The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-24
,sr e:rcoIcy.. Letter nr Acceptance.

Mr.. Grcclry'S letter of acceptance VIII ne
| found in another column. Soilltti'lc> S"o'
Go,l,Dcnt> BY presidential ca'i'i'''tc> wv
| rc,d only for the intrinsic significance 't''
| ,,tn,.hns in th,tn SOMETIMES because tH''s
are thought To he the guarded cNl'lr,>i'''' ,
mn, 50 much of the candidate tl'll>r'i IL o.
| thn ra,;yrjc Of friends Who nave Hiiil III
| charur. Rarely are they read because ''s'!
| ~, c.,crtrti 10 colI:rarcnc every flt:e"i coi-
,,,:;, ,n3I roIiti,-. in their iraukinSs, force,
.,.I ,.yc,.piiunIl yirur and c,'atlnn oil tone.
| ur ;rr,iey's letter will 'c found 10 COLT
nlv with these requirements (" the tull
| ill., measures the hour hy tie platform and
rho plo,tprm bv the hour aiiii eninrccS
hotl, with a literary strength and purity
nr rn,ur ption and sentiment that are
but u physiological transcript Of his
lie. His letter. aside from the per-
,nu,l hearing il has toward him. is in itself II
rnn:riinion 10 po'ticAl ethics hardly any
oil her nan in this country could have made
with 80 much co@ency. consistency. and
brcvitv. Administration organs will enter II
sm,n Judgment against the production be-
cause il restatcs the platform of Cincinnati.
If they can find any difference between the
document and Mr.. Grcclcy's Interpretation
Of it, that Judgment will stand: if not. not.
II they can maintain that il has not hcrn the
custom Of all candidates with the ability TO
do so to rccas, The platform in their letters
of acceptance. their criticism upon Mr.. Gree
ry'S action in that respect will have I'LL the
weight of cenSurc that attaches to the caho-
rate diSq,lisitions that Used TO be made on the
candidates clothes.
We believe the letter will prove timely
and growing reinforcement 70 the Liberal
sentiment that from the first has steadily
progressed from mcr" endorsement to hiTtl
enthusiasm among lis friends, ana which has
already excited the graEcSt apprchci>iohs OF
those who ut first affected TO treat II WITH
ridic,,lr. If the Liberal movement was born
in weakness, it is beyond caTil that II las
ere this been raised in power. How To re-
elect Grant i: has already given way to low
| /, defeat :hc coalition: The objective point
in this interest is IL lie >tormcd 10y the COM
i,!nrd forces Of, Bourhoni<m and GlantiSm is
the Baltimore Convention. Wcdoubt not that
this letter will enable that Convention and
he friends of Cincinnati to see eye to eye.
We reserve for future reference an enforce
mrrt q tie sicrc;siyc points Of the letter,
should il seem necessary. We coutcnt our
sry;- today with tc,tiI'"2 our admiration
.or is LOFT expression and our pleasure that
II j. ,i,ch letter IL shot,li he written i,v ono
whom the people are solicited IN max" their
iir-t ci izrn. 1t is Il letter worthy Ola rrcai-
dent; ard in lis conrrcl.cISirrncSs, cttho|i-
| city. and patriotism. shows 3lr. Greeley him
| : III 10 nave been the foremost Of his party in
| the li!rcralizinY education he hest men OF
| t,tat arIv have received from the study of
| the tSciltS oftwclve wears past. We will be
tmituuyl special Glaiiii,9;;un over that para
Graph in which Mr.. Greeley defines his
views OF local scit--oycrnmrid. There is no
! doubt that is the vital i>Sllr of the canvass.
| We applphcrd that before that canvass pre-
cccCs> tar. American people who believe in
the Federal system will discover that the
struggle is not one of parties. but one OF tie
scli-prcscrvalion OF every institution that
has rendered this Republic iluSrcu> OF that
can render it secure. To-day Grant de-
man(lS from Congress the renewal Of the
! power ~ establish martial law over this
country during the period when he will run
| for +, election. In any other country called
| tee The mere mooting Of this proposition
would rccoil. not i'll argument, but i'll rcvo-
| lution. Have the American people sunk
| partv moment too soon? Have they
| r!a-nad hands Of union Il moment too early
The spectacle Of the rude, reckless soldier,
the slave of his habits and Of his aVallcc,
| throwing his sword across Tic balot-hcXand
his army in front of 1t, explains his purpose
and our peril, and renders loyalty TO luere
nlrty treason to dclncclatic-rcpublican GOV
eminent. Baltimore can hc the cornerstone
of a redeemed government and Il saved cOlll-
try. or ii rtn play tender 10 The job to cntrl'st
| the Government for four ycals more to thc
hands of men habituatcd to its outrage and
| interested in lis ruin. We Stcad::tstiy hope
| ;,nd shall earnestly labor TO accomplish the
hopc--that on the spot where twelve years
ago were soWu the seeds Of warand disuuion
shall grow up. i1yinrihlc and unanimous.
that spirit Of patriotism and wisdom which
| will enable Our co'lntrymen, saving the Coy.
crnmcnt first of all, to establish justice, III
sure domestic tranquility, provide fer the
common defence, promote the general wei
fare, and secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and eur postcrity. --Broohlyn (A.
~ Eagle.