Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-09
FROM HON, D. X. MRAE.
&nSWer TO Calls upon him TO Announce
Himself a Candidate For
He win Take the Nomination IL Ten.
dered him by the PeOple-He
Is no applicant.
Fun Review of the Political Situation
He Heartily Endorses Greeley
and Brown.
CONGRESS-

= inc Hldlui Oh MINI DnnttCtf uc'
sires TO know if win accept a nomina.
ton for Congress from this district. Il
e this communication stood alone,
; should think il unnecessary to say aught
e in reply to the call Of my too partial
' friend. But inquiries Of the same kind
press upon me daily, and 1 cannot, UNI
: der an afiectation of modesty, shrink
p from a response. And I mean, too, to
be very frank about it, for I a trust to
e those who know me for the truth, that
j do not seek office. Ny inclinations
and D1y interests are alike averse to en-
e tering upon politics. A seat in Con-
gress, for anything of honor or profit in
: the office itself, / would avoid rather
{ than seek, and, therefore, / put forth no
= claim ID the nomination, and do not
, desire to be considered a candidate be-
fore the convention, and no one will be
better satisfied than myself, if its choice
!, should fall ON any one of those gentle
= men, who do desire and are seeking the
/. place. Bat while saying this, it is Just
to myself to admit that 1 am not in
different to the public esteem nOr I'M
mindful of the obligations which the
citizen owes to the public when his SER
vice is required, and if il were possible
that the nomination should be rendered
with the full knowledge that l am no
applicant, the popular offering would
give value to the office, and / could not
be recreant to that due and grateful an
p~reciatiOno of the public confidence which
becomes every right minded man;
therefore, while I do not seek the office,
I would not feel at liberty to decline if
thus voluntarily rendered.
Now, were l a candidate I should stop
right here, for [ fear l should not have
the artless but stubborn courage of "Un-
4 Gle Horace which fears not to tOTite q
letter lest criticism might peTvert a SEN
ltiment to the loss, and which abhors
the silence of cunning, as an escape from
the responsibility of opinion. Ny heart
is full of response to the promising indi-
cations, 1t really seems that the
American people are a halt to the down.
ward tendencies, and are reversing the
engine and setting back the train Of
government on the main track of con-
stitutional right and privilege.
Under the auspices of one of the most
extraordinary Representatives of positiv-
ism in happy combination with plain
honesty and stark-naked b~enevolence
and charity, it seems that the evil pas
siOns and animOsities engendered by
war are being, indeed, eXtinguished.
And this genial and generous pacifica-
tor blessed be the peacemakers), stand
ing at the altar of a common patriotism,
is really making the North and the
| South "clasp hands across the bloody
chasm which has too l~Ongdiyided them,
i E,.-,a#sr,r NH,.F A. ,--- -. -
in the joyful consciousness that they are
henceforth to remain brethren"
The Cincinnati movement in behalf
of reform and reconciliation, timid in its
first approaches and of doubtful signifi-
canoe, has proved a wonder of develop
ment, absorbing first the people and
now parties, until to-day it stands a
giant in strength, defying official pat
rOnage and leaning on the animating
inspirations of the popular sanction.
Its chosen leader was like itself, q mar
vel and surprise. And with the same
force and rapidity with which the Gin
cinnati meeting grew into a national
organization, striking root into every
State and TeTTitory-sO its standard
bearer, Horace Greeley, has developed
from the gentle and kind and simple
hearted friend and neighbOr, who Guilt
waited his garden, and told what he
knew about " keeping down thistles and
elders" in a people; representative
axeman, sturdy of arm, to hew down
the forest of vice which overshadows
the political mOralities, and determined
of purpose to plant and cultivate the
solid virtues which attract the loyal de-
votion 10 the deserving government.
Never since the two eTas of 1910 and
lS4S, has the unmistakeable few of the
popular impulse, when it breaks loose
from its leaders, been so manifest as
now. When General Harrison and
General Taylor in their untutored politi-
cal utterances, penetrated the popular
sympathy and set it ablaze with enthu-
siasm, politicians and party vanity
sought to stay the devouring element,
and We're consumed in its progress.
And 50 it is now. From every point
the air comes freighted with the assur-
ing evidence that the people of the
whole land, affected by a happy recon-
ciliatiOn by the persuasive precepts and
example of Horace Greeley, and awak-
ened by his sOul-stirring appeals in be-
half Of the social and political ameliora-
tons, have thrown off the rule and
discipline of party allegiance and
are moving on in phalanx, shoulder to
shoulder, to the reform of evil and the |
establishment of universal good. 1t is
impossible to look upon the peoples
candidate, the very embodiment of the
milk of human kindness, without warm
ing to his unselfish integrity. He is to-
day to the youth of A~merica-nay, to
the,yOuth Ofthe wOrld-aremarkable de-
~lineatOr of the straight line and the per-
pendicular, for Horace Greeley owes all
he has of prestige, position, fortune and
popularity to s~elf-produced qualities of
labor and fidelity and benevolence. He
is the best selection Of a self-made man
that the votary Of individual merit has
ever had offered for his suffrage. He
viii 60 into the Presidential chair
pledged.
First-To maintain all political rights
and franchises which have been ac-
quired, that they shall be guaranteed
and respected. And thus he consuui-
mates a labor of thirty years of love to
the c0lOred people of the country.
SecOnd-That allrights and franchises
which have been lost shall at once be
restored and re~-established, on the broad
basis Of universal amnesty and Impair
tial suffrage. And thus he levels q fatal
blow at the insensate hate which dis
tinguishes for punishment-not for any
superiority in crime, but for malevo-
lence-and which deprives the nation of
the services of some of its most capable
and meritOriOus men.
Third-He maintains that local self
government, with due reference to the
constitutional obligations. shall be pre-
served; that the Federal power shall be
felt only for protection, and not for Dir
rectiOn and control, thus reviving the
admiration of the people for Hamilton
and Jefferson, Clay andR utledge, Web
ster and Calhoun, and leading them to
associate in their affection 1872 and 1776,
and to cherish in harmony, Warren and
Jackson, Washington and Lee.
FOurth-He maintains that the vile
corruptiOns of the civil service shall be
trulyand thoroughly reformed; and that
the President shall stand alOOf from the
exercise Of Executive influence ON the
questions Of tariff and revenue, and
leave the peoples Representatives free to
reconcile the varied interests of industry
in this vital matter of political economy. |
Exempt from the communicating andl
controlling influence of Executive dicta-
ton, who could wish a better govern
ment than we should have, conducted
on these principles?
What matters it that the President
may be a plain and UNDERSTANDING prin-
ter and farmer, not Wfted with the
graees and Establishments of address
and manners which might entertain no.
biity2 What matters il if he should be
so questionable as to work in his office,
in his old coat and hat, rather than roll
in light buggies behind flst horses, hold
ing the reins like an expert, and bathing
in crimson-fiannel suits and swim in
eestacy with some buoyant partner fa-
miliarized TO the recherche habitudes of
Long Branch?
What matters it if he does have the