The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-05-30
ACCEPTANCE OF HORACE GREELEY.

| ACCEPTANCE OF HORACE GREELEY
Mr.. Greeley's reply accepting the. nomila-
ton, dated from New York, May 2lst, is as
| follows: ~ =
| ,s.Gentlemen II have chosen not to ac-
knowledge your letter Of the Sd instant until
could learn how the work Of your convention
was received in all parts Of our great country.
1 and Judge whether that work was approved
and ratified By the mass of our fellow citizens.
Their response has from day to day reached
me through telegrasns. letters and comments
/. Of journalists independent Of official patti on
age, and Indifferent to the smiles or frowns of
power.
1.-The number and character Of these un-
constrained, unpurchased, unsolicited utter
arces satisfy me that the movement which
found expression at Cincinnati has received
the stamp Of public approval and has been
hailed by the majority Of our countrymen as
the harbinger Of better days for the republic.
I do not misin.erpret this approval, as espec
tally complimentary to myself, nor even to
the chivalrous and justly esteemed gentleman
with whose name thank your convention
for associating mine.
I receive and welcome it as a spontaneous
and deserving tribute to that admirable plat
form of principles wherein your convention SO
terseIy, SO lucidly and SO forcibly set forth
the convictions which impelled and the pur-
pose which guided its course--a platform
which, casting behind It the wreck and rub
Dish Of WORKOUT contentionssnd bygone feuds
embodies in ft and few words tho needs and
aspirations Of today. Though Thousands
stand ready to condemn your every act, hardly
a syllable Of criticism or cavil has been aimed
at your platform. of which the substance may
be fairly epitomized as follows:
II. All the political rights and franchises
which have been acquired through our late
bloody CONFUSION must and shall be guaran-
teed, maintained, enjoyed and respected ever
more. .
W All the political rights and franchises
which have been lost through that .eonvulsion
should and mus be promptly restored and re-
30 prescribed class and no DISTINGUISHED caste
within the limits Of our Union, whose long
estranged people shall reunite and fraternize
upon the broad basis Of universal amnesty
with impartial suffrage. ....-sfo,
'3 That, subject to our solemn coustitu-
tional obligation to maintain the equal rights
Of all citizens, our policy should aim at local
self-government, and not at Capitalization
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nun;sh bv hcstpv;pc Office onIy on those wh1
aoroe with him ~ w;,hdr,w;n,, i from tboso
I who do mt
"a Tb,t tho n,h,;c ,onds ro,st Ia s,croa
IL ,eseryed for ,cnn;s;t;on and occnnat;o,n ~
cultivators md not rccIle sslv sonanlerad IN
Tho nro;so,ors n ,.;,roads eor wh;eh our nco.
nle have M .,,resent need and the nremaf,,re
constInef;on q which i annna,lv nl,na;ra IL
into aeener and deener .hgsses of tore;.n Il.
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~ That tho achievement. of those grand
n,rrosos NJ ,,n;vers.i hanafoanoo 10 rasrsctod
and sonuht At the hands Of ain who .pnroye
them ;rresnec,;ge of o.st affiliations
"a That the nohl;e faith mnst At ali haz.
ards be maintained and the national credit be
preserved. -.
SO. That the natr;otic devotedness and in
cstima BILE services of our fellow-citizeus. who
as soldiers or sailors, upheld the flag and
maintained the unity of the republic, shall
ever be gratefully remembered aud honorably
requited n, .
These propositions so ublv and forcibly pre-
sented in the platform of your convention
have already fixed the. attention and COM
. lnand the assent Of a large majority Of orr
| countrvmen who iovfnllv ador,t them as do