the flank and the Democratic party in the i rear; in rooting out the Democratic institution of slavery and banishing it forever from i the jurisdiction of the United States; in prohibiting any State from abridging the privileges of any citizen of the Republic; in providing irrepealable guarantees for the payment of the public debt incurred in suppressing the rebellion and securing the people of all the States against being taxed for the payment of the debt of the late rebel Confederacy; in declaring the civil and political equality of every citizen, and in establishing all these principles in the Federal Constitution by amendments thereto as the paramount lav/.

2. Indorses Ulysses S. Grant.

3. Declares that the present national administration, despite unparalleled domestic and foreign complications, has achieved a most gratifying success.

4. That the concentration of the landed property of the country in the possession and ownership of a few, to the exclusion of the many, is in contravention of the theory of the American Government, subversive of the rights, liberties, and happiness of the masses of the people, and if permitted would inevitably terminate in the speedy establishment of an odious aristocracy upon the ruins of our free institutions; and we are in favor of such legislation, both by the nation and the State, as shall securea just and equal distribution of the public lands remaining to them respectively, to the actual settlers and proprietors in small quantities, at the lowestreasonable price, and for homestead purposes only.

5. That the safety and perpetuity of republican institutions depend mainly upon popular education and intelligence. We therefore approve and recommend a common school system that shall not only extend its benefits to all, but which shall be compulsory upon all, and we are inflexibly opposed to any application of the public school moneys with any reference to the distinctions in religious creeds.

6. Denounces legislative enactment having for its object the establishment of creed, regulation of mode of worship, or the enforcement of religious observances of any kind.

7. That the presence in our midst of large numbers of Chinese, who are incapable of assimilation with our races, ignorant of the nature and forms of our Government, and who manifest no disposition to acquire a knowledge of the same, or to conform to our own habits, manners, and customs, is a serious and continuing injury to the best interests of the State; that their employment, under the plea of cheap wages, is offensive to the exalted American idea of the dignity of labor, detrimental to the prosperity and happiness of our own laboring classes, and an evil that ought to be abated; that while we unsparingly reprobate and denounce all acts of violence, wheresoever and by whomsoever committed upon them, we are inflexibly opposed to their admission to citizenship, and demand of the Federal Government the adoption of such treaty regulations and legis

lation as shall discourage their further immigration to our shores.

8. Favors an amendment to the Constitution prohibiting subsidies in land or otherwise to railroads or other private corporations.

9. Demands immediate repeal of the five per cent, subsidy law.

10. That the scandalous abuse of power exhibited by a Democratic Legislature, in the creation of useless offices, boards, and commissions, and the inexpedient increase of salaries and fees for partisan purposes; its palpable and wanton violation of a plain provision of the Constitution by the infamous enactment commonly known as the lottery bill; its measureless subserviency to a corrupt lobby, evinced by numerous profligate grants of subsidies to railroad companies; the official sanction of the most pernicious measures, including the aforesaid lottery bill, by the present Democratic State executive, and in addition thereto, his official approval of a series of legislative enactments whereby railroad companies have been subsidized to the extent of $400,000,000, afford convincing proof of the apostacy of a Democratic administration to all the pledges upon the faith of which it was elevated to power, and that the affairs of the State cannot with safety be recommitted to its control.

11. Welcomes our newly enfranchised citizens to the rights of citizenship.

ILLINOIS..

.Republican, September 80, 1871.

Resolved, That the party which preserved the Union from dismemberment, abolished slavery, and established the civil and political equality of all men before the law, is entitled to the thanks of patriots, the confidence of the nation, and the gratitude of mankind; and while the measures by which these noble results were rightfully accomplished must be sacredly maintained, the time has come when the enmities engendered by the war should yield to the friendships of peace.

2. That the continuance of the political disabilities imposed for participation in the rebellion longer than the safety of the rebellion requires, not only tends to perpetuate feelings of unkindness among the people, but is incompatible with that principle of political equality which lies at the basis of the Republican creed; and the members of the House of Representatives from this State deserve the thanks of its people for their unanimous support of the bill for the general removal of political disabilities, which passed that body at its recent session by a vote of three fourths of its members.

3. That as it will be necessary and desirable to obtain from duties on imports a large portion of the revenue needed to defray the expenses of the Government, to pay the interest on the national debt, and the principal as it matures, such duties should be so adjusted as not to prejudice but promote the interests of every section and branch of industry as far as may be possible.

4. That the large surplus remaining in the national Treasury after the payment of all the expenses of the Government, including the interest on its public debt, calls for a still further reduction of the public burdens, and that in effecting that reduction regard should be had to relief from that species of taxation which, while it adds but slightly to the revenue of the country, taxes heavily its labor and productive interests; and we heartily approve the bills repealing the duty on coal and salt which have already passed the House of Representatives.

5. That we refer with pride and admiration to the eminently wise, patriotic, honest, and economical administration of President Grant, and we confidently commend it to the approbation of the entire country.

6. That we congratulate the administration of the General Government on the reduction of taxes and the public debt at the same time— a result which could only have been accomplished by an honest and efficient collection and disbursement of the public revenues; that we indorse and approve the general policy of the Administration and of our State government in the conduct of public affairs, and that the Republican party, without any new departures, is equal to the correcting of existing abuses and the perfecting of needed reforms, and that its mission will not have ended until they are accomplished.

7. That the recent exposures of fraud in the government of the city of New York, unparalleled in the history of civilized communities, prove that it is unsafe to trust the Democratic party with the practical administration of public affairs, as it would be to follow their political principles, and the recent elections in California and Maine show that the American people are generally of this opinion.

Democratic, October 5, 1871.

1. Indorses Thomas Jefferson's principles, and declares that the Democratic party has always maintained them, and has no new principles to advocate.

2. Accuses General Grant of despotism, and protests against centralization of power in his hands.

3. Declares that the usurpations of the present Administration directly involve the destruction of all republican guarantees.

4. That the Democratic party of the State of Illinois regard the Constitution, with its amendments, as the supreme law of the Union, to be respected and obeyed in all its parts, and the political disabilities founded on race and color being now abolished, in the future as in the past to maintain at all times the constitutional right and franchises of all men, without regard to previous conditions.

5. That taxes should be levied solely for the support of the Government and the maintenance of its credit, and that the imposition of taxes having for their object transfer of capital from one class, section, or individual to another, without the consent of the owners, is unjust, delusive, impolitic, and opposed to all the principles of arepublican Government.

6. That commerce, trade, and industry are founded upon the mutual exchange of services among men, and that whatever operates to cripple or obstruct such exchange can only be productive of loss to the whole community.

7. That the present tariff has destroyed the ship-building industry, and almost annihilated the. foreign commercial marine of the United States; that it has prohibited the construction on our lakes and rivers of iron vessels with increased carrying capacity, in proportion to the tonnage and draught of water, with greater durability, and diminished outlay for repairs and insurance, all of which tend to materially cheapen the transportation of products; that while this tariff is unnecessarily increasing the profits of the iron producer, it is crippling the ship-building and ship-owning interests of the great lakes and rivers; so that as respects competition with our Canadian rivals those interests are placed by the General Government at a great disadvantage, and this in the face of the most abundant natural resources for ship-building and navigation.

8. That the same unwise policy is chargeable in a great degree to the heavy cost of railroad transportation; the cost of such transportation being always in proportion to the cost of iron ; and that it is idle for the western farmer, notwithstanding his superior advantages of soil and climate, to expect to compete with agriculturists in other parts of the world when his products are conveyed to market over roads which cost seventy per cent, more than they cost elsewhere.

9. That our system of transportation should be readjusted and simplified, with a view to raising the necessary amount of revenue from the smallest number of articles, to the end that the cost of collection may be decreased and a fruitful source of corruption removed.

10. Declares the legislative, executive, and judicial departments coordinate, and their independence should be maintained.

11. Requires a speedy return to specie payments.

12. That any American citizen should be entitled to the enjoyment of all his rights under the Constitution as amended. We demand of Congress full amnesty for all past political offenses, and the restoration of all privileges withheld by the fourteenth amendment.

13. That the full weight of American assertion and influence should be given to the doctrine that the citizens and subjects of all civilized States have the right to choose in what country and under what government they will live, and we especially insist that all American citizens, whether native or naturalized, shall be promptly and efficiently protected by the national Government in every part of the world against the oppression and injustice ot all Governments whatever.

14. That labor is the true source of all wealth, and the men of labor are not only the real authorities of the material well-being, but the best defenders of the honor and interests of the country. It is, therefore, no less the dictate of a wise policy than of sound prin

ciples that the rights of labor be fully maintained, and every possible opportunity of individual improvements secured by laws to the workingmen of the country.

15. Demands State laws for the protection of coal miners.

16. That we view with alarm the profligate squandering of the public domain by the party now in power, and demand that hereafter the public lands be held for the benefit and use of actual settlers'only.

17. That honor and duty alike require the honest payment of the public debt and the faithful performance of all public obligations, the more especially such obligations as have been entered into to preserve and maintain our national Union; but we do not admit that creditors more than other men are entitled to special favor in any such interpretation of laws as would confer on them the rights which were neither intended nor warranted by the acts of Congress under which the obligations or debt was created.

18. That it is the duty of citizens to arrest all wasteful expenditures; to alleviate the burdens of taxation by a wise distribution of the revenue as far as possible, the more especially those which bear upon production and labor, and to prevent mismanagement, fraud, and corruption in all branches of the Administration and the collection of its revenue. It is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in the conduct of public offices.

19. That we denounce the assumption of the war-making power by General Grant in the San Domingo question as a gross violation of the Constitution.

20. That all taxes or tariffs levied for protection constitute robbery; that experience has shown that revenue raised by a tariff is unequal in its nature, most burdensome in its character, and most productive of evasion and crime; therefore we declare, as a correct principle of democratic Government, that we are in favor of full and absolute free trade with all nations as soon as it can be legally reached by the United States.

21. That we call upon Congress to establish a separate department of the Government by law, which department shall be known as the Department of Labor, and its functions shall be the promotion of the material and social welfare of all classes of the producers of our country.

22. That we are hereby opposed to, and hereby denounce, any and all combinations or rings, Tammany or otherwise, for political or partisan purposes, whether Federal, State, county, or municipal, and desire the thorough abolition of the abuses of Government and State patronage.

IOWA.

RepiifoJican, August 17, IS1?!. Resolved, That we refer with pride to the history of the Republican party, and congratulate the people of this country upon its successful career. It has given to the poor man

a homestead; it has abolished slavery and established manhood suffrage; crushed treason; given us the Pacific railroad; settled the doctrine of the right of expatriation; maintained the honor, integrity, and credit of our nation. It has vindicated the Monroe doctrine by preventing foreign Powers from interfering with the Government on this continent, and to perpetuate its power is the only safe guarantee for peace and prosperity in the future.

2. Indorses President Grant's administration.

3. That a tariff for revenue is indispensable, and should be so adjusted as not to become prejudicial to the industrial interests of any class or section of the country, while securing to our home producers fair competition with foreign capital and labor.

4. That we are opposed to any system or plan of granting public lands to railroads, or other corporations, without ample provision being made for securing their speedy sale at moderate prices, and occupancy upon fair and liberal terms by any and all who desire to purchase and settle upon them.

5. Indorses the present State administration.

6. That we are in favor of such legislation as will protect the people from the oppression of monopolies controlled by and in the interest of corporations.

7. That while as Americans we feel in duty bound to preserve a just and equitable neutrality in the contest now waging in Europe, yet we cannot forget that in our late war the sympathies and material aid of the German States were freely given us, and we do not hesitate to declare our unqualified sympathy with the earnest efforts of the Germans to maintain and defend their national unity; and we condemn the course the Democratic party of the country has been and are now pursuing in support of a despotic imperial dynasty and a causeless war against a people deserving peace and aspiring to perfect liberty.

8. That the Republican party of Iowa welcomes to our shores all human beings of every nation, irrespective of race or color, voluntarily seeking a home in our midst, and that all the rights which we as citizens demand for ourselves we freely accord them.

9. That we are in favor of amending our naturalization laws by striking out the word "white" from the same wherever it occurs.

10. Favors removal of national capital to the Mississippi valley.

Democratic, August 179 1871.

Resolved, That the present internal revenue system of the United States is unendurable in its oppressive exactions; that to impose burdens on one class of citizens, or upon one branch of industry, to build up another, and to support an army of officeholders to enforce their collection, is an abuse of the taxing power; and that we are in favor of the collection of taxes through State governments. 2. That we are opposed to the present unjust, unequal, and oppressive tariff system, and in favor of one which, while adapted to the purposes of raising the necessary revenue to provide for the liquidation of our national debt and meet the expenditures of economical administration, will not oppress labor and build up monopolies.

8. That we are in favor of such disposition of our public lands as will secure their occupation by actual settlers and prevent their absorption by mammoth monopolies.

4. That we assert the right of the people by legislative enactment to regulate and control all moneyed corporations upon which extraordinary rights are conferred by charter.

5. That we are opposed to any attempt to abridge the most full and free enjoyment of civil and religious liberty.

6. Asks support for these principles.

KENTUCKY.

Republican, 1871.

Resolved, That a State convention shall be called for the purpose of making such amendments to the constitution of Kentucky as experience and events have shown to be necessary.

II. We are in favor of and most cordially invite immigration to our State. Kentucky needs immigration, that its vast agricultural, mineral, and manufacturing resources may be developed. To this end the people of Kentucky should give immigrants a hearty welcome, and by legislation and otherwise assure them that they will be secure in their lives, liberty, and property, free to express their political and religious opinions. We lavor the largest individual liberty, secured by impartial laws efficiently enforced.

III. We arraign the so-called Democratic party of Kentucky because of its unjust and timid policy through the Legislature, composed almost exclusively of members of that party. It is culpable alike for its action and non-action:

1. It persistently refused to pass any efficient law for the suppression of that form of lawlessness known as Kukluxism, which notoriously prevailed in many parts of the State, intimidating and murdering peaceful citizens, defying the officers of the law, overawing the courts, and boldly invading the capital while the General Assembly was in session.

2. No man's life, liberty, or property is or can be secure without the right to complain and be heard before the public tribunals of the country; and yet the Kentucky Legislature stubbornly refused to pass a lawgiving equal rights in this regard before and in the courts to our colored fellow-citizens. We denounce the denial of this equal right before the lawas unchristian,and unworthy the age in which we live.

3. It has largely increased the public debt and wasted the public money.

4. It has so shaped the legislation of the State as to turn the tide of immigration and capital from this to other States, and so pandered to the passions incident to the late civil war as to keep alive a spirit of sectionalism and place

the people of Kentucky in an attitude of hostility to the inevitable results of the war.

5. It has unjustly discriminated against the colored population by exempting from sale for debt the homesteads of white persons only.

6. It failed to perform the high and solemn duty of a government in not making adequate provision for the education of all the children of the State.

7. The platform of the late Democratic convention promises no change of policy by that party.

IV. We trust that every portion of the State will ere long be traversed by railroads, thereby securing to the people of each locality easy and cheap communication with every part of the country. Enterprise and capital should, by liberal and prudent legislation, be invited to the accomplishment of works of internal improvement; and all legislation tending to make stronger and perpetuate existing railroad monopolies, absorbing the capital of the State and controlling its politics, or a denial to any portion of the State of equal railroad facilities with any other, should not be tolerated, because it is detrimental to the best interests of the State and unjust. And we condemn the Kentucky Legislature for its persistent refusal to adopt and act upon this principle.

V. Acquiescence in the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and their enforcement by equal, just, and impartial laws in all parts of the country, are essential to our peace and prosperity, and to the perpetuity of republican institutions. The attempt of the so-called Democracy of Kentucky to prevent the enforcement of the provisions of those amendments is revolutionary in character, hostile to the peace of the State and nation, and perilous to republican institutions.

VI. With charity for all; with malice toward none; with a firm determination to pursue the right, as God gives us to see the right, we are in favor of complete amnesty to all of our fellow-citizens of every State who are laboring under disabilities by reason of their participation in the late rebellion. We earnestly desire the restoration of friendly relations with the people of our sister States lately in arms against the national authority, and earnestly wish for them all the blessings and prosperity to be enjoyed under a republican form of government.

VII. The Federal and State Governments are parts of one system, alike necessary for the common prosperity, peace, and security, and ought to be regarded alike with a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment. Respect for the authority of each, and acquiescence in the just constitutional measures of each, are duties required by the plainest considerations of national, State, and individual welfare. But the Constitution and the laws of the United States made in pursuance thereof, and all treaties made under the authority of the United States, are the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution and laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

VIII. It is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy, and no more revenue ought to be raised than is necessary to fulfill the obligations, maintain the honor, and defray the legitimate expenses of the Government, including the payment of pensions to our patriotic soldiers and sailors, their widows and children, and for the gradual but certain extinguishment, in good faith, of the debt created in the suppression of the rebellion.

IX. We are in favor of a further reduction of the tariff and internal revenue taxes, whenever it can be done consistently with the maintenance of the national credit. We are in favor of correcting every practical injustice, inequality, and irregularity in the present mode of raising revenueas experience may from time to time show to be necessary and proper. We are, however, opposed to the system of direct taxation which our opponents suggest but have not the courage to designate or explain.

X. The prospect of an early adjustment of our difficulties with Great Britain upon terms honorable to both countries; the increased vigor to be seen in the Treasury Department, whereby the revenues of the country have been greatly increased, the reduction of internal revenue and tariff taxes, the diminution of the national debt at the average rate of $8,000,000 per month during the administration of General Grant, the increased value of the national currency, having been brought twenty per cent, nearer a specie standard; the overthrow of corrupt rings which existed in the revenue system under the last Administration; the inauguration of a more humane and less expensive Indian policy, are all results for which the country owes a debt of gratitude to the present Federal Administration.

XI. That the Republican party in Kentucky condemn the action of the Legislature of the State in its refusal to charter the Cincinnati Southern railway.

XII. That we favor the construction, under properly regulated charters, of any and all railroads that may be proposed in this State, no matter where the capital for their construction may come from.

XIII. That whereas the Legislature of Kentucky has twice refused to charter the Cincinnati Southern railway; and whereas, after the second refusal, the trustees of the city of Cincinnati, for the construction of said railway, applied to the Congress of the United States to delegate to them its power to construct a post road from Cincinnati to Chattanooga 5 and whereas the House of Representatives of said Congress promptly delegated said power: Therefore,

Be it resolved, That we approve of the action of the said House of Representatives and of the said trustees in this particular, and express our desire to have the Congress of the United States pass a bill authorizing the Cincinnati trustees to build a railroad from that city to Chattanooga, if, within a reasonable time after the meeting of the next Legislature of Kentucky, said Legislature persists in its refusal to grant the charter asked for said railway.

Democratic, May 3, 1871, Resolved, That wise statesmanship and true patriotism require universal and unqualified amnesty.

2. That the industries of the country demand the abolition of the present mode of raising the revenues, by which portions of the Republic are oppressedand robbed to enrich monopolies and certain sections, and the speedy adoption of a system by which the burdens of taxation will be equally and justly distributed, and the taxes actually paid may reach the Treasury.

3. That the preservation of liberty is possible only through the States; and we protest against every act by which the States are deprived of their just and constitutional powers, and State tribunals ousted of their proper and necessary jurisdiction; and we are ready to join in all lawful and just measures to reverse the tyrannical acts of the party in power, whereby it is sought to strip the States of all rights, and concentrate all the powers of the Government in a great centralized despotism.

4. We indorse the address recently issued by the Democratic members of Congress, and unite in condemning all acts by which unconstitutional and despotic powers are conferred upon the President, by which, with the use of the Army and Navy, the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, the power to declare martial law, call out the militia, and invade the States, without the request of their Executives or Legislatures, and other undefined means, he can destroy the freedom of elections, the independence of the judiciary, and the sovereignty of the States.

5. Kentucky is unalterably opposed to every form of lawlessness, whether committed under the cover of unconstitutional enactments or organized bands, and'we pledge ourselves, as occasion may arise, to use every legal means to prevent the one, and to have enacted such laws as experience may demonstrate to be necessary to put down and punish the other, and secure to every person ample protection of life, liberty, and property, under laws enacted by our own Legislature, and administered by our own courts.

MARYLAND.

Republican, September 13, 1871.

1. Praises the State ticket.

2. Declares for General Grant's renomination for the Presidency.

3 and 4. Eulogizes the national Administration and Congress.

5. Indorses Postmaster General Creswell.

6. That the Democratic party is at present without any definite views on the national situation; that the large part of it sullenly rejects the results of the war and cherishes the hope of one day overturning all the good that has been done, while a smaller part gives a late, unwilling, and untrustworthy adhesion to what they are forced to conclude they cannot help. Their leading papers are in violent debate as to the most vital principles. The recent conduct of their most influential par