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civil service of the republic; to which
end it is indispensable that the chief
dispenser Of it's vast official patronage
shall be shielded from tie main temp
tation to use his power sel6shly by a
rule incxorably forbidding and pre-
Guiding his reelection.
V. That the raising of revenue,
whether by tariff or otherwise, shall
be recognized and treated as the peo-
ple's immediate business, to be shaped
and directed by tncm through their
rcpl esentativcs in Congress, whose
action thereon the President must
neither over-rule by his veto, attempt
to dictate, nor presume to punish, by
bestowing office only on those who
agree with him or Withdrawing it
from those who do not. ..
VI. That the public lands must be
sacredly reserved for occupation and
acquisition by cultivators, and not
recklessIy squandered on the projec-
tors of railroads for which our people
have no present need, and the prema-
ture construction of which is annually
plunging us into deeper and deeper
abysses of foreign indebtedness.
VII. That the achievement Of these
grand purposes of universal benefi-
cence is expected and sought at the
hands of all who approve them, ir-
respective of past affiliations.
VIII. That the public faith must at
all hazards be maintained, and the
national credit preserved.
TX. That the patriotic devotedness
and inestimable services of our fellow
citizens who, as soldiers or sailors,
upheld the flag and maintained the
unity of the republic shall ever be
gratefully remembered and honorably
requited.
These propositions, so ably and
forcibly presented in the platform Of
your Convention, have already fixed
the attention and commanded the as
sent of a large majority Of our coun-
trymen, who joytully adopt them, as
I do, as the basis of true, benefcent
national reconstruction-of a new
departure from jealousies, strifes and
hates, which have no longer adequate
motive or even plausible pretext, into
an atmosphere of peace, fraternity
and mutual good will. In vain do
the drill.scrgeants Of decaying organ
izations flourish menacingly their
truncheons, and angrily insist that
the files shall be closed and straight
ened; in vain do the whippers-in of
parties once vital because rooted in
the vital needs of the hour protest
against straying and boiling, denoun-
cling men nowise their interiors as
traitors and renegades, and threaten
them with infan4y and ruin. I am
confident that the American people
have already made your cause their
own, and strong arms shall bear it on
to triumph. In this faith, and with
the distinct understanding that, if
elected, I shall be the President not of
a party, but of the whole people, I
accept your nomination, in the conf
dent trust. that the masses Of our
coutrymen, North and South, are
eager TO clasp hands across the bloody
chasm which has too long divided
them, forgetting that they have been
enemies in the joyful consciousness
that they are and mnst henceforth
remain brethren. Yours. gratefully,
HORACE GREELEY.
To Hon. CARL ScHURz, President;
. GEORGE W. JULIAN, Vice-President;
and Messrs. WM. E. MCLEAN, JOHN
G. DAVIDSON. J. Fl. RHODES, Secre-
taries of the National Convention
of the Liberal Republicans Of the
United States. . ... ... .-..