The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-07-26

had fought against eaeh other in bastl,
ciasped hands over the bloody chasm IRE
newed applsusel and side by side, lk,
bre ethers With hearts beating unison, beat
ing with the same high purpose, they help
ed to bear the flag ofglorious liberty. Tha
gentlemen is Liberal republicanisu
(cheersl. and that is Democratic republi
canism, lgreat applause] The outcry
which came from that union was the end Of
prescription, test oaths, of pain and strife
and of all disloyalty-in word, the real
end OF civil war came with that victory.
and did nOtcome till then in Missouri. FIN
tense applause. Il redeemed that State
II gave the right of freedom to seventy
thousand men that were bound and fetter
ed. Nilsson is now free State in this
Union with her rights and dignity and
equality under the Constitution, and no,
one murmur of disloyalty is anymhere
heald. By that union Federal dictation
in Missouri in their local elections was
oyerthrown, and by that union strife and
hate have given place to peace and to
goodwill. BY that union, liberty, with
equal rights for all. has given to the State
unbounded prosperity and her people . joy
unspeakleab. So great was their joy and so
complete their success that the Liberal
Republicans of that State we're not content
without making an effort to extend the
the same union OfDemocrsts and Liberals
Republicans, and with it the same bless
ing of liberty, peace and fraternity, to all
the other States. Rounds of applause
Accordingly. in the State convention on
the Path of March last, they resolved to in
vite the Liberal Republicans in all the
States to meet them in national conven-
ton on the LIST of May. That invitation
was accepted. There was, indeed, q great
response. They came by thousands-in
such vast numbers that delegate ccnven-
tion OF the Republicans of all the States
was formed-bOth from principle and from
necessity, TO give form to its proceedings.
Many of the ablest of the country, lately
leaders in the Republican party, were there
aud took part in its deliberations. They
were assured that large number of LIB
eral Republicans in every State and from
all portions of the country stooa behind,
ready to sustain them, and they were
morally certain that the millions whom we
this day represent lcheers] would only
come to their support, the number of the
Liberal Republicans would reach half q
million or more. Great cheersl That
convention presented platform and pre-
sented candidates to the country. for Pres
i.ient Horace Greeley CONTINUED cheersl
and for Vice President B. Gratz Brown
more eheers] And that convention, for
the promotion and success of the princi-
Piles declared in that platform there enua-
ciated and the support of the candidates
nominated by that convention, have invited
and cordially welcomed the cooperation
of all patriotic citizens, without regard to
previous political affiliations Those prin-
ctples were clearly and concisely stated in
the platform itself, and restated in the
letter of acceptance of Greeley (more
cheers and they were so we'll known to
you all that will not restate them For
weeks that platform and these candidates
have been before the country.
Meanwhile the convention called to
nominate Gen. Grant hissesl and to In
dorse and continue the principles, practices
and policy of his Administration, has done
its work. Hisses]. Between the Liberal
Republicans and the followers of the Grant
Administration the issue is now clearly
made up. 1t is Grant or Greeley [Cheers
and cries of "Greeleyr]
WHiie tuc6o cVcutS ore passing, Inc
Democratic Republicans whom we repre-
sent held their con :entions in all the
States. The Liberal Republican move
Inent, the example of Missouri, the Cincin-
natl Convention, its platform, and its can
didates with their letters Of acceptance,
were all before these conventions, which
were very largely attended by their ablest
men; and the paramount questions before
all these conventions were: "Shall we ac-
cept this invitation to cooperate with the
Liberal Republicans7 [Great applansel
Shall we adopt this platform? Loud cries
of yes, yes" and some cries of never"
shall we nominate the same candidates
["yes, yes" and shall We elect them?
["yes, yes, yes" and loud cheeringl or
shall we refuse to cooperate? t"Nor']
nominate other candidates.? No! mol
Greeley !'Greeleyrl and strive to elect
them over both tickets in the field? Gentle
men, these are the questions which you are
to decide here That you will decide wise
ly, can not doubt. nor can any one doubt
who looks over this body of men, repre-
senting as they do three millions of citizens,
and who feel as every one must feel the
high and patriotic purpose which inspires
you. Gentlemen, what means this g,eat
uprising which you everywhere see? What
means this proposed union of three mil
lions of Democratic Republicans with q
million it may be of Republicans? What
means this union upon common platform,
and this proposed union upon the same
candidates. union SO sudden, so COM
pact, so earnest, as to surprise its friends
and coDfound its eneIniesf lapplauseJ
which comes as winds come, which, to
borrow figure, overwhelm ordinary cur
rents of public opinion, as great storms al
ways run counter to surface currents 7
What means all this7 There is something,
gents, it does not mean. 1t means not
abandonment of what is true, of what is
just, of what is good in human government
[ fApplausel 1t means no union of the
dead upon dead issues, but union of the
living upon living issues Of the present.
[Applause] 1t means no union for the
spoils of Office [applause]; but it me ms
the union of men of the same faith upon
the great and paramount issues of the pre-
sent hour, frank, manly, honorable and
equal union of men who have the safacity
to see and the moral courage to accept the
situation. [Cries of good, and loud cheer
ing]. 1t means the union of men who have
the ssgacity to see what is past and to deal
with the issues of the present, and for the
future to do their duty to their country,
their God, and their .fellow-men. Zap
plause]. The issue of to-day is not the re-
peal of the Missouri compromise, nor the
question of slavery in the Territories upon
which alone the Republican party was or
ganized in 1856. 1t is not upon that
which followed, when the Lecompton's con-
s.itution for Kansas divided the Democratic
party in twain and elected Abraham Lin
coin to the Presidency in 1860. 1t is not
the question of secession, nor of war TO put
down rebellion, nor the abolition of slavery
in the States by military order or by con-
stitutional amendment, upon which Lin
coin was reelected il 1864. Nor yet is it
the question of reconstruction, nor of the
fourteenth or fifteenth amendment, nor the
question of negro suffrage, nor of the es-
tablishment BY the Federal power or uni
versal suffrage as condition precedent to
the States Of the South having any rights
or existence as States of the Union. II is
none of these questions that is now the
issue; all these have been issues in the
past-great issues-sufficient in themselves
to create and to dissolve political parties,
because ideas are stronger than men or
parties. But they are all past issues.
They have been fought out and fought to
the end, in the forum or on the field, and
they are no more in issue to-day than the
Mexican war or the war of the rebellion.
[Applausel. We couldn't reopen them if
we would. and they falsely misrepresent our