The Portland daily press., 1878-09-27

ceeulD2 hepuDNcan ADMINISTRATORS the county
has advanced to the point of specie resum ption,
and the highest interests of business no less than
the plighted faith Of the republic, demand
there shall be no steps backward and no post
ponement. With this steady progress we hail
the suspicious signs of reviving trade and in
dustry aud congratulate the people upon this
practical evidence that if the good work shall
be completed the depression which grew out of
financial disorders forced upon us by the war
of the rebellion will give place to returning
confidence and permanent prosperity, which
can rest alone on the fixed monetary standard
of the commercial world, on settled values and
full security and certainty for the future.
Understanding unalterably for the con-
stitutional principles of hard money, we iusist
that the greenback instead of being dishonored
and deprecated, shall be made as good as hon.
est coin /; that the laborer's dollar shall mean a
real dollar; that the fluctuations and uncer-
tainties which rob toll and paralyzs trade shall
cease; that our currency shall be made the best
currency by making all parts of it, whether
paper or coin, equivalent, convertible. secure
and steady, and all public servants whether,
executive officers, senators or representatives
whose acts or votes conduce to this object, de-
serve our appreciation.
Fourth-The electoral commission was
wise and honorable mode of settling danger
GUS dispute. All parties were bound to abide
its decision and any attempt to undo or i'm
pair the conclusion it established, is unpatriotic
and revolutionary.
ElItu- w uiie bluceIely S66k1ng IIat6Tnal re-
lations in all just efforts and inspirations, we
summon the people to renewed vigilance and
uDfinching warfare against the vast horde of
claims and raids on the Treasury, which count
on success in the Democratic rule under the
mastery of a solid South and which would
fall with special hardship on New York as the
chief paying state in the Union.
Sixth-We demand free and unintimidated
elections in the South as in the North and full
recognition and observance Of the equal rights
nj kn~Av zf all Ii:
amended constitution, and until they shall be
secured the work of the Republican party to
protect human rights will be unfinished.
Seventh.-We renew our declarations for the
elevation of the public service on the basis of
tenure during the faithful performance of Off
cial duties for fixed time; for the pure, frugal
and efficient administration of national, state
and local affairs; for unyielding resistance to
any further land grants or subsidies to corpora
tions or monopolies; for the grateful recogni-
ton OF the brave soldiers and sailors of the
Republic, and for the common schools free
from sectarians influence and unmenaced by
sectarian appropriations.
Eghth.-While recognizing with satisfaction
that many patriotic Democrats do not share its
spirit and impulses, we arraign the dominant
force of the Democratic party as constant
dlsturber of public tranquility and confidence,
as wanton foe of public security in its cer-
sstent assault upon the authority and stability
of the established government, as attempting
time of uncertainty and danger, as guilty of
false pretences in claiming for the Democratic
House reduction in public expenditures,
whose fraudulent character s proved by the
necessity for heavy deficiency bill, as depend
emit upon a solid South and thereby subservient
to all its demands, as aggravariug the troubles
of the country by mischievous agitation
throughout the periods of its supremacy in the
House of Representatives, as faithless to the
obligations of national honor and the chief
cup nf tho will of MI
pudiation and utter financial disorders which
imperil the public credit and business security;
and its further or greater success would be a
national calamity.
Ninth-An emergency in the history Of the
country second only to the great struggles for
existance, now confronts us. AS then the Re-
publican party was the sole organized political
protection against national disruption and the
patriotic men of whatever party name rallie d
under it's standard for the defense of the U nion,
we see now that the Republican organization
is not only efficient but is at work
against national reputation and dis
grace, and it again invites all good
citizens, of whatever previous political ties. to
mite with itin preserving the national honor.
To all Republicans this great exigency espe-
cially appeals to rise o its high obligations and
join heart and hand for the triumph of those
vital principles upon which the security and.
welfare of the Republic depends
The resolutions on the currency question and
Commission, and the one favoring non-secta-
rian schools, were received with very marked
demonstrations of approval.
The convention, after the nomination of
Geo. f, Danforth as Judge of the Court of
Appeals and the appointment of State Com
mittee, adjourned sine die.
Democratic State Convention
SYRACUSE, Sept. 26.-The Democratic state
convention met at O'Clock. Erastus Brooks
was elected chairman and made speech coun-
selling harmony, unity of action and favoriDg
hard money. The following is the platform re-
ported:
The Democratic party of the state of New
York reaffirms the principles set forth in its
platform adopted in 1874 and 1877 and endors-
ed by large majority of the people of this
state.
Gold and silver coin and paper convertible
into coin at the will of the holder-the only
currency of the country steady.
Steps towards specie payments.
The honest payments Of the public debt and
we congratulate the state and country upon
the practical relative value of the greenback
currency OF the government with gold and sill
yer.
The preservation of the!public faith.
A tariff for revenue.
No government partnership with protected
monopolies.
Home rule to limit and localizs most jealous
ly the powers entrusted to public servants
whether municipal, state or federal.
NO CbubrallZdGlOQ.
Equal and exact justice to all men.
No political legislation, no political taxa
ton.
Official accountability rigidly enforced by all
civil and criminal remedies.
No private use of public funds by public
officers
Corporations chartered by the state always
subject to state supervisors in the interest of
the people.
The party in power responsible for all legis-
lation while in power.
Economy in the public expenses, that labor
may be lightly burdened and the laborers fully
paid for their work.
Uniform and equitable excise laws.
No sumptuary laws.
Resolved, That by an infamous conspiracy of
force and fraud the high officials and unrepu-
dated leaders of the Republican party annull-
ed and reversed the nations choice for the pres-
dency, put defeated candidate in the chair of
Washington and cheated tie people out of that
reform of federal government which their bal
lots had demanded and ordained, and it is the
stern resolve of the American people that
such fraud has been perpstrated for the last
time.
George B, Bradley of Steubep county was