The Lincoln County herald., 1872-05-30

submission on the internal policy Of the
several states end municipalities, but that
each shall b left free TO enforce right and
promote ths we'll being Of its inhabitants
By such means ss the judgment Of its own
people shall, prescribe.
4. There shall be real and not messly
a simulated reform 10 the civil service OF
the republie, to which end il is indispec.
sible that the chief dispenser Of its vast
oiBeial patfonsgs shsii be shielded from
ths main temptstios to use this power
sel6shly, by q rule inexorably forbidding
and prscluding his re election. ,.
5. - That raising Of the revenue,
whether BY tariff or otherwiss, shall be
recognised and treated ~ the peoples
imu ediats business, to be shaped and d.
rectod BY them through their representa-.
tivss 10 congress, whose action thereon
the prssidant must neither overruls by
bis vote, attempt to dictate nor presume
to. punish by bsstowing Office only 90
those who sgres with him or Withdraw.
ing Il from those who do not.
6. That public lands must Be sacrsdly
reserved for occupation aud acquisitatioh
BY culsivators, and not rscklessIy squan.
dersd on projectors Of railroads for
which our people have no present need,
and the premature construction Of which
10 annually plupging US into deeper and
desps. sbyssss Of foreign indebtedness.
Z. That the achievement Of these grand
purposes of universal bens6csuce is ex.
pectsd and sought at the hands Of al
who approve them, irra-p.niivs Of past
=. That the public faith must at all |
hazards DO maintained and the national
credit preserved. ......
That the PATRIOTS devoteudnsss and
insstimable services ofout fellow citizens
who, az soldiers or sailors, upheld the
flag and maintained the unity Of the re.
public, shall ever be gratefully remsu.
bered and honsrably requited.
These propositions, SO ably and
forcibly presented in the platform of
your convention, have alresd y fixed the
attention and commanded the assent of
large majority Of our countrymen, who
joyiuIly adopt them ss I do, as the basis
of . trus benc6cent national reconstruct
tion Of q new departure from jealousies
aud strifss and hates which have no
longer adequate motive or even plausible
prstext, into an atmosphere Of peace and
fraternity of mutual good will. In vain
do tho drill-sergeanis of decaying organ.
izations flourish menancingly their trun.
cheons, and angrily insist that the files
shall be closed and straightsned. In
vain do the whippers,in of parties once
vital because rooted in the vital needs of
the hour protest against straying and
boiling, denouncs men nowise their in
feriors as traitors anu renegades, and
threaten them with iufamy and ruin. l
am confident that the American people
have already made your cause their own,
fully resolved that their brave hearts
and strong arms shall bear it on to tri
umph. In this faith, and with the dis.
tinct understanding that if elected, / |
shall be president, not of party. but Of
the whole people. l accept your nomi
nation in the confident trust that the
masses Of our countrymen. north and
south, are eager to clasp hands across
the bloody chasm which has too long
divided them, forgetting that they have
been enemies 10 tho joyful consciousness
that they are and must henceforth rem ain
brethren.
Yours, gratefully,
Signed HORACE GREELEY,
TO Hon. Carl Schurz, president Hon.