state and to the federal government. It disapproves of the resort to unconstitutional laws for the purpose of removing evil, by interference with rights not surrendered by the people to either the state or national government.

17. It is the duty of the general government to adopt such measures as may tend to encourage and restore American commerce and shipbuilding.

18. We believe that the modest patriotism, the earnest purpose, the sound judgment, the practical wisdom, the incorruptible integrity, and the illustrious services of Ulysses S. Grant have commended him to the heart of the American people, and with him at our head we start to-day upon a new march to victory.

19. Henry Wilson, nominated for the Vice-Presidency, known to the whole land from the early days of the great struggle for liberty as an indefatigable laborer in all campaigns, an incorruptible legislator, and a representative man of American institutions, is worthy to associate with our great leader, and share the honors which we pledge our best efforts to bestow upon them.

CALL FOR THE CONVENTION AT CINCINNATI, 1876.

The next Union Republican National Convention, for the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President of the United States, will be held in the city of Cincinnati, on Wednesday, the fourteenth day of June, 1876, at 12 o'clock, noon, and will consist of delegates from each state equal to twice the number of its senators and representatives in congress, and of two delegates from each organized territory and the District of Columbia. In calling the conventions for the election of delegates, the committees of the several states are recommended to invite all Republican electors, and all other voters, without regard to past political differences or previous party affiliations, who are opposed to reviving sectional issues, and desire to promote friendly feeling and permanent harmony throughout the country by maintaining and enforcing all the constitutional rights of every citizen, including the full and free exercise of the right of suffrage without intimidation and without fraud; who are in favor of the continued prosecution and punishment of all official dishonesty, and of an economical administration of the government by honest, faithful, and capable officers; who are in favor of making such reforms in government as experience may from time to time suggest; who are opposed to impairing the credit of the nation by depreciating any of its obligations, and in favor of sustaining in every way the national faith and financial honor; who hold that the common-school system is the nursery of American liberty, and should be maintained absolutely free from sectarian control; who believe that, for the promotion of these ends, the direction of the government should continue to be confided to those who adhere to the principles of 1776, and support them as incorporated in the constitution and the laws; and who are in favor of recognizing and strengthening the fundamental principle of national unity in this centennial anniversary of the birth of the republic.

E. D. MORGAN, Chairman.

WM. E. CHANDLER, Secretary. Republican National Committee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13, 1876.

[FOR PLATFORM OF 1876, SEE PROCEEDINGS ANTE PAGE 279.]

REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, 1876

JERE HARALSON.

POWELL CLAYTON.

Selma, Alabama (M. C., Washington, D. C.) Little Rock, Arkansas (M. C., Washington, D. C.)

GEO. C. GORHAM, San Francisco, California (Secretary U. S. Senate, Wash

ington, D. C.)

SAM'L H. ELBERT..

MARSHALL JEWELL.

SAM'L M. HARRINGTON.

JOHN J. PATTERSON... Columbia, South Carolina (M. C., Washington, D. C.)

R. C. MCCORMICK, Tucson, Arizona (address 5th Avenue Hotel, New York

city.)

NEWTON EDMUNDS.

S. J. BOWEN...

Yankton, Dakota. .Washington, District of Columbia.

THO'S DONALDSON, Boise City, Idaho (address Centennial Committee, Phila

delphia, Pa.)

ALEX. H. BEATTIE.

STEPHEN B. ELKINS.
JOHN R. MCBRIDE.
ORANGE JACOBS.

Jos. M. CAREY.

.Helena, Montana.

.Santa Fe, New Mexico (M. C., Washington, D. C.)

.Salt Lake City, Utah. .Seattle, Washington Territory. ...Cheyenne, Wyoming.

* Appointed by State Committee in place of A. T. Wikoff resigned.

.Glenwood, Iowa.

Waukesha, Wis.

Republican Congressional Committee, 1876.

SIMON CAMERON, Chairman.

Committee on Finance.

Messrs. RUSK, PLATT, and WEST.

J. M. EDMUNDS, Secretary; JACOB TOME, Treasurer; E. T. GETCHELL, Chief Clerk.

HEAD-QUARTERS:-1,006 F Street N. W., Washington. D. C.

NAMES AND POST-OFFICE ADDRESSES

OF

CHAIRMEN AND SECRETARIES

OF

REPUBLICAN STATE COMMITTEES.

ALABAMA......... Chairman-Charles E. Mayer, Montgomery.
Secretary-Henry Turner, Montgomery.

ARKANSAS.. .... Chairman-S. W. Dorsey, Helena
(U. S. S., Washington, D. C.)
Secretary-James Torrans, Little Rock.

CALIFORNIA....... Chairman-A. G. Abell, San Francisco.
Secretary M. D. Boruck, San Francisco.

COLORADO.

Chairman-J. C. Wilson, Colorado Springs.
Secretary-W. R. Beattie, Denver.

CONNECTICUT..... Chairman-Lynde Harrison, New Haven.
Secretary-Edward B. Bennett, Hartford.
DELAWARE........Chairman-Henry F. Pickels, Wilmington.

Secretary

FLORIDA.... ..... Chairman-Dennis Egan, Tallahassee.

GEORGIA.

ILLINOIS...

Secretary H. S. Harmon, Gainesville.

Chairman-John E. Bryant, Savannah.
Secretary-S. A. Darnell, Atlanta.

...Chairman-A. C. Babcock, Chicago.

Secretary-Daniel Shepard, Chicago.

INDIANA..........Chairman-Geo. W. Friedley, Indianapolis.

IOWA.....

KANSAS...

Secretary D. S. Alexander, Indianapolis.

...Chairman-Henry C. Leighton, Oskaloosa.

Secretary

..Chairman-John Guthrie, Topeka.

Secretary J. Jay Buck, Topeka.

KENTUCKY....... Chairman State Com.-W. J. Landrum, Lancaster.

Secretary Frank P. Schmitt, Louisville.

Chairman Executive Com.-R. M. Kelly, Louisville.
Secretary-Thomas S. Speed, Louisville.