The semi-weekly Republican. (St. Francisville, La.) 1872-1872, 1872-05-28
MIR. Greeley's Acceptance.

the Liberal Republican Convention
and his reply, accepting the nomina-
ton /:
CINCINNATI, May 3, 1872.
Dear Sir-The National Conven-
ton of the Liberal Republicans of
the United States have instructed
the undersigned to inform you that
you have been nominated as the Lib
eral Republicans Of the United
States. We also submit to you the
address and resolutions unanimously
adopted by the Convention Be
pleased to signify to us your accep-
tance Of the platform and nomina-
ton, and believe us very truly yours,
G. ScHUrz President.
GEo. w. JULIAN, Vice Pres't.
WM. E. MCLEAN,
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To the lion. Horace Greeley New York:
| MIR. GREELEY REPLY.
New York, May 20, 1872.
Gentlenaen-I have chosen not to
acknowledge your letter of the Sd
instant, until could learn how the
work of your convention was re-
ceived in all parts Of our great coun-
try, and Judge whether that work
was approved and ratified by the
mass of our fellow-citizens.
Their response has from day to
day reached me through kilograms,
letters, comments of journalists, in
dependent of official patronage and
Indifferent to the smiles or frowns
of power. The number aud char
acter of these unrestrained, unpur-
chased, unsolicited utterances, satis-
fy me that the movement which
found expression at Cincinnati has
received the stamp of public up
proval and been hailed by majori-
ty of our countrymen as the harbin-
ger of better day for the Repub-
lie.
1 do not misintcrpret this approx
al ns especially complimentary to
myself, nor even to the chivalrous
and Justly esteemed gentlemen, with
whose name thank your Conven-
ton for associating me. I receive
and welcome it US i. spontaneous and
deserved tribute to that admirable
platform of principles, wherein youl
Convention SO freely, lucidly and for
cibly set forth, the convictions which
impelled and the purposes which
guided it's course. The platform
which casting behind it the wreck
and rubbish or worn out contentious
and by-gone feuds embodies in fl
and few words the needs and aspira
tons of to-day, though thousands
stand ready to condemn your ever,
act. Hardly syllable of criticism
, or cavil has been aimed at your plat
form, of which the substance may bt
epitomizcd as follows +: First, all the
political rights and franchises which
have been acquired through our lat'
: bloody convnlsion must and shall bt
guaranteed. maintained, enjoyed ant
: respected evermore
Second. All the political rights
and franchises which have been los
, through that convulsion should ant
must be promptly restored and re
established, so that there shall b.
9 henceforth no prescribed class ant
no disfranchised caste within tn
limits of our Union, whose long es
: tranged people shall unite and fra
= ternize upon the broad basis Of uni
j, versal amnesty, with impartial suf
r frage.
3 Third. That subjects to our sol
emn constitutional obligations t.
/. maintain the equal rights of all citi
k zens our policy should aim at loco
e self.government and not at centrali
n zation ;that the civil authority shoul'
8 be supreme over the military.
9 That the writ of habeas corpu
' should be jealously upheld as tn
safeguard Of personal freedom. Tha
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