Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-02-10
The NatIOncI Conventis
LIBERALS.

The following notable az if-
can't letter appears in the st LS uis
Republican of Friday, and is copied
into the Cincinnati Commercial of
Saturday:
CINCINNATI, Jan. 20, 1872.
The undersigned have observed
with pleasure the call by the recent
Convention of Liberal Republicans
of Missouri for mass convention
to be held at the city of Cincinnati
on the first Wednesday, being the
LIST day of May next. to take such
action as their convictions of duty
and the public exigency may re-
quire.
Heartily sympathizing with the
views and purposes which have die
tated this call, the undersigned, in
behalf of themselves and such Re-
publicans of this city and vicinity
as unite with them in sentiment,
join in the invitation and urge upon
all those favoring the political re-
forms proposed as the object of this
movement, to attend this meeting.
J. d. COX,
STANLEY MATTHEWS,
GEORGE HOADLEY,
j. B. STALLO.
The signers to this cordial invita-
ton are all distinguished Republic
| cans of the State of Ohio. Judge
| General officer in the Union army
eminent members of the Ohio bench
and bar. The Hon. j. ID. Cox, ex-
Secretary of the. Interior, latesof
Grants Cabinet, Is a very influen-
tial Republican OF that State. The
other two are also Republicans of
like prominence and influence
When such men espouse such a
cause, it is utterly useless for the
strikers of the administration party
to attempt to whistle it down the
wind.
We take it that every Democrat
in the country who loves his coun-
try above party, honestly sympa-
thizes with the reform principles of
this Liberal Republican party, and
would hail their triumph in a ma
tional election as the dawn OF a
brighter and more hopeful era of
peace, union and concord. 1t is
within the power of the patriotic
| Democratic sentiment of thescount
try to give to it a moral supper
which would contribute in no small
degree to the success of the Cincin-
natl Convention. Patriotic Demo
Gratis OF the late Rebel States have it
in their power to influence the
Democratic sentiment of the coun-
try at large by insisting upon a
course which will afford to the
movement not only ample guaran-
tees of non-interference but of
hearty Endorsement and active CO.
operation. To withhold such guar
antees by deferring action, with the
mental reservation of taking parti-
san advantage of whatever division
in the Republican ranks may ensue,
would be in effect saying to the in
telligence of the nstion-"We are
too wise to attempt the folly oil
nominating straight Democratic
ticket-yet mixing that wisdom
with just enough partisan feeling to
prevent it from bearing its full
fruit" when it must be apparent to
the simplest understanding that the
passive tpolicy can be made most
fruitful only by making it most COM
plete. To defer action until after
the Grant June Convention will be
too late. If the Administration
game is checkmated at all it will be
at Cincinnati in May. AS the astute
political philosopher of the New
York Tribune has sagely limited
"the proposed Cincinnati Conven'
ton may prove a fiasco or it may
name the next President" Does
any patriotic Democrat wish it to be
a fiasco?-BdRHer