The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-10

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MIR. Grecleys letter or sAeccpfanee. g
The principles Of the Cincinnati platform,
rs expounded by Mr.. Greeley id his letter ofi
acceptance, present the issues of tiie psesi-
dental campaign I'M SO lucid i aIrlasner as to-
bring out their true Democratic spirit ia
great force and fullness -
NEW York, Mayo. 1872.
| Gentlemen have chosen not TO acknowI.
edge your letter of the Sd Instant until /
could learn how the work of your Conyen-
| ton was received in all parts our great
! country. and judge whether that work was
! approved and ratified by the mass OF our fel-
| low.citizens. Their response has from day Z
| to day reached me through tefegrarns, let
tiers, and comments of journalists, irsJle-
pendent Of official patronage and indifferent
to the smiles or frowns of power. The num-
ber and character Of these unconstrained,
| unNlrchased, unsolicited utteranees satisfy
| me that the movement which found express
| sion ut Cincinnati has received tire stamp Of
| public approval, and has been hailed by the
| majority OF our countrymen as the harbinger
of better days for the Republic. / do not mis-
| interpret this approval as especially compli-
mentary to myself, nor even TO the chivairoug
and justly-estecmed gentleman with whose
| name I thank your Convention for associa-
| ting mine.
| receive and welcome it rs q spontaneous
| and deserved tribute to that admirable plat
| form of principles wherein your Convention
so tersely, SO lucidy, and SO forcibly set forth
the convictions which impelled and the pur-
poses which guided its coursc-a platform
| which, casting behind it the wreck and rub
bish of WORKOUT contentious and by-gone
feuds, embodies in fit and few words the
needs and aspirations of to-day. Though
thousands stand ready to condemn your
every act, hardly syllable of criticism or
cavil has been aimed at your platform, of
which the substance may be fairly epitomized
us follows:
First. All the political rights and franchises
which have BEEN acquired through our late
bloody CONFUSION must and shall be guaran-.
teed, maintained, enjoyed, and respected
| eycrm0re. 5s
Second. All the political rights and fran
chises which have been lost through that con-
vuIsion should and must be promptly restored
and rCGstablished. SO that there shall be hence
forth no prescribed class and no disflanchised
caste within the limits of our Union, whose
1
ternize upon the broad basis of universal am
nesty with impartial suffrage.
| Third. That, subject to our solemn constl-
| tutional obligation to maintain the equal
rights of all citizens, our policy should aim
at local self-Sovernment, and not ut centrali-
zation that the civil authority should be SUI
premc over the military; that the writ OF
habeas corpus should be jealously upheld as
the safeguard of personal freedom; that the
| individual citizen should enjoy the largest
liberty consistent with public order, and that
there shall be no federal subyersion of the
internal polity of the several States and mtI-
nicipaltics, but that each shall be lett free to
enforce the rights and promote the well-beinS
OF the inhabitants by such means us the Judg-
mcnt of its own people shall prescribe.
Fourth. There shall he real, and not
merely simulated, reform in the civil service
of the republic, to which end it Is indispen-
sable tue chief dispenser OF its vast official
patronage shall be shielded from the main
temptation to use lis power se6sllly by
rule ineNorably forbiddinS and precluding
his reelection.
/ Fifth. That the raising Of revenue whether
by tariff or otherwise, shall be recognized
and treated as the peoples immediate busi-
ness, to be shaped and directed by them
through their representatives in Congress,
whose action thereon the President must
neither oyerrule by his veto, attempfto die
tate, nor presume to punish by bestoWlng
Office ONLY OH those who agree with him, or
| withdrawing it from those who do not.
| Sixth. That the public lands must be
sacredly reserved for acquisition and Occupa-
| ton by cultivators, and not recklessiy sauan-
| dercd on the projectors OF railroads, FOR
which our people have no present need, and
| the premature construction Of which is an
n,mIiy punging us into deeper and deeper
abysscs of foreign Indebtedness.
| Seventh. That the achievement of these
grand purposes of universal bcneiicence Is
expected and sought OF all who approve
them, irrespective OF past affiliations.
! Eighth. That the public faith must at all
hazards bc maintained, and the natl0iMl
credit be preserved.
Ninth. That the patriotic devotedness and
| inestimablc services OF our tellow-ciliZens,
who, as soldiers or sailors, upheld the Tag
and maintained the unity OF the Republic,
shall ever be gratefully remembered ana
honorably requited.
These propositions, so ably and forclbiy
presented in the platform OF your coh'eii.
tion, have already fixed the attention anu
commanded the assent of u large majority oil
our countrymcn, who joyfuily adopt them,
rs do. as the basis OF q true, beneficent, na-
tional reconstruction, of new departure
from iealo,lsies, strifes, and hates, which nave
no longer an adequate motive, OF even plail-
sible prctext, into On atmosphere OF peace,
fraternity, and mutual goodwill. In yam
| do the drill-sergeants of dccayins 0rSalliZa-
tions flourish menacingly their trllncheons
and angrily insist that the files shall be eosed
and straightened In vain do the Whipperfs-
in of parties once vital, because rooted ID Tue
vital needs of the hour, protest against stray
inp and boiling, denounce men noWise their
Interiors as traitors and renegades, ana Unreal
on them with infamy and ruin. am eonn-
dent the American people have already mace
your cause their own, fully resolved ,tiiat
their brave hearts and strong arms shall Dear
. it OH to triumph. ,.....,a.l
Tn this fuith, and with the distinct under
standing that, if elected, / shall be the Presl-
dent not ora party, but of the Whole. people,
I accept your nomination in the conhdent
tr1,st that the masses Of our countrylpen,
North and South, are eager TO clasp nanus
across the bloody chasm which mas teo , lolis
divided them, forgetting that they have peen :.
enemies in the joyful consciousness ttiat aey
are and must henceforth remain brethren.
- - '.'' HORACE GREELEY.
i SHoRr LETTER PROM MR. GREgLEY-HE
EMPHASIZES HIS PosrTIoE. Moses d. strong,
of Wisconsin, has written letler W Mi'