The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-06-05

i. TIE Observation-Disclosures OF
Hon. B. GRATz BRowN.--In reply to the
Of his nomination for Vice
President, by tho Cincinnati Convention,
Gov. Brown has written long response,
in which he says:
II accept the nomination as q candi-
date for ios.President, and endorse
most cordially the rasolutions setting
forth the principles on which appeal is |
made to the whole people of the United |
States. A century is closing upon our |
of Republican Government.
and while that lapse of time has wit
messed great expansion of our free in
stitutions, yet it has not been without
also grave dangers to the
stability OF such q system. OF those,
successfully encountered, it is needless to
speak. OF those which remain to me-
mace US, the most threatening are pro-
vided against, as firmly believe. in the
wise and pacific measures proposed by
your platform.
"It has come to be the practice of
those elevated to the position of national
authority to regard the public service
but as means to retain power. This
results in substituting mere party or
ganization for government itself,
which constitutes control amenable to no
laws or moralities, impairs oil indepen
dent thought. enables few to ride the
many. and makes personal allegiance the
road to favor. 1t requires little forecast
to perceive that this will wreck all liber-
ties, unless there be interposed timely
reform Of administration, from its high
est to it's lowest station, which shall not
only prevent abuses, but likewise take
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Wearied with the contentious that ard
carried on in nvarice of spoils, the coun-
try demands repose. The Union is for
tilted by more power than ever before.
It remains an imperative duty to cement
our nationality by perfect reconciliation.
At the North widespread sympathy is
aroused in behalf of those States of the
South which, long after the determine
ton of resstsnon to rightful authority,
are still plundered under the guise Of
loyalty. and tyrannized over in the name
of freedom. Along with this feeling is
present, too, the recognition that in
complete amnesty alone can be found the
hope of any return to q constitutional
government as Of old, or any develop
ment of more enduring unity and
broader national life in future. Amnes-
ty, however, to make it eficaoious, must
be real. not nominal; genuine, not eva
sive. It must carry along with it equal
rights as we'll as equal protection to all,
for the removal of disabilities as to some,
with enforcement as to others, leaves
room for suspicion that pardon is mea-
sured by political gain; and especially
will such professed clemency be futile in
the presence of renewed attempt al
prolonging the suspension of the hdbed:
corpus, and persistent resort to MARTA
rather than civil law in upholding those
agencies used to ALLEVIATE the races, wher
concord is most essential; and in pre-
pairing another elaborate campaign on {
basis of dead issues aud arbitrary inter
vention. All will rightly credit suct
conduct as but mockery OF amnesty
and demand an administration which Cal
give better warrant of honesty in th'
real work of reconstruction and reform
In the array of sectional interests a re
public 30 wide as ours is never entirel,
safe from serious conflicts. These be
: come still more dangerous when compli
Gated with questions of taxation, where
unequal burdens are believed to be i'm
: posed on one part at the expense OF an
3 other part.
"It vae bold ae veil as an admirable
= policy in tho interest OF the present q
I; we'll as future tranquility, to withdra,
the decision of industrial and revenu
: matters from the virtual arbitration @
All electoral college. chosen with the sin
: gle animating purpose of party ascend
o ancy, and refer them for q more direc
4 popular expression to each Congressiont
= District, instead of being muzzled
/. some evasive declaration. The countr
b is thereby invited to frankest utteranc.
n and sections which would revolt ut bein
8 denied voice, out of Difference to othe
It success. would be content to acquiesc
If in the general judgment: 'Honest
,, elected If a local government be, {
It it undoubtedly is, the most vital primo
pie of our institutions, much advant
will be made toward establishing it b
10 enabling the people to pass upon que
., tions 80 nearly affecting their we'll beir
D. dispassionately through their local rel
a. resentatives. The prscipitance whit
10 would force che controlling deolaratie
l. on the tax or tariff through the Pres
ID dential candidacy is only disguise
r, form of Capitalization involving hazar
-g GUS reaches of executive influence.
e. conclusion will be much more impartii