Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1872-07-19
Greeley's Acceptance.

The committee appointed by the
National Democratic Convention to
notify Mr.. Greeley of his nomina-
ton, called upon him in New York,
in body on the 10Th, to perform
that dnty. Doolittle was the spokes-
man of the committee and addressed
Mr.. Greeley as follows:
"MR. GREELEY The National
Democratic Convention, recently
held, at Baltimore, charged US with
the pleasing duty of waiting upon
you in person to notify you Of its
unanimous nomination of yourself
as candidate for the Presidency.
We were informed it would be
agreeable for you to meet us here at
this time. We have come in a body
to place in your hands this official
notification. The published pro.
ceedings Of our convention show
great unanimisy, but those only
who took part in them can realize
the cordially and enthusiasm with
which it resolved to sustain the
Liberal Republican movement, and
cooperate with all patriotic citizens
in support of the principles declared
at Cincinnati, and resolved, also, as
tho best and surest mode Of giving
effect to those great principles, to
nominate and elect the same candi-
dates. We both witnessed and felt
that cordiality and enthusiasm"
The members of the committee
were then severally introduced to
Mr.. Greeley, after which ceremony
he made the following response:
81 shall need time to reply ftly
and fully to the important, and, l
need not say, gratifying commune
cation. 1t may be that | should re-
ply in writing; but as l have add
dressed letter, which has been
pretty widely circulated, to the
Liberal Republican Convention, it
may not be necessary. I can only
say now that accept your nomina-
ton, and accept it in the same
spirit in which it was offered
[Cheers. am at present in po-
sition which doubtless many would
regard rs a proud one, but which is
still an embarrassing one, because
it involves the temporary, and l
trust only temporary, misconstruc-
ton of my motives OH the part of
some valued and lifelong friends.
81 am confident that it is nnnec-
essary for me to vindicatc my mo-
tives to all candid Conservatives,
and to convince all of the disinter-
estednesss and patriotism Of the
course 1 am pursuing, and intended
to pursue long before | was assured
Of much cooperation and sympathy.
[Cheers. The time will come l
trust, and 4 good opportunity, too,
when the world will see that you
are no less Democrats because you
have pursued the course YOU have,
and that l am no less Il Republican
because l accept your nomination"
At this point, according to report,
Mr.. Greeley was so overcome with
emotion that his voice failed him.
But after brief space, during
which, doubtless, Doolittle and
Greeley sobbed in sympathy and
the whole company were overcome
by the solemn emotions of the hour,
the Chappaqua philosopher plucked
up spirit, and ended as follows:
81 am not much in the habit of
receiving a nomination for the
Presidency great cheering], and
am consequently unable to reply as
readily and fluently as others might.
81 can only say that l shall be
happy to see you, or as many of you
as can, come to the New York hum
BILE farmers home, where I shall be
tomorrow, and where we will be
able to converse and confer more
freely than here. If you will come
shall be happy to make you well
come to the best the farm Affords
And l simply wish you WE'LL"