The partisans of the Administration, assuming to be the Republican party and controlling its organization, have attempted to justify such wrongs and palliate such abuses to the end of maintaining partisan ascendency. They have stood in the way of necessary investigations and indispensable reforms, pretending that no serious fault could be found with the present Administration of public affairs, thus seeking to blind the eyes of the people. They have kept alive the passions and resentments of the late Civil War, to use them for their own advantage; they have resorted to arbitrary measures in direct conflict with the organic law, instead of appealing to the better instincts and latent patriotism of the Southern people by restoring to them these rights, the enjoyment of which is indispensable to a successful Administration of their local affairs, and would tend to revive a patriotic and hopeful National feeling. They have degraded themselves and the name of their party, once justly entitled to the confidence of the Nation, by a base sycophancy to the dispenser of executive power and patronage, unworthy of Republican freemen; they have sought to silence the voice of just criticism, and stifle the moral sense of the people, and to subjugate public opinion by tyrannical party discipline. They are striving to maintain themselves in authority for selfish ends by an unscrupulous use of the power which rightfully belongs to the people, and should be employed only in the service of the country.

Believing that an organization thus led and controlled can no longer be of service to the best interests of the Republic, we have resolved to make an independent appeal to the sober judgment, conscience, and patriotism of the American people.

We, the Liberal Republicans of the United States in National Convention assembled at Cincinnati, proclaim the following principles as essential to just government:

1. We recognize the equality of all men before the law; and hold that it is the duty of the Government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.

2. We pledge ourselves to maintain the Union of the States, emancipation, and enfranchisement, and to oppose any reopening of the questions settled by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendements of the Constitution.

3. We demand the immediate and absolute removal of all disabilities imposed on account of the rebellion, which was finally subdued seven years ago, believing that universal amnesty will result in complete pacification in all sections of the country.

4. Local self-government, with impartial suffrage,

will guard the rights of all citizens more securely than any centralized power. The public welfare requires the supremacy of the civil over the military authority, and the freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus. We demand for the individual the largest liberty consistent with public order, for the State self government, and for the Nation a return to the methods of peace and the constitutional limitations of power.

5. The civil service of the Government has become a mere instrument of partisan tyranny and per sonal ambition, and an object of selfish greed. It is a scandal and reproach upon free institutions, and breeds a demoralization dangerous to the perpetuity of republican government. We therefore regard such thorough reforms of the civil service as one of the most pressing necessities of the hour; that honesty, capacity, and fidelity constitute the only valid claim to public employment; that the offices of the Government cease to be a matter of arbitrary favoritism and patronage, and that public station become again a post. of honor. To this end it is imperatively required that no President shall be a candidate for reelection.

6. We demand a system of Federal taxation which shall not unnecessarily interfere with the industry of the people, and which shall provide the means necessary to pay the expenses of the Government, economically administered, the pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a moderate reduction annually of the principal thereof; and recognizing that there are in our midst honest but irreconcilable differences of opinion in regard to the respective systems of protection and free trade, we remit the discussion of the subject to the people in their Congressional districts and the decision of Congress thereon, wholly free from Executive interference or dictation.

7. The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every form and guise.

8. A speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government.

9. We remember with gratitude the heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the Republic, and no acts of ours shall ever detract from their justly earned fame or the full reward of their patriotism.

10. We are opposed to all further grants of lands to railroads or other corporations. The public domain should be held sacred to actual settlers.

11. We hold that is the duty of the Government in its intercourse with foreign nations to cultivate the friendship of peace by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regarding it alike dishonorable either to

demand what is not right or to submit to what is wrong.

12. For the promotion and success of these vital principles, and the support of the candidates nomi nated by this Convention, we invite and cordially welcome the co-operation of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous affiliations.

On the first ballot for President, at this mass meeting, Charles Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, received 203 votes; Horace Greeley, of New York, 147; Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois, 110; Benjamin Gratz Brown, of Missouri, 95; David Davis, of Illinois, 92; Andrew G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, 62; and Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, 2. On the second: Greeley, 245, Adams 243. Trumbull 148, Davis 75. Brown 2, and Chase 1. Third: Adams 264, Greeley 258, Trumbull 156, Davis 41, Brown 2. Fourth: Adams 279, Greeley 251, Trumbull 141, Davis 51, Brown 2. Fifth: Adams 309, Greeley 258, Trumbull 81, Davis 30, Chase 24, Brown 2. Sixth: Greeley 332, Adams 324, Chase 32, Trumbull 19, Davis 6. Before ths result was announced, changes began in Greeley's favor which increased his vote until it stood 482 to 187 for Adams. An effort was made to declare the nomination of Greeley unanimous, but there were many votes in the negative.

Of the first ballot for Vice President, B. Gratz Brown received 237 votes; Lyman Trumbull, 158; George W. Julian, of Indiana, 134: Gilbert C. Walker, of Virginia, 84; Cassius M. Clay, of Kentucky, 34; Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio, 25; John M. Scoville, of New Jersey, 12; and Thomas W. Tipton, of Nebraska, 8. On the second: Brown, 435, Trumbull, 175; Walker, 75; John M. Palmer, of Illinois, 8, and Tipton, 3. The nomination of Governor Brown was thereupon

made unanimous, and the Convention adjourned.

The Democratic National Convention met at Baltimore, Maryland, on Tuesday July 9th, and pretty much on the principle of "anybody and anything to beat Grant," accepted the nominees and ratified the platform of the Cincinnati mass meeting. The opposition to this course was led by Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware, but the address and resolutions of the Liberal party and adopted by a vote of 670 to 32, and on

the ballot to nominate a candidate for President, Greeley received 686 votes; Jere S. Black, of Pennsylvania, 21; Bayard, 16; and William S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, 5; while Mr. Brown received 713 votes for Vice President to six for John W. Stevenson, of Kentucky, and thirteen scattering.

The Ohio delegation joined heartily in accepting this second "new departure," and even expressed great confidence in their expectation of carrying the State. It had been selected in part at the State Convention at Cleveland on June 27th, and was headed by Henry B. Payne, of Cuyahoga, John A. McMahon, of Montgomery, Chilton A. White, of Brown, and Michael A. Daugherty, of Franklin. The State ticket there nominated consisted of Aquila Wiley, of Wayne County, for Secretary of State; John L. Green, of Sandusky, for Judge of the Supreme Court; and Isaac B. Riley, of Licking, for member of the Board of Public Works.

The platform adopted consisted of the following resolutions:

Resolved, By the Democracy of Ohio in Convention assembled, that the platform of principles adopted by the Cincinnati Convention, together with the free interpretation of the same enunciated in the letter of HORACE GREELEY in accepting the nomination of that Convention for the office of President of

the United States, affords a common ground upon which the liberal men of all parties can unite in opposition to the present Administration and its attendant official corruption.

2. That our delegates this day chosen to represent us in the Democratic National Convention to assemble in Baltimore, are requested to vote for the nomination of GREELEY and BROWN as our candidates for President and Vice President.

The Straightout Democracy," as the delegates called themselves, also held a National Convention at Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, September 3d, and nominated Charles O'Conor, of New York, for President and John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, for Vice President; but the support given the movement and ticket was so weak that but 30,000 votes in the entire country gave it their support. An electoral ticket was nominated in Ohio but received but a scattering support.

While the result of the campaign was at no time in doubt, from some undefinable cause, the Liberal movement seemed to have gained greater foothold in Ohio than in any Northern State voting previous to the Presidential election. Consequently, the principal oratorical battles were fought in Ohio, though the State of Maine shared to some extent in the wordy warfare. Possession of the latter State was not regarded, however, as important as the capture of Ohio,

and the prospect for success did not appear so flattering. Just prior to the regular State election, the allied parties concentraded their combined strength in Ohio and made great claims of a sweeping victory. In consequence most of the prominent Republican speakers of the country came to Ohio, and during five weeks, beginning about the first of September, there were from six to a dozen political meetings a day. Despite the efforts of their leaders, a

The combined opposition was more successful in the Congressional election. Out of twenty candidates nominated seven were elected Of the nominees, the following had been Republicans and owed whatever political prominence they had to their affiliation with that party: First district, Henry B. Banning; Fourth, James J. Winans; Tenth, Rush R. Sloane; Eleventh, Samuel P. Nash; Fifteenth, Richard R. Hudson; Sixteenth, Christian L. Poorman; Seventeenth, Richard Brown; Eighteenth, Norton S. Townshend; Nineteenth, Milton Sutliff; Twentieth, Selah Chamberlain. Only one of these-Ban

The Republican nominees for Presidential electors in Ohio were all successful by greatly increased majorities at the election on Tuesday, November 5th. They were as follows: At large-John C. Lee, Delaware, and Alphonso Hart, Portage. For the districts: 1. Joshua H. Bates, Hamilton. 2. William E. Davis, Hamilton. 3. Thomas Moore, Butler. 4. William Allen, Darke. 5. Matthew C. Hale, Shelby. 6. George R. Haynes, Lucas. 7. Marcus Boggs, Ross. 8. Charles Phellis, Madison. 9. John S. Jones, Delaware. IO. Christopher C. Keech, Erie. 11. Homer C. Jones, Vinton. 12. Luther Donaldson, Franklin. 13. Isaac Smucker, Licking. 14. Isaac M. Kirby, Wyandot. 15. Charles H. Grosvenor, Athens. 16. Jonathan T. Updegraff, Jefferson. 17. Joshua A. Riddle, Mahoning. 18. John R. Buchtel, Summit. 19. Aaron Wilcox, Geauga. 20. John C. Grannis, Cuyahoga.

The Republican vote was over 16,000 more in November than in October, while the Democratic vote was nearly 7,000 less, though about 1,200 of this loss went to Black and O'Conor. The official vote of Ohio, on November 5th, was as follows:

Democratic count for Louisiana, was: Grant 3.585.444; Greeley 2,843,563; O'Conor 29,849; Black 5,608-or a plurality for Grant of 741,881 and a majority of 706,784.

Mr. Greeley did not long survive his crushing defeat, his death occuring at Chappaqua, New York, on December 29th, When the electoral colleges met the following January, Grant and Wilson received 286 electoral votes each, and the opposition cast their votes for President, as follows: Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, 42; B. Gratz Brown, 18; Horace Greeley, 3; Charles J. Jenkins, of Georgia, 2; and David Davis, of Illinois, 1. For Vice President, Mr. Brown received 47 votes, George W. Julian, 5. Alfred H. Colquitt, of Georgia, 5; John M. Palmer, 3; Thomas E. Bramlette, of Kentucky, 3; Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachussets, 1; William S. Groesbeck, of Ohio, 1; and Willis B. Niochen, of Kentucky, 1.

Allen Trimble Wikoff, Secretary of State, was born on a farm in Adams. County, Ohio, November 15, 1825. In 1862 he enlisted in the army as a Lieutenant in Company A, Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to the Captaincy and served until the close of the war. He resided in Columbus temporarily after the war, read law and was admitted to the bar. In 1871 he became chief clerk in the office of the Secretary of State under General Isaac R. Sherwood, filling the position until he was himself made Secretary of State. He was nominated and elected to the office in 1872. In 1874 he was renominated, but was defeated along with the other Republican candidates for State office. In 1874, 1875 and 1876 he was Chairman of the