Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1872-08-21
The Liberal Republican Platform
Greeley's Letter of Accept
anCe.

i dAAOS' ~ 81.
Bya special request we pub
lish the platform adopted a.
the Cincinnati Convention, and
Horace Greeley's letter Of ac'
ceptanc of thee nomination. Of
that Convention:
RESOLUTIONS.
We the Liberal Republicans
ofthe United States, IN Ma.
tional Convention assembled
at Cincinnati, proclaim tht
following principles AZ seentiaI
to just government:
lst. Werecognize the equal
ity of all men before the law
and hold that it is the duty OF
the Government in it's dealings
with the people, to mete out
equal and exact justice to all
of whatever nativity, race, col
or or persuasion, religious or
political.
I'd. We pledge ourselves tc
maintain the Union of the
States, emancipation aud en-
franchisemeht, and to oppose
any reopening of the questions
settled by the 18th, 18th and
18th amendments of the Con-
stitution.
Sd. We demand the imme-
diate and absolute removal OF
all disabilities imposed on ac-
count of the rebellion which
was finally subdued seven years
ago, believing that universal
amnesty will result in complete
pacification in all sections of
the country.
4th. Local self government
with impartial suffrage will
guard the rights of all citizens
more securely than any central.
ized power; the public welfare
requires the supremacy of the
civil over the military author
ity, and the freedom of person
under the protection Of the
habeas corpus; we demand for
the individual the largest lib"
erty consistent with public or,
der; for the State self-govern-
ment, add for the nation a res
turn to the methods Of peace
and the constitutional limita-
tions ofpower,
9th. The civil service of the
government has become a mere
instrument of partisan tyranny
and personal ambition and an
object of selfish greed; it is a
scandal and reproach on free
institutions, and breeds q de-
moraliEation dangerous to the
perpetuity Of republican gov
ernment. n
9Th. We, therefore regard a
thorough reform Of the civil
service as one of the most
pressing necessities Of the hour,
that Honesty, capacity and
fidelity constitute the only val.
id claims TO public employment;
that the officers Of the govern
ment cease to be a matter of
arbitrary favoritism and pat
ronage, and that public sta.
tion become again a post of
honor. TO this end il 10 im>
peratiyely required that no
Ipresident' shalll'be q candidate
for re-electioni
Eth, The public credit must
be sacredly maintained, and
We denounce repudiatlon In
every form and guise.
9th. A speedy return TO
specie payment iss demanded
alike by the highest copsidera-
ltions Of commercial morality
and honest government.
9th. We remember with
gratitude the heroism and sac
riAces of the soldiers and sail
ors Of the republic, and no act
of ours shall eyer detraet from
their justly earned fame OF
the full rewards Of their patri-
otism.
10th. We are opposed to all
further grants of1ands to rail
roads or other corporations,
The public domain should be
Held sacred to actual settlers,
18th, We hold that it is the
duty Of the government, in its
intercourse with foreign nations
To cultivate the friendship oI