The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-02

St. LOUIS, MO-, June 1, lSI-.
In reply to the notification OF his nomination as
Vice President by the Cincinnati Convention Gov
ernor Brown makes the following RESPONSE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, JEFFERSON CITYl
MAY 81 1872. I
GENTIEMEN-your letter advising me OF the action
OF the Liberal Republican Convention mt Cincinnati
has been received, and return Through you, my
acknowledgement of the honor which has been con-
ferred upon me. accept the nomination "a can
ddate for Vice President, and endorse NEST
daily the resolutions setting forth the principles
United States.
A century is closing upon our experience of re-
publican government, and while that lapse OF time
has witnessed agrent expansion OF our free institu
tons, yet It has not been without illustration also
of grave dangers to the stability Of snch system
of those successfully encountered 1t Is needless to
speak OF those which remain to menacai us. The
most threatening are provided against, | firmly
believe, in the wise and pacific measures proposed
Al by your platform
4 1t has come to be the practice OF those elevated
" position onatonal authority to regard pubic
n vice but as to retain power. This results in
" substituting mere party organization for the gov
"A eminent itself, which constitutes control amen
NJ able to no laws or moraties, mpairs all indie
n pendent thought, enables few to rule the
q many ana makes personal allegiance the road
that this tsT win wreck ee a Hr'in liberties
n unless there be interposed timely reform OF the
IA administration from its highest to its lowest
station, which shall not only prevent abuses but
likewise take away the incentive to their practice
gin avarcc OF spolls, the country demands repose,
and resens the effort of officials to dragoon it again
INTO VIII
Il peris which have been connected with the war.
& 1t is safe to says that only those are now to he
feared which comes of an abuse OF victory into per-
4 manent estrangcment. The Union Is fortified by
more power than eyer before before, and It
hour nationality by perfect reconciliation
q at the North. wide spread sympathy is aroused
in behalf OF those States OF the South which, long
= after the termination Of resistance to the rightu
81 federal authority, are still pundered under tho
s gnise OF loyalty, and tyranL lied over in the name
Along with this feeling is present too, the recog-
~ milton that in complete amnesty alone can be
N found hope OF any return to constitutional gov
K eminent as of old, as any development OF
more enduring unity and broader national
: be efllcacious must be real, not nominal
genuine, not evasive. 1t must carry along
lection to all; for the removal OF disabilities as
r. to some, with enforcement as to Others, leaves
for that pardon BY po
ency be futile in the presence of the renewed at
tempt at prolonging suspension of the habeas cor
pus and the persistent resort to martial, rather
d than civil, law in uphOdng those agencies used to
ALLEVIATE the races when concord is most essential,
m and in preparing another elaborate campaign on
E basis OF dead issues and arbitrary Intervention.
All will rightly credit such conduct as but mock
EM cry OF amnesty, and demand an administration
" which can give better warrant Of honesty in the
M great work of reconstruction ana reform in the
~ spread Is never entirely safe from serious
H conflicts. These become still more dangerous
n when complicated with questions Of taxation,
h on one part at the expense OF another part. twas
bold as wei admirable policy in the interest
of present well as future tranquility to withdraw
~ the decision OF industrial and revenue matters
from the virtual arbitration Of an Electoral College
OF party asccndancy, and refer them for a
more direct popular expression to each
eSasys q The Ue couny
thereby invited to its frankest uterance and sec
I 4 tions which would revolt at being denied voice
n out OF Difference to other sections, would be con
tent to acquiesce In general Judgment, honestly
, II elected"
If local government be- as it undoubtedly Is the
most vital principle of our institutions, much All
vance viii be made toward establishing it by ena
bling the people to pass upon questions so nearly
affecting their well being dispassonately, through
their local representation. The precipitance
on tax or tariff through Presidential candidacy
Is only disguised form OF Capitalization, involving
clusion will be much more impartiay determined,
and with less disturbance to trade and finance by
appealing to the most truthful and diversified local
expression Industrial issues can be thus, likewise,
emancipated from the power OF great monopolics,
and each representative held to fidelity towards his
nent features Of that general concert OF action which
proposes to replace the present administration by
masses of our c0untrymen. or course such concert
cannot be attained by thrusting every minor or
past difference into the foreground, and it
II will be for the people, therefore, to determine
whether these objects are OF such magnitude and
present urgency as 10 Justify them In deferring
other adjustments until the country shall he first
restored to free suffrage, uninucnced by official
dict ion and ours becomes In fact free republic,
released from apprehensions Of central domina-
ton.
without referring in detail to the various other
propositions embraced in the resolutions Of tho
Convention, but seeing how they all contemplate
a restoration of power to the people, peace
to the nation, purity TO the govern
ment that they condemn the attempt to es-
tablsh an ascendancy OF military over civil
= rule, and affirm with explicitness the maintenance
~ of equal freedom to all citizens, irrespective OF
race, previous condition or pending disabilities 1
have only to pledge again my sincere cooperation.
l have the honor to remain very respectfully,
yours, Is. CRATE BROWN.