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corpus. We demand for the individual tbs 1arg-
est liberty consistent with pubic order; ZOE
the State, self-government, and Tor the Nation
return to the methods Of peace and the constltu-
tionA limitations Of power.
Fifth. The Civil Service of the Government
has become mere instrument Of partisan tyr
amy and personal ambition, and an object OF
selfish greed. It is scandal and reproach upon
free institutions, and breeds q Generalization
dangerous to the perpetuity Of republican gov
eminent. We therefore regard 3 thorough re-
form Of the Civil Service as one Of the most
pressing necessities Of the hour; that honesty.
capacity, and fidelity constitute the only valid
claim to public employment; that the Offices Of
the Government cease to be q matter Of arbi-
trary favoritism and patronage, and that public
station become egain post Of honor. To this
end, it is imperatiyely required that no Presi-
dent sha1l be candidate for reelection.
Sixth. We demand system Of Federal taxa
ton which shall not unnecessarily interfere With
the industry OF the people, and which shall pro-
vide the means necessary to pay the expenses
Of the Government economically administered,
the pensions, the interest on the public debt,
and moderate reduction annually Of the prin-
cipal thereof ! and, recognizing that there are
in our midst honest but differences
Of opinion with regard to the respective systems
Of Protection and Free Trade, We remit the dis
cussion Of the subject of the people in their
Congress- Districts, and to the decision Of Con-
gress thereon, wholly free of Executive iaterfer-
ence or dictation.
l. Seventh. The public credit must be aacredly
maintained, and ne denouuce repudiation in
every form and guise.
Eighth. A speedy return to specie payment
is demanded alike by the highest consideration
OF commercial morality and honest govern
ment.
Ninth. We remember with gratitude the
heroism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors
OF the Republic, and no act of ours shall ever
detract from their just1y-earned fame or the
full reward Of their patriotism.
Tenth. We are opposed to all further grants
Of lands to railroads or other corporations. The
public domain shall be held sacred to actual
settlers.
Eleventh. We hold that it is the duty OF the
Government, in it's intercourse with foreign na-
tions, to cultivate the friendship Of peace, by
treating with all fair and equal terms, regard
ing it alike dishonorable either to demand what
| is not right, or to submit to what is wrong.
| Twelfth. For the promotion and SUCCESS Of
these vital principles, and the support Of tha
candidates nominated for this Convention, We
invite and cordially welcome the cooperation Of
eli patriotic citizens, without regard to previous
affiliations.
, 1872-11-04

The Dublin h1shman, the leading newspaper
of Ireland, hailed the nomination Of Horace
Greeley in the following words:
1.-THE selection does great credit to the party
which has preferred him to Grant, and will be-
found generally acceptable, We hope, by the
whole mass OF our countrymen who left the
Emerald Isle and sought refuge in the free
United States. Horace Greeley deserves well Of
Ireland. He stood by her cause, the cause Of
Justice, in the darkest hour, when an artificial
famine ravaged the land, and freedom Was driven
from our shores. From this chiva1rous fidelity
We have never found him to swerve.
'CoDscious Of the wrongs Of our country, lie
desires their redress; knowing the infinite good
Of freedom, it's spirit Of bencfcence influenced
his own with sympathies not limited by boun-
daries Of States, he earnestly sought to extend
to other lands and other people the advantage of
that liberty in which his own rejoiced. We re-
gard him as the type Of true American. As a
Liberal Republics he is modelled after the old
STYLE, Of Washington'a Council, he would have
been, had he lived in those glorious and single
hearted times. By his upright and manly con-
duct: reYivea in the present the best memo
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On our third page will be found d full List Of
all the State, Congressional, and Legislative
candidates to be voted for in Illinois tomorrow.
the State and Congressional tickets in MI the
other States, and tables of the votes Of every
State for President in 1868, together with the
votes in the latest elections held since that
year. These tables have been prepared with
great care, and will be found by those interested
in election returns valuable for reference and
preservation.
, 1872-11-04

The rumor has got abroad that the return Of
E. B. Washburne from France is not go much
connected with desire to cast . vote for Gen
eral Grant as to enter the lists with OgloEby as
a candidate for the United States Senate. It is
r11inored also that J. r. Jones is coming home to
vote for Grant and Washburne. It is argued
that to elect Oglesby Senator, when the people
really voted for him for Governor: would be to
impose upon popular credulity to an unWarrant-
able extent, and would have the effect OF putting
into the Gubernatorial Office man whose merits
have never been canvassed, to-wit; Boveridgo.
This is probably true. The people hava a better
and more certain remedy than the one Mr.. Wash
burne's friends propose, and that is to elect Mr
Koerner for Governor: as wc confidently be-
lieye they will do tomorrow.
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TIE PLATFORM.
We, the Liberal Republicans Of the United
States, in National Convention assembled at
Cincinnati, proclaim the following principles as
essential to just government:
First. We recognize the equality OF all men
before the Law, and hold that it is the duty Of
Government, in its dealings with the people, to
mete out equal and exact Justice to all, Of what
ever nativity, race, COLOR or persuasion, religious
OF political.
Second. We pledge ourselves to maintain the
Union Of these States, emancipation and en-
franchisement, and to oppose any reopening Of
the questions settled by the Thirteenth, Four
teenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con-
stitution.
Third. We demand the Immediate and abso-
lutte removal Of all disabilities imposed On ac-
count Of the Rebellion, which was finally sub
dued seven years ago, believing that universal
amnesty will result in complete paeidcation in
all sections Of the country.
Fourth. Local self-government, with impair
tial suffrage will guard the rights of all citizens
more securely than any centralized power Inc
public welfare requires the supremacy OF the
civil over the military authority, and freedom OF
person under tho protection OF the aa0sS9
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The citizens Of Chicago, who have so long
sought to discover the Causes OF crime and the
means to prevent it, have probably obtained
some light in the revelations Of the way in which
the present Prosecuting Attorney traneacts the
business Of Ills Office. We have published the
following facts, confirmed by the official records
and not denied by anybody:
1. That during the last two years AEr. Charles
Il. Reed, Prosecuting Attorney, has officially
Recommended and obtained from the Governor
pardons for 81 persons convicted of rape, arson,
highway y-robbery, assault with deadly weapon,
burglary, forgery, perjury, manslaughter, lar
ceny, and other high felonies.
2. That in the same time he has asked, but
failed, to obtain the pardons Of 20 other con-
victed robbers, homicides, forgers, perjurers,
burglars, and thieves.
8. That since the Let day Of January, 1872, the
police have arrested, and the Grand JurieB haVo
indicted, 300 persons charged with arson rob-
berry, assaults with deadly weapon, burglary,
larceny, and all other felonies, who have been
admitted to bail by Mr. Reed; and that, in each
case, the bail has been forfeited
4. That Mr. Reed has never instituted suit
against any Of the men named On the bail-bonds
as security, and has taken no steps to have the
criminals rearreBted.
5. That the 800 indicted criminals thus allowed
by A1r. Reed to run at large, and their friends
the professional bail-mon are now actively and
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at their various precincts striving, by all manner
OF means, to re-elect 11r. Reed.
6. That these 800 indicted criminals and their
friends, the professional bai1-men, and the other
change in the Office Of Public Prosecutor, be-
cause to do so would result in the arrest OF all
those indicted persons, and their prompt trial
and conviction; result they know will not fol-
low Mr. Reeds election.
We confess that these facts are surprising to
ourselves. We did not know why the criminal
classes and the clergymen were, with few e1cep-
tions, agreed in supporting 11r. Reed. In the
light Of AIr. Reeds recently published record, We
take it that the former know what they are
about. while the latter do not. We submit
these facts to the consideration OF the various
committees of all sizes who wonder why crime
ia not suppressed, and who read one day OF the
arrest OF burglar, OF professor Of the slung-
shot. and the next OF q conviction for rape, or
granddaughter, and, few weeks later, find these
parties mentioned as delegates in political con-
vention, or appointed as q ward committee to
ney. Mr.. Reeds plan, evidently, is to so con-
duct his Office as not to e1asperate the criminal
classes,-to give them as much punishment aa
public opinion actually compels, but not to push
ifiaa
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The choice for Congress in the Second Dis
trict is between Carter q. Harrison and Joseph
D. Ward. We have heretofore referred to the
public history Of these two gentlemen. If
elected, Mr. Harrison will represent the city
and it's interests, while Mr. Ward will represent
the ofice-holders, the of1ice-seekers. and him
self. One will represent the interest of the
taxpayers; the other will represent the men
among HhQn the taxes are divided.
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Two Of the newspapers supporting the Admin
iBtration in New York, the Erering Post and the
Commercial Advertiser, have become alarmed at
the recent secret issue Of 81, 800 900 greenbacks
in addition to the amount previously existing
and authorized by law. The fact Seems to be as
certained that while this operation was con-
cea1ed from the public, it Vas known in advance
to few favored operators, who made large
sum Of money out Of it, while others, not so IA
vored, lost 8 corresponding sum. The Post says:
"Tho public WAS not advised Of any such pro-
posed action. though there is good reason to
tunate persons were enabled to prepare, to their
own gain, for change of values, while the gen.
eral commercial public, without the knowledge,
must suffer. Whatever authority Of law there
may be, or assumed authority of law for an in
crease of legal tenders, there certainly is none
which authorizes the Secretary to use this power
secretly, to the immense benefit of a few, and
to the injury and possible ruin Of the many.
This feature of the case is utterly indie
fenslble. and even alarming" The Commercial
Adreytiser intimates that this is not the last Of
it. and that the November programme of the
Treasury is already known to the clique who are
operating With confidence upon their exclusive
information.
Il is needless to say that such transactions
as these undermine the whole commercial fabric
Of the country, and tend to undermine the social
Frr ], o{o In nth
It is difficult to tell which is the most dangerous
aspect it presents. If we suppose that the Ad-
ministration is exercising itself to relieve the
money market. we have the spectacle OF few
persons not gifted with omniac1ence making
experiments upon the prices Of everything that
ia bought and sold, putting an unknown ele-
ment into every contract between private indi-
yiduals, tnkering with the wages Of the laborer,
the income OF the professional man; the receipts
and expenses. Of forty millions Of people, end
adding uncertainty to business calculations at q
time when confidence is, Of all things, most
wanted. Nothing is go well calculated to lock
up capital and to curtail loans as a suspicion
that something is liable to happen which may
upset all present calculations
But, if we suppose, on the other hand, that
this is device, whose prime intent is to enrich
few individuals at the expense Of the commu-
nifty at large (which has been the actual result Of
the experiment), there are no words to ftly
characterize it. Our New York contemporary,
Of the Grant persuasion, uses very mild phrase
l., oo1;ro f1,at r. ia tsp+}ar1v ipdafarsih1n and
eyen alarming" The most rational Explanation
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Commander selfridge, Of the United states
Navy, who, in his survey three years ago OF the
Isthmus Of Darien, found route for ship Gu
nal that would cost only $S4, ,000, 900, has under
taken q new expedition, in the belief that still
cheaper path can be chosen. The results OF his
explorations will be known in June.
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POLITICAL,

The official count Of the vote in Nebraska,
Oct. 8, is as follows:
zsE ss;i:s s:s:iS;:
Rep. maj..... 61ss Rep maj....... Gus
in Iowa, ofice-holders friendly to Allison are
assessed for campaign expenses twice as much
az Harlan's friends in Office.
The campaign committees Of the Adminls-
tration have taken pains to print and distribute
throughsthe mails, in this and adjoining States.
tickets to be used by those who may think they
ere voting for O'Co2or.
An Administration paper points with pride
to the fact that sin 101 election districts in Lu
zerne County, Pa, the Hon. L. D. Shoemaker
ran far ahead Of the Republican State ticket"
Yes; and Congressman Shoemaker is under
criminal arrest for the bribery Of election Off
GERS.
1t seems that, during the late unpleasant
ness, General Dix had controversy about
$115, 900 With the Treasury Department, and the
pesky Liberals have got hold OF the facts
Hence uneasiness is felt among the. Custom
House loYglists, and siYho's afraid " despatchea
to provincial organs
Colonel James T. Rapier. .colored, who Is run
ming for Congress in the Second Alabama Dis
trict, said IN speech recently: ~ have tho
advantage Of most Of the candidates On the
Radical ticket; if hare ever stolen anything, it
has never been found out" Colonel James,
like most blades Of his name, is sharp as well az
Rhiny, and can cut.
Then York World occasionally charges Mr-
Dawes with taking emery ore from the free list
in the tariff, and imposing duty Of Sc q ton Oh
it merely on account Of q neighbor who had
found 4 little emery mine on his Own premises
in his district. We believe this is the way
tariffs have been made during the last twenty
years. Every member Of Congress fxes the
Items that interest his constituents to suit
their pockets, and then the Clerk writes in 'sBe
it enacted" and the President signs his name
and s'Approyed."
Some Of the 81, 600 disfranchised citizens Of
Arkansas having intimated their purpose Of PROS
ecuting the Radical Election Judges under the
Enforcement act, il they refuse item the right
OF voting for President next Tuesday, the infa-
nous Clayton, who is Chairman Of the Radical
State Committee; has addressed to each Of them
private circular, in which he urges them to re-
fuse all such votes, and assures them that he
has advices from Washington guaranteeing then
against any trouble from the Congressional stat
ute. Laws and right are held for nothing when
they come in conflict with the ambitious pur-
poses Of Grant and his partisan.
, 1872-11-04

THE TRIBUNE gives it's readers this morning
rresentu,eut of the facts and possibilities OF our
steam railway system, illustrated By map
- c,icano and it's enyirons. The facts dis
cusscd. especially those that pertain to the
,:snerc1 Transfer Freight system, are not
,sv 10 our railroad men. and its future Was
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sure to arrive at no distant day. The existing
embargo On street hauling enforces the neces-
sity Of it's early adoption.

A correspondent OF the New York Herald, de-
tailed to work up the politics Of Illinois, ex-
presses the opinion that the Electoral vote Of the
State will be given to Grant, that hoerner Will
be elected Governor, and that the Legislature
will be carried BY the Liberals.
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charged, and which would be forthcoming upon
is not basis enough upon which to sustain the
charge, but simply mentions it 1t as abandoning
theory concerning the murder of Mr. Edsall.'
, 1872-11-04

sherman's dairy farm near Elgin, ILL.,, was found
dead under his loaded wagon yesterday morn-
ing. He was returning from town With load
Of feed, on Saturday nj ght when his wagon rad
af ANAL bridge, upRsttinE it.
, 1872-11-04

No opcn violation Of the Sunday law Was de-
tn,.ei yesterday, and not more than thirty sa-
l.ou-Eeepcr= are believed to have sold liquor Sc
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LIBERAL NOMINATIONS.

NATIONAL
Por President:
HORACE GREELEY, Of New York.
For Vice President:
B. GRATZ BROWN, Of Missouri.
, 1872-11-04

M hail has been offered in behalf of Mrs
Woodruff or Miss Clahin: except that OF george
Francis Train, which Was refused.
, 1872-11-04

Chief Justice Chase's health Will probably
compel him to leave his seat on the Supreme
t.ourt Bench for time.
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STATE.

For Governor:
GusTAvUS KOERNER, Of st. Clair.
For Lieutenant Governor:
JOHN CHARLES BLACK, Of Champaign.
For Secretary Of State:
EDWARD RU31MELL, OF Peoria.
For Auditor Of Public Accounts:
DANIEL OHARA, of Cook.
For State Treasurer:
CHARLES H. LANpHIER, OF Sanganon.
For Attorney General:
JOHN 2. EUSTACE, OF Lee.
For Clerks Of the Supreme Court:
Southern Div-R. 4. D. T1LBANKS, Of Jefferson.
Central Diy.-DAv1D L. BROWN, Of Sangamon.
Northern Di1.-EI SMITH, Of Cook.
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HooLEY,s OPERA HoUsE-Randolph street, be-
,tyeeu Clark md LaSale. Third week Of Abbott-N-
,llfy Pautoni1ue Combination. g sHumpty Dumpts,"
with new features.
, 1872-11-04

,t'yICKER's THEATREMadison street, between
State and Dearborn. Miss Maggie Mitchell, supported
~ Mr. L. R. Shewe11. tFauchon."
, 1872-11-04

MYERS OPERA HOUSE-donroe street, between
Safe and Dearborn. Arlington, Cotton kembe's
Minstrel and Burlesque Troupe.
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AIKEN'S STHEATREWabash avenue, corner Of Con-
REe3s street. q. Il. to1 fAnto11l1ue Iousoioauo4'
.* Huupty Dunpty,"
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CINCINNATI ADDRESS AND PLATF0RM.

THE ADDRESS.
The Administration now in power has render
ed itself guilty Of wanton disregard OF the laws
Of the land, and usurped powers not granted by
the Constitution. It has acted as If the laws
had binding force only for those who arc gov
erned, and not for those who govern. It has
thus struck blow at the fundamental princi-
pies Of constitutional government, and the
liberty of the citizen. The President OF the
United States has openly used the powers and op-
portunities OF his Office for the promotion Of
personal ends. He has kept notoriously corrupt
and unworthy men in places Of power and re-
sponsibility to the detriment Of the public
interest. He has used the public service Of the
Government as machinery Of partisan and per-
sonal influence, and interfered with tyrannical
arrogance in the political affairs Of States and
municipalities. He has rewarded, with lnAuen-
tial and lucrative Offices, men who had acquired
his favor by valuable presents ; thus stimulating
Generalization Of our political life by his con-
spicuous example. He has shown himself
deplo1ably unequal to the taska imposed
upon him by the necessities OF the
country, and cu1pably careless Of the responsi-
bi1ities of his high Office. The partisans Of the
Administration, assuming to be the Republican
party, and controlling it's organization, have at
tempted to justify such wrongs and palliate such
abuses, to the end Of maintaining partisan as-
tendency. They have stood in the way OF necea-
sary Investigations and indispensable reforms,
pretending that no serious fault could be found
with the present administration Of public af-
fairs; thus seeking to blind the eyes Of the peo-
pie. They have kept alive the passions and re-
sentiments Of the late civil war, to use them for
their own advantage.
They have resorted to arbitrary measures in
direct conflict with the organic law, instead Of
appealing to the better instincts aud latent
patriotism of the Southern people by restoring
to them those rights, the enjoyment Of which is
indispensable for q successful administration Of
their local affairs, and would tend to revive apa-
triotic and National feeling. They have degraded
themselves and the name Of their party, once
Justly entitled to the confidence Of the nation,
by base sycophancy to the dispenser
Of Executive power and patronage unworthy
OF Republican freemen; they have sought to
stihe the voice OF Just criticism, to stiae. the
moral sense Of the people, and to Bubjugate pub
lie opinion by tyrannical party discipline. They
are striving to maintain themselves in authority,
for selfish ends, by an interruptions use Of the
power which rightfully belongs to the people
and should be employed only in the service Of
the country. Believing that an organization
thus led and controlled can no longer be Of ser
vice to the best interests Of the Republic, We
have resolved to make an independent appeal to
the sober judgment, conscience, and patriotism
Of the American people.
, 1872-11-04

ELECTORAL.
For Electors Of President and Vice President:
At Iarge-WILL1AM BROsS, Of Chicago;
JOHN .. CATION, Of Ottawa;
First District THOMAS HOYNE;
Second. CHARLES Y. T. HoLDENs
Third ,ARNO VOSS;
Fou.th ISAAC ". SWAN;
Fifth ROBERT c. BURCHE1L;
Sixth ERIC JOHNSON;
Seventh .CASPAR BUTZ;
Eehth h....'....... STEPHEN R. MOORE;
Ninth MARTIN SHAIIENBARGER;
Tenth GEORGE EDMUNDS, JR.;
Eleventh WILLIAM STEINNEDEIL;
twelfth DAVID +. PHILLIPS;
Th:rteenth SAMUEL 9. PARKS;
Fourteenth, JOHN CUNNINGHAM;
Fifteenth JOHN n. GNIN;
Sixteenth GEORGE L. ZINK;
Seventeenth ,.JOHN HINCHCLIFFE;
Eighteenth. h.....-..---. .BENJAM1N ": SAAp;
Nineteenth FRANKLIN PIERCE.
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Senator whose Senator or Legiala-
term crplrca. ture-elect.
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1ies Of the past. Opposition 1e viii undoubted-
II have to encounter, but, ne trust never nom
an IriRh source."
CONGRESS

Changes In the Senate, and memoefs
Elect to the House.,
The Fofty-third Congress-, which comes INTO
existence on the 4th Of March, 1873, Will not
meet until the first Monday in December, 1878,
unless specially convened by the President.
The elections this week, however, decide the po-
ltical changes in the Senate, and the personal
membership Of the House, save for seven seats
to be filed BY elections in Connecticut and New
Hampshire, next spring.
, 1872-11-04

NIXOSrS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES street, between
Washington and Randolph. The Georgia Minstrels-
S.aF2 Troupe.
, 1872-11-04
Ube Gb19S1pgp QCri11barat.

Monday Morning, November 4, 191a.
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GLOBE ETHEATRE-Desp!aines Ftreet, between AAdi-
am and Warrington. Vaudeville Entertainment.
, 1872-11-04

z.
The terms of twenty-four Senators expire the Sd
Of March, 1873, aa follows:
administration In Roman; Opposition In Itulic.l
, 1872-11-04

HALE & BROTHER
Appreciate the situ1to and propose to deliver all Eur
nture free Of expense. long roser holds out
HALE BRO
FURNITURE. FURNITURE,
L. 1e H. and l6 1g l.: IA and 16 IL. T., II and l6
cANA1-ST CANAL-ST. CANAI-ST.
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AEuA d. 0W4eALs
0rris 8. Ferry.
Opposition.
administration. :
William B. Allison.
Thos. c. McGreerY.
George r. Dennis.

}Bainbzi'geWad1aigh,
j0ppositio1s.
John Sherman.
John Il. Mitchell.
Administration.
Administration,
fJustin 8. Morrill,.
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FURNITURE,
FURNITURE,
FURNITURE,
FURNITURE,
Ep1zOor EPIZOOT. EPIZO0T.