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Upon calling the convention to or der, Mr. Belmont said ; Gentlemen of the (^mention-It is again my. privilege . to- ?welcome- the delegates of the National Democracy who nave met in order to present to the Ameri?aix.B&orde the candidates for P^deni>anViK?i?Pre^enV/or whom they solicit the suffrages of the Democratic and Conservative voters of this great Republic; At our last National Convention? on the 4th of July, 1868,1 predicted that the elec tion: oT^Ge^raT m?tfclvtm7ff^?rrm'' in the Mffi^toMrpaStt tbfM? kffce Executive and by Congress, to oe en forced by the bayonets of a military nessed withgrief and sorrow the cor-. rec^Mllf^limaife^d^?y^ look forward with fear andkppn?heir-i< sion to the dangers which are threat ening us if, by the re-election of Gen eral Grant, the policy thus far pur sued by the Radical party be contin ued. The thinking metrof bpth pax ties have become alrviPwftfrllW that we are now living Tjader a mili tary despotism, overriding the civil authority in many States of the Uni-1 on ; that by the enactment of1 ar bitrary 'and . unconstitutional lawn through a. depraved majority in Con gress, the rignts of the States are in fringed and trampledju^ign^ ai^tiiai. Csesarism and centralization ?re un dermining the v?ry foundation 'of our Federal system apd are sweeping away the constitutional bulwark erect ed by \he wisdom of the fathers of the Republic. These abuses have become So glaring that the wisest and best men of the Republican party have severed themselves from the Radical wing, which is trying to fas ten- upon their country another four years' reign o? corruption, usurpation and despotism ; and whatever indi vidual opinion we mav entertain as to the course of the camffl?aWs mtcf?if they have selected in opposition ?to General Grant, there cannot be any doubt of the patriotic impulses which dictated their action, nor can any fault be found with the platform of principles upon which they have placed their candidate. . The resol Ur tions of the Cincinnati Convention are what the country requires, and they must command Uhe-hearty SUD port of every patriot, throughout the vast extent of our landy-|p^j^ strug gle which is before us we must look to principles and not men : and I trust that no personal predilections pr prejudice will deter us from doing our duty to the American people. _ ?^pftiJSrant bsa been. a. good .and IfiHSnH soldier. P uri ng o ur ci villar his stubborn and indomitable courage helped to crown the Union with vic tory, and the American, roeople haye rewarded his services* wftn'the Wost unbounded generosity. I am willing to concede that his intentions on ta king the Presidential chair were good and patriotic, but he has 'most signal ly an(W^!j|M^iaq?ie. discharge of the high trust impo'sec? upon him byJiie^mfidenxe .OL,a^grateful ,peo pleA?fle-is abit?semarnent* the verj pe^r^acatiojn: $f y-h^ Sjiisrplc jwhich' is'opposea to ns, ?nfl his re-elecnohis fraught w^^?c^epiorjWs conse quences for the welfare of the Re public, an^.e?dapgerg the li ber ties.of our people. On the other hand. Mr. Greeley has been heretofore a bitter opponent of the Democratic party, and the violent attacks against my self ^nj?^dualJ^ Tghich'* have;; from time to time ?pp.eare?l^bis. journal, certainly do^ifc* errfrae 'M? to any sympathy .and preJ'erence^at my hands. But Mr. Greeley represents the na tional and constitutional principles of; the Cincinnati* platform,. and by his" admirable and manly letter .of accept ance he.h?3. shown that he is fully aKv? to their spirit, and that, if elect ed, lie means to carry them out hoh estfy and faithfully. Should -you, gheVefore; in your wisdom decide to pronoun,ce in iavor of the Cinoinpati candidates^ I shall, for bne, most cheerfully* 'bury all- past differences and* vTlte ?fid'l'arj?r f>>r their'electi.on with the aame zeal and energy with which I have eupported heretofore iin?\^??'m eyer to support the candi dates blithe Democratic party. The American people look with deep so liftitride to your d?lib?rations. It is fojiyon io devise.mean?, bj' which to j free them from the eviis under which ! tfcey ?re suffering; but, in order to obtain that, you are called upon to make every sacrifice of party . prefer ence.' However much yera might de-' sire to fjgh? the coming battle for our rights and liberties under one of the trusted lerfd'ert'of the Democratic party, it.\vUl,become your duty to discard all considerations of party tradition if.ihe eL :on of, a "ood and? wnse^Ripibntsiai ?f 'Wi^oWn ? offers a better chance of success. You must r??rf&fiUrHunt'ydu Ir&eWnot oidy as Democrats, but as citizens of our, common ^puntry, aud that n(j saorifice can be too great that she de mands at your hands. Mr. 'Belmont, after some further personal' remarks, nominated -as the temporary president of the Conven tion, Thomas Jefferson, Randolph, of Virginia, saying ; " It is ar? auspicious ofifen that a scion of the author of the ' Declaration of Independence is toin aug?rate the struggle of the Democ racy for freedom and eqnality for ev ery American-.citizen, .and against, oppression and tyranny-tn our i H ir land." , . . Mr. Randolph was elected by. ac clamation. He said : "?fcrfW?lfe tHSf 'tlfe yer$ ?r?nt honor coaferred'titfotfirie by this body is due to no personal merit of my own, bat?s ?token of respect to the State from wiu?.h ? come,*, and is a recogni tion of-other circumstances possibly adventitious. I am, perhaps, the old est^m?mber pf this body; and a life' ol' eighty'years with the Democratic Re^u^lican, partv constitutes me a senior m'?Viber. I iemcmber' freshly every Presidential contest, from ti e first election of Jefferson to the pres ent time, and can say with truth that I .'.remember none 'which involved higher questions of persunal liberty, local scli^goyerampnt, honest admin: ? ristration> and - constitutional freedom than the present, or one which de mands of our party and our people a calmer or more earnest recourse ?o prudential principles. It strikes me as the duty bfttEaV-bo?yVatofl of tfc?s hour, to wrest the government from the hands of its, present despotic and corrupt holders, and ' to place it in honest hands; to restore to th? citi zen everywhere the proud, conscious ness of personal rights, and to all the States perfect integrity of local self government. This, with the recogni-. tion of the supremacy of the consti tution and the kw, will, in my judg ment, discharge all our present duty. argy and effectiveness, considering that the speaker is near an octogena rian He^y& tepeaJs?ly c^'?tM, The Rev. Henry Slicer being pre '.?aeoted?a?c0ressed?he Thr?nettf -Qr*oe. Pj^n^viesp?jjtbe former Democratic Convention were adopted ; also reso lutions of thanks to Belmont. A re cess, was then taken to three o'clock. ^ THE EVENING SESSION. " Wneh^the crfrrVefnlion . reassembled the committee on permanent organi zation reported the name of ex-Sena .toc J..R. Doolittle,'of WiVonsin, fot xrhairm?n; . Senator Bayard and Gov ernor Hoffman conducted him to the chair.. 'He was received with great applause, and said : #f QqitUqnen oft-tfe Convention-I ..thankyoufor this great honor. Words can hardly tell how much ; but .you will allow, me to pass at once from what is personal to speak of the great occasion, the duty ard- the purpose which brings us here together. Near . ly five years after the bloody period of the civil war had closed, the Lib eral Republicans' of Missouri, [ap plause,] feeling keenly all the* evils of the proscriptive test oath, the hates and the strifes and the passionsof the .war had left upon them long after the jwnjr. iteel?, ha?,.ceased, and feeling 'ke?nfyWExfectoive Federal power in their local elections, determined to organize a' movement to restore Equal Rights to all our citizens, [applause,] white as well as black, [applause;] to restore local self-government, and-to arrest the 'further centralization of fedeiSfl pf)wer; [applause.]- They then said this thing has gone far enough, ' if not already too far ; the- time hus 'come when all honest and patriotic . Republicans must say Halt, and re assert' t?besvjtfd- doctrine of Republi can government-that under the con stitution , the powers of j the federal government are. defined and limited, [applauseand cries of good! -good !j and that'the people of the States have .the Hg^ t?l.govern themselves in their own-domestic; affairs ""hpoii the' basis of the equality of ail the States, before the higher law, before thecou stitntioiiya^d .the equality of all men before the law. (Applause.) Of uni versal loyalty, amnesty, suffrage and peace ; taking no steps backward ; ta king no right and franchise which had been secured the blacks, pledg ing themselves to support them all in their full vigor. They at the same .time demanded in the-name of peace, .in the;n^mj,pf, liberty, in.-the. name ?of r?pirW?&rl ?-erverrnment itself, thai freedom and equal rights should be restored to the white people. (Great applause.) They organized nearly forty thousand strong, and called up on B. Gratz Brown (applause) to lead thejChoy^m^nt.: They/placed him i rt nomination Yor Governor. Then what followed? Eighty thousand Demo cratic Republicans, (cheers,), looking upon the success of that 'movement as above any party triumph, (cheers) resolved to sustain it with their whole strength. Love of country, love of republican liberty, love of the equal , rights of all nen, inspired that uuipn, and taught men to act together who had been politically opposed. to each other all their lives upon other ques tions and in other times, and without violating honor, logic, conscience or consistency on either side. This pa triotic union was based upon higher grounds than ordinarily control po litical action. (Greatapplau.se.) Even those who had fought against each other in battle " clasped hands over the bloody chasm," (renewed applause and, side by side ?ike brothers, with hearts beating uhis?n, beating strong with the same high purpos ., they helped to bear its nag to a glorious victory. That, gentlemen, is Liberal Republicanism, (enthusiastic applause and that is Democratic Republican ism. (Great enthusiasm.) The victory which Came from that union was the end of proscription, testoaths, of pain and strife, ana of all disloyalty j ih a word, the real' end of the civil war came with that victory, ?nd did not come until then in Missouri. (In tense^ applause.) It redeemed that I State ; it gave the right of treemen to seventy thousand men who had been bound and fettered. Missouri is now a free State in. this Union, with ail her rights, dignity ai^d equal ity under the constitution, and not one murmur of disloyalty' is any where heard. By that union Federal dictation ni Missouri, in their local | elections, was overthrows ; and by that union strafe and ?iat? have given place to peace and to good will. By that union liberty, with equal rights for'all. have given to the State un bounded prosperity, and to lier peo ? pie a joy almost unspeakable. So great was?their' joy and so complete ? their success, that the Liberal Re publicans of that State were not con tent without making an effort to ex I te?d the same union of Liberal and J Democratic Republicans, and with it the same blessing of liberty, peace j and fraternity, to all the other States, j (Rounds of applause.) Accordingly ?inState convention, on the'24th of I March last, they resolved to invite j the Liberal Republicans . in all the j States tb.nieet them in national con ! vention in Cincinnati, on the first day of May. The invitation was accept ed ; there was indeed a great response. They came by thousands; in such vast numbers that a delegate conven tion of representatives of all the States was formed, Loth from princi ple and from ne?exsLty, to give form to its proceedings; Many of the ablest men in the country, lately leaders in .the Republican party; were 1 and took part in its delibera They were assured that large bets of Liberal Republicans in < .State and from afr portions c 'country stood behind ready to su them, and they were morally.ee that, if the millions whom w( day represent (cheers) .would come tp their support, the numb Libera? Republicans would react a million or more. (Great appia That oonventior>presented aplat and presented candidates to thee try., For President, Horace Gre (lon? and continued cheering,) for vice-President, B; Gratz Br '(more enthusiasm,) and that, con tion for the' promotion and feiiece the principles declared on that ] form there enunciated, and the port.of the candidates nominat?i that, convention, h&ve -invited cordially welcomed -the co-opera of ali patriotic citizens without ?gard lo previous political affiliai Those principles were so clearly conoiselystated in the platform it and restated in the .letter of ace ance of Mr. Greeley, (more cheeri and they are so well known to yoi that I will not restate them, weeks that platform ?nd these ca: dates have- been before the couu meanwhile the convention calle nominate General Grant, (hisses,) to endorse and to continue the pri pies, practices and policy of his ministration, has done its work. (B es.) As between the Lib?rai Repu cans aup^tbe ?oljow?rsto?) thei.^i administration, the ' issue is cle? mada up; it is Grant or Greeley. ( meuse enthusiasm and cries of GJ ley!) While fhese event? were p; ing the Democratic, representati whom we represent held their c vent-ions in all the States. The I eral movement, the example of l\ souri, the Cincinnati Convention, platform and its candidates, with letters of acceptance, were all bei these conventions, which were v largely attended by the'ablest m The paramount questions before th conventions were: Shall we .ace this invitation to co-operate with Liberal Republicans? (Great i plause.) ?hall we adopt their pl form ? [Loud erie? of yes ! yes ! a some cries of never!] ?hall we nc ?nate the same candidates? [yes, y< and shall we elect them ? [yes ! y< and loud cheering,], or shall we fuse to co-operate and nominate otl candidates, [no 1 no! Greeley! Gr ley !J and strive to elect them JO\ both tickets already in the field. G< tienten, these are the questions whi you are to decide now and heiv. Tl you Avili decide them wisely, I cam doubt1!.' ?*ot can' any one aoabt^w looks over the body of men, rep] senting as, they do-three million 'Citizens, aiid whoyfeel, ' as every o Here must feel, the high and patriol purpose which inspires you. Gent! men-, what means this great andrisii movement which we everywhere sei What means this proposed union three millions of Democratic Repa Heans with a million, it may be, Liberal Republicans? What mea: this union, upon a common plat fon and proposed union upon the san candidate; a union so sudden, compact, so earnest, as to surprise i friends, and to confound its enemie.1 [Applause.] Which comei as tl winds come ; whi?li, to borrow a fi. ure, overwhelms the ordinary' cu rents of public opinion, as the gre* stotins always run to the surface cu rents? What means all this ? Thei are some 'things, gentlemen-, it doi not mean. It means no abandonmei of what is true, of what is just, i what is good in human governmen [Applause.] It means no union c the dead upon de.:d issues; butunio of the living issues of the. presen It ni?ans no union for the spoils of b fice [applause;] but it means a unio of men with the same faith'upon th great and paramount issues Of th present hour-a frank, manly, hoii orable and equal union of men, wb have the sagacity to see, and the moi al courage to accept, the situatior [Good ! good ! and loud cheering.] 1 means a union of men who have th sagacity to. see what is past and dea< with the issues of the present, an< fw the future to do their duty to thei country, their God and their fellow men. The issue ol' to-day is not th repeal of the, Missouri Compromise nor the question of slavery in tli Territories,, upon which alone the Re publican party was organized in ISotl It is not upon that which followe< when thc Lecompton constitution io Kansas divided the Democratic part] in twain and elected Abraham Lin coln to the Presidency in 1800. It i: not the question of. secession nor o war to put down rebellion, ' nor tin abolition of slavery in the States bj military order or by constitutiona amendment, upon which Mr. Lincolt was re-elected in 1864 ; nor yet is il the questidn of reconstruction, or o the fourteenth or fifteenth amend men ts ? nor the question df negro suf fraae: nor the establishment by fed eral power of universal negro suffrage as a condition precedent to the Statef of the South having any rights, *oi any existence even as States in the Union. It is none of these .questions tnat is now in issue. .AH of these have been issues of the past ; great issues, sufficient in themselves to cre ate and dissolve political parties, be cause ideas are stronger than m'en or parties ; but they are all past issues, they have been fought out and fought to the end, in. .the', forum or in tho field, and they are np more in issue to-day than the Mexican war or the far-off rebellion. [Applause.] .We could not re-open them if we would, and they falsely misrepresent our pur pose who say that we would re-bpen them if, we could. This great union, therefore, means ho step backward. [Cheers.] Forwardisthew?rd. [Loud cheers.] And, first of all, it means to day, for all thg other States of the South, what it. has already done in Missouri, instead of proscription, : test oath; suspension of habeas corpus and military despotism, it means per 1 sonal freedom for the individual and Republican good for {ill. [Loud ap plause.] Instead of negro suprema cy, upheld by the proscription and the bayonet, it means equal rights to xdlmen, white as well as black. [Loud applause.] Instead of thieving gov ernments, organized to plunder'sup jugated States, it means the domi nance of intelligence and integrity, Instead of strife, hate .and robbery, it means justice, liberty, peace, loy .alty and good-will ; and, gentlemen, for our whole country, East, West, North and South, it means, instead of a War-President, trained only rn a military school, and whose whole character has been formed in the ideas, arts, habits and despotism of military life; instead of this, it means the election of a Peace-President, [cheero] Trained in the ideas, . arts, blessings and Republican simplicity of peace and universal freedom, [Loud cheers;] Of peace,-nofc enchained. Of liberty, not under arrest, awaiting trial, sen tence and execution by drum-head 'court-martial, but that liberty and peace which the constitution secures' by placing the civil law above the sword. [Loud applause.] By pre serving in full vigor the sacred writ of habeas corpus, and by the right of rtrial by j?r?. [Applause.] It mean? another thing, and perhaps the most important 'of them all-it means to arrest the centralization of power in the Federal Government. [Loud cheers.] It means to assist the vital principle of our Republican system; in which it moves, and has its very. being, that constitutions are made hy: the*people in their sovereign capacity ' for the express purpose of defending and limiting the gowers of all gov ernments, State or National. It means* that weare determined that' Presidents andt Governors, Congress and State Legislatures, and every de partment of the government shall obey the constitution." [Prolonged applause.] Mr. Doolittle in conclusion said : " Gentleman, I have thus briefly sta ted the situation, the duties and the purpose 'which brings, us here. 'A great responsibility rests upon this convention. If its action shall be such as to put an end to this misrule which for the past few years has af flicted our beloved country, this gen eration and generations to come after us will remember with pride and grati tude the convention at ^altimore on .the 9th of July, 1872." Amid loud and long continued ap plause, Mr. Doolittle took his seat. All resolutions were referred, with out debate, to the committee on reso lutions, and the convention then ad journed to 10 A-. M. to-morrow. BALTIMORE, July 10. The delegates were generally in their seats in the hall of thc conven tion bv ten o'clock A. M. A line bru* bai"! u-ateu it. the upper gai .Ur- ' ih ?tidienee w th convention adjour^c2 .. .: ??"i .. and, calling the convention to order, called upon the Rev. Dr. Leburne, of Baltimore, who addressed the Throne of Grace. The* chair then announced that, for thc convenience of the mem bers of the convention and the press, every person rising to make a motion or speak should announce his name and State. Cabell, of Arkansas, asked for seats, by courtesy, for five delegates from Arkansas in exe sss of their reg ular number. Agreed to. Mr. Burr, of Connaeticut. announc ed that the committee on resolutions were ready to report the platform, an,d, at his request, Reading clerk Perrin read the report, rccouimend ing the adoption of " the resolutions already adopted by the Liberal tie publican Convention in Cincinnati." [Cheers, j In order that there should be no misapprehension as to these resolutions, Mr. Burr carlled for their reading in full to the convention, which waa done, each plank in the platform being received witliapplause, ?iie " one-term" plank was especial ly well received. A call for three cheers at the close elicited a partial response. Mr. Burr explained that the resolutions were, the Cincinnati platform exactly ; nothing added and nothing excluded. This platform was adopted in the committee by all the ' States except Delaware and Oregon. He moved the adoption of ?the re- j port, and upon that moved the pre vious question. Senator Bayard, of Delaware, in- - quired whether the previous ques tion, another name for the gag-law, had became the law of a Democratic convention, without notice to the d.'legates. "The chair said the- con vention had adopted the rules of the House of Representative ; so the mo tion of Mr. Burr'was in order, and not open to debate. Various gentle men appealed for a withdrawal of the motion, in order to allow a short debate. Burr said he felt compelled to decline. A scene of great confu sion followed. Calls of " question," " debate," added to the din. On the motion to sustain the previous ques tion tn1 call of States was ordered, ana, being taken, resulted ' yeas 5?3, nays 76. Governor Hoffman in cast ing his united vote pf New York in the affirmative, said thaf some of thc delegates, himself among the number, were opposed to the previous ques tion. Hanck, of Ohio, denied the right of his delegation to east the vote as a unit, and asked to have his vote recorded. The chair announc ed that Mr.- Burr, o| .-Connecticut, was pow entitled to one ?our to de bate the resolutions ; also that the gentleman from Delaware, Mr. Bay ard, appealed for t?n minutes.. Burr conceded this request, .as Bayard is a member of the committee on resi olutions. . p Bayard took the platform, and said that while there was no disposition to carp at, and oppose, men, because of former political opinions, he hoped the great Democratic organization would be allowed to have an indepen dent expression of its own honest sen timents. [Cheers.] Why take, c?t and-dried, the resolutions of another organization T [Applause.] Why havp the opinions of other men, not chosen by us, forced down our.th roa ls as our expression? It is proposed here that we shall go before tho coun try, for the hst time, without om ! ' own independent expression of prin ciples. It is not just or wise to ask us to go into this campaign under the . 'clothing of a minority. [Calls of Time, Time.] The chair announced, that Mr: Burr, out of respect for the minority, consented to give? Bayard ten-minutes more. .Another Gronec ticnt delegate objected.to any man's occupying the time of the convention in this'way. [Applause and hisses.] The chair called the convention to order, and reminded the .delegates that "this is a deliberative'assembly," and urged a respectful hearing oi any one who occupie'd't.he floor, .whether they approved his sentiments or not. ' Bayard finally resumed, arguing the necessity for some expression of opin ion upon the question of the exercise of Federal military power, under the color of legislation, to .enforce the fourteenth and fifteenth constitution al amendments. If the convention failed in this there would be*a serious .disappointment In conclusion, he entered his protest against the pend-^ i ing motion to adopt the report as ?; whole, and asked for a separate vote on the several distinct propositions pending. Mr. M. P. O'Connor, of South Car olina, regretted that- th?re^ should have been any difference of- opinion ?here. All other issues should be ?nerged in the single one*c? defeating the re-election of the pres?pt nation al administration. He s?id that the reconstruction acte and the#hjrr.eenth, fourteenth and fifteenth constitution al amendments had been' accepted. Public opinion waa higher-ihaa gov ernments, and superior t?.aby decla rations of' a convention. [?pplausq.] There was nothing .left as an issue now, but to save the nation from de struction by Conniption. . fie review ed and critioised the foreign policy of the administration, and urged a uni on of the whale nation to defeat the unhallowed purposes an? shiftless ftoliey of the present government., An allusion to the prospective elec tion of Greeley was received with great applause.] As to th,e fifteenth amendment? he said he wfculd be the last man to attempt to wrest from the four millions of freedmen the right" of suffrage, [Great appla^sa] Junee Regan, of Texas} followed, and said it was supposed1 among his people that the Demoojatic party 'could not snccced atthis?ectioo with a distinct Democratic pa?jty; there fore they had come herje to unite with their brethren froin4.the whole country in effecting such-tin arrange ment as will unite tl?e? Democrats with all the honest opponents of the administration. It was wisdom, there lure, to take the Cincinnati platform. '" ? -, i tilde io nc t!F" ! ano : Mn - v i orutf; c . lim I: . i. . . r un ? j " I .vic for tho ::n. ?iracas ?fmt?tit of the convention Lo - .. o vote." [Cries of No! No!] McRae, of Tennessee, made frantic efforts to obtain the floor, and was finally re cognized hy the chair, and proceeded with an excited .protest against the 'cutting oft" if debate. [Cries of "Sit down!" "Call the' roll !" "Call the roll!"] Theroll of the States was called on th? main question, the adop tion of the platform, which resulted -yeas GC2, nays 70. We, the Democratic electors of the United States, in' National. Conven tion assembled, present the following principles, already proclaimed at Cincinnati, asessential to jusfgovern ment : First. We recognize the equality of all men before tho law, and hold that it is the duty of thc government, in its dealings with thc people, to meto ont equal and exact justice to all, uf whatever nativity, nice, color or "persuasion, religious or po litical. .Second. We pledge ourselves to main tain the Union of these States, emancipa tion and enfranchisement, and to oppose any reopening of the questions settled bv thc thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments of tho constitution. Third. "We demand the immediate and absolute removal of all disabilities imposed on account of the rebellion, which was fi .Hy subdued seven years ago, believing t'. .t universal amnesty will result in the complete pacification of all sections of the country. Fourth. Local self-government, with impartial suffrage, will guard the rights of all citizens more securely than any cen tralized power. The public welfare re quires thc supremacy ot the civil over the military authority, and the freedom of persons under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with public order, ?Q? the States' self-government, and for the nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitation of power. Fifth. The civil service of the govern ment has become a mere instrument of partisan tyianny and personal ambition, and an object of selfish, greed. Il ia a scandal and reproach upon our free insti tutions, and breeds a demoralization dan gerous to the perpetuity of Republican government. We, therefore, regard a thorough reform of thc civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour ; that honesty, capacity and fidelity constitute tho only valid claims to public employment; that the offices of thc gov ernment cease to be a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patronage, and that public stations become again posts of honor. To this end it is imperatively required that iu> President shall be a candidato for re election. Sixth. We demand a system of Feder al taxation which shall not unnecessarily interfere with the industry of .he people, and which shall provide means necessary to. pay the expenses of tho government, economically administered, pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a moderate reduction, annually, of the principal there of, and recognizing that there are in our midst honest, but irreconcilable differences Of opinion with regard to the respective systems of protection and free trade, to remit the discussion of the subject io the people in their Congressional districts, andto the decision of Congress thereon,' wholly free of executive interference or dictation. Seventh. The public credit .must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce re pudiation in every form and guise. Eighth. A speedy return to specie pay ments is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government. Ninth. Wo remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifice of the*soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned farao or the full reward of their pa triotism. Tenth. We are opposed to all furthei grante of lands to railroads or other cor orations. Th? public domain should be eld sacred to actual settlers.. - Eleventh. We hold that it is the Hutv. of the government, in its intercouse with foreign nations, to cultivate the friendship of peace by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regarding rt alike dishonora ble either to demand what is not right, or submit io what is wrong. ' Twclth. For the promotion and success of these vital principles, and the support of the candidates nominated by this con vention, we invite and cordially welcome the co-operation of all patriotic citizens without regard to previous political affilia tion. At the close of the calls, when Delaware voted No, there were loud' hisses. The chair appealed to the convention to" treat with respect the vote of any and every State. Th>e delegates said the disturbance was in the galleries. Before the vote was announced, permission was asked by !the'chairman of the Alabama dele gation to make an explanation of a chc'4ge which he desired to make in ,the record of Alabama's vote. Ob jection being .made, the chairman ruled that while Alabama had i right to change the vote, he could not ex plain the reasons. * Subsequently, unanimous consent being accorded, Shorter, of Alabama,, took two min utes to explain that there were in the pending resolutions- some, state ments rather than declaration of prin ciples which some of his? delegation could not endorse without explana tion or without stultification. Hav ing said this, he changed the Alaba ma vbte'from 12 ayes and 8 noes to 20 ayes. [Cheers.] The nays on ordering the previous quotion upon the adoption? of the report of the committee were': Ala bama 10, Arkansas, 2, Delawase 6, Florida 2, Georgia 21, Louisiana 10, Maryland 2, Missouri 4, Navada 6, New Jersey 18, Oregon 6 .Pennsylva nia 21, South Carolina ll; Texas 16, Virginia 22, West Virginia 2.. Tfie naysgupon the adoption of the platform were : Delaware 6, Florida 1, Georgia. 19, Mississippi 9, Slissouri 2, New Jersey 9, Oregon 6, Pennsyl vania 7, West Virginia 2. Gu vernor Hoffman, of New York, presented the petition of fifteen thou sand Germans of the City of New York, relative to a nomination of a candidate for President. It was sent to the desk where it was read by the secretary., It recommends the nomi nation of Greeley and Brown, and' expresses belief they will receive the hearty support of the Germans, regardless of past party affiliation's, as the best nominations that' can be made. [Cheers.] Kay, of Indiana, offered an amend* .er c '. .'. brook, .)'' illinois, present^dth? name iivi^-u Greeley J?. mo< rytfii candidate for President. .-[Cheers.] The roll was called, and each vote for Greelev was received with cheers. The ballot resulted : Greeley, 686 ; James A. Bayard, 15; J. D. Black, 21 ; Groesbeck 2. All the v.>tes cast for Greeley, ex cept the six votes of Delaware and nine of New Jersey, which were cast for Bayard ; two votes of West Vir ginia cast for Groesbcck, and twenty one votes of Pennsylvania cast tor Judge B'ack. Pennsylvania east two blank votes. . , . When Governor Hoffman rcs? to cast the vote of New York lier dele gation were greeted with three cheers. Order being restored, Governor Hoff man disputed Missouri's promise to give Greeley the largest majority of any State in the Uni JU, and said that New York's majority would be larger than Missouri's total vote. He also expressed his regret that there had been any division of vote here. He kni'W that those who did vote for Horace Greeley were acting conscien- \ tiously, but he desired to appeal to them. New York is a Democratic State. It had more than four hun dred thousand Democratic voters, and, when these were ready to sacrifice personal preferences and prejudices on the altar of th? country, he hoped their brethren elsewhere wcujd .do the same. [Great cheers.] . After the chair had announced the result of the ballot, Wallace, of Penn sylvania, took the platform and was received with cheers. He said : M In obedience to the decision of public sentiment in his State their delega tion had cast part of their vote against 1 the gentleman who, by the usages and customs of the Democratic party, is now the nominee for the Presidency. They would yield to the decision, arid accept tho result which the great high court of appeal of the party had de cided." 'In conclusion, by instruc tions of his delegation, he moyed that the nomination be made unanimous. [Wild cheers, music, " Battle Cry of 1 Freedom," followed by " Hail to the Chief."]' When the music ceased a scene was lowered at the rear of ?the stage, presenting a view of the .White House. [Applause.] Order being restored, the motion of Wal lace that the nomination be made unanimous was put and carried, with one or two dissents only. B. Gratz Brown was nominated for Vice-president, and upon a call of the States received 713 votes,. Stevens of Kentucky 6, and blanks ?3. The blanks were Florida 2, New Jersey 9, and West Virginia'2. Delawar? vo ted for Stevenson. On motion of Chalmers, of Mississippi, the nomi nation was made unanimous. Bouck, of Wisconsin, moved a res olution appointing a committee of one from each State, to be named by -the respectivo delegations, to apprise the candidates of their nomination. Payne of Ohio, moved to amend by adding " the president of the convention to be chairman." Agreed to. On mo tion of Leahan, of Ohio, a resolution was adopted that, ' on adjournment, .the convention would, with mr.sic, es cort the New York and Missouri del egations to their quarters. A resolu tion was adopted-leaving'the place of the next national convention to be'de cided br the national committee ; al tso, resolutions of thanks to John T. Ford, to Frederick .Raine and to Bal . timor?, for courtesies; also, thanks to ' Mr. Doolittle for the able and impar ' tial manner in which he has presided , over the convention. Thayer, of New York, made a few remarks eulo gizing Greeley. The chairman . re turned thanks for the kind. expres sions towards him, and invoked the blessing of Providence upon the ef forts of the convention; .< Paddle Your Own ?anoe,3' As an incitement to individual ef fort, this piece of nautical advice will do very well. No young man ought to expect his canoe to be paddled by anybody else as long as he is able to paddle it himself ;'and no young man ought to be content to have his canoe drrft idly with the current while everybody else's dug-out is shooting swiftly past him. But when the saying is made by the strong as an excuse for not assisting the weak and unfortunate, it is execrable. There is many a one who can't paddle his canoe : his craft may have been crack ed in a financial tempest, and he him self escaped in a crippled condition ^ or it may have been beached high, and dry on the banks of misfortune ; or it may have struck a hidden rock, or sawyer, and started a leak. All round us there are canoes in some such distress as this. They may not be firing minute guns to attract at tention, but they are-floating help'eas on the tide, and it is* easy to be seen tjiat they are in trouble. We can steer clear of them and leave them to "their fate if we will ; we can disre gard their signals and keep on our course and leave them a prey to the next tempest that rises on the hori-' zon ; but this would be unsailor like, 2nd on the actual sea, would be called inhuman. A manlier way is to make for them, and with a hearty " ship ahoy," ask what's the matter with thflm. It -may be that a word of encouragement, a direction, a trifling assistance, or a new start they re quire ; and by every obligation of humanity we ought to give it to them. The voyage of life ia not an indepen dent individual enterprise, in which every man is for himself. It is* a brotherhood business. Oar canoes are in one human flotilla, and while_ each of ua should paddle his own' canoe without looking for aid to oth ers, we' ought to esteem it a duty to look for opportunities to relieve and succor those who are in distress, to cheer those who are dishearten ed, and to aid those who have met with misfortunes. Success is gratify- j iug to tbo.se who achieve it-a sweet reward of strength, patience and skill. ?ut the greatest glory of suc cess is the power it afloras of minis-* .- ins . Lue wai h >f those who have no! '?.<.:??:ccwaai. The ru1-.: of g-:- 1 .jv rii'i ^v '<-. til.-.i thu [ ward, an 1 the wise sho;.!'* ::. ! me JgllOl'ahl. Conf ession of an Indian Mur derer, The murder of a family named Cook, at Oak Lake, Minn., which took place some months ago, has been coufessod by a Pillager Indian known as " Bobolink." H? says : " I camp ed alone the night previous to the murder. Started in the morning to wards ?ook's place; called at Little Sioux's camp ; his boy walked with me a short distance ; we talked alpout nothing but hunting. They asked me where my partner was ; I said I did not know. After leaving Little Sioux's camp I made up my mind to commit this crime, because I was poor ami wanted clothing. I arrived at Mr. Cook's a little after 'dark ; I opened the door without knocking and immediately shot Mr. Cook, who was sitting and reading. Mrs. Cook seized Mr. Cook and held hint on the chair until I reloaded my gun and shot her, when they both fell toqeth er. I then went into -trje house, tak ing a stick in my hand, where I found three children. I struck each of them on-the head with my slick and killed them. They did not cry or moan. I then took the furs and threw them out of doors. Mr. and Mrs. C?ok were dead. I took the gold ring from Mrs. Cook's finger; then went into the other room, where I got the clothing and other things ; I took these things all out of doors and packed them to- carry. I then put some hay against the door and set it on fire ; the house was old ahd was in flames before I got away. I do not consider the above- a. brave. act, and have never felt brave uutil to-day since I have told the truth. I know I will be Hanged, and I intend to give the wafwhoop on that occasion. CAUGHT" BY HIS OWN' JALAP.-A little while since Ned Foster got the idea into his head that whiskey was doing him harm and determined to " shut off" on it. " But," as he sage ly remarked, " it will not dp to make too great a change in personal habits suddenly. I must do this by a grad ual taper.'.' So he gave up his habit4 ual little comforters at Hazeltine's, shunned bar-rooms, sickened his friend, by an aeajimed fo.idness for Ottawa beer, and only djank when he felt that he absolutely needed to do so, from a little private, bottle in his desk. It was strange, he thought,, how rapidly that bottle became emp tied. He was very sure that he was not doing all the drinking out of it himself, and rightly surmised that some of the boys had discovered his stock of fluid and made it their prey. Quite unsatisfied with this system of appropriation, he procured two bot tles,.exactly alike, one filled with Si mon pure Bourbon,. the other also containing good Bourbon liberally dosed with jalap. The hitter he left in the accustomed spot for the bene fit of the marauders, while for the othes h e found a hew hiding place. Tho prospective jpke'was too good to keep, so ne whispered it to somebody who betrayed the. secret. As tron as he left his'office for a few moments, the bottles were changed. The-good one was empty when he came back. While he waited chucklingly to dis cover the victim of the snare, he to?k a big drink, and in a few minutes afttr formed & sudden resolution to go home for the day. He never left Bia office in so lively an'd moving a way before, and now he says he haf fiven up his budge" altogether, ai e doesn't think it agrees with him. ;-. . . , ? - A Dutch Justice of the Peace, To old JakeS-} a J. P..in Dres den, Ohio, belongs the honor of de ciding a case in favor of both par ties. Some twenty years ago Jake was elected to the office of Justice 01 the Peaoe, and in due time he docketed his first case on the fly-leaf of a Dutch almanac;. One neighbor had sued another for trespass and damages, and the ease was set for hearing one day in Au gust, when the dog ?tar raged in all its pristine fury. Although the amount involved did not exceed twelve dollar?, each party employed the most eminent counsel at the Zanesvill'e bar to look after' their resp?ctiv? interests ; so it came to pass that on that annealed Au gust day, Messrs. 0-?r? and G , appeared " fernist" each ?other in old Jake's court. Each lawyer came armed, with a .stack of law books, embracing al most every work on law from Black stone to Walker's American law. As they deposited them upon a wooden table in the centre of the room, 'Squire Jake eyed them earnestly,- and, ex cusing himself for a moment, hasten ed to the cellar, where he imbibe^ one or ^wo quarts of beer, to brade himself against the storm of legal lore which he felt intuitively must come. ?Finally the . case was called, and Mr. G--, who appeared for the de fendant, arose and moved for a non suit, on the ground that the title to the lands claimed by the plaintiff upon which the trespass waa commit ted, was in doubt. Then followed a three hours' discussion of the law, po-o and ?m., between the attorneys. During the progrese, Jake broke out into a terrible perspiration, and each moment became more hopeless ly muddled^fe to to the real point Under discussion. Finally the law yers were overcome by the heat and sat down, after having marked about five hundred passages, df law each supporting their views ot the case. Without glancing at them, and af ter wiping the perspiration from his maasive brow with a coarse linen towel, Jake rendered the following decision : "Veil, Mr. G-, I gifs you your gase." " But, your honor !" exclaimed Mr. C--, " you have not looked at the law!"' "TVTn". Rjj,1s$ geep gjjt?ll, Mr. 0.1 c<o\f n% nay gc* .ii'.'?-i?icib.;/ ' . . 4 Ais tam uon?cns? tmt * *-? ?..?.. . in the mout of August, oit ^8"' avay out of here, gwick- now. . Dis gase is ofer, und I vant some peer." Messrs. G-and C-got " right avay gwick," and the next day Jake went down to " Sanesfeele" where he saw "leetle Sam Cox" (S. g., the Deputy, tflerk of ?he Court) and re signed his commission, remarking, as he handed in his 11 bapers :" M Dere be more tam drubbles mit .a Sh?'Ostiee of the Beace*than he bays for himsiif like doonder. Dem liars dey shust talk about drover und dort und gonversion und all dem dings, vile it ish so hot as never vash, .und gif you no chance for peer nor nod ings."_ _ DIDN'T LIKE MUTTON.-d good story is told of the recent excellent performance of Handel's Messiah at the Broadway Baptist church. A farmer took his wife to hear the grand music, so splendidly rendered on that occasion, and, after listening with ap parent enjoyment, the pair became suddenly interested in one of the grand choruses: "We all, like sheep, have gone astray." First, a sharp soprano voice exclaimed : " We all, like sheep-" Next, a deepbass voice uttered, in the most earnest tone's : ' " We all, like sheep-" Then all ? the singers' at once as-' serted : . " We all like sheep-" "Darned if Ido!" exclaimed old rusticas to his partner. " I like beef and bacon, but I can't bear sheep meat!" . ' There was an audible titter in that 1 immediate vicinity, but the splendid music attracted attention from the [ pair, and they quietly slipped out. Courier-Jourml. THE LAST TIME.-There is ever something solemnizing ui the thought it is the last time. The last gleam of the day-the last word before part ing-the last look of life. All these acquire an importance anet interest vastly beyond any which they would possess in and of themselves. The sun shone bright before he ^ approached his setting, and the farewell word spoken was some ordinary one, of no real weight ; the parting look was j one whicn we would otherwise have j forgotten. But no noonday splendor - was so cherished in memory as that disappeared in a spark of gold over th'3 western hills, and no one tone in all our converse dwelt on the ear so* long and clear as that one word, " good-by." No look has been so of ten recalled as that smile of recogni tion of the pallid face from whence life was taking its flight. BEAUTY INA WIFE.-R?member, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself ali thy lije for that which perchance will' neither last nor ?lease thee .one year, and when tjiou ast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire di?th when it is attained, and the affection perish ethwhenitis satisfied.-Sir Walter Raliegh. ' f?f In Now Hampshire, the following ia posted <m a.fence: " Nottis--Know kow is ?lloud in these medders, eny men or women lettm th are kowB ron the -rode, 'wot gits inter my medders aforeseed sb all have his tail oat or f by mo, Obadiah Bogers." Brevities awl forities? 11 fy A romantic couple, not a great f I way from Boston, mared their infant daughter Caressa. That waa, eighteen years ago, and the boys a: e at it now. The stories of tho man and wife wtie came te grief in a dispute as to whether it was a ra t or moose that crossed the room, and of that no less historic couple /who died the death,, in a quarrel, of "knife or soissors," are. both put io shame by a married twain* in Jack soft, Tenn. Haviag a little dispute as to which way a bed should be placed in an apartment, the husband1 convinced his unruly spouse simply by beating her to death. $&t~ A man in town, who does his ?wn milking, was told by afire year old girle to run the' eow and* she would "let h?r rnilk down." He tried it, brit becamcso weak be couldn't milk that night.' Next morning he concluded to make thing? easier, so he tied the mi Ik-bucket to the cow's tail, and gave her a kick as he leaned on the fence to await develop ments. By the aid of a negro the fence? is up again. A reward of $6 vail be plaid for the return of said cow. Fori tion apply, at this office. ?&- No man is sb poor that he has not friends whpse happiness is link sd with his fate, and whose heart will bo wrung j with anguish at his punishment or his suffering. SST They haye a man in Loek Haven, . j whose nome is Gauda'm. His wool?jti^? a nice name for a church deacon, nP?y instancy, tte preacher would say : " Gau dam, you pass the plate." It sounds like '.ousain'," don't it? If wo were that feilow we would have our Gaudam . name immediately changed to something more reverential. * ' ESTA Paterson- boy put.& lighted match inte a nearly, empty poffiier keg, to soe what would happen. HjjJ^on'tde . sd again, as his curiosity is satisfied, but . the girl who sits next him in school thinks he looked, better with his nose on. Advertised by garlic? ' Is SOZODONT, and if you uso it daily; the white gleam of the pearla between parted rubies will provo its ex cell as a Dentifrice, and the.wvee^tesa ol' breath will attest its purnying-r^pertiei^" Save and-mend pieces, use Spalding*t* Glue,:_ ^_ Fatherland Mothers. If yon occupy these relations now, or are about to do so, study well your con stitution. If you have acquired or in herited Scrofula or any disease which may be transmitted to your offspring, it - is your sol enan duty to eradicate it. Thousands of children are now suffering from the effects of poisonous disease transmitted to them from their parents. The thought is terrible. You can save - yourselves much sadness and solicitude and your dear little ones mach tt$?a end unhappiness by th? timely use of Dr. Tutt's Sarsaparilla and Quezon's Delight. It will surely eradicate the taint from your system, or if it has already been ..-n tailed upoii yonr child, "riv*? *t Rt ottee, 'h.* ..-.-..< iad .<-. ?~***tni li-be rosovaro? and restored to ?ound & i\ wenaw. aiuv.0 ??o birth, aiid aiter try?ig?y remedy that was recommended, ano sev eral physicians had pronounced him past all hope, I accidontly heard ol' your Sarsaparilla and Queen's Delight. It was so highly recommended that 1 con cluded to try it, but 1 must confess with very little faith. Ho has taken nine of the bottles you s?nt nie. and I am happy in being able to sa}' that he is almost well ; and I believe by thc t?ne ho takes the dozen he W|ll bc perfectly restored to health. He has gained ti ea h, has a uno ' appetite and now walks two miles .to ' school. I shall always remember vou witlt gratitude. ANN 31U Blt AY. Z>r. Tutt's Hair Dye is used in Kia ope and America. ON EVEBTBOBY'H ToNG?!:.-r-Kulogi umsof the great National Begenerator of Health, PLANTATION BITTKBS, are on everybody's tongue. Ulta gratuitous vira voce advertising is bettor than all the patd-for puffing to which tho owners of bogus bitters arc obliged lo resort. It has a spontaneous heartiness about it which carries conviction to tho .mind of the auditor; But it is a well-known fact that the proprietors of thc PLANTATION BITTERS hive never relied upon news paper bolstering to establish thc success of a preparation which owes its astonish ing popularity maiuly to thc oral testi mony of the thousands who have either experienced or been tho eye-witness of the immense physical good it has wrought throughout the length and. breadth of the land. DON'T HAWK, HAWK, SPIT, SPIT, BLOW, and disgust everybody with your Catarrh and its offensive ordor, when Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remodv will speedily destroy "all odor, arrear, the dis charge and cure you. Midsummer Maladies. The .jot solar rays that ripen the har vests generate many distressing diseases. If the liver be at ?ll predisposed to ir regularities, this is lite season in which bilious attacks may be anticipated. A weak stomach, too, is weakest ?i tito summer months, and thc loss of vitality through the pores by excessive, perspira tion is so great, that a wholesome tonic, combining also tho properties ol' a diffu sive stimulant and gentle exhihu .nt, is .' in many cases necessary to health, and under no circumstances should be dis Sensed with by the sickly and debilitated, f all tho preparations intended thus to refresh, sustain, and fortify thc human frame, there is none that will compare with Hosteler's Celebrated titomach Bitten. They have been weighed in the balance of experience and not. found ' wanting ; have been recommended from (he first as a great medicinal specific, not as a beverage, and in spite of interested opposition from innumerable quarters, .tend, after a twenty years trial, at the head of all proprietary medicines in tended for tho prevention and cure pf all ordinary complaints of the stomach, the . liver, the bowels, and the nerves, in the unhealthy districts bordering the I great rivers of California. Hosteler's I Stomach Bitters may be classed' as the standard one for every specie* of inter- . mitt?nt or remittent fevor. The people wnp inhabit those districts; place the the moat implicit confidence in the pr? paration-a confidence that is increased every year by the results of ita opera tion. As. bitters, so called, of the most per nicious character, are springing up Eke fungi on every side, the public is hereby forewarned against the dram-shop frauds. Ask for Hostetter's Bitters, see that the label, etc., are correct, and remember that the genuine article is never sold in bulk, but in bottles only.. THE VILLAGE CJ?URCH.--JX should, not look like a barn or storehouse. It should be a building, the Terr eight of which would cause devout feelings in the breast. A well-carved cross should point to/heaven ; massive paneled door* should impress the visitor with - the solemnity of the place Into which he ia entering; stained glass should throve mystic Tight athwart the aisles; pulpit, altar, ceiling and:galleries should be or namented with figurative mouldings, ? and the columns that support the gehe- ' rles, and the balusters that rail them in, should be of .classic patterns; ' Any Con gregation wishing such a church should send their orders for finishing material to Mr. P. P. TOALE, importer of French strdned glass, and manufacturer of and dealer in Doors, Sashes,. Blinds, ?Sc., No. 20 Hay ne street, Charles: jon j S. C.