Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-27
LIBERAL PLATFORM.
The Negroes Of Kentucky Come to the
Support Of Horace Greeley.
What they have to Say about ii and What
they are Willing to DO about il.


Colored Liberal Convention today adOpte,
The following platform:
WHEREAS, In the political history of ou
country, by common consent Of all. equal hu
man rights has ceased TO be a question al issu,
OStWeen the cOntending political parties, and
al cluzens are assured equal rights, egua
privileges and equal protection; Rnd,
Whereas, The nomination at Cincinnati o
The most devoted Republican ever nom mated
aud the adoption or the most com F1reh eTisi VI
and liberal platform ever adopted by the
lsost exemplary Republicans ever assembled
t-gether n this country, j a ntring climax q
tie sef-sacrificing labOrs of the best men I'm
the land for more than quarter OF a century
and auguTS a brighter and more peaceful fu-
ture 10 our common cOuntryt and,
Whereas, Il becomes the sacred duty
al all cltiEens, OF whatever race, ori-
g'n or condition. TO contribut toward
that grand consummation, which is
the end and aim OF the progresSi We
Liberal Republican and Democratic party,
under the leadership OF Hon. Horace Greeley
and Hon. B. Graft Brown. tending ineyita-
bly, toward unity Of the Republic, with equal
rights 10 all and reconciliation, ana there
fore
c,1s OF the United States, in National Com
NrutiuE assembled al Louisville, Kentucky
i'irSt-rhat, as citizens Of the Republic, we
i'ail with JOY The prospect OF the burial of all
caste, class and sectional prejudices, and for
g. fulness and forgiveness and oblivion OF
the past.
Second-That cur thanks and gratitude are
ke due the Cincinnati and baltimore Con
NrntionS To the first FOR the adoption Of =
rl"tiQrm which opens up the channel 10 that
grand future in which all men Will be known
h'.feafter rs American citizens. and BY no
ui her SignatiOi. and 10 the latter for mag
unanimously and patriotically accepting the
rn-ults Of our late International Convention.
ANA for making the grandest stride in the in
l"iest OF civilization and good government
Yes made by any political party, aCtuated by
motives high above any selfish aggrandise-
lls mt or mere political advantage.
Ihlru-Me join our political fortunes with
nose OF the party having for its standard
i'alrer that great and good man who has de-
voted his busy life to alleviating the suffer
ingS OF humanity, and who, while the special
t1end Of the American slave, has not forgot
ten the requirements and wants OF others,
who, in the providence of God, have need OF
helpful hands-Of those who, as instruments
'i DiNlne power are permitted 10 be with us
an that struggle upward which makes a civ
liised and God fearing people, in the flu faith
ana sanguine hope that all mems rights will
DE thus assured, and that we, as a people, will
have more cause 10 rejoice that We can forget
and forgive the past, than any other class of
American citizens
Fourth-We ueprecate the bitterness Of con-
uuct OF the canvass by the Grant people, and
counsel our people everywhere, no matter
what their political preferences, TO use mode
ration, Kindness and Christian charity toward
those who differ from them, cod give
more attention 70 their material interests and
tangible advantages Of education than 10 the
transitory and bOOtless political frenzy which ]
II ien>t has no result but to few not Of their
own race or blOc5,
Finh-We denlore the tendency Of the pres
cnt administration toward despotic central |
lzation, ARA demand that some defining line /
be ineradlcably nXed, where the powers of I
the general government shall cease and the 4
functions cf the l0cal government BEGIN and /
that theTp shall be an equality OF all the states
"a lhe Union. as well as equality Of fhen. ]
That a government like ours, administered by /
"a single will, controlling the policy and the /
vast patronage Of the State, when temptation |
nl sell perpetuatiOn remains, cannot continue Il
Inc Republic except in name, and must, in /
Tine eternal fitness Of things, eliminate IN an /
empire or oiisatchy OF office-hOlders.
raaFrf rrlf-g
hegi n al the source Of all power; the abuse Of
otlclal patronage, and firm system Of re-
form Is Impossible in the absence Of the one
term principle for President,
SeVenth-Me tender ctr gratitude to
the pioneers OF the greatest Christian
accomplishment on human affairs now
on the threshold OF final fruition, and give
our assurance of ursweTving fidelity and IN
bounded adHiiratiOn for those grand men who
nave III the way under inspired and super
human exertiOn-Sumner, Greeley, Tfumnull 1
Banks, Tappan, Farnsworth. Clnv. Austin, /
blalT ana other bright spirits, pure men, and
peerless anG lncomparable statesmen, TO whom
we pledge our best efforts in this grand labor
Of reform and redemption,
Eigbth-NedenoU1cea as unrepubEcaA and
n-Alnerlcan the villainy Of the rulers who
nave 1olsted themselves upon some OF the
states, and who, by most unblushing cupidity,
nave reduced the people Of those States-Both
races-to condition Of poverty which half q
century Of prosperity cannot redeem them
I ronlr aud cali GpOn the colored people Of
! nose STATES 10 rise in their might and rid
their states OF these vampires. whose contin-
ued rapsclty viii dpom the whole people To
pespetual poverty and misery. /
Ninth-Ihat we speak only nsr the
colored Republican VOTERS Df the coun-
try ana those within whose hearts
me sentiment of common gratitude is
not dead, when we pledge our efforts TO secure {
.hc salvation OF the American people and the l
ocst good Of the whole country, by the elec-
ION Of Horace Greeley and y. Urat5 Brown in
November next
Tenth-Thst the hrsl National Liberal Con-
lentl3n ef eolored men, assembled in Weisi- ;
ger Hali- Louisville, on the twenty-hfth OF
September lsi2, do. unanimously nominate
horace Greeley, Of New York, and b. GratZ I
Brown, Of Missouri, for President and Vice
resident OF the United states of America, :
'nd accept the Cincinnati platform AS the !
enets OF our political faith Il
The names OF the members Of the Ma .
Ional Executive Colored Liberal ReDub-
team CNmmittee were then announced. / 7
ihcN are a. follows! Alabama, Richard /
! iiiHoh AThh"eiS, RADIUS NruSs; Connecticut, {
slnes II, Hansen; California, James II. Han
en- Delaware, Abel jefferson; Florida, Dr. !. I g
n h. kings; Illinois, r. II. fInls, T. Robin a
on; Indiana. Rev. Ichn Williams, q. W. q,
Robinson, Wm. IL chambers; Iowa, VIM u
Tam, John Tucker: Kansas Harper Francis:
kentucky, Albert Freeman, I. A. Boyd, Dr.
!. AAaNis; louisiana Rev. J. Seila Marks; {
Minnesota. VIM. Williams: Missouri Isaac I
Turner; MiSsiSsi ppi, James .tiOOden; Nehras- I
"a, Henry Johnson; Nevada, -----; New &
hampshire, Wilkinson Hendricks, Colonel II, :
{. Taylor; New York, :. r. T. Clifton. =
~. ], II. Gloucester, Rev. z. b. RAY e
Harvey Mobely; Ohio. J. :. Williams a J, / a
ytNania- J. NJ. McCabe; South Carolina, II. I n
,Imns; Tennessee, J. A. Strong; Texas, W L. .
Hughes; Vermont, W, Wilkinson; Virginia Il
4. Harris; West Virginia, ID. II. Green; Wis 4
,onsln, II. X Wilson: North Carolina. A, r. ] =
n illiams; south Carolina, ], Delany; Color .
do, J. J.. Hinson; Wyoming, o. Cioodson:
Sew Mexico, r. r. Lansing; Idaho. II Elange: Z
'tah, B. p. X. Richardson: Dakota W Hem :
.trs9n Montana, j. Williams; Alaska, TO be c
]. T. Pike. \
The convention also adopted the following r
esolution;
WHEREAS. Wendell Phillips who, owing to g
iis personal ill-will toward Horace Greeley +
ounseiS the cOlOred people of the United r
'tates 10 vote against that noble representa- O
I've OF constitutional liberty, and, providing I
rreeiey is elected, ne advises us 70 arm, and r
I'M immediately; therefore be Il z
ReSotued. That we, the National Liberal h
olOred Convention, do denOunce such cOun- n
FL as impolitc, injudicious and unpatriotic, q
alculaied. II Needed, 20 hurl us 10 destruction n
nd anulhilatiOn, and Is only the outgrowth ! b
envy ana personal differences and utter | e
isTegard for the rights and welfare Of the r
low HH III.