Eleventh. Taxes should give the greatest possible exemption to necessities, and be placed more heavily upon the luxuries and wealth of the country.

Twelfth, The government's duty in furnishing currency is to so regulate it as to provide for its ultimate redemption in gold and silver; thai any attempt to hasten this period more rapidly than brought about by laws of trade and commerce is inexpedient; therefore so much of the so-called resumption act as fixes the time for resuming specie payments should be repealed, and then the currency should remain undisturbed, neither contracted nor expanded, so that the financial troubles of the country will be cured by the natural laws of trade, and by persevering in that course of policy which Republicans have constantly maintained of steadily looking to the ultimate resumption of specie payments.

Thirteenth, The greenback currency was created by the Republican party as a war measure; the Democracy avowed the measure was unconstitutional, and that the notes would become worthless; therefore, if the Democracy were sincere, one of its objects in now seeking to obtain control of the government must be to destroy this currency along with that furnished the national banks, so that the country may be compelled to return to the system which existed under Buchanan.

Fourteenth. When the Republicans came into power in 1861, the expenditures of the country were greater than its receipts; commerce and trade were deranged by maladministration; the credit of the United States below par. Now, notwithstanding the financial embarrassments and the gigantic war, the credit of the nation is above par and its bonds sought after in all the great money markets of the world.

Fifteenth. Irrevocable opposition is declared to the payment of any part of the rebel debt, or for emancipated slaves, or for the property of rebels destroyed in the war.

Sixteenth. The strictest economy consistent with public safety in National and State affairs is demanded.

Seventeenth. Favoring and encouraging schools and the means of education necessary for extending the principles of civil and religious liberty; regarding all opponents of the common school system as assailing the fundamental principle of free government; demanding faithful administration of school laws, so that schools may become what they were designed to be, the schools of the people.

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth thank the soldiers and sailors of Indiana during the Rebellion, declaring that the honor of the nation is pledged to provide bounties and pensions for them, and take care of widows and orphans of those who lost their lives.

Twentieth. Praising Grant's administration, and commending his example of removing his own appointees when found unfaithful, arid causing them to be so prosecuted that "none guilty may escape."

Democratic, April 19, 1876.

The following are the principal planks in the platform adopted:

We believe in our ancient doctrine that gold and silver are the true and the safe basis for the currency, and we are in favor of measures and policies that will produce uniformity in value in the coin and paper money of the country without destroying or embarrassing the business interests of the people.

We oppose the contraction of the volume of our paper currency, and declare in favor of the adoption of measures looking to the gradual retirement of the circulation of the national banks and the substitution therefor of circulating notes issued by authority of the Government.

We recognize with patriotic satisfaction the vast recuperative energies with which 6ur; country is endowed, and we observe that, in spite of the interference with the laws of commerce which has been practiced, our currency has improved in proportion as our wealth has increased, and the sense of national and local security has been confirmed. We are therefore of the opinion that a national return to specie payments will be promoted by the increase of national wealth and industries, by the assurance of harmony at home and peace abroad, and by strengthening our public credit under a wise and economical administration of our national affairs.

The legal tender notes constitute a safe currency, and one especially valuable to the debtor classes, because of its legal tender quality, and we demand the repeal of the legislation enacted by the Republican party, providing for its withdrawal from circulation, and the substitution therefor of national bank paper.

The act of Congress for the resumption of specie payments on the 1st of January, 1879, was a party measure devised in secret caucus for party ends, and forced through the House of Representatives without the allowance of amendment or debate, under party discipline. It paralyzes industry, creates distrust of the future, turns the laborer and producer out of employment, is a standing threat upon business men, and should at once be repealed, without any condition whatever.

NEW YORK.
Republican, March 22, 1876.

The Republicans of New York, in this centennial of the nation, reaffirm the sacred truths and principles of their fathers, and make the following declaration:

First.,, We are for the unity of the nation and the just rights of the States; for the full reconciliation arid enduring harmony of all sectibns; for the inviolate preservation of the results of the war and the constitutional rights of every citizen; for grateful recognition of the brave soldiers of the Republic; for thorough retrenchment and reform; for the unsparing pursuit, exposure and punishment of public frauds and official dishonesty; for the elevation of the public service, and pure and efficient government; for maintaining untarnished the National credit and honor; for a sound currency of coin, or paper convertible into coin, and for common schools absolutely free from sectarian influence.

Second. We charge the Democratic party with being the same in character and spirit as when it sympathized with treason; with making its control of the House of Representatives the triumph and opportunity of the nation's recent foes; with reasserting and applauding, in the National Capital, the sentiments of unrepentant rebellion; with sending Union soldiers to the rear and promoting Confederate soldiers to the = front; with deliberately proposing to repudiate the plighted faith of the Government; with being equally false and imbecile upon the overshadowing financial questions; with thwarting the ends of justice by its partisan mismanagement and obstruction of investigation through the four months of its ascendency in the lower House of Congress; with proving itself Utterly incompetent to administer the Government; and we warn the country against trusting a party alike unworthy, recreant, and incapable.

Third. Without regard to past differences, we cordially invite,all who believe that the direction of the Government should not pass into the hands that sought to destroy it, and who seek pure and economical government by honest and capable officers, to unite with us in fraternal and mutually considerate cooperation for the promotion of these ends.

Fourth. We emphatically condemn the dishonesty and treachery of every official who is faithless to his trust, and approve the injunction to let no guilty man, however high, escape. We believe the virtue of the people, which saved the nation through the storm of war, will preserve it from the dangers of corruption. We commend the good work of the National Administration in protecting the public treasury and punishing public offenders, and in laying down his trust at the close of the period for which he has been chosen, President Grant will carry with him the lasting gratitude of the American people for his patriotic services in war and peace.

Democratic, April 27, 1870.

The Democratic party of New York renew their fidelity to the principles set forth in their platform adopted in 1874 and 1875, thrice approved at : the ballot boxes of the Empire State, well vindicated in the illustrious administration of Governor Samuel J. Tilden, and commended anew to their faith and adoption by the endorsement of an increasing majority of their fellow Democrats of ; sister States throughout the Union. The Demo. cratic party of New York re-adopt also their resolution adopted in the State conventions of 1864, 1868 and 1872, to wit:

Resolved, That the delegates to the Democratic National Convention to be appointed are ■ hereby instructed to enter that Convention as a unit, in accordance with the will of a majority of i the members thereof, and in case any of its mem;bers shall be appointed a delegate thereof by another organization, and should not forthwith, in writing, decline such appointment, his seat shall be regarded as vacated, and the delegation shall proceed to fill the same, and they are hereby also ^empowered to supply all /vacancies by death, absence, resignation or otherwise. The Democratic party of New York, while committing to their delegates the duty of joining' with the delegates pf their fellow Democrats of all the States in the .momentous deliberations.of the National Conven

tion, declare their settled principles: The frugal expenditure and; the administrative purity of the founders of the Republic as the first and most imperious necessity of the times, the commanding issue now before the people of the Union.

"Greenback," (Democratic,) June 1, 1876.

First. Unconditional repeal of the Republican forced Resumption act.

Second. The substitution of legal tenders for National bank notes.

Third. Legal tenders to be receivable for all debts, public and private, and all taxes and customs.

Fourth. No forced inflation, no forced contraction, but a circulation equal to the wants of trade and industry, to be regulated in volume and gradually equalized with gold by appropriate legislation.

Fifth. Legislation for the development of the resources and wealth of the country by the people to the exclusion of monopolies.

Sixth. A faithful compliance with the nation's just obligations.

Seventh. No centralization. Local self-government.

Eighth. We denounce the present corruption in the affairs of the Federal Government, and demand searching investigation and prompt punishment of the guilty, independent of party and irrespective of persons.

Ninth. We oppose the reelection of every Congressman, Senator or Assemblyman who has opposed, directly or indirectly, the repeal of the iniquitous Resumption act.

OHIO.

Republican, March 29, 1876.

The Republicans of Ohio renew their allegiance to the Republican party and reaffirm its principles of free government as declared and defined by the grand men of 1776, and endeared to the people of our times by the sacrifices of war and the blessings of an assured union of the States, based upon universal liberty.

Second. The citizens of the several States of the Union are also citizens of the nation, and are equal in the Constitution and laws in all rights of citizenship, and are entitled to full and equal protection in> their exercise.

Third. We favor an honest and economical administration of the Government, and favor retrenchment and reform in the public service. Personal integrity and fidelity should be required of all officials, and when found to be dishonored and corrupt they should be prosecuted and punished; and we cordially commend the vigorous prosecution of public offenders by the present National Administration.

Fourth. The national credit and honor must be sacredly maintained.

Fifth. We recognize gold as the true standard value, and the only steady and safe basis for a circulating medium, and declare that that policy of finance should be steadily pursued which, with out unnecessary injury to business or trade, will ultimately equalize the value of the coin and paper dollar.

Sixth. We favor a tariff of revenue, with incidental protection to American industry.

Seventh. We stand by our system of free common schools, supported by. general taxation. There must be no division of the school fund and no sectarian interference with the schools.

Eighth. To the soldiers and sailors who fought ft t the Union the nation owes a debt of gratitude, at 1 they and the widows and orphans of those who have fallen are justly entitled to liberal bounties and pensions.

Ninth. The thanks of the people are due to President Grant for his faithful adherence to Republican principles, and we assure him of the gratitude of the country for the distinguished service he has rendered as a soldier and civilian.

Democratic, May 17th, 1876.

Resolved, That recognizing the duty of the Democratic party as the time-honored champion of the rights of the many against the aggressions, of the few, to express its purposes on the pending currency conflict without reserve or equivocation, we declare that we shall urge against all opposition, come from what quarter it may, measures to effect the following objects:

First. The immediate and unconditional repeal of the Republican Resumption law.

Second. The defeat of all schemes for resumption which involve either contraction of the currency, perpetuation of bank issues, or increase of the interest burden of the debt.

Third. The gradual but early substitution of legal tenders for national bank notes.

Fourth. The issue by the general Government alone of all the circulating medium whether paper or metallic.

Fifth. No forced inflation, no forced contraction, but sound currency, equal to the wants of trade and industry, to be regulated in volume, and gradually equalized with gold by means of appropriate legislation, such as making it receivable for customs and interconvertible at the pleasure of the holder with a bond bearing an interest not to exceed 3.65 per cent., payable in gold, so that the volume of currency shall not be determined by the pleasure or caprice of either Congress or the banks.

Sixth. A graduated income tax to meet at least the premium on gold needed to pay interest on the public debt.

Seventh. That public policy and sense of common justice require that silver issued by the Government should be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public or private, and that we demand the unconditional repeal of the so-called silver act, so far as the same limits the amount for which said silver coinage shall be a legal tender. Eighth. That we are in favor of a tariff for revenue only, and we denounce the Republican scheme of resumption as intended, and operating through a large increase of bonded debt, a sudden and enormous contraction of the currency, to double the burdens of taxation, rob debtors of their property, paralyze productive and commercial industries, cast laborers out of employment and fill the land with want and misery for the wicked purpose of doubling the values of money securities and subjugating the mass of the people to the imperious sway of a money oligarchy. These were adopted by a vote of 386 to 266,

the minority of the Convention preferring the subjoined resolutions reported by the majority of the committee:

Resolved, That we favor a return to specie payments when the same can be done without seriously disturbing the business of the country, and to that end and in order that the debtor class may not be further embarrassed, we demand the repeal of the resumption act of 1875, and oppose any measure of legislation which shall arbitrarily fix a day for such resumption.

2. That the charters of the national banks ought not to be renewed, and each of the said banks should be wound up at the expiration of the time for which it is chartered, and in lieu of circulating notes, Treasury notes of the United States, convertible into coin on demand, and receivable for all debts or taxes due to the United States, should be issued to the extent required by the necessities of the Government.

3. That we favor a tariff for revenue only.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Republican, March 29, 1876.

Resolved, That we hereby reaffirm the platform adopted by the Republican State Convention at Lancaster in 1875, and in view of recent events at Washington, we emphatically endorse that part of it which demands honest men in office, men with brains enough to know dishonesty when they see it, and courage enough to fight it wherever they find it. The Republican party is committed by its origin, its traditions, its history and its duties, to an intrepid and honest administration of public affairs; and whenever, in National, State or municipal life, maladministration has existed or does exist, we demand that it be exposed, corrected, and the guilty punished, and to this end we pledge the full measure of our support as citizens and as voters.

Resolved, That the Republicans of Pennsylvania, having nothing in their past history which they wish to blot out, or to apologize for, or would have the nation forget, arraign the Democratic leaders in Congress and their abettors for the preference shown to the deadly principles, and for the subserviency shown to the defiant leaders, of the late Confederacy now dominating them; for their removal from office of Union soldiers and appointment of Confederate soldiers; for the repeated indication of their purpose, only controlled by fear, to open the Treasury of the nation to alarming and unjust pecuniary demands from the insurrectionary States; for their persistent effort to force amnesty upon men too proud or unrepentant to ask it, or too guilty to deserve it; and for the combined recklessness and cowardice of their course on financial questions—a recklessness which mischievously holds out a threat to overthrow existing laws, and a cowardice or incapacity to originate a substitute for them—all of which expose the Democratic party as without national instinct, or an unsectional impulse, or an affirmative policy, and as unfit to be trusted by the country which, when last under their control, they madly hurried into the vortex of civil war.

Resolved, That recent events in the late slave States clearly expose a purpose, on the part of the Democratic party to seize them all and wield them as a unit in the next Presidential election, and to this end brutal and bloody conspiracies have been made to coerce voters, and base Legislative conspiracies are at this moment in operation in order that an unprincipled and fraudulent majority may deprive properly chosen officers of their rights, and as against these outrages we take an appeal to the people of the nation.

Resolved, That the common safety demands that our public schools shall not only be free to all, but shall be preserved from all special or partial control. All attempts to divide the school fund for any purpose whatever, or to divert any portion of it into a channel not under popular control, is to be frowned upon and resisted with unyielding firmness. The recent defeat in the Democratic Legislature of Maryland of a constitutional amendment to secure the common school fund of that State against division reveals at once a grave danger and its source, and, with other like facts, makes plain the duty of Congress to submit such an amendment to the Constitution of the United States as, when adopted, will effectually defend the common school system from all enemies, open or covert.

Resolved, That the attempt of the Democratic House of Representatives at Washington, in the face of the depressed condition of American industry, to inflict upon the nation a free-trade tariff, is an insult to the intelligence of the people and an evidence of the inability of the Democratic party to meet the present wants of the country. The remedy for our suffering is in a higher, not a lower tariff.

Democratic, March 22, 1876.

The Democracy of Pennsylvania reasserts its devotion to all of the provisions of the Federal Constitution and to a perpetual union of the States; pledges itself to rigid fidelity to the public trust; to a pure and economical administration of the Federal, State and municipal governments; to local self-government in every section; to the honest payment of the public debt, and to the sound preservation of the public faith. They see with humiliation and alarm the evidences of bribery, fraud, and peculation in high places, the distress that prevails, and the wide-spread financial ruin that impends over the people of the State, and they charge that these evils are the direct results of the personal government, unwise legislation, vicious financial policy, extravagance and corruption of the Republican party. They declare, first, that the Civil Service of the Government has become corrupt, and is made the object of personal gain, and infidelity to public trust has become the rule and not the exception. We believe that honesty, capacity and fidelity are the only tests of fitness for public station, and that the wholesome penalties of the law should be used with rigor to enforce official accountability.

Second. That the recent and repeated exposures of fraud and corruption in the administration of public affairs call for a searching and thorough investigation of the conduct and condition of every branch of the public service, to the end that all corrupt practices may be brought to light, and that all who have abused and betrayed their pub

lic trusts, whatever may be their station, may be exposed and punished: and we urge those in charge of this subject at Washington to a prompt, thorough and exhaustive examination of their respective fields of labor.

Third. That retrenchment and economy are indispensable in the Federal, State, and municipal administration as an essential means towards lessening the burdens of the people; and we commend the efforts of the majority in the House of Representatives for the reduction of the expenditures of the Federal Government to a just standard, and their determination to lessen the number of useless officials.

Fourth. That general amnesty of all persons implicated in the late rebellion against the Government of the United States who have not already been relieved from disabilities by the action of Congress and of the President, would be an allowable and proper exercise of Governmental power in the year of the Centennial celebration of American Independence, and that the recommendation of such measure by President Grant in a public message, and its endorsement and passage by a Republican House of Representatives at a former session, constitute full proof that such a measure is fit, judicious, and timely.

Fifth. That we approve of those provisions of the State Constitution which protect not only the school funds but other public moneys from appropriation to sectarian uses, and that they fitly illustrate the doctrine of the separation of Church and State, which always has been a cardinal one with the Democratic party.

Sixth. That the statute for the resumption of specie payments on the 1st day of January, 1879, is impossible to execute. It is a deliberate proclamation that at that date the United States will go into bankruptcy. It paralyzes industry, creates distrust of the future, turns the laborer and producer out of employment, is a standing threat upon the business men, and ought to be forthwith repealed.

Seventh. That gold and silver are the only true basis for the currency of the Republic, and that Congress should take such steps for the resumption of specie payments as will most surely and speedily reach that result, without destroying the business interests of the people.

Eighth. That the present depression of all our National industries, which checks the wholesome flow of capital through the channels of enterprise, and denies to honest labor a decent livelihood, is the direct, inevitable fruit of extravagance and of reckless and dishonest Republican tampering with the finances of the country; and we denounce the authors of that legislation as officials who have unsettled the foundations alike of the State and of the home. We call upon the people to aid us to halt them in this fatal career, and to set their faces in the direction of practical measures which shall eventually enable the Treasury of the United States to keep its plighted faith with rich and poor alike. We^demand legislation through the power of the Federal Government which shall give us performances for promises, and restore solvency to the nation by restoring prosperity to the people.

Bill to Repeal the Resumption-day Clause of the Resumption Act.

In: House. August 5—Mr. Cox, from Committee qn Banking and Currency, reported the following bill: A: Bill to repeal the resumption-day clause in the resumption act of 1875:

Be it enacted^ etc.) That the resumption-day clause in section 3 of an act entitled "An act to provide for the resumption of specie payments/' approved January 14, 1875, which clause is in the words following, to wit:

. " Qn and after the, 1st day of January, 1879, the Secretary of the Treasury shall redeem in coin the United States legal-tender notes then outstanding on their presentation for redemption at the office of the assistant treasurer of the United States in the city of New York, in sums of not less than $50 "—

Be and the same is hereby repealed, Mr. A. S. Hewitt offered the following as a substitute for the above:

A Bill to provide for a commission to consider the resumption of specie payments. Be it enacted^ etc.) That a commission is hereby authorized and constituted, to consist of three Senators, to be appointed by the Senate, three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker, and three experts, to be selected by and associated with them, with authority to determine the time and place of meeting, and to, take evidence; whose duty it shall be, to consider what measures are necessary and practicable in order to bring about the resumption of specie payments at the earliest possible time, consistent with a due regard to the interests of the country, and to report a bill embodying, the results of their investigations on or befpre the 1.5th day of December, A. D. 1876.

Which was disagreed to—yeas 92, nays 104 r(not vpting 89), as follow:

Yeas—Messrs. Abbott, C. H. Adams, Bagby, G. A.Bagley, y H. Bagley, jr.t W. H. Baker, Ballou, S. N. Bell)Blair, W. R. Brown, H. C. Burchard, Caswell, Chittenden, Conger, Crounse, Cutler, Danford, Davy, Durand, Eames, Ely) C. (Freeman, Frye, Glover) E. Hale, Hancock) Hardenbergh, B. W. Harris, Henderson, A. S. Hewitt) G. F. Hoar, Hoge, Hooker) Hurd, Hurlbut, Hyman, Joyce,, Kasson, Kehr, Kimball, Lamar, Lapham, W. Lawrence, Levy, Lord) Lynch, MacDougall, McCrary, Meade, Metcalfe) Miller, Monroe, Morrison, Nash, Norton, O'Brien) Odell, O'Neill, Packer, Page, Pierce, Piper) T. C. Piatt, A. Potter, Powell) Pratt, Rainey, M. Ross, Rusk, Sampson, Schleicher) Sjnnickson, R. Smalls, A. H. Smith, Strait, Stowell, C. P. Thompson) Thornburgh, W. Townsend, Tufts, Wait, C. C. B. Walker) Ward, Warren. G. W. Wells, J. D. White, Whiting, G. Willard, A. S.Williams>, Willis, J. Wilson, Woodburn—92.

Nays—Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Atkins•) Banks, Banning, Bland, Boone, Bradford) Bright, J. Y Brown, Cabell, J. H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Campbell, Cannon, Cason, Cate, Caulfield, J. B. Clarke) J. B. Clark, jr., Clymer, Cochrane, Collins, Cook, Cox, Dibrell, Douglas, Durham, Eden, Evans, Faulkner, Felton, Finley, Forney, Fort, Franklin, Gause, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, C. H. Harrison, Hartzell, Haymond, Henkle, Hereford, Holman, Hopkins, House, Hubbell, Hunton, T. L. yones, F. Landers, Lane, B. B. Lewis, Lynde, L. A. Mac key, Maish, Mc Far land, McMahon, Milliken, Mills, Morgan, Mutchler, Neal, New, Payne, J. Phelps, Poppleton, Randall, D. Pea, Reagan) J. Reilly, A. V. Rice, Riddle, M. S. Robinson, Savage, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Teese, P. F. Thomas, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, Van Vorhes, J. L. Vance, Waddell, G. C. Walker, Walsh, E. Wells, Whitthorne, J. D. Williams, y N Williams, Wilshire, B. Wilson, Yeates, C. Young—104.

The bill reported by Mr. Cox was then passed —yeas 106, nays 86 (notvoting 93),as follow:

Yeas—-Messrs. Ainsworth, Anderson, Atkins, Banning, Bland, Boone, Bradford, Bright, y. Y. Brown,W. R. Brown, Cabell, y H. Caldwell, W. P. Caldwell, Campbell, Cannon, Cason, Cate, Caulfield, y. B. Clarke, y B. Clark, jr., Clymer) Cochrane) Collins, Cook, Cox, Dibrell, Douglas, Durham, Eden, Evans, Faulkner, Felton, Finley, Forney, Fort, Franklin, Gause, Goode, Goodin, Gunter, C. H. Harrison, Hart' zell, Haymond) Henkle; Hereford) Holman) Hooker, Hopkins, House, Hubbell, Hunton, Hurd, T. L. yones, F. Landers, Lane, W. Lawrence, B. B. Lewis, Lynde, Z. A. Mackey, Maish, Mc Far land, McMahon, Milliken) Mills, Morgan, Mutchler, Neal, New, Payne, y. Phelps, Poppleton, Randall, D. Rea, Reagan, y. Reilly, A. V. Rice, Riddle, M. S. Robinson, Savage, Sheakley, Singleton, Slemons, W. E. Smith, Southard, Springer, Stenger, Stevenson, Stone, Teese, P. F. Thomas, Throckmorton, Tucker, Turney, Van Vorhes, y. L. Vance, Waddell, G. C. Walker, Walsh, E. Wells, Whitthorne, y. D. Williams, y. N. Williams, Wilshire, B. Wilson, Yeates, C. Young—106.

Nays—Messrs. Abbott, C. H. Adams, Bagby, G. A. Bagley, y H. Bagley, jr., W. H. Baker, Ballou, Banks, S. N. Bell, Blair, H. C. Burchard, Caswell, Chittenden, Conger, Crounse, Cutler, Danford, Davy, Durand) Eames, Ely, C. Freeman, Frye, Gibson, E. Hale, Hancock, Hardenbergh, B. W. Harris, Henderson, A. S. Hewitt, G. F. Hoar, Hoge, Hyman, Joyce, Kasson, Kehr, Kimball, Lamar, Lapham, Levy, Lynch, MacDougall, McCrary, Meade, Metcalfe, Miller, Monroe, Morrison, Nash, Norton, O'Brien) Odell) O'Neill, Packer, Page, Pierce,