The Portland daily press., 1872-05-22

subversion of the internal polity of the severe
states and municipalities, but that each sha
DE lett 1ree to enforce the rights and promot
the well being of its inhabitants by such mean
as the Judgment of its own people shall pre-
scribe. = :
tourth. There shall be a real and not merel
| simulated reform in the civil service of tn
repuDnc, to which end it is indispensable tina
tne cnief dispenser of its vast official patronag
small De shielded from the main temptation {
use ms power selfshly by rule inexorably for
oiodlhg and precluding his reelection.
FIFTH That the raising of revenue, whethe
ny sariH or otherwise, shall be recognized an,
treated as the peoples immediate business Il
De SNAPPED and directed by them through thei
representatives in Congress. whose action there
Oh Ihe resident must neither overrule by hi
,eIV, attempt to dictate nor presume to punisl
Wy peScoWlng office only on those who agre,
WIN MN or withdrawing it from those who de
not.
Sixth. That the public lands must be sacred
y reserved for occupation and acquisition by
cultVators and not recklessly squandered OF
the projectors of railroads for which our PEG
pie nave no present need and the premature
coIissructlon OF which is annually plunging Us
ihio deeper and deeper abysses of foreign in
debtedness.
Seventh. That the achievement of these
grand purposes of universal beneficience is ex.
pectea ana sought at the hands of all who APP.
prove tnem irrespective of past affiliations
Elght; That the public faith must at all haz-
arHs ana the national credit presered.
NInth. mat the patriotic devOtedness and
measurable services of our fellow citizens who
as SOLDIERS or sailors upheld the flag and main
talnee the unity of the Republic, shall ever be
gratefully remembered and honorably Reunited.
Ihese propositions, so ably and forcbly pre-
stnted IN the platform of your Convention,
nave y. ALREADY liked the attention and command
ed the assent of a large majority of our coun-
trymen who Joyfully adopt them as do as the
oasis OF true benefcient national reconstruc-
ton OF new departure from jealousies, strfes
anu hates which have no longer adequate mo-
yves OF even plausible pretext into an atmos-
paEre Oh peace, fraternity and mutual good
Will. In vain do the drill sergeants of decay
ing organizations, flourish menacingly their
truncheons and angrily insist that the files
shall be closed and Strengthened
In vain do the whippers-in of parties. once
vital because rooted in the vital needs of the
hour, protest against straying and boiling, de-
nounce men no wise their interiors as traitors
and renegades and threaten them with infamy
and ruin. am confident that the American
people have already made your cause their own
and fully resolved that their brave hearts and
strong arms shall bear it ON to triumph
In this fact and with the distinct understand.
ing that, if elected, shall be the President not
of party but of the whole people, accent
your nomination in the confident trust that the
masses OF our countrymen, North and S0uth
are cages to clasp hands across the bloody chasm
which has too long divided them, forgetting
that they nave been enemies in the ioyf9l con,
seriousness that they are and must henceforth
remain brethren Yours gratefully,
F# HORACE GREELEY.
e- sas Banker Absconded. $40
1t is rumored on the street that one Nell
vaine of the firm of E. P. Selmser & Co.. has
absconded with all the available funds of the
firm. Selmser has been sick for some time. 1t
10 oil f1,atM TIxroir
that the firm had carried over from yesterday;
had the checks certified and bought for cash
gold and the city. The amount is not known,
but it is supposed to be $4,000
Eft Cetera.
More than ten thousand immigrants arrived
at Castle Garden yesterday the largest number
landed in one day since the establishment of
the institution. @ anf
The Brooklyn Committee of Seventy-fiye
held meeting last night preparatory to its
dissolution.
The statistics of the American Baptist Mis-
sionary Union show the expenditures of the
past year of $780, 1852, and an Indebtedness of
$1S,753.
Dunbar Brown, (colored) has been awarded a
verdict of $1,000 for injuries to himself, killing
his horse AMI breaking his wagon by the New
Haven Railroad. 800.
The Quarantine Commissioners to-day, re-
solved that the charges for lighterage, stever-
uOraSe anu cOOperage the present season be
fixed at ordinary harbor rates for the port OF
New York lr-1t-..t = I....
VIM. Drayton was MORALLY wounded by Peter
Nolan, in an affray in bar room in Fulton
avenue this morning D.a
Hamilton Fish was among the Directors
chosen by the New Jersey Central Railroad to-
day. .a11
The Thieves.
ALBANY, N. Y, May 21.-The cases of the
people against Tweed, Ingersoll, Fields, the
Mayor of New York and r. B. Connolly, cam
up for argument in the Circuit Court to-day
but was postpol ed until the jury trials are over
A Railroad Verdict.
NORWICH, N. Y, May 21.-Henry Peck has
recovered So, 900 from the New York Central
Railroad, for being put off palace car for re-
fusing to pay extra fare for the drawing room
car, when ordinary cars of the train was full