Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-05-06

D.. w FrHft Ccr2.t 80 d.. w ga
s mstv. or tbr.e week. ago word was given
out that a meeting VI the "llDeral cti1sns VI the
District ht hssn hell, nnd llat OF d. lsgates TO
represent them At TIE eOuvention In Cincinnati
seiested TIE gathering vas composer Of men
rev In number, hut representing all shades Of
op,uinn, ami hose only bind OF unity vas d..
,Isss - q. hey had dnr 10 years
byinF morr an object ihan work.
Il vps understood when they len tbs city that
the W 20 aud ihhuenco " the allegation, Htbey
lion Of Jui gs Davis, he belng the most AceePta-
bic candidate 10 the majority Of the meeting
who were good, old-time, hArd.shell jackson
hut il appears tina, at least one Of them, for.
getting hls instructions and With the eyer-pre.
vailinE idea Of making so,neihlng out OF u,
shouted for Greeley aud Brown. This 90 dis
Rustsd the men who had honored HIN With an
opportunity TO represent them lat his oWn sx,
psnse) that an Indignation meeting was called
On Saturday, and AFTER a long and heated dis.
ouaal0n a. 70 what should be done with THIS
rscusant delegate the following resolutions
TsS msstiss yursueJ this ssvers course for
the double purposc Of INJECTING penalty and
testing the liberalism Of the delevAtS, eyi.
IDENTITY believing that there was ~easJ In the
TEE RKsoLuTtoNa
whsreas the Eood eltifeos throughout the
IIulfoI States. without OF lNFANs haNe
witnersei, With modification and shame, pow.
effal party-holdlnE the rulns Of power u our
once rlorious and proud country prostitu,ing
the grave and Responsible trust 20 gsuurously
confded In them, and among the nuniervuf In
stances Of such may be cited!
Tue packing q the supreme Court OF the
United States with political partisans.
trust ~ the appointment Of Incompetent men,
]. Nepotism in Sfncs ia acknowledgement 70
capability, moral worth and real service To tho
4. Tyranlcally cOercing the representatives Of
q. dross violation Of tho rights Of the States
tons and control the Tree expressions Of eiiEe"s
at the polls
9. Hugo handed dcspOtlsm and tramPllng upon
tho Cons tuition by this sutpsnsion Of Amocicans
| greatest hulrark, "ths writ Of habsaa corpus"
= Rscklesily squsulerlnE the rvveaue de-
rived from the llfe.Olood Of the people.
persons high 10 Oifee, Ind then appolntinE Ne
prosecutors 10 otices " great public lmpoftao ce.
Q. The sacrifices Of American honor In foreign
countries.
And many other large offences against the
public welfare.
And whereas the thiDkius people Of this
country determined TO remedy this state Of
matters BY the nomination Of honest and eapa.
BILE non. paTtlsans a. a convention 70 be held In
Cincinnati, Ohio, May !, ls72; and whereas,
among ols.rs one q, duly .PpsiS.sd t "a. seat
press and implied understa ndinx, By the olti.
lsns Of the Dlstrict Of Oolumbla; and whereas
~ AeqSiessing and .llewlnE one ho.ss. or,s.
representatives. Of the people and convention,
has thereby betrayed the iraat imposed In hlni
Rssoivsd, That We heartily condemn the
sctlon Of our delegate At the convention held at
Cincinnati, Ohio, May l, land 4 ls3a
2. That az honest men, who have been DO.
bindIn0 on ~ Ia and shail not eunporf Horace