Wilmington journal., 1872-08-02

GREELEYS LETTER OF
t ACCEPTANCE.
He Accepts the Nomination Upon
Platform IncOntsstably Re.
publican and Emphati-
cally Democratic"

NEW YORK, July %.
The following is Mr.. Greeleys letter, ac-
cepting the Baltimore nomination. IN reply
tn tba letter of the committee appointed TO
notify him thereof:
NEW York, July Is, 1872.
| GENTLEMEN Upon mature delIbera-
| tion it seems fit that l should give to your
| letter of the 10th instant some further ana
fuller response than the hasty unpremedl-
tated words i'll which acknowledged ana
| accented your nomination at our meeting |
| on the 18th instant.
That your convention saw lit to accord |
its highest honor to one6 who had been |
! prominently and pOint0"ly opposed to your
| narty in the earnest and sometimes angry |
j controversies OF the last forty years is es-
| sentiaIly noteworthy. That many of you
Liberal Republicans should present another
| candidate for President, and would more
raDidly have united with us i'll the support
of Adams or Trlmbull, Davis o. Brown,
is we'll known. l owe my adoption at BAL
! timore wholly TO the fact that had alIcady
been nominated at Cincinnati, and that
concentration Of forceS upon any he" man
| had been proved iinpractlcable.
Eratified as l am at your concurrence IN
thc Cincinnati nomination. and certain as
I am that ven would not have thus con-
Cured had you not deemed me upright
anu capable, found nothing in the cir
cunstance calculated I" intalne vanity or
no1rish seif-conCeit. Eut that your Con-
vention saw fit to IeGhllm the Cincinnati
platfnt1n is to me a source OF the profound
| est satisfaction. That bOiy was constrained
TO take this step 10y no party necessity,
| real or sI.pi,oSed. 1t might have accepted
thn candidates Of the Liberal Republicans
upon grounds entirely its own, or it might
have presented chem as the first Wing con-
! ynntiOu did Harrison and Tyler, without
adopting any platform whatever.
That it close To plant itself deliberately,
bv = vote nc;rly unanimous, upon the ful-
lest and clcar.st entfnciatiOn of principles
/, which are at once incontCsta,iy Itcpubll-
can and cmphaticaliy Democratic gives
trustworthy assurance that new ana
more auspic,us era is dawning upon oar
Ion. distracted country, some o1 ihe best
wears and best efforts OF my lite We're dc
f voted TO a struggle against cha;tel slavery,
4 strurolc none The less earnest and ardu-
. OILS because respect for constitutional OBJ
, iectIOns constrained me to act for the most
part on the defensive iii resistance to the
diffusion, rather than III direct efforts for
the extinction, Of human bondage.
ThrouglIout most Of these years my viS-
, ion was uncieercd, lny eNCihOnS We're
rarely animated by HVen so much AS 4
hope that [ should live to see iny Country
: neoD!ed bv frcpmen alone. The atllrmancC
bv yorr Convent ION Of the CInc nr:nti plat
form is IA most conclusive rroof That not
merely is slavery abolished, but that its
. spirit is extinct; that despite the protests
Of 4 respectable, Lt:t Isolated, few. there re-
mains amou-, Us no patty and no tUrm!-
= Gabie interest which regrets the overthrow
: or desires the Ic-establishnent Of human
t bondage, Whet!Ierin letter Or lii spirit. L
, am thereby Justified i'll my hope and trust
: that the FIST century of American indie
:. pendence viii not close before the grand
: elemental truths Oh which its TiglItfuluess
V was based by Jefferson aNd tho Continent
v tai CONGRESS- of 20 will 10 longer be re-
- garded s.s eittering gcneralitles, but Will
: have become the universally accepted and
r. honored foundations of our political fabric
|, / demand the prompt application of those
}, principles to our existing condition.
0 Having done what l could for the com.
II plete emancipation Of the blacks, now i'll
: sist on the full enfranchisement of ali my
white cottntiYynen. Let none say that the
70 ban las Just been removed from all but &
"a few hundred elderly gentlemen 20 whom
= eligibility to office can be of little conse
~ Ouence. My TicW COntempldtes not The
- hundreds prescribed, bat the millions who
iS are denied, the right to be ruled and repre-
:, scnteu by men Of their own Untettere(
;s did not wish 20 elect the very men whom
h. they are forbidden 10 choose.
70 have profound regard for the people
~ of that part OF New England wherein
- was born, in whose common schools l wa
r. taught. 1 rank no people above them il
ct intelligence, capacity, and moral worth
% but While they do many things We'll, an,
some admirably, there is one thing the,
cannot safely or wisely undertake, and tlla
aC is the selection for States remote from ant
H' unlike their own, of the persons by whom
u these States shah be represented i'll Con
IL rress. If they could do this to good pUr
&c pose, then republican institutions are Unfi
y . and aristocracy the only true political sys
10 tenn. Yet, what have we recently witness
y ed? Z. i. Vance, the unquestiOned choic
u of a large ma jority of the present Legisla
a' tltre OF North Carolina, 2 majority backe
u u by q majority Of the people who voted a
10 its election, refused tie Sc III the Fedora
Senate to which he was chosen, and tn
~ Legislature thus constrained TO choose al
oI other in his place or leave the State unIe
III presented for years.
- The voters fNew England thus deprive
TO North Carolina OF the Senator Of he
u choice, and compelled her 10 send anothe
III in his Stead-anOther who i'll our late cor
test was, like Vance, 4 rebel, and fight
JG i'm rebel, but had not served in Cougres
IS before the war as Vance had, though I'll
Fc ! latter remained faithful to the Union ii
e ! after the close Othis term. IprOtest aSains
he The disiranChiSGmcnt OF i State. preSunlp
OF lively OF a number of States, OH ground S
", narrow and technical AS this. The faG
At that the same Senate which refused hi
hc scat proceeded to remove his diSabilitie
TO after that seat had been filled by another
OF only serves TO place i'll Il stronger light th
! indiCmitv to North Carolina, and the arb
ed trary caprici0us tyranny which dictated i
he thank You, gentlemen, that my nam
nj is 10 be conspicuously associated with yOul
IL i'm . determined effort to render amneSt
co1nnete and universal in spirit as well q
IL in letter. Even defeat in such cas-
us would leave no sting, while triumph won!
lie rank with those victories which II
is blood redGcns, and which evoke 10 teal
or but those of gratitude and joy.
oS Gentlemen, your platform, which is ais
sc mine, assures me that Democracy is nc
ey hencGtorth TO stand for one thing and lst
lr. publicauisnl for another; but these thing
ne | are to lnean i'll politics, rs they hav
Oh ALWAYS Iaeant in the dictionary, Substal
1t TALLY one and the same thing, nam"l.
lie equal rights, regardless o. creed or cline {
II, color. l hail this as a genuine nov depal
ld ture from OutWOrn feuds and nleaning!el
ms contentious in the direction of progress an
re reform.
Whether | shall lie found worthy TO bca
be the standard of the great Liberal move
o. ment which t!.e American people have II
We aUuuratrd is TO be determined not b
he words, but dccds--with ne, Il | stea3il
advance !; over me if l f.litcr. Its gran
array moves on to achieve FOR our Counti
her glorious beneiccnt destiny.
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