Year: 1876




t'0e people ef baltimore city IN tolon meet


..'g assembled, That we. rejoice that the


slme mas al last arrived when all men who


nave the real interests Of this state aud Of


our st-Ser states at heart can cordially


unite ~ promoting the great work Of


national reform, TO the end that the whole


people OF the United States may be rescu-


ed from the control Of that centralizing


party, now IN power, which has substitu-


yea lis imperlous will in the Place Of that


constitutional government which was be-


queatned to us by the founders Of tho


republic.


hesotred, That in the name Of q com.


munity, the very foundations Of whose
prosperity have been shaken by improvi-
dent federal expenditures-by tariff
con.riyed to enrich the fewat the expense
OF tne many, by schemes Of finance which
nave endangered its present credit, and
wili transmit an overwhelming burden of
debt to our children--we appeal to the
people Of this state to be up and doing, in
order that this state may take the foro-
most rank among those states whose duty
and privilege it will be in the November
elections to restore the glorious memories
OF that period in our history, when the
constitution OF the United States was tho
the supreme law OF the land.


hesotUed, Thatth eight years of unques-
toned supremacy which the Republican
party has held in the councils of the ma
tlon have sufhced to show that it is either
unwilling or unable to devise means to es-
taoiish sound currency, to restore the
public credit and to maintain the national
honor, and that the time has come when,
having failed TO fulfill all the pledges to
secure these ends which it made when
former contests we're in progress, il must
yield to the universal demand Of the people
tor wiser counselors and better measures.


HesOtued, That the people Of this COM
munity, while they are resolved upon the
one hand that their public schools shall be
maintained without prejudice or prefer.
ence for any class, sect or creed, and that
no appropriation shall be made from the
public treasury for any sectarian purposes,
are determined, on the other hand, that
no man shall be called in question for his
religious opinions and will treat with the
scorn and indignation which they deserve
all attempts to array men Of one religious
belief against men Of another religious be-
lief, when all are citizens Of one common
country, and when all have like privilege
to worship God according TO the dictates
OF their own consciences.


Resotued, Thatin theapproaching down
fall Of the Republican party, and in the
dawning Of new political era, we see the
earliest and only promise Of return Of
peace and prosperity to the Southern States
of the union. When we remember how
closely they were associated with the ear
lier glories Of the republic, and how nearly
they are connected with the people Of the
whole country by common ties of interest
and affection, we hail with undisguised JOY
the near approach of that time when all
Of them will be liberated from the pro-
consular win Of the administration and
will take their proper place and rank as
States having free voice in the councils
Of the nation.


ResolUed, That the rights which we de-
mand for ourselves, and which we toll to
see restored to our brethren in the South
ern States, belong to all other citizens of
this commonwealth, and that it is our
highest privilege and duty to secure them
to all who are entitled to their enjoyment;
therefore we declare that the right Of all
persons peaceably to assemble must be