The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-23

20 hoen nominated the canulua!eol w
aG n pII ponnhlicans Tor the Presidency o
iSs United States. We also submit to 20,
Nv! !Se S address and resolutions unanimous!
s ,IS BY the Convention. 10 please; .s,I
n, n1V sgpiry as to your acceptance, Of u! y.
nstC6rm and nomination, and DeileVe W
yery truly yours, ID.
I'"' Gro, ", JULIAN, vice Ftvs'u0u"
VIZ, B. McLEAN, v....,.v.,
JoIS g. DAVIDSON, seV'sVA'''''
Hon. Horace Gicfley, New fo'kV'V'
Nh, 0RRRLgY's REPLY' -.
New YORK, May 81, lS7s.-GENTLE
MN. / have chosen not to acknoWledge
your letter Of the Sd instant unlll co ,tis
learn now. the work Of your conVentloI
U raceiyed in all parts Of our grea
country %"n and Judge whether that work wa
SDnroyed ADiTaIlfed by themass OF onl
iqIInw citizens. Their response has iron
'lay 10 dSy reached me through tele
SrSns Latter and the comments Of Jour
SaliStS Independent Of official patronage
and Indifferent to the smiles or irowns o
NOVEL, The number and character o
ibese unconstrained, Impoverished, unso
lIclted utteranCes satisfy me that TIT
movement which found expression Of Vln
cinnati has received the stamp OF public
approval, and been hailed by the mgori,
~ Of our countrymen as the barbinger Of
letter days for the. Republic, 4 90 not
mislnterpret this approval as especially
complimentary to myself, nor even to the
cbiyslrous and Justly esteemed gentleman
with whose name / thank your Conven.
lion for assoCiating mine, / receive and
welcome Il as O spontaneous and deserved
tribute 10 that admirable platform Of prin'
riples wherein your Convention so tcrsely,
80 lucidIy, so iorCiby set forth the Convlc.
lions which impclled and the purpose
which guided its course-a platform
which, casting behind it the wreck and
rubbish Of worn out contentious and by
zone leuds, cmbodies in 1T and few words
The needs and aspirations Of to-day.
Though thousands stand ready 10 con-
jemn your every act, hardly syllable Of
criticism or cavil has been aimed at your
platform, Of which the substance may be
epitomIzed aS follows: w.
/. All the political rights and franchises
which have been required through our
ls,e and bloody convulsion must and shall
be guaranteed, maintained, Endorsed and
respected ever more.
T. All political rights and franchises
which have been lost through that con.
vulsOn should and must be promptly
restored and rc.established, so that there
shall be henCeiOrth no prescribed class
and no DISTINGUISHED caste within the
limits Of our Union, whose lOng.estranged
people shall rGunite and fraternize upon
The broad basis Of universal amnesty with
impartial suffrage.
5. That subject to our solemn constitu.
tiOnal obligations 10 maintain the equal
righsOr all citizens, our policy should
ain at local selEgovernment and not at
Capitalization; that the civil authority
should DO supreme over the military; that
the writ Of haJeaS corpus should be ieal.
Ousy upheld US the safeguard Of personal
freedom; that the individual citizen should
enjoy the largest liberty consistent with
public order, and that there shall be no
federal subvcrSion OF the internal policy
Of the several States and municipalities,
butthat each shall be left free to enforce
The rights and promote the well.being Of
It's inhabitants by such means as the iudg.
ment Of It's own people shall prescribe,
1. There shall be u real and not merely
stimulated reform IN the civil service Of
The Republic, to which end 1t Is indispen.
sable that the chief dispenser OF It's vast
official patronage shall be shielded from
The main temptation TO use his power
selfshIy and as rule inexorably, forbid
ding aud precluling his reelection; that
the raising Of revenue, whether by tariff
or otherwise, shall be recognized and
treated as the peOples immediate business,
lobe shaped and directed by them through
their Representatives in Congress, whose
action thereon the President must neither
oVerrule by his veto, attempt TO dictate,
nor presume topunish by bestowing office
only on those who agree with him, or
Withdrawing It from those who do not.
.. That thepubliC lands must be sacred
reserved for occupation, and acuuisi.
lion by culuVatOrs, and not recklessly
:quandered on the projectors oil railroads,
I0F which our people have no present
meg, and the premature construction of
which Is annually plunging US into deeper
Aaa GeepeHabysses Of foreign Indebtedness
L. That the achievement of these grand
purposes Of universal beneflcence 4 ex.
pected and sought at the hands Of all who
lions. t' - - :
!. That the public faith must at all
hazards be maintained and the national
credit preserved.
s. That the patriotic devotedness and
'aestinable services Of our iellow.citizens
who, as soldiers anil sailors, upheld The
nag and maintained the unity OF The Re.
public, shall ever be gratefully remem.
Oe Il, and honorably requited.
These propositions, so ably and lorciblv
presented pres MED in the platform Of your Conven.
uon, have already fixed the attention and
y 'm ~ the assent Of large major.
ny Oh our cOuntrymen, who i0yInIlv
ssa a them, as do, as the basis Of a trae.
U Oenlllcent, national reconstruction, Of a
" "e% departure from the jGalouslcs, strites
Sal hates which have no longer udeouate
motive .Il or even plausible preIext in nm Mt.
nUSPAere Of peace, fraternity and mutual
S y will, In vain do the drill.serreants
VI Gecaylng organizations flourish mo.
s Vac their truncheons, and apcrily in.
vs.. That the files shall be closed and
%oI'aga!ened; in vain do the whippersjn
y parties, once vital because rooted in
@e vial needs of the hour protest
r SalsI straying and boiling, denounced
ssu noWlSe their inlerious us traitors and
%GesSaes, and threaten them with inlamy
w Fuln' am confident that the Amer.
aa people have already made Won,
SSe their own, fully resolved that iheiI
SAVe hearts and strong arms shall bea,
w. 70 triumph. In this faith, and will
TT distinct understanding that, If elected
,@Ai be President motor a party but q
whole people, | accept your nomination
oD. confident trust that the masses @
WI eountrymen NnFfh and South nv