Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-22
TO HORACE GREELEY.
Official Notification Of his Nomi-
nation by Committee APP
pointed by the Gin
natl Convention.
Answer of Mr.. GreeIey--Guided
by General PlaDlic Approval
he Accepts and Ind0rses
the Platform.


I
DEAR SIR-The National Convention
Of Liberal Republicans of the CniteC
States have instructed the undersigned
President Nice-Presidents and Secre
taries Of the Convention TO inform YOU
that YOU have been nominated as a can.
! didate OF the liberal Repuhlicaps fol
I the Presidency of the United States
I We also submit to you the address and
resolutions unanimously adopted by the
4 Convention. Be pleased 90 signify C
us your acceptance Of the platform and
nominatiOn, and believe US, very truly,
yours, -
GEO. W. JULIAN, Nice-Pres.
fSIgnedl WM. +. MIsEAN,
JUDGE DAVIDSON and
j. Il. RHODES, Seeretaries.
To Hon. Horace Greeley, city.
The following is Mr. Greeley's reply
NEW YORK, May ~.
GENTLEMEN have chosen not 10
acknowledge your letter of the third in
slant, until l could learn how the work
Of your convention was received in all
parts of our great country, and judge
whether that work was approved and
ratified by the mass Of our fellOw-citi-
zens. Their response has from day TO
day reached me through telegTams, let
ters and comments of Journalists, indie
pendent of official patronage, and indif-
ferent to the smiles or frOwns of power.
The number and character of these un-
constrained, unpurchased, unsolicited
utterances assure me that the movement
which found expression at Cincinnati
has received the stamp of public apprO-
val, and been hailed by majority of our
country as the harbiRger of better days
for the republic. l DO not misinterpret
this approval as especially compliment
ary to myself, nor even TO the chivalrous
and Justly esteemed gentleman with
whose name I thank your convention
for associating mine. 1 receive and vel
come it as 2 spontaneous and deserved
tribute to that admirable platform Of
principles wherein your convention so
fersely, so boldly, 50 fOTcibly set forth
the convictions which impelled and pur-
poses which guided its course-a plat
form which, casting behind il the wreck
and rubbish of wOrnOut contentious and
bygone feuds, embodies in fit and few
words the needs and aspirations of to-
day. Though thousands stand ready to
condemn your every act, hardly a
sentiment Of criticism or cavil has been
aimed at your platform, of which the
substance may be fairly epitOmized as
follows:
First-That all the political rights and
franchises which have been acquired
through Ourlate bloody cOnvulsiOn must
and shall be guaranteed, maintained,
enjoyed and respected evermOre.
Seeond-AH political rights and fran
chises lost through that cOnyulsiOn
should and must be promptly restored
and re-established, so that there shall be
hencefoTth no prescribed class and no
disfranchised caste within the limits OF
our Union, whose lOng-estranged peO-
pie shall reunite and fraternize upon
the broad basis Of universal amnesty
with impartial suffrage. ~
Third-That as the object of our sol
emn constitutional obligation is
to main the equal rights of all
our policy should aim at
local self-goYernment and not at cen
tralization; that the civil authority
should be supreme over the military;
that the writ Of hUbcds corpus should be
iealously upheld as tine safeguard of per-
sonai freedom; that the individual citi-
zen should enjoy the largest liberty con-
sistent with public order, and that there
shall be no Federal submission Of the
internal policy Of the several States and
but each shall be left
free 10 enforce the right and promote the
well-being of its inhahitants by such
means as the judgement Of Its own peO-
pie shah prescribe.
Fourth-There shall be a real and not
merely a simulated reform i'm the Civil
Service of the Republic, to which endsit
is Indispensable that the chief dispen-
ser Of its vast official patronage shall be
shielded from the manipulation and to
use hispower selfishly by rule inexora-
bly, forbidding and preeluding his re-
election.
Finh-That the raising of revenue,
whether by tariff on otherwise, shall be
treated as the peoples Immediate bust
ness, to be shaped and directed by them
through their representatives in Con-
gress, whose action thereon the Presi-
dent must never overTule by his vetO
attempt to dictate, nor presume to pun
ish BY bestOwing Office only on those
who agree with him, Withdrawing it
from those who DO not.
Sixth-That the public lands must be
saeredly reserved for OceupatiOn and ac-
QUESTION BY eultivatOrs, and not reck-
lessly. squandered on projectors Of rail-I
roads for which our people have no
present need, and the premature con-
struction Of which was annually plung-
ing us into deeper and deeper abysses
Of foreign Indebtedness.
Seventh-That the achievement of
grand purposes Of universal benefi-
cence is expected and sought at the
hands of all who approve thems ire
spective Of past affiliations.
Eighth-rhat the public faith must, at
all hazards, be maintained and the Ma
tional credit preserved.
Ninth-That the patriotic deyotedness
and inestimable services of our fellow
who, as soldiers OF sailors, up
held the flag and maintained the unity
of the republic, shall ever be gratefully
and hOnorably requited.
These propositions, 80 ably and fOrci-
bly, presented in the platform Of your
have already fixed the con-
dition and commanded the assent
Of a large majority Of our country
men, who joyfully adopt them, as l
do, as the basis of true, beneficent, I
reconstruction; Of a new de
parture from jealousies and stFifes and
hates which have no longer an adequate
motive on even a plausible preteXt to
invade the atmosphere Of peace, frater-
nifty and mutual good viii. IN vain do
the drill-sergeants Of deeaviug Organiza-
tions flourish their truncheOns and am
grily insist thai the files shall be closed
and straightened. myain do the whip
pers-in Of parties, once vital because root (
ed in the vital needs Of the hour, protest
against stTaying and bolting, denounce
men in no wise their interiors as trait
ors or renegades, and threaten them
with infamy and ruin. / am confident
that the American people have already
made yOUr cause Their own, and further
resolved That brave hearts and strong
arms shall bear it on to triumph.
faith, and With the distinctundeT
standing that Il aua elected | shall be
President not of a party butOf the whole
people, accept your nomination in the
confident frusT that the masses Of our
North and South are eager
to clasp hands across the bloody chasm
which has too long divided them, for
getting that they have been enemies,
and joyful IN the Consciousness that
they are and are henceforth TO remain
brethren, Yours gratefully,
ArlEhe1I HORACE GltEELf8ls
70 Bon, Carl Schurz, President Hon. George
~ Jnllanl Nlce-P President, and Messrs. VIII
llaia r. Mclean, John g.. Davidson, j. IL.
hno1e7s Seeretary, Aational Gonyenti0H o.
AdDerai Republicans of The United states.
------s-s-e
The Cincinnati Tunes and Clsronscye,
Of the eighteenth, says: "There was a
lively time at the foot Of Fifth street
last evening, between the President of a
certain transportation and wharfboat
company and the general freight agent
Of certain popular line of steamers.
The matter resulted i'm the arrest Of the
President aforesaid, who gave bail i'm
the Police Court this morning for his APP
pearanee Monday morning on the charge
of riOting.
A DISPATCH from Norwich, COnnecti-
cut, SAYS: in the case Of Henry Peck
against the New York Central railroad,