Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-03-05
Resolutions Adopted at the Vermont
State Republican Convention.

At the Republican State Convention
which met at Montpelier, VT, on the
25th Of February, the following resolu-
tiOns were unanimously adoptedi
RssglDsd, That the Republican party, organ
ized IN the interest Of freedom and equal
righta, has established is right 20 live. not only
by carrying ths Nation through the most Il
gantic civil war known IN history, but by sue
ceasful maintenance Of the theory that this IL
. Nation and not q mere corporation Of indie
pendent sOverelBnties; By the payment Of
nearly eSO0O00,O0J public debt: by tho accom-
plishment Of the return 20 a specie basis Of
currency, and by important retrenchments
and economies IN the administration Of the
Government.
Resolved, That the developments Of the past
four years, IN the disclosure Of plots 20 sub
vert the choice Of the people IN the selection
OF President BY bribery Of Electors, In the
practical overthrow Of popular government IN
seven states OF the Union, BY terrorism and
bullOt-bOT frauds, and In the recent desperate
attempt 10 steal the State Government Of
Maine, hs part Of the scheme % obtain the
vote uf that State IN tho next Electoral COl-
lege, furnish occasion for Just alarm on the
part Of friends Of a republican form Of gov
crnment, and that all honest and patriotic
people should resist these tendencies 20 an
archY, and put the stamp Of their cOndemna-
tion on such practices bY their votes at tho
polls.
|. ResolUsd That the Republican party must
bo sustained as the only effective barrier TO
the success Of such reasonable schemes and
a. the efficient supporter Of National amity,
credit and honor, until free thought free
speech, free press, the protection Of the per
son, property and civil rights Of q citizen in
any part Of the Union in which he sees ne 70
reside, irrespective Of color, party or religion,
and the right OF every voter 10 cast one free.
unmolested ballot at each election, and TO
have Il honestly counted, shall be established
throughout the length and breadth Of the
Union.
Res0ired, That, while We record our frm de-
termination that the results OF the war for tho
Union shall not be lost, we have no hatred to-
ward our brethren OF the South. We ask Of
them only what we hold ourselves bound 70
rcnder-Obedience 70 law, maintenance Of or.
der, equality OF rights and acceptance Of fair
rule Of the majority In election-and for all
who honestly accept these fundamental prin-
ciples Of democratic government we have only
the kindly and fraternal feeling which should
animate citizens OF one Nation.
Resolved, That we commend the Administers
tion Of President Hayes for its successful re
sistance to the attempts Of the Democratic
party in Congress TO subvert the Independence
OF the constituted departments Of the Gov
ornment and TO coerce the President into
signing bills making important changes
which ne could not approve; for its support
OF honest money and a currency Of intrinsic
value, and for its efforts TO purify and keep
clean the public service.
ResOlued, That we welcome every well-direct
cd effort to rnise the standard OF of1cial and
personal character in public servants and rep
rosentatives, and TO elevate the Civll-servioS
by making the choice and retention Of pub
HC onClulA ueponQDnL on honesty, capacity,
and fidelity rather than on caprice or personal
favor Of Congressman and heads Of depart
ments.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
Resolved, That tho Republicans OF Vermont
present to the Republicans OF the country
George =. Bdmunds a. a suitable person to be
made q candidate Of the Republican party fOi
the next President. We do this not wholly Ol
ohlohy from our state pride in q man whose
public service has been so honorable 10 the
people whom he has represented, but because
bis pure lifo his eminent ability, his valuable
public service and his unilnching Rspublh
cRnism have marked him by higher title thar
accidenteOf birthplace or residence as a per
son ft 70 be President Of the United States
himself \ representative OF what the Republi
can party ought to hold hs its most precious
possession, an uAswOryinR fidelity TO the prin
oiplos upon which the party was built and hai
won its great reputation, and Of intellectual
power and moral sense and courage, through
. which alone II can preserve what II has sC
WOrthily achieved. Hl candidacy would be
Of itself 4 declaration OF principles and sigE
Of success.