The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-11-28
Organization of ssLiberal Party' in Ohio


! Organization Of 'sLiberal Party" in Ohio.
A special meeting for consultation, composed
of Democrats and Liberal Republicans, was
held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 10Th inst. !,
The Liberals, about forty in number, met
1 separately and adopted resolutions declaring, in
their Dpinionyit was desirable that the consoil-
] datien of slf elements fayoring the. leading
principles enuneiated by the Cinclnnatl plat
form. should be effected, and that until such
consolidation IS effected the Liberal 'organlza-
/ tion should be maintained that the next Lib
] eral State Convention should declage ,squarely
in favor of q tariff for revenue only, and l1Ylte
all persons, without. regard to former political
1 associations, to unite with them, recommending
that latter the next State Convention the name
of Liberal Republican as. q party name should
be dropped, and that of, ".the. Liberal party" be
/ adopted, asking al organizations which have
thus far co-operated with the Liberal Republi-
| cans to abandon old party names with view
4 to; perfect union under the name OF Liberals /;
that as party they are opposed to all special
legislation or special privileges, believing that
the equal rights of all should be the guiding
principle in all the ramifcations of govern
/ mental AFFAIRS 1f,i,.i ,beG. o..
The Democratic and Liberal. Republican
State Central Committees, together with q
I large number of other representatives OF the
! two organizations from various parts OF the
State, held a.: consultation meeting this after
| noon, pursuant to q call issued on the sixth of
of this month. a committe had been appoint
4 ed by the Democratic and Liberal Republican
| State Executive committees to prepare an ad-
] dressto the Democrats and Liberals Of Ohio
| for consideration and adoption by this meeting.
| Senator Thurman, on behalf of the Commit
tee, reported an address to the meeting. 1t
was considered and unanimously adopted, as
follows:
10 the Democrats and Liberal Republicans Of
| Ohio, ,.,,.,., ,..-. i-
1 The Presidential election is over, and Gener-
! al Grant is reelected. 1t is not our purpose at
this time to speak of the cause of this result.
It IS the future that demands your attention,
and recurrence to the past is useful only to
| ascertain the facts and lessons it teaches. a
vast majority Of the Democratic party, perhaps
/ 95 per cent, voted for Greeley. A large NUM-
ber of citizens here. of the Republican organi-.
1 cation also voted for him. The aggregate OF
their votes, as near as We can estimate; exceed
| $3.50. GOD. The nominal popular majority for
Grant is something over 100000 on vote of
nearly or quite 1000, 1000, a majority of about Z
i per cent. This is the result, as nearly as we
are able in the absence of official returns to
state it, but this vote does not represent with
exactness the sentiment of the country. 1t is
! evident that large body of electors stayed
away from the polls. Nearly every one of
these men is an opponent of the Administra-
ton. and if they fad seen fit to cast their votes
Grants popular majority would be very small,
if indeed It would exist at all. The prominent
features of the election may be briefly stated !;
| 81 per cent. Of the Democrats voted for Gree
lev: Of the remaining per cent, q compare
tiyely small number voted for Grant. The greater
part of them did not vote at all. Of the Lib
4 eral Republicans who Joined this party OF re-
| form q large majority stood fast, while others
despairing of success went back to their old
associations Or; Stayed at home. Now, leaving
| out Of view the yenaf men who, from corrupt
motives, deserted their cause and voted for
Grant and cannot be relied on by any party
that uses none but honorable means to further
its success, it may be safely affirmed that the
great body of the electors who stayed away
from the polls are now, as they have been in
! times past opposed to the dominant Radical
nartv. while true that they did not manifest
their opposition in the late election; and this
1 fact is greatly to be regretted. But let US not
4 rashlv cast harsh censures upon them II they
could not overcome their old feelings and pre-
| ;ndices so far Dis to vote for lifelong oppo-
nent. We may deplore the fact, but we should
not he 40 unjust as to place them in the ranks
| of o,Ir enemies. We have an abiding faith that,
with time and reflection, they will be found as
4 heretofore actively. on our side. The Radical
camp IS io camp for them, nor is it the part OF
wisdom M I'd draw q party tomahawk upon the
| DemoGcirab b Or Liberal Republicans, who, from
4 conscientions but fnistaEen motives, saw tit to
vote fof Giant The, cfrcun noes we're novel
and peculiar, such as had never before been
seen, and men Of the best intentions We're Liz,
4 BILE to err. Condemn as strongly as you VIII
1 base men who sold their votes, but be charita-
4 bic to yo6r old friends who, under clrcum,
stances Of difficulty and embarrassment, differed
| frofy, you in opinion. Instead of repelling
4 strive to- win them back Free, independent
tbohoht is of the very essence of Democracy
\ aId Observation-Disclosures "Itcreated the Dem
/ octatic,pany,in the beginning; it has main
tanned It over since it gave rise to the Liberal
4 Ranublicari element of to-day and to it we
Lnnst look for accessions in the future. What
10 haeslnd -theh; lis not elimination and recrlm-
;nati6u. hut thelopposite. ThreeIand quarter
mstiions Iof electors hare Eprotested by their
! rntas against Radical misrule under which the
| caantry has suffered and; which threatens to
i overthrow the very foundation OF free govern
4 naeht. The reasons for their protest are as po-
teI,grto day as they were when they cast their
,yntesgn, By every ccnsderatiohof consistency
s9a Sf iass I prncpIe,thsse men are bound to con-
\ tinue to act together. The necessity for re-
form is likely to increase instead of diminish
! The. advocates of Capitalization ARE likely to
hesomIe @ more a6dacious than eversin. their at
tsSks. noon local self-governmeht. Exactions
4 Gfscombiuedb wealth and then corrupt use; of
money in elections are lfkelyyto ibecome estab-
1 lished, uses if not speedily rebuked. 1t is no
time theief6reTorany loverof freeinstitutions,
Of burisy 7in elections and governments and
equal iawslto relax his eortsf nor Is it intelli!
cent OF wise or inaniyrt to despair of success.
:, no reform party ever gained the first battle:
Considerable abuses can only be overthrownoy
repeated assaults. Monopoly and, corruption On
a free and virrtuous people will their, destrue-