The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-10

gers which are threatening us If, by the re-
election Of General GRAFT, tho policy thus far
pursued by the Radical party be continued.
The thinking men Of both parties have become
alive to the fact that we are now living under
q military despotlsm, overriding the civil au-
thorily In many States OF the Union; that oy
the enactment Of arbitrary and unconstltu-
tional laws through depraved majority in
Congress, the rights of the States are lDfring-
and Capitalization are undermining the very
foundation of our Federal system and are
sweeping away the constitutional bulwark
erected by the wisdom Of the fathers of the
| Republic. These abuses have become go g!ar-
| Ing that the wlsest and best men of the Re-
publican party have severed themselves from
the Radical wing, which Is trying to lasten upon
| their country aneeher four years reign Of cor
ruption, usurpa'ion and despotism; and what
ever individual opinion we may entertain as
to the course of the candidates whom
they have selected in opposition TO Gen.
eral Grant, there cannot be any doubt
of the patriotic impulses which dictated
their action, nor can any fault be
found with the platform of principles upon
which they have placed their candidate. The
resolutions of The Cincinnati Convention are
what the country requires, aud they must
command the hearty support of every patriot
throughout the vast-extent Of our land. In the
struggle which ls before us we must look to
principles aud not men; and trust that no per-
sonal predictions or prejudice will deter
us from doing our duty to the American
people. General Grant has been good
and faithful soldier. During our civil war
his stubborn and indomltable courage has
helped to crown the Union with victory,
and the American people have rewarded his
services with the most unbounded generosity.
am willing to concede that his Intentions on
taking the Presidential chair were good and
patriotic, but he has most signally aud badly
failed In the discharge OF the high trust i'm
posed upon him by the confidence OF CRATE
full people. He ls at this moment the very
perscnifcation of the msrule which Is opposed
to ua, and his reelection Is fraught with most
deplorable consequences for the welfare Of
the Republic, and endangers the liberties
OF our people. On the other hand, Mr..
Greeley has been heretofore bitter op
ponent of the Democratic party, aud the
violent attacks against myself Individually
which have from time to time appeared In his
journal, certainly do not entitle him to any
sympathy and preference at my hands. But
Mr.. Greeley rep. ,sents the national and con-
stitutional principles OF the Cincinnati plat
form, and by his admirable and manly letter
Of acceptance he has shown that he Is fully
alive to their spiat, and that, If elected. lls
means to carry them out honestly and faith
fully. Should you, therefore, in your wisdom
decide to pronounce Ia favor Of the Cincinnati
candidates, I shall, for one, most cheerfully
bury all past differences and vote and labor
for their election with the same zeal and
energy with which have supported hereto
fore and mean ever to support the candidates
of the Democratic party. The American
people leok with deep solicitude to
your deliberations. 1t Is for you to
devise means by which to free them from the
evils under which they are suffering; but, In
order to obtain that, you are called upon to
make every sacrifice of party preference.
However much you might desire to fight the
coming battle for our rights aud liberties un-
der one of the trusted leaders of the Demo-
cratic party, 1t will become your duty to dis
card all considerations of party tradition if the
election of good and wise man outside of
our own ranks offers better chance of sue
cess. You must remember that y6uare here
not only as Democrats, but as citizens of our
common country, AID that no sacrifice can be
too great that she demands at your hands.
Mr.. Belmont, after some further personal
remarks, nominated as the temporary presi-
dent OF the convention, Thomas Jefferson
Randolph, of Virginia, saying: at is an auspl-
cous omen that scion of the author of the
Declaration of Independence Is to iuaugurate
the struggle of the Democracy for freedom
and equality for every American citizen, and
against oppression and tyranny In our fair
land"
Mr. Randolph was elected by acclamatloD.
He said:
Remarks OF Mr.. Randolph.
lam aware that the very great honor con-
ferred upon ne by this body s due to no per-
sonal merit Of my own, but is token Of
reapect to the State from which come. and ls
o recognition OF other circumstances possibly
sdventitious. am, perhaps, the Oldest mem.
Der of this body; and life of eighty years
With the Democratic Republican party consu-
tutes me a senior member. / remember
freshly every Presidential conteet, from the
first election Of Jefferson to the present
time, and can say with truth that remember
none which involved higher questions of per-
sonal liberty, local selfgovernment, honest
administration aud constitutional freedom
than the present, or one which demands of
our party and our people a calmer or more
earnest recourse to prudential principles. 1t
strikes me as the duty of this body, and of
this hour, to wrest the government from the
hands of its present despotlc and corrupt
holders, and to place 1t In honest hands; to
restore to the citizen everywhere the proud
consciousness of personal rights, and to all
the States perfect integrity Of local self.gov-
ernment. This, with the recognition of the
supremacy of the constitution and the law,
will, in my judgment, discharge all our pres.
ent duty.
Tho hand nlauod tDIxIeD when Mr. Ram