Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-05

great ends have been fully achieved, anC
we should not prolOng the arbitrary eX,
ercise Of power, the abuses and the cor.
ruptions which invariably follow period
of protraeted civil strife. Is it best that
its aEnosities should still be nursed anG
its antagOnisms continued? Is it best
that our policy should be to stimulate
the whites and the blacks of the South
to remain arrayed against each other.
l am sure a majority of the American
people will emphatically answer no.
The interests of peace require that the
passions of the past shall be subdued,
that its strifes snail be forgotten, that its
opposing elements shall be brought to-
gether, that the evils arising from the
war should be reformed, and in my
judgement the most studied efforts
could have found nothing so well calcu-
lated at this end as the Liberal ticket
which sprang from a spontaneous senti-
ment, and which we now further rally.
Mr.. FentOn concluded with a warm eulo-
Icy of Greeley and Brown, and an in
dOrsement of the Cincinnati platform.
A letter from Cassius NJ. Clay was
also read, expressing a regret of his ina
bility to attend, and speaking in the
warmest terms Of the honesty of Horace
Greedy and Gratz Brown, and praising
the grand principles upon which they
had been nominated, and saying: "TO
the help of these candidates and these
principles, we call all lovers of their
country, of all parties, out of the decay
ing elements of past issues and absolute
political organizations. a new future
looms up more grand than all the past.
When Republicanism and Democracy
shall be dissolved in the fervent heat of
patriotism, and over PROSTATE Radical
ism and central tyranny, our banner
shall be triumphantly borne, inscribed
with the immortal aspiration, Liberty
and Union, and inseparable, now
and forever"
A letter from Montgomery Blair was
also read, which concludes as follows:
''The Liberal Republicans and Demo-
Gratis generally are not only bound by
their principles, but as honorable men,
to support the Cincinnati nominees
the Liberal Republicans by their actual
participation in the convention, the
Democrats by the pledge which their
conduct clearly implied
The general movement was not only
invited by the Democratic party gene
rally, but they designated their prefer
ence for candidates. Thus, the New
York World urged Nh. Adams in many
articles, and the Chicago Times was
equally pronounced for Judge Davis.
When it is said that while it is true Mr..
Greeley's nomination was not an
ticipated, this circumstance does
not relieve those who advocated
Adams and Davis from their obi
cations to support Greeley, because
they, too, are Radicals. The World adj
mits the logic, but denies the fact that
Adams and Davis are Radicals; but the
fact is beyond dispute that these gentle
men were in as full fellowship with that
party as Mr.. Greeley was; have never
dissented from any Of its leading meas
ures, and would not have been available |
if they had not been in good standing
with the party. The Democrats, by eX-
pressing a willingness to support some
candidate TO be nominated at Cincin-
natl, have bound themselves to support
the nominee, as well as recognize the
hOpelessness of attempting to beat Grant
by a straight Democratic ticket: and
they cannot now advocate the nomina-
ton Of such a ticket, and profess to feel
confidence in its election, without i'm
the confidence of their associ-
ates in their judgment or in their prin-
The following letter, from Senator
Trumbull, was read;
er W~AsHINGroN, May o, 1877.
GENTLEMEN-I shall not be able,
owing to the pressing duties incident to
the closing days of the session Of Con-
gress, 70 be with you at the ratification
meeting called for the twenty-eighth in
slant, but / congratulate you on the de-
.iverance from party trammels which
he Liberal movement has already
wrought. If nothing further was to be
by it than to restore to the people
reedom of political action, irrespective
If party dictation, much good would
been accomplished. But we have ]
till greater reason tOrejoice in the prom
Sc the movement gives-that the peo-
DE, left tree to act out their own convic-
ions, are resolved to elect Horace ;
Greeley President, to purify the govern
nent, remove unnecessary burdens, Gull
ivate the oats Of peace, obliterate old \
.nimosities, and to restore to society {,
hat friendly intercourse without which Z
and even life itself, are scarcely :
worth possessing. Yours, very truly,
E@El ~ ] /
The following was read from James {
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,, \
COMMITTEE or WAYS X MEANS,
Washington, May 81.
DEAR SRI regret that public BUSH
will compel me to be here on the 7.
light of your meeting. !
Mr.. Greeley and | started in life as :
journalists together, acted together for I
ears, and then parted for years, and !
low we are together again ON the issues :
0 try whether this is o government of
AVIS or a government of lead and gun 4
owder-a government of the pen OF the {
word-whether individual, municipal :
State rights, as well as Federal /
ights, are TO be preserved-in short, Z
thisisa consolidated monarchy, !
ransferably by force, or a Federal re-
ublic. such acts as the Senate I
ave Just sent down to the !
louise, no doubt inspired by the Adair z
No. /, to give General Grant SUI Z
control of the coming Presiden- .
al election thus to force his own re- :
lection; and act No. 2, to suspend the
corpus, and thus TO strip the vo-
n Of all judicial protection, demand
of opposition from every citizen, I
nd tower far above pigiron or the dd
thereon, as issues in November
} Mr.. Greeley, as offering US all u of =
lie very best symbols for that unity of :
pposition, and hence, without reference
the past, looking only to the present :
nd future, l give him and his friends
hearty hand of welcome. / shall be
Apply to cooperate with them in that |
lpOsition. Yours respectfully,
JAMES BROOKS.
Letters were also read from Geo. w.
allan, General Imboden, John Dam G
nth, c. B. Sedgwick, w. w. Miles and
r. Adolph Kesler. General I~mboden's
tier concludes as follows: ave know
r. Greeley as a bold, fearless and hon. o
able enemy when war ragged between II
, and when it closed he vas the first y,
proclaim his trust in our honor and n