Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-05-22
ESTABLISHED MARCH 30. 1886.


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commanded the assent of alarge majority
Of our countrymen who Joyfnlly adopt
them as the basis of a true benefcent
national fecons detien, of new departure
nom the jealousies and strifes and hates
which laveio longer any adequate motive
Or even plausible pretext, into the ztmos-
phere ofSpeaee, fraternity and mutual good
viii. . II vain do the drill sergeants
OF - decaying organizations flourish
menacingly their trUncheons and.
anTilY insist that The files shall
be closed and straightened.a In vainsdo the
whippers-in of parties, once vital because
rooted in vital needs of the hour, protest
against straying and boiling, and denounee
men in no wise their interiors as traitors
and renegades, and threaten them with
linfamy aud ruin. ; am confident that the
American people have already made your
cause their own, and resolved that their
brave hearts and strong arms shall bear it
on to triumph. In this faith and with the
distinct understanding that if elected l shall
be President not Of a party but of the whole
People, | accept your nomination in conf
dent trust that the masses of our country,
North and South, are eager to clasp hands
dLlOoS buC fUlOO1J OldSl1L 1idS bOO
divided them, forgetting they have been
enemies and joyful in the consciousness
that they all remain brethren.
-it8 y A Yours gratefully, ~ ~
HORACE GREELEY.
To Hon. Carl Schurz, President; Geo. w.
Julian, Vice President Messrs VIM. E.
Mclean and others, Secretaries of the
National Convention Liberal Repubi
cans of the United States. -
John C. BreeIkInridge.
s LEXINGTON, KY, May. 2I.-The Daily
Press Of this city will tomorrow morning
contain an editorial article authorisatively
denying the statement that Gen. John g.
Breckenridge has announced his intention
to support Mr.. Greeley. Il
ON to Philadelphia.
CINCINNATI, May 2I.-The Baltimore
and Ohio railroad has reduced the fare from
Cincinnati te Philadelphia ami return. to the
Republican National Convention, to SIS,
vita the privilege of visit to Washington
on the same ticket.
Speaker Blaine.
AUGUSTA, Me-, May 2I.-The Republi-
cans of the Third Congressional District
met in convention to-day and unanimously
nominated Hon. j. G.. Blaine for repre-
sentative to Congress. This is Blaine's
sixth nomination. - -
Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, May PA meeting of
the Liberal Republican Central Committee
appointed at Cincinnati was held at the
Bates House here to-day. a COMMITTEES
was appointed to confer with the Demo
cratic State Central Committee in regard to
the distribution of Offices of the approach
ing Democratic State Convention, to be
held in this city on the 18th proximo.
Illinois.
CHICAGO, May 2l.-The Congressional
Convention for the fourth Illinois district
viii be held June q, Returns from the
primary elections of several counties COM
posing the district indicate the defeat of
Farnsworth, the present representative, for
denomination.
Winnebago. instructs its delegates for
Lathrop; DeKalb county for Dustin, in
structing them under no circumstances to
vote for Farnsworth; and Boone county is
also against him. These counties cast 26
votes, majority. Farnsworth carries GER
tainly only McHenry.