New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04
GREELEY OR GRANT ?

| THE SENATOR'S PERSONAL RECokD- ,"OVD
| FAITH OF THE DEM0CRACY-GREELEfo EA-
| ECUTIvE ABILITIEs-THE OLIVE BRANCH AND
EQUAL RIGHTS.
| lThe following correspondence explains itself;
| LIBERAL REPrBLloAs HzADaUARrEEs ;
No. q ScHooLsr. BosroS. Aug "a, b'%)
Ny DEAR SIR. am directed by Republican state Com
mee to Communicate yoa Of which tie following hse'
Vond Tba, Chairman, IN the q the Lher keFueln
public aa Fanea Hall at The earliest d'J that IA'
suit his convenience.
NE my personal wishes that yoa VII be sole 70
comply with the request great Of the world ls" and 10
though, people Of Massachusetts, viii eoa not
you position yo1 taken favor Of Reform and Recon-
ciaon Of election Of Greeley and Brown
| Very faithfully yours. Rw. BrsD
| To the Hon Charles Sumner So,
DEAR sIa Ihye ho1ore By your Communication q Auy ~
Inviting the Of the Liberal Republicans Of M'uaehu'e 70
speak Fneu Hall 1t with ineIpresse pain and regret that
feel constrained to decline this catering opportunity.
had confidently hoped returning home to meet ny hoEens
In ALL and
great questions involving the welfare Of country Bat recurring
symptoms painful any sash attempt Ny
hyan advises that not for the present. make pubic Effort
precbes vaad friends familiar with ny condition, mite
| with Tie excellent physician.
Submitting reluctantly these ionons eanso. eoOuns
privilege Of Communicating with ny fowt AMI Therefore
hand you copy Of what with the blessing Of health Ihope In
Representatives, undeyerei speeches sometimes
printed may follow this precedent with nine, or Do
please Meanwhile accept best Wishes ami believe
me, dear Sir very faithfully yoars, CHARLES svsSsE
| To the Hon. Francis w. Bird Chairman, etc. ETC.
The subjoned is the address referred to 10 senator
Summers letter, and which was TO have been delivered
at Faneuil Hall yesterday
FRILow-C CITIZENS: 1t is on the invitation Of the
State Committee Of Liberal Republicans that have
the honor of addressing you. shall speak directly
on the issue before Us. If am frank aud plain it
will be only according to my nature and the require
| ment of duty at this time. But nothing can say
which is not prompted by sincere desire to servo
my country and. especially to promote that era OF
good will when the assent of all shall be assured to
the equal rights of all.
| THE TWO CANDIDATES.
At the approaching Presidential election the peO-
| pie are to choose between two candidates. BY the
operation of our electoral system and the superadded
dctation of National Conventions the choice isprac-
tically limited to President Grant and Horace
Greeley so that preference for another can DO
made effective. One of these must be taken. Pre-
| ferring Horace Greeley, have hesitation in as
signing the which lead me to this conclusion
Believing the present incumbent unfit for the great
Office to which he aspires for second time and not
doubling that vote for him would be regardedss
the sanction of abuses and preensions unrepublican
| in character, early saw the difficulty of taking
any part for his reelection. Long ago i de-
clared that, while recognizing party as
| an essential agency and convenience.
| l could not allow it to constrain my conscience
| against what seemed the requirements OF public
| good Regarding always substance rather than
| form have been Indifferent to the name by which
| I might be called. Nor was impressed by the way
| in which the candidate was urged. Supporters
| while admitting his failure, and even the abuses
and pretensons so notorious in his civil life, COM
mended his reelection as necessary to uphold the
| party with which have been associated. But it's
easy to see that vote for such candidate on such
| reason was ito do evil that good might come"
| which is forbidden in politics as in morals. Two
courses seemed open. One to abstain from yot-
ing aud confess that this was my first inclination
But it is not easy for to be neutral, certainly
| where wrong-dong is in question; nor II IL my
| habit to shrink from responsibility. But tie
| doubt that beset me was removed when L
saw the Democratic party adopt the can
| didate opposed TO President Grant, being an
| original Republican already nominated by he
publican Convention, and at the same time accept
the Republican platform on which he was NOM
| mated. An old party which had long stood out
against the Republican cause placed itself on
Republican platform the best ever adopted, with
! Republican candidate who the most devoted
Republican ever nominated thus completely accept
ing the results Of the and Offering the hand or
reconciliation At once the character Of the con-
| test changed. This was no common event. Pardon
me if say that to me it was OF peculiar interest
For years have sought to establish in the National
Government the great principles of the Declaration
! of Independence avowing always that when this
| was done nobody should surpass me in generosity
| toward former Rebels Not only by the logic OF my
| life but by constant speeches, was bound to well
come those who placed themselves on this glorious
| platform. The extent of this obligation viii APP
| pear before close. And now its performance har-
monies with opposition to the prolonged misrule Of
| the present incumbent
! TWO REASONS IN FAVOR OF GREELEY.
Evidently | am not at liberty to abstain from vot-
ing In considering the reasons in favor OF Horace
Greeley, find two, differing in character, but Of
chief importance-irst, that he represents re-
formed civil service beginning with the One-Tem
| principle, without which this reform is too much
like sham; and secondly, that he represents recon-
| Citation, not only between the two sections, but
between the races which is essential to the re-
| pose of the country and the safeguard OF equal
| rights To these must be added that he does not
represent those personal preensions so utterly In
consistent with republican government which are
| now known as Grantism. In voting for Horace
Greeley You will not sustain nepotism, you will not
sustain gift-taking rewarded by official favor and
you will not lend your sanction TO the Santo Do
| mingo Inachination, with its unconstitutional
usurpations its violations of international law and
| its indignlty to the Black Republic. Elsewhere
have considered these fully and am not aware Of
| any answer to these undeniable facts shall only
glance at them now
| Nepotism is already condemned by history, and
most Justly for il is obviously form OF selfseek
ing hostile to purity of government, and strangely
out of place in Republic. Nothing for self but all