Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-07-30

the Democratic National Convention assemble
! In this city, % inform yoa that yon have bee
unanimously nominated its candidate Tor u
Presidency of the United States.
The Convention, consisting Of I3z delegates
representing every State aud Territory In n
Onion, adopted, without amenduentst the decla
ration Of principles affirmed by the Conyento'
Of Liberal Republicans at Cincinnati, an
strengthened By the Endorsement confai1 ned
your etter OF acceptance. go Be- ~
The action Of this great body Of delegat prove
that they are, with singular unanimity 70 eHte
under your leadership upon the patriotic duty o.
restoring to the administration Of the Government
purity and integrity, and that Independence Q
its Departments which regards the Constitution
as alike the source and the limit of Federal pow
! or. l5.f Z frrf111EE
LAYING aside the differences of the past, aband
ontng all purpose Of mere partisan advantage
1 asking for no pledge other than THAT o. hdeltty
TO the principles to which they have given their Dc
nberate and resolute adherence, and which theI
| believe viii command the approval OF lafg'
! majority OF the American people, they tender Yen
their nomination, confident that peace and gooc
government viii be inaugurated and maintaineC
| under your administrations. Respectfully, you
obedient servants. j. X. DOoLtTTLE, d
1 GlaiFnEans OF Convention.
Frs. W. Sykes, Alabama; John q. Aaccaee
/ Arkansas; j. G. Dovney, California; a. r.
| Burr, Connecticut; E. L, Martin, Delaware; L
| w. Jones, Florida; W. A. Hawkins, Georgia; a
| NJ. Miller, Illinois; N. NJ. Ray, Indians; j; ID
| Thompson, Iowa; John Martin, Kansas b. Ma
1 guffin, Kentucky; Given Campbell, Louisiana;
/ James u. MAligAn. AAiEts JUN Afco AC4ENotAt
Maryland; j. @. Abbott, Massachusetts; George
! II. Bruce, Michigan William Lee MlnBesota;
X. y. Sykes, Mississlppi; Henry Brokmysr, ME-
| souri,; J. C. Crawford, Nebraska; :; D. Wyman.
| Nevada; James ). ThsyeF, New York. John 5.
| Darcy, North Carolina; j.. hahsa, Ohio
George W. Cas-, Pennsylvania A 6Prague.
Rhode Island; James Chestnut, South Carolina;
John C. Burch, Tennessee; Ashbel Smith, Tex
| A.; Lucius Robinson, Vermont; j. H. Marye,
| Virginia; VIM. M. Clementsi West virginia. b.
| 5. Well Wisconsin; c. p. Clever, New Mexico.
To the Hon. Horace Greeley, New York.
~ Mr.. oREELKY's ACCEPTANCE
New YORK, July Is, 1652.--GEETLENES:. Up
on mature deliberatlon, it seems 1T that should
give % your letter OF the 10th inst some further
and fuller response than the hasfY, unPremedi-
tated words In which acknowledged and ac-
eepted your nomination At oar nesting on 'ne
18th.
That your Convention saw lit to accord its
highest honor to one who had been prominently
and pOlntedly opposed 70 your party IN the earn
est and sometimes angry controversies OF the last
forty years, - essentially noteworthy. That
many Of you originally preferred that the Liberal
Republicans should present another candidate
for President and would more readily have
united with US in the support OF Adams OF Trum-
ball, Davis or Brown. Is well known. owe my
adoption az Baltimore wholly TO the TACT tsAts 4
had already been nominated at Cincinnati, and
that concentration OF forces upon any new
ticket had been proved impracticable. tiratifed
a. am at yOur. cOncurrenee IN the Clnelllilat1
nOminatiIns, certain as am that you would not
haYo TINS c0ncurred had you not desmed me,
upright and capable, / lind nothing in the cir
cumstanee calculated 20 nhame vanity OF no1r-
ish self-cOnceit- $1,000 .-.--7 =
But that vour Convention saw 1t, in adopting
the Cincinnati ticket, to reaiiirm the CINCINNATI
Platform, Is to me a source Of the profounaest
satisfaction. That body Was constrained 10 take
this important step By no party necessity real or
supposed. Ii might have acce pied thecandidafes
OF the Liberal Republicans upon grounds entirely
us own, or it might have presentsd them las the
tirst Wing National Convention did Harrison and
1yer) without adopting any Platform whatever.
That II chose to ptent itsol t tta1ey by agote
nearly unanimous, upon tho fullest ana cleaTest
snuIciation OF principles y hich are At once IN
cOntestably Republican and enlI haticSlly Dem
Ocratic, gives trustworthy assurance that new
and more suspicious era Is dayning apon0urlOng
distracted country. F.r a. r...
some OF the best years and best efforts OF nv
life were devoted to the struggle against ehattel
slavery-a struggle none the less earnest OF ar
duOus because respect fOr constitutional obliga-
lions constrained me 70 act Tor the most part on
the defensive = in resistance to Che . fusion
rather than In direct efforts for tile extinction OF
human bondage. Throughout most OF those
Years, nv vision was uncheered, my exertiOns
were rarely animated, BY even so much as hope
that should live TO see nay country ieopled BY
freemen alone. The afirmaRee BY your conyen-
ton OF the Cincinnati Platform i most -onclu-
sive proof tat not merely j. slavery abolished but
that Its snirit il extiBct-tat, despite the pro-
tests OF respectable but Isolated few, there re-
mains among US no party and no Formidable IN
terest which regrets the overthrow or desires Che
rt-establishmefIt OF human bOnthlge, whether ID
letter OF III spirit. l am thereby justified In ny
hope and trust that the hrst century Of American
Indepenence VIII not close before the grand elc
mental truths which its iglstl illness was based
By jefferson and the Continental Congress Of 70
will no longer be regarded as giittering general
titles" but will have become the universally ac-
cepted and honored foundations Of our Political
fabric. .1ari 9nase
demand the prompt application OF these
principles to our existing condition. Having
done what could for the complete emancipa-
ton of blacks, now insist ON the fun enfraD-
easement. OF al my white .eOuntr ymen.l Let
none say that the ban has Just been removed
from ali bat few hundred elderly gentlemen, 10
whom eligibility to 0iiice can be of little cOnse-
quence. My view eontsmPiates not the hun
dreds prescribed but the millions who are denied
the right TO be ruled and represented by the men
81 their untettered choice. Prescription were
absurd II these did not wish TO elect the very
men whom they are forbidden to choose. Ia
1 hsve profound regard for the people OF thaf /
New England wherein L was born, IN whose
common schools was Taught. rank no 9TH /
or people above them in intelligence, capacity
and moral worth. But, while they do many /
things well, and some admirably, there Is ono
thing which am sure they sannot wisely on 1
safely undertake, anu that Is the selection, tor
States remote from and unlike their own OF the
persons BIZ VIII IN those States shall be represented
in Congress. II they could do thiso good purpose
then republican institutions were unit, ana aris-
tOcracy the only true political syst}Bs -.
Yet what have recently witnessed? ZebuiUn
B. Vance, the unguesti0aed choice OF q large ma
iority Of the present. Legislature Of North Carolina
"a majority backed by majority OF the people
who voted at its election-reiussd the seat in the
Federal Senate 20 which he was fairly chosen, and
the Legislature thus constrained 70 choose another
in his stead or leave the state unrepresented for
years. The votes of New England thus deprived
North Carolina Of the Senator Of her choice, aud
compelled her send anotherin his steed--another
Who in our late contest, wa, like Vance, rebel,
and lighting rebel, but who had not served IN
congress before the war as Vance had, though the
tier remained faithful 20 the Union tai after the
,lose Of his term. protest against the disfran-
.hisement of . State-presumpsively, OF q umDer
# states-on grounds SO narrow and technical a.
his The fact that the sans Stnate which re-
used Vance his seat proceeded to remove n1s dlsa-
)ilities after that seat had been filled by another
,nly TO place in stronger light The tndgnity
% North Carolina and the arbitrary, caprieiouss
tyranny which dictated il. thank yous gentle !
men, that my name is to be conspicuonsly assoei-
tied with yours in \ determined effort 70 render
amnesty complete and universal, in spirit As We'll
\ in letter Even defeat In such q cause would
cave no sting, while triumph would rank with |
hose victories which no blood reGdens and which 1
woke no tears but those Of gratitude and joy.
Gentleman, your Platform, which Is also mine, |
assures me that Democracy Is not henceforth 70 4
tand for one thing and Republica1lsm for an 1
,ther, but that those terms are 10 mean N p0h- |
les as they always have meant In the dictionary,
substantially one and the same thfng--nAnefys
equal rights, regardless Of creed. or cline, or /
olor. 4 hail this as a genuine New Deparure
rom outworn tends and meaningless connections
a the direction of Pro- reAs and ketcrsslz MhefD-
: shall be found worthy 10 bear the standard OF
he great Liberal movement which the Americani
People have inangurated is to be determined not
" words but by deeds. With me n l steadily ad-
ance, over me If falter, its grand array moves
N to achieve for our country hsr glorious, beo-
fcent destiny. 49, -. &. il
remain, gentlemen, yours
-rfrs r.ri HORACE GREELEY. I
q the Hon. James z. DOolittle, Chairman Of the
Convention, and Messrs. 4. W. sykes; John c.
Maccabe and others, Committee.
COAL AND COKE.