Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

The British Parliament was opened
on the 5th. The Queens address, read by
Lord Cairn, stated that her relations with all
powers continued friendly; that the course of
events since the propagation OF Parliament
had tended to furnish additional security to the
maintenance of European peace on the prin-
ciples laid down by the treaty of Berlin, but
much still remained to be done to repair the
disorder with which the late war had affected
many parts of the Turkish Empire. or the
distress In Ireland the address says that the
authorities charged with the duty of admihls-
tering relief have been instructed to make
ample preparations for the distribution OF
food and fuel should such step become nee
essary, and that they have also stimulated the
employment of labor by advances on terms
more liberal than those presented by existing
law
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention met at Harrisburg on the 4th.
John A. Lemon was nominated for Auditor
General and Hon. Henry Greene for Judge of
the Supreme Court. Aresolution instructing
the Chicago delegates to vote for Grant was
adopted by vote of 1873 to 113 The opposl-
tion attempted to pass an anti-third term
resolution through the convention, and fail
ing in that endeavored to amend the first reso-
luton by striking out the name of U. s.
Grant and inserting that of James G.
Blaine On a vote by yeas and nays the
amendment was lost, several of the Blaine
men voting against it on the ground that it
was not proper to instruct the delegation for
any one The speeches of the anti-Grant men
were all from a Blaine point of view, and no |
other names besides Grant and Blaine, except |
in one speech, were mentioned The resolu- |
tiOns adopted rejoice over the steady growth |
of National prosperity which began in 1876, |
and over the successful resumption and |
maintenance of specie payments; declare
that the persistent effort of free traders to
destroy our tariff piecemeal by legislation,
and to repeal duties on special articles, ad-
monishes us Of the necessityof adhering more
strongly than ever to the tariff policy of the
past twenty years; that In view of recent
events In Congress and the Southern States,
and latterly in the State of Maine, this is
deemed fitting opportunity to realfirm ad-
herence to the following principles; A union
Of States with equal rights indestructible by
any unconstitutional measure; protection to
person, liberty and property of citizens of the
United States In each and every portion of
the country; strict integrity in fulfilling all
obligations State and National; perfect Sc
curity Of free thought, free speech and free
press and equal rights and privileges to all
men everywhere, irrespective of nationality,
color or religion; free and pure ballot,
protected so that every man en-
titled to cast a vote may do SO, just once at
each election, without fear of molestatlon; ,
IN honest count of all votes cast and an hon
,st return, and congratulates the Republicans
If Maine over the peaceful and successful re-
istance to an effort to defraud the people of /
hat State Of the right to choose their own
representatives. !