National Republican., 1876-07-07
pRoNouNcEp FOR HAYES AND WHEELER

There was political conference o the
first importance in Philadelphia on the 9Th
instant. The correspondent of the New
York Herald is authority for the allegation
that in a Grand Council of all those secret
orders known as Americans" " know
Nothings,' 'Anti- -Sectarians, go. U.
A. s." "P. o. A &C., SC, called
by the Union Executive Committee of the
american Alliance" the Republican
National ticket for President and Vice
President was fully indorsed in the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolred, That we recommend all American
born citizens, without distinction of party, at
the ensuing election for President and Vice
President of the United States, to cast their
votes in favor of American principles as the
only safety for the future welware of this
country.
l. The American Alliance opposes the for
nation of Roman Catholic political organiza
tions in America, and their interference in the
political affairs Of the nation.
,. The American public school system as
handed down to us by the founders Of the
Republic, must and shall be preserved.
5. The Bible is the bulwark of our liberties,
and its influence has given US a standing
ndtIOlley anu d1ICLnpb " OOobl uSO
its progress will be resisted.
4. AS it is the duty Of the President of the
United States to execute the laws and not
to make them, we urge the election of men,
bers of Congress in favor of the passage of
laws in harmony with the American principles
and interests we advocate.
). The late rebellion Of the Southern States
of the Republic having been suppressed, rela-
tions of the most friendly nature should exist
between the North and South, and we depre-
cate any attempt to revive anmOsitieS be
tween people of States that have given to our
country Washington and Lincoln.
6. We favor a sound and uniform currency,
and the resumption of specie payments at the
earliest practical period.
Z. The thanks of the nation are justly due
to the President Of The United States, General
Ulysses S. Grant, and the brave soldiers and
sailors whose efforts have preserved = country
fOr us 20 NGtch over ard guard from any
attempts from within or without TO subyert
the ancient and established religious institu-
tiOns of the same, and that the glorious
achievement Of their victories at Antietam AMI
Appomattox, victories unprecedented in the
history of nations, entitle them 10 the remem-
branCc of grateful country.
5. That the nominations of Rutherford B.
Hayes, of Ohio, for President of the United
States, and William A. Wheeler, of New
York, for Vice President, be and the me are
LtTtDl IIuOIstu IN IHt n
Conference, and the alliance earnestly advise
all who are i'll favor of Ameri AN principles, as
advocated and set forth in the resolutions, to
give those nominations an active and deter
mined support.
The Herald correspondent says that the
orders bound by the above resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted, number
upwards of half million of voters in the
country. More than this, it is alleged that
the presiding officer at this grand council,
a distinguished ex-major general, and a
very large proportion Of the members of
the various orders embraced in the cal
lance" are nominal Democrats and have
usually voted the Democratic ticket. They
represent twenty -one States, in the most of
which they may be said TO hold the bal
ance of power. A California delegate OBJ
jected to the Endorsement of Hayes and
Wheeler, and advocated an independent
ticket Whether this motion was made IN
the interest of Senator Booth we are not
informed, but at the instigation of a dele
gate from New Jersey the yeas and nays
were called, and the result was such an
overwhelming majority for the resolutions
that it was at once made unanimous.
This movement is fresh indication of
the sensitive jealousy with which true and
tried patriotic Americans regard the sem
blaDce of possibility of foreign interfer-
ence in their affairs. Every few years it
crops out afresh, and reasserts the doctrines
of our forefathers who sought this land as
one which could and should be dedicated
to civil and religious liberty; but who
nevertheless safely guarded it against any
union of Church and State. While guar,
anteeIDg that all creeds and religions should
flourish under the broad and catholic pro-
lection of our republican form of govern
ment, it provides that no creed or religion
should seize upon the rule or the revenues
of the State. These principles will find
safe and distinguished exemplars in Hayes
and Wheeler