The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-16
Manifesto from the Liberal Republican
State Committee.
CINCINEATI VERSUS PHILADELPHIA.
What Grants Government Is and What Greeley's
May Be-Philosophy Before Martial Law.

the next four years.
large portion OF the Presidents original sup
portcrs, and the entire remainder OF his fellow
eountrymen, without distinction Of party, survey
this attempt with indignation and alarm.
The history OF the administration is shadowy
record OF discredtable sometimes disgracefuU
acts-many Of them blundcrs others crimes
Ever since the day after the Presidents Inaugural
tion, when his first Official STEP he sought to alb
rogate o the oldest statutes Of the republic In
order 10 put personal friend In office, he has re-
peatedly shown himself on the one hand ignorant
OF the laws, and, on the other, defiant OF them
lie has transcribed the limitations Of the consti-
tuition and done violence to It's free spirit by usurp
ing for himself functions which that instrument
reserves to the states and their citizens.
He has tyrannously avoided the political assem-
bes OF our own and other free commonwealth,
mischievously ntruding his federal influence into
local affairs.
He has alternately proposed and defeated civil
service reform, until, Notwithstanding his profes-
sions In It's favor, he has proved himself the chief
obstacle to Its success.
He has, in multtudcs OF cases, made tenure OF
ofllce to depend not on good behavior or personal
fitness, but on mere subserviency to his partisan
schemes.
He has put crafty and
AMBITIOUS PARASITES AT THE RECEIPT OF CUSTOMS,
where they still continue to fatten their private
purses on the public funds.
He said to a nation weary with war, "Let us have
peace" but has kept the word OF promise TO the
ear to break II to the hope-fosterng in the North
toward the South temper or bitterness ana re-
sentiment, instead Of fraternity and good viii.
He has connived at ana sustained a number OF
alien ana rotten governments in the Southern
states, some OF whose officers have perpetrated
frauds equaled In magnitude only by those OF the
Tammany Ring.
lie has habtually stined investigation, even into
the gravest charges, brought against his house
hold.
lie has committed acts Of nepotism more numer-
than arc recorded against the entire line OF his
Presidential predecessors from George Washington
TO Andrew Johnson.
lie has accepted gifts rom nattcrers for which he
has rendered dishonorable equivalents by bestow-
ing public emounents on the obsequious givers
In short, he has administered his high ofce not as
trust dcvolved upon him by the whole people, but
as an estate or property owned by himself alone in
fee SIMPLE.
During all this ever.arowing administration
the Presidents partisans, instead OF rcbuking his
perverse course have, on the contrary, and for
selfish ends, plded It with uncandd nattery and
defended II with specous logic They have put
forth series OF mocking pretenoes 10 the erect
that ne ~ paying the public debt, that he haA re-
that he has settled the Alabama claims, that he has
ranquilized the Indians aud that he has recon
structed the south.
Bur sof oNn 0. ruEsn ALLEGATIONS II TRUE.
Challenge them In detail u he paying the debt 7
The people, not the President, are paying II. Has
he reduced the taxes Congress, not the Execu.
tive has hghtencd these burdens OF the people.
Has he collected the revenues Swarms OF his ON
GERS have grown rich by it, collection Has he set.
settled as at this hour Has he made peace with
the Indians The latest intelligence nom the from
Which his oiieers have perpctrated on the deceived
and exasperated savages Has he given prosperity
unexampled unanimiiy, are demanding the over
throw Of an administration which has held them In
the prcsdenis COMPLEMENTARY s'i now in vain nut
forth these gttering but false pretences OF the
OF administration which three fourths OF
the citizens OF the United states are impatient TO
vote Into immediate dissolution.
Tnx RECENT LIBERAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
at Cincinnati-one OF the most stately and brilliant
tered the at protest OF an aroused people against
dcmoralized government Just as the citizens OF
tane0us revolution against corrupt municipal
Ring. The prompt and brave action OF
and sent a tremor through the selfcomplaccnt sc.
curity OF the powers that be-" The Cincinnati
platform IL morally AZ noble as the great Declaration
10 which our forefathers pledged their lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor" These priDci-
Piles include the equality q al men before the
nothing now threatens save corruption at the
federal centre--the non-revival OF all questions
and amicable acceptance OF all results which
teenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amendments;
universal amnesty which II the most divine act
possible TO human government; the removal OF all
political disabilities, occasioned by a war whose
bat tie fields have been seven years green with
peace; the ever sacred and inviolate supremacy OF
the civil over the military function or free govern.
ment; and Qast, not least civil service which
shall eyermoro tend to reform itself through
the wholesome regfme OF Presidency expiring by
In announcing these principles the Cincinnati
Convention gave them living embodiment In the
af pros AL Il nm
trious citizen OF our own State; statesman whose
honored name is a household word In every cottage
In the land whose pfovcrbia and absolute and In
corruptible Integrity IL the best possible
GUARANTEE FOR HONEST GOVERNMENT IN FUTURE;
whose prudent and economical views Of public adj
mInistratIon the earnest and good hope OF
safe and thrifty management OF the Executive
Office; whose kindliness Of spirit " typical OF the
good will which should hereafter exist between the
two sections heretofore opposed, and whose long
life spent In rare devotion 10 the Interests Of the
poor, the oppressed and the toil-worn among his
countrymen has enslrlned him IN oil mems respect
as one OF the most faithful champions OF human
rights and one OF the ostrevcred examples OF per
In the candidate for the vice Presidency we hail
noble and gallant statesman OF the West; Ken.
tuckian by birth, Missourian by residence, who
for years fought the battle Of freedom slave soil
who, at the close Of the war against slavery, was
one Of the hearticst to demand amnesty Tor the
sympathy OF all who honor courage and action die
tated by nobility OF soul.
In view Of this platform and these nominations
we hereby invite you, fellow citizens, OF all party
names, 20 JON the reform movement at once, ana
TO organize yourselves, without regard 10 past po-
litlcal differences and without further delay into
working associations In your own respective coun-
ties, cities, town, wards and districts. Make Judi
cious haste TO form willing and working execu.
tive committee, whether democratic or republican,
In each Of these localities and send the names OF it,
chairman and secretary 20 the state Committees
headquarters In New YORK. All who win work with
us are Of u.s. We make coplmon cause with all who
enter for our common country.
the wATcuwoRD or rhE faksksT noUR IL ''oa-
0ASIzEi"
Campaigns are fought Organize IL Ia thus that
every worker, however humble, can hnd q useful
place In the ranks. organize II - thus that the
whole State may be systematically canyassed, aud
every voter reached with argument aud appeal
Organize II ID thus, and thus only, that the VIC
tory which sweits our best Efforts can be msssd-
The signs of the times are propitious. The air n
filed with foretQkens Of triumph. The noble re-.
spouse made Y TIE Cincinnati tickej By egt dsge.