New-York tribune., 1872-09-13
LETTERS TO THE LIBERALS.
CORRESPONDENTS PRESENTED AT THE
GREAT REFORM RALLY.
,.,,,,,,s OF PROMINENT sOUTHERNERs.

kfOM CONOknooAAN
GENTLEMEN: have received your invitation 10 AT
tend and address grand mass meeting to be held IN
HeYork Sept H. OF all parties who favor the election
of Horace Greeley President and OF Gratz Brown as
President of the United States and sincerely thank
Won for the honor implied. am heartily In favor OF to
election of those gentlemen 10 the offices for wch ey
have been respectively nominated and regret that tne
me from being With you, and from personally
participating IN the pleasures u rno Suestron Of
Slavery as heretofore presented TO the uncs S,iis,i
sns tSsre is Ieft henceforth rational ground for
division merely sectional The two great questions Ny
have now TO deal with simple and fundamental Inc
arst IS :. shall Tie Government he Federal with CO.
ordinate departments, with denned ana i,'eo POWCi
and an restrained by Constitution Or shall y commune niue
as IL has been the last four years eonsOhgated G
POtsm, with the form only without tne rey % yitnmt Il on
three Independent coordinate departnehs, anu MIS IS
limitation or cOnstrant OF Constitution ana laws -
fhe people the present contest shall DECIDE III OF
mture a government OF economy Of comparative purity;
SsToaa in bort Of weordered civil liberty and ma
tOnal honor effectively maintained III the laer pe Io
tinue in subsection 70 u government Oh e"pIloe'
corruption @nG d05fuap al home
and manifesng M becity ana reaping harvest ol cOn
tempt abroad In short, tyranny and shabby empire
~ npd secdv i'm the aconzng throes of dissolution
for no empire can last long over this vast continent
pooped with the Anglosaxon race Besides the pres
emf contest decides time AZ least the a[impoTant
question Of local sef-government, without TimCh Ta %
all these heprecous idea OF peace now so eSsenai
TO he welfare OF the whole country.
our iellow-citizens OF the North have experiences
csmparatvey little Of and have ieit
ISe on has been subjected The Administration for
years has Knocked the country with the phase, he s
have peace peace though not heavenly vet verify one
"whicn passeti an UNDERSTANDING AS MT Greeley Is
representative man OF an contained II & IH9 @ St
por him TO the utmost OF my capacity feeling an the
while q cheering and rational hope OF ms success
va 0GysSca, lSe,,iS s. c. Sept. :, 1872.
FROM TIE HON. W. P. HARRIS OF MISSISSIPPI.
HfHH.ar ma 10 item
address the grand meeting be held in behalf OF
Groeley and Brown az UnOn-square, New-York, on
Sept 12 and asking reply, has just been received
shall he unable to attend the meeting, much to my re-
gret Itrus however that there viii be present those
from the South who viii give utefauce 70 tue preVang
sentiment here. We have made up our minds 51at be
National Administration must oe, Sssehuay hClitiCai
can Admins tratiQl ON tue thle3 dull @ % @ fits "f
truths called, iu the language OF the o 1ne its VI VI
the war" that the Of this great family OF states IS
lndssouJei ilt1 7itle .s liiie1 "a are fbe
partial suffrage 8G- unater3tl} esDil3he@I ca as ~ W
In accepting tle Cincinnati resolutions We assent 10 10
these truths ana lor sec nUss tte tc'V and d No
tiOnal aud home, with return OF general confidence
SY The violation Of e piucipe Of local seltgoveTnmeut
That II Is prepared g support the h'On 'I {REs Mhs'"
Jackson, Mss. Aug %, 1872
,- PROM j. B. BALDWIN or VIRGINIA.
GENTLEMEN: / regret TO inform yOu that Imperative
eneagomens In supreme Court now IN session. VIII
prevent my being present at your mass meeung il
southern man Will be with you and viii Place fairly
before a New-Y0IE audience and before me wno9
country tie condition Ct the South aud t1e rem
Vendlng election. We .re tTed OF being represented
and treated chronic cOnsuat)Is against the Govern
ment of the United states dnG as cue isn,Is n;I q " m
uIwil toward felOw-citzens. We regard II as an
VotG seDse When we meant 20 resist and to fight, we
said 50, and went TO work fairy aud squaIle{.
hopeless We gave il up 70 once e,cd01 i0F az, 5s
all
We DO discuss The causes or the merits OF the ora
Struggle; we leave an that history and are disposed
forget the things that are ehnd ana 70 pres Iol
ward" Our people are by education ana haot con con
seryauve and lawabidng They are attached to social
order as the only rHe ICH9GSUn & OF [ nv tboron r STe
teeJon of personal rights essential TO either social
% Ser & OK S Sny S m of Tne ses or disorder
among us yOu may rely upon it that il has been because
that obedience to law and that respect for authority
which they all regard as underlying whatever IS yalu
able in government society. The attempt TO force
Gyt ~ tleated 10 cal peace" rs cruel uockery OF
Tie most earnest aspirations OF our people. The only
obstacle to real peace is found 10 h efforts 10 force upon
Us that Kuu " 49,. 49, ~. .-,
sliti d ;e1{ yercentio6 Of our true condition ana
th~ hindy appreciation of our real ieeIl1gs yip TO
by Horace Greeley, is Of course eXiIeueS because
our people, and they arc none the 6ss any pecnar
they understand that he does not profess any POui
rhsmponship Of our cause bat ahes ~ Pedo a ON local
al part OF the great contest Ior pefsonai A%eTuV' %
seifcovermeut, constitutional Limitation, eqldi eg9la-
and
~ tc Grant administration has forced upon the people
of the whole country. We are g.ad 10 nan nm as "a
his views shall sustained by the people OF the Unte
states the people the South cannot ia 10 rel1 anu
10 act upOn great truth, tnat whatever may nave
occurred in past to ALLEVIATE or divide ~ We IRE Iof
The future people, interested ahke IN naLttiiI
inc the integrity of tAe general Constitution, ia upnOi
helding the National honor, in sustaining the p9nlc
credit aud in promoting the peace, prosperity ana MY
piness of our common country. Very resPeetfLiy,
SauntOn, Va, Sept 9, lSi2 JOHN b. BALDWIN
PROM THE PETER NJ DoX OF ALABAMA.
rpore thirty known
Horace Greeley. In all that tme even when separated
from him by differences in political opinion, sometimes
exnressed by words needlessy emphatic have ayowed
INV belief in his honesty ana his devoted patriotism
Az q member Of the late Baltimore Convention from
THIS State the earnest advocate on MS
me tbat Mr. Greeley was not only honest but that he
was also capable, and II elected PRESIDENT Wpuld DC
fnI 10 the Constitution left with cause or reason
Tor hestaton therefore. cbeerfully surrendered my
predictions "straight-out Democratic nOInlha-
OF his selection the candidate for President 70 be SUP
ported by National Democracy, not IN amy sense as a
choice of evils prominently worthy OK support
under the circumstances OF the country as lhe hs cCo
of every honest patriot surely no Democrat VINO tl-
meut sgnalized as such ADMINISTRATION now IS,
and for some time has been, by abuses OF st1itlng
be surprised at my determination The Democracy OF
Alabama will, as believe DC snDstanlSay any, q 9i1 @ ~
local questions and candidates there Is, ana VIII De- no
division among them the Presidential question. Mr
greeley will also receive the votes OF hundreds OF pal
otic Republicans OF this state VINO supported Grant IN
Ssss but have become convinced of the necessity of re-
form In every department OF Government both Federal
and State. But the people OF the SOuIl, especlaly,
saSard tho nomination oil Mr. Greeley furnishing TO
Them the opportunity Of rescuing their stricken mpoy
erished and plundered states from the Gluten OF he
carpetbag robbers whose domination man anu I'll II
added hundreds millions Of dollars to southern ndeDt-
ed1ess only 10 be discharged by grinding taxation
augurated in all the States OF the SOuth governments
based upon the virtue and intelligence OF the people;
and that with the establishment OF such governments