Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1872-05-22
MIR. GREELEY ACCEPTS.

The letter of acceptance of Horace
Greeley is published. After epitomlzlng
the resolutions of the Cincinnati Con-
vention, he thus concludes:
These propositions, SO ably and forcl-
bly presented in the platform OF your
convention, have already liked the con-
dition and commanded the assent oil
large majority of our countrymen, VINO
ioyfully adopt them, as | do, as the basis
of n true, bene6cent, national recen-
struction: of a new departure from
;ealousies and strifes ana hates which
have no longer an adequate motive or
even n plausible pretext to invade the
atmosphere of peace, fraternity ana
mutual good will. In vain do the drlli'
serpeants of decaying organizations hour
isb their truneheons and angrily insist
that the files shall be closed and
Strengthened In vain do the whlppers,
in OF parties, once vital because rooted
in the vital needs OF the hour, protest
AGAINST s,raying and boiling, denounce
men in no wise their interiors as traitors
or renepades, and threaten them with
;nfamy and ruin. / am confident that
the American people have already made
vour cause their own, and further re-
solved that brave hearts and strong arms
shall bear it on to triumph In TINS
faith. and with the distinct understand
ING that if am elected shall be Presl-
dent not of party but OF the whole
people, ! accept your nomination N tue
confident trust that the masses OF our
couutrymen North and South are eager
IN CLASH hands across the bloody chasm
which has too long divided them, forget
ting that they have been enemies, ana
ioyfni in the consciousness that they are
and are henceforth to remain brethren.
Now here is a man who talks like "a
patriot, and who will stick to his faith
and do what he promises without fear or
favor. 1t is Greeley's honesty that the
bloody wing of the Radicals can never
forgive. The principles enunciated IN
the resolutions carried into effect would
simply be the end of their career. They
are not yet ready to clasp bands with
the South across the bloody chasm OF
war. And yet there are ranting, roar
ing Democrats who announce that as be-
tween the two men they prefer Grant
Grant, the man who is now struggling
with Congress to have the habeas corpus
act extended until after the election that
he may carry the Southern States at the
point of the bayonet-Grant, the nepo-
tist the receiver of all gifts, and, as
Henry A. Wise says, the fool. 1t is only
some old, retired Democratic politl-
clans that oppose Greeley. They
cannot forget their battles with
him in former years when he upheld the
banner Of the old Wings (God bless
them and stood side by side with Clay
and Webster But the young men are
all riehs. They have no notion of be-
ginning life tied to the corpses Of old
issues. To them the world looks as
fresh as nature when its face has been
washed with an April shower. They in
tend to look at things just as they are,
and not as the antiquated, blurred
glasses of certain distinguished fathers
reveal them. They can perceive the
principal facts involved in this canvass
for President. They can see at a
CLEAN that the Democrats cannot elect
a President taken from their own ranks.
They can see that If they cast their
votes for Greeley he will be elected.
They prefer him to the other man, faith
ers and uncles to the contrary notwith-
standing. Greeley and Peace, is the
peoples motto.