The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-06-08

~. Letter of Aefepifnrs ef ihe
Nomination ~ Candidate fsr
The lles-l'resideney.


a candidate fnr the Vlee.pfesilency
by the Ginonuati Convention. Gov
Brown makes the following re-.
pOnso:
FxrcuuvE NtSHoS,
JrTrEgsoS Cfn, No, May -. isT2.
Gentlemen Your letter advising
me Of the action Of the Liberal Re.
publican Convention at Cincinnati
has been received, aud I return
through YOU my acknowledgment Of
The honor which has bccn conferred
upon me. accept the nomination
as a candidate Tor Nice-Prcsident.
and indorso most cordially the reso-
lutlons setting forth the principles
on which this appeal is made to toe
whole people OF tho United States.
A century is closing on our expe-
rience of a Republican Government,
and while that lapse OF time has wit~
messed great expansion OF our tree
institutions, YET thas not been with>
out Illustration, also, OF grave
dangers to the stability Of such q
system. OF those successfully en-
countered 1t is needless to speak. OF
those which remain 10 menace, tbs
most threatening are provided
against, as | firmly believe, in the
wise and pacific measures proposed
by your platform. 1t has become the
practice OF those elevated TO posi-
tions Of national authority to regard
public service not as a public trust,
but only as a means to retain power.
This results in substituting d mere
party organization for the govern
ment. II constitutes q control
amenable to no laws or moralitirs; /;
impairs all independent thought;
enables d few to rule the many, and
makes personal allegiance the road
to favor. 1t requires little forecast
to perceive that this will wreck our
liberties unless there be interposed a
timely reform OF administration from
its highest to its lowest station,
which shall not only forbid abuses,
but likewise take away the incentive
to their practice, wearied with con-
tentions that are carried on In a
voice Of spoils, the country demands
repose, resonts the efforts Of officials
to dragoon il again into partisan
hostilitios, and will zcalonsly sustain
any movement promising q sure dcS
livorance Of the perils which have
been connected with the war. 1t Is
safe to-day. Only those are now 70
be feared which come Of an abuse ot
victory into permanent estiange~
ment. The Union is fortified by
more power than ever before. Ii
remains as an imperative duty 70
cement our nationality by d perfect
reconciliation at the North. A wide
spread sympathy is aroused in'be-
lhalf Of those States Of the South
(which, long after the termination of
resistance to rigItful Federal author
| ity, are still plundered under the
Igssiise o. loyalsjy', and ttyrshi5ea over
IN the name OF freedom. Along
with this feeling il present, too, the
recognition that In complete am-
ncsty alone can be foand the hope
Of any return TO constitutional gov
ernmont, as Of old, or any develop
metis Of more enduring purity and
broader national life in the future.
Amnesty, however, to be eificacious,
must be real aud not nominal, gem.
uine and not offensive: it must carry
along with il equal rights AZ wen AZ
equal protection to all by the rcinoy-
al Of disabilities; as to some with
enforcement, to others it leaves room
for the suspicion that pardon Is
measured by political gain; es>
pecially will such proffered clemen-
cy be futile ID the presence Of d
renewed attempt at prolonging n
suspension Of the hdbcns corpus in q
persistent effort to martial rather
than to civil law ; in upholding those
agencies used to alienatc races,
where concord Ia most essential III
preparing for anothcrelaboratc cams
paign on a basis Of dead issues and
arbitrary intervention. All will
rightly credit such conduct as but a
mockery Of amnesty, and demand
an administration which can give
better warrant Of honesty IN the
great work OF reconstruction and
reform in the array Of sectional i'm
terests. A republic as widespread
as ours Is never entirely safe from
serious conflicts. These become
still more dangerous when compli-
Gated with questions Of taxation;
where unequal burdens are believed
to be imposed on one part attheex
lpense Of the other. It was a bolt
as well a. an admirable policy in tflt
| interest Of present as well as future
4 tranquility to withdraw the decision
\ ofindustrial revenue matters from
4 the virtual arbitration of ain elcctora
college, chosen with a single auima,
ting purpose Of PARTY aacendancy
and refer them for 4 more drec
popular expression II each Conxres
|. sional district. Irstcad Of bcins
, mnzzletlby come evasivc declaration
the countryis thereby invited to III
J, frankest uttcfance, and section
(which would revolt at being dsnie,
!, Id voice, out of Difference to otllcI
success, would be content to ac
quiesce in 4 general judgement hon
estly elected. II the local govern
I7ment be "A II undoubtedly i. IN
most vile principles of orr institn'
tions, much aAvanre VIII bo D.a.,.