The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-28

municipalities, but that each shall be
left free to enforce the rights and
promote the well-being of its inhabi-
tants by such means as the iudg-
ment of its own people shall pre-
scribed.
Fourth. There shall be q real and
not merely a simulated refol m in the
civil service Of the Republic, to
which end it is indispensable that
the chief dispenser of its vast official
patronage shall be shielded from the
main temptation to use his is'power
selfshly by rule, inexorably 'by a
rule forbidding and precluding re-
election !; that the raising of revenue
whether by tariff or otherwise, be re-
cognised and treated as the peo-
ple's immediate business, to be shap-
ed and directed by them through
their representatives in Congress,
whose action thereon the President
must neither overrule by his veto, at
temps to dictate nor presume to pun
ish by bestowing office only on those
who agree with him, or withdrawing
it from those who do not.
Sixth. That the public lands must
be sacredly reserved for occupation
and acquisition by cultivators, and
not recklessly squandered on projec,
tors of railroads, for which our peo-
pie have no present need and the
premature construction of which are
annually p'ungins us into deeper
.abysses Of foreign Indebtedness.
| Seventh. That the achievement
Of these purposes of universal bene.
ficence is expected and sought at the
hands Of all who approve them, ir-
respective of party affiliation.
| Eight. That the public faith must
at all hazards he maintained and the
national credit preserved.
Ninth. That the patriotic devo.
tedness and inestimable services Of
our fellow-citizens, who as soldiers
and sailors upheld the flag and main
tained the integrity Of the Republic
shall ever be greatfully remembered
and honorably requitted.
) These proposition SO ably and for
ciby presented in the platform oI
your Convention have already fixed
the attention and commanded of q
large majority of our countrymen
} who joyfully adopt them as I do, as
the basis of true benefcent nation
al reconstruction Of a new departure
from jealous, strifes and hates, which
have no longer adequate motive, OF
! even plausible pretext into an at
< mosphere Of peace fraternity and
, mutual good will. In vain do tho
drill seryeants of decaying organiza
: ton nourish menacingly their trunch
; cons and angrily insist that the files
: shall be closed and Strengthened. Ii
l vain do the whippers in of parties
once vital, because rooted in the vi
, tai needs Of the hour protest agains
> straying and boiling /; denounce mer
] noHise their interiors as traitors ant
3 reuegades, and threaten them will
, infamy and ruin. I am confden
! that the American people have al
ready made our cause their own, full
8 resolved that their brave hearts ant
t strong arms shall bear it on in tri
l umph. In this faith and with tn
distinct understanding that if elected
9 I shall be the president, not of par
ty but of the whole people. I &C
g cept your nomination, in the conf
: dent trust that the masses of ou
: countrymen North and South ar
: eager to clasp hands across th
: bloody chasm which has too long di
vided them, forgetting that the
+ have been enemies, in the joyful con
0 sciousness that they are and mus
: henceforth remain brethren.
u Yours gratefully,
: HORACE GREELEY.
To Hon. Carl Schurz !; President
Hon. g. w. Julian, Vice President