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 A Republican State Convention was held at Des Moines on the 7th of July, at which the following candidates were nominated: C. C. Cole for Supreme Judge; James Wright, Secretary of State; John A. Elliott, Auditor; Wm. H. Holmes, Treasurer; Isaac L. Allen, Attorney-General; J. A. Harvey, Register Land Office; C. B. Darwin, W. G. Thompson, J. Van Valkenburg, S. S. Burdette, B. F. Hunt, Dan Anderson, C. C. Mudgett and H. C. Henderson, Presidential Electors.

The National Republican convention, which was held at Baltimore on the 7th and 8th of June, renominated Abraham Lincoln for President by a unanimous vote, and Andrew Johnson was nominated for Vice President on the second ballot. The resolutions approved the determination of the Administration to make no compromise with Rebels, the offer of no terms of peace other than “unconditional surrender,” and the return to allegiance to the constitution and laws of the United States, and the complete extirpation of slavery from the soil of the Republic by amendment of the Constitution. The resolutions applauded the practical wisdom, unselfish patriotism, and unswerving fidelity to the Constitution and the principles of American liberty, with which Abraham Lincoln had discharge, under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, the great duties and responsibilities of the Presidential office; approved especially the Proclamation of Emancipation, and the employment, as Union soldiers, of men heretofore held in slavery. They indorsed the Monroe Doctrine and the encouragement of foreign immigration by a liberal and just policy.

The Democratic National Convention assembled at Chicago on the 29th of August; Governor Seymour of New York was called to preside and, in his opening address, foreshadowed the “peace policy” which was to dominate the convention. Through their secret “orders” the anti-war men had been able to secure a large preponderance of delegates in the convention. From the speeches made