The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-04
The Cincinnati Convention.

The Cincinnati Liberal Republican Con-
yention, YESTERDAY, nominated Mr.. Horace
Greeley, OF New York, for President, and
Governor Gratz Brown, Of Missouri, for
vice.President; and adopted a platform
whose strongest planks are Amnesty, Re.
form, the Constitution as it is, and the
supremacy OF the Civil authority. This may
we'll be called the New Declaration OF indie.
~pendence; and there is little doubt that it
will be as entirely satisfactory 10 the whole
South as it is, we are confident, to the peo'
pie OF this State. We and tkey ask for only
the equal rights and liberties won by sire
and grandsire in the war OF the revolution.
The tariff question, which threatened to
cause dissension among the Liberal Repub-
leans, is RENTED to the people for their
decision. These can, in the election OF re-
representatives. in Congress, shape the policy
Of the government, aad determine whether
Free Trade or Protection principles shall
control National legislation. This is the
line Of action suggested by the more saga
cious leaders OF Cincinnati movement. That
thew were successful, and we're able to recon-
Gle the views Of the contending doctrinaires,
is a happy omen OF future victory.
The nomination Of Mr.. Greeley for Presi-
dent will cause, no doubt, some surprise;
but, as the idea grows more familiar, the wis
dom Of the choice will be felt and under
stood. It is not as q politician that MIR.
Greeley has been selected. The nomination
is a tribute to the independence, the worth
and the incorruptioility Of the man. He has
his crotchets; what mi OF brain has not !!
The peculiarities OF his appearance n the
eccentricities Of his dress will be q fine SUBJ
ject for the fertile pencil Of the admiuistra-
ton c~arrcaturist But Americana, who
have watched the career Of Horace Greeley
these many years, know bis purity OF char
acter, and may defy his bitterest opponents
to prove him guilty Of pusillanimity or
.doubls-dealing. The nomination should be
especially palatable to the citizens OF the
South. What black man will forget that
Mr.. Greeley has devoted a lifetime to secur-
ing the emancipation and the enfranchise-
ment OF the negro racer And the white
man, the ex-C Confederate, will never forget
that Mr.. Greeley has demanded Universal
Amnesty with an .earnestness and a persist
ency like to that with which he pleaded for
Universal Suffrage. When the politicians Of
| the North were most bitter in their abuse,
Mr.. Greeley was the fearless champion OF
Pardon and Peace. His ringing deuuncia-
tons Of carpet baggery, and Of the corrupt
Radical governments in the Southern States,
show that he will not wink at Wrong-doing
wherever it be found. The election Of such
la mar would, in itself, be a standing pro-
test against nepotism and fraud. 1t would
be q guarantee that the influence and
authority OF the Federal Government would
not be found on the side OF rascality, because
the head-rascals choose to call themselves
Republicans. Neither the secret conspirator
nor the the official robber would find a
friend in Horace Greeley. White man and
black man would live in equal security, and,
before the end Of his term, these United
States might be once more a united and con-
tented people. This is q Southern view OF
Mr.. Greeley's nomination. The present indi-
cations are that in the North and West he
will receive no lukewarm support Some OF
the strongest journals in the country have
already pronounced in his favor, and the
nomination OF Governor Gratz Brown for
vice-President, gives to the ticket a force
and power which no one man could possess.
The Missouri statesman, the successful
chieftain OF Liberal Republicanism in that
State, is q host in himself. Upon him tie
Western Liberals should rally with loud &C.
claim, and the country will recall with graft
tude that he, who might have justly aspired
to be first, is patriotic enough to accept the
second place in the contest for American
liberty. Such a contest indeed it isl Under
President Grant the country is fast drifting
towards q despotic form OF government
Already thoughtful men are found who open
ly announce that they prefer the liberty Of
an actual Empire to the thraldom OF a nomi-
nal Republic. The course Of the admistra-
ton is making Cesarism possible. To
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