Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-05-09
rnn notTERs, ooNvnNrION.

To be Held at Cleveland, Ohio, TO Noni-
nate Candidates for President and vice.
President.
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES.
After having labored Intellectually to de-
fer as far as was in our power the critical
moment when the attention Of the people
must inevitably be fixed upon the selection
Of q candidate for the chief msgistrscy OF
the country; after having Intercepted
our conscience and consulted our duty ss
citizens. obeying at once the sentiment OF
a mature conviction and profound sfec-
ton for the common country, we feel our
selves impelled, on our own responsibility,
to declare to the people that the time hes
come for all independent men, jealous Of
their liberties and Of the national great
ness, to confer together and unite to re-
sist the swelling invasion Of an open,
shameless and unrestrsined patronage
which threatens to eDgulf under its de-
structive wave the rights Of the people, the
liberty and dignity Of the nation.
DeepIv impressed with the conviction
that. in time of revolution, when the pub
lie attention turned exclusively to the
success Of armies, and is consequently less
yieieent Of the public liberties, the patron
I
army of s million Of men, and an admin
istrstion Of affairs which seeks to control
the remotest parts Of the country in favor
Of its supreme chief, constitute danger
seriously threatening to the stability OF
Republican institutions, we declare that
the principle Of one term, which has now
acquired nearly the force Of law by the
conservation Of time, ought to be inhexibly
adhered to in the approaching election.
We further declare that SDs do not otreeog1izs tn
tkeBaItimore Convention the sSentidI conditions
of a truly National Convention. Its prox-
imitv to the centre of ell the interested in
Huences of administration, its distance
from the centre Of the country, its mode Of
convocstion, the corrupting practices tc
which it has been and inevitably will be
subjected, do not permit the people tc
assemble there with any expection Of be
ing sble to deliberate at full liberty. Con
WINGED, as we fire, that, in presence OF
the critical circumstances in which the
nation is placed, it is only in the energy
and good sense Of the people that th'
general safety can be found; satisfied tha
the only way to consult it is to indicate
a central position to which every ont
! may 20 without too much expenditure
means and time, and where the assembled
people, far from ell administrative infU
ence, may consult freely and deliberate
peacesbly, with the presence Of the great
est possible number Of men whose known
principles guarantee their sincere snC
enlightened devotion to the rights Of tn
people and to the preservation Of the tru
I bases of republican Government, we earn
g estly invite our fellow citizens to unit
! at Cleveland, Ohio, on Tuesday, May Slst
e current for consultation and concert o
action in respect to the approaching Pres
identisl election.
, D. Gratz Brown, No.; Stephen S. Foster
Mass; Andrew Van Antwerp, N. " Birt
B. Chapman, Ohio; Ezra C. Andrews
T Maine; Henry A. Glover, Miss. Pete
I Engelman, Wis; Csspsr Butz, III ) Geo
8 Field, N. Y; Edward Gilbert, N. Y; Pc
e ter Gillen, N. Y! Isssc W. Half, N. Y.
Wen. Herries, N. Y; Jas. Hill, Me-; {
I Heinzen, Mass. S. P Dinsmore, Dist. Col
= Andrew Humbert, Pa J. ". Alden, 4
, I J.; L SfeuUfur, Iowa. VIM Morris Davis
Pa. E. NJ. Davis, Pa; VIM. F. johnson
d Pc: Frederick Kspp, N. Y; Chas. Z
Q Moss, Mo; E. g. Parker, Me-; Ernes
T Bruessing, Ill; VIM. D. Robinson, Me.
e Jno. s. Ssvery, N. Y; E Cluseret, n Y.
: Fsnil Pretorious, Mo; Nathaniel P. Saw
yer, Penn; Ernest Schmidt ILL.,; JAIME
Redpsth, Mass; Walter b. Shupe, Ohio
s VIM. H. Smith, Maine; P. W. Kenyon
e NY; Tss. Taussig, Mo-; Philip Stopped
d bein, N. Y; VIM. d. DWinelle, n. Y.
: fiSduHcH;; MO; J. q. Westbrook, Maine;
F. Whipple, N. Y; Theo. Olshsussn, Mo
OF THE PEOPLES COMMITTEE