to promote friendly feeling and pcrma-
nent harmony throughout the country by
maintaining and cnfo rcing all the constitu-
tional 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 prosecu-
ton and punishment of all official dishonesty,
and of an economical administration of the
government by honest, faithful and capable.
officers who arc in favor of making such re :
forms in government as experience may from
time to time suggest; who are opposed to
impairing the credit of the nation by depre-
eating any of its obligations, and in favor OF
sustaining in every way the national faith
and financial honor; who hold that the com
mon school system is the nursery of Ameri-
can liberty, and should be maintained ALSO
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licvc that for The promotion of these ends the
direction of the government shonld continue
to be confined to those who adhere to the
principles of l776, support them rs 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 dcliber:
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 delegate for each
one hundred votes and for each fraction of
one hundred votes over fifty, cast for the r C.
state elcctios.
BY vote of a former convention, the State
Con mittce 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, present them to the State Com
mittee at their hcadquarters-the Van Ness
Hou
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. CTIAS. Ii. JOYCE,
STEPHEN THOMAS, FRANKLIN FAIR
BANKS, WILLIAM ROUNDS, JOHN L,
BARSTOW, GEO. N. DALE, .sCARROL. G.
PAGE, Republican Sttte Comntttee
Mortified, Feb. 9Th, 1876
On the above basis, towns in Orange Coun-
ty will be entitled to representation as fol-