Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-27
POLITICAL.
NEW YORK REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION.
An Enthusiastic Meeting-Roscoe Conk.
ling Permanent President.
THE PLATFORM AS ADOPTED.

SARATOGA, september 70. The Republican
State Convention was called to order at ii ocloc
by John +. smith, CHAIRMAN OF the state central
Committee, who recognized ii. X Person " hu
will nominate Hon. Roscoe Coz king for temper
airy chairman.
He referred to the republican party as one OF
progress aud one PRONOUNCED in its opinions aud
hrm fur The union. These delegates had come
forth from the people to subordinate every other
question TO that as 10 whether a nation shall pay
IT'S h1n, st deb, in honest money. Great sp
pause We Come To say that dollar Vi, ther IN
tue haudsoi the laborer or bondho lde', shall be
worth Just one huLdred cents. Applause
lie moved Hon. Roscoe Conking's nomination
Tor temporary chairman and for permanent Presl-
den' al'o Of this convention. lGre.t applause.
The molion was adopted Unanimously 90 being
present d to The tonv, ntlun The chairman WA.
greeted with ,hier CHEERS.
Mr. Conkiitg presented his acknow ledpme mt,
lot tue od fashloned aud hearty republican greet
ing which he had received
Inc Senator made n long address, which was
interrupted ., ireqaent applause. lie attacked
the pohIy oil the democratic party in the south to-
wsId the LegIO aud snite republicans, accusing
them OF acts Of terrorism and murder. aud com
mended he record of the republican tsity. He
so ,Poke strongly IN favor OF hard money and
'he iaithiu payment of the public debt aud the
necessity of harmony 10 the republican ranks.
Al tue Conclusion Of Conkhug's speech the usu-
al committee were announced, and recess wa,
taken untii o'clock.
The following Platform was presented upon re-
asse mbliDg:
twenty years of their struggles and triumphs OF
republican patriotism aud fidelity ant meeting
the high demands OF the hour in the same unfal-
tering spirit which saved the union and estab-
lished 1t on the firm foundation of freedom, make
the following declaration
lst-rhe faith OF the Baton is sacredly pied red
to payment Of the public debt, and the redemption
OF public promises are accordingly to the spi 1t
and letter Of engagement and our good name and
well bsng require that the nations honor shall be
kent AZ invioste as the nations life.
I'd nder the management of the succeeding
republican adminis ration, the country has ad-
vanced to the point Of specie resumption, and the
highest interest of business no less than the plgh t
ed faith of the republic demand there shall be no
steps backward and no postponement With this
steady progress we hail the suspicious signs Of re-
ceiving trade and industry, and 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, will give place to returning conf
dence aud permanent ptosp, riy. which can rest
alone on the fixed monetary standard of the com
mercisl wor d, or settled values aud full security
aud CT rtslnty for the future.
Outstanding unslteraoly for constitutional
principles OF hard money, we insist that the green
back Instead of being dishonored and DEPRECATED
shall be made As good Is honest coin; that the Ia
boreIs dollar shall meau real dollar; that the
fluctuations and uncertainties which rob toll and
psralze trade, shall be m de the best currency BY
making all parts OF 1t, whether paper or coiu.
equivalent, convertible, secure aud steady, and all
public servauts wha ever, executive officers, Sen
aiors or Representatives. whose acts or votes
duce to this object, deserve our appreciation.
4lh-Ihe electoral commission a wise and
honorable mode Of settling q dangerous dispute :;
all PARTIES were bound to ABIDE Its decision, and
any attempt to undo or impair the conclusion il
established is unpatriolic and revolutionary.
5th-While sincerely seeking sternal rela-
tons in all just efforts aud aspirations, we sum
mon the people to II newed vigilance and unhnch-
ing warfare against the vast horde of claims and
raids on the treasury, which count for success in
the democratic rule, under mastery of Q so I'D
South, and which would fall in special hardship
on New York AS the chief paying station 10 the
union.
6th-We demand free and unintennated cleo
lions 10 the South as in the NORTH and full recoY-
milton and obs, rvance of the equal rights snd lib
cry Of oil citizens, as ordained by the amendment
OF the constitution, aud until they shall be secured
the work of the republican party to protect hu.
man rights will he uuhni,hed.
1th-We renew our declaration for the eleva-
ton vi the public service, the bssi, Of q seer
tenure during the faithful performance of Official
duties Tor a liked term, for the pure, frugal and
eific ent administration of nsto nal state and local
affairs; for unylelding resist ,nce to any furtser
lAud grants VI subsidies to corporations or monop.
oe-; for the grateful recognition Of the brave
so diers and SAIL rs OF the republic, and for the
common schools, free from sectsrlaa influence
and nnenaced by sectarlan appropriations.
Stn. While recognizing with satlsfacton tina
many patriotic de noc at, do not sh are its spirits
aud impulses, we arrsign the dominant force OF
the der oc' ale patty as Constant dsturber of The
public traLqu lHy and confidence; as u wsnton
tos of public ity in lie persistent assaults W.
on the sLthorit, and stability CT the established
as attempting to weaken the nation
IA IA m
anu danger; AS guilty of false pretences III Claim
ing Tor The democrats reduction Id public ex-
pendi ures whose fraudulent Character is proved
BY the necessity Of heavy deficiency bill de-
peudeut upon n solid south and thereby subserv-
lent ~ ali lis demands rs sggray aliBg the trouble
OF the country by mi -chlevous agitation tn rough-
out the periods OF lis supremacy 10 the house Of
representatives, As fsithless to the obligations OF
national honor, and the chief support OF the wild
scheme Of imitation, iepud aton and utter fnan-
csl dlsoi ders which imperi The public credit aud
busines, security and lis further or greater sue
C, 81 would be a national calamity.
Oh. An emergency in he history Of the coun-
try second only TO the great struggles for its
isience now conironts US. As then the repuD-
can party was the whole organ zed political pro-
t.cIion against national disruption, and the
patriotic men of whatever patty or name rallied
under its standard for .he defence Of the Uunion.
We see now that the rep ibiican organization IS
not only efficient. but to work az anst the national
Reputation aud dsgrac and IT again invites oil
good citizens OF whatever previous political ties,
to unite with 1t IN the preserving OF the national
honor. To all republicans this EMERGENCY espec-
tally appeals to rise 10 its high obligations aud JON
hear 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
the declsr ng hnallty OF the work of the electoral
commission, snd the Que favoriug nop-ssctsriaD
schools, were received with very marked demon
STATIONS IF approval.
The convention then, after the nomination of
Geo. +. DAnforth, as Judge of the court of sp
peals, and the appointment of Stale committee,
adjourned sine die