The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-05-08
,The Cincinnati Conventioa-The Pla
form and the Nominees.

10TH anu Lle nominees.
The great Cincinnati Convention,
TO which public expectation for some
time pastbss been SO eagerly looking
las at last met and adjourned-has
announced its platform, and nomi'
mated it's candidates.
ghe PLATFORM seems to :he all that
,coald Be desired, and hence meets
with general favor and acceptance at
the South. It reiterates and re-af
firms the great principles of Consti'
tutioaal liberty which were first an,
nounced by the founders of the Gov
ernment,, and which if carried into
practice would make US again a free
;and united people. They proclaim
amnesty and reform, the supremacy
of civil law, the equality Of all men
and the maintenance of the Constitu'
tion as it is. The tariff: question is
gemitted to the people, and all cause
of dissension is removed in the union
of the representatives of opposing
srinciples upon the same ticket. We
suppose that the platform will bo ac-
ceptable to men Of al parties both
North and South. =
But there is more to be regarded
in the men who are called to admin,
lister the government, than in the
principles of tHoplatform upon which
they stand-m Gre in the past record
of the candidates than in the vague
platitudes which they anncunce to
form the principles of their future
policy. Who are the candidates. ''
Of Mr.. Greeley it'may bs'.aid that
he is an honest mantle foe of cor.
ruption, andthe stesdfast friend oftl'c
oppresssd.--a Republican, earnest and
persistent; but of large heart and
liberal principles, who, is NOW extend
ing to the people of the South the
sympathy and cooperation, which so
long have signalized his efforts in
bcbale:of the blacks. . The despo-
tism of Grant has no where a. more
anfinshirg foe than il Horace Gree
ley. In Gratz Brown, Of Missouri,
the standard BEARER Of the Liberal
movement, we have a guarantee of
sound craftsmanship, as we'll as q
promise of success. 49,
Tho candidates arc both men who
have a strong hold upon the popular
heaft, and who wilt unite a strong
subport from the East and the West
But without the aid of the Northern
Democracy, we suppose'that' success
is impossible. Whether that. aid will
Be given cannot be determined before
the meeting Of the Democratic Con
vehtion which will NOW soon be call
ed We trust that these 'men will!
rise ABOVE the 'allarements Of party
success, and act solely with view
to' the public good. With such a
piseaiple to control they cannot, h esi-
tate long
= The nominations, as we have said,
seem to BE generally acceptable at
The South. Our Columbia and Char
lSston exchanges Of the Democratic
faith come out in strong articles in
their support. The Charleston Rsp's
says: -''
"The nomination should be especial
ly palateable to the citizens of the
South. What black man will forget
that Mr.. Greeley hasi devoted life
time to securing the emancipation
and the enfrancbiscment Of the. negro
race? And the white man, the ex-
Confederate, will never forget that
Mr.. Greeley has demanded Universal
Amnesty with an earnestncss and a
petstste6cy fike' to that with which
he pleaded for Universal Suffrage.
Whom tho politicians of the North
wore most bitter in their abuse, Mr..
Greeley was the fearless champion Of
Pardon and Peace: His ringing de-
nunciations of rpct-baggery. and of
the corrupt Radical governments in
the Southern; States, show that he
will not Rink at wrong-doing %her-
ever it bs2foand. The election of such
a,man would, ia ITSELF be a standing
protest against; ncpotism and fraud.
Itwould be a guarantee that the in-
fuence and authority Of the Federal
Government would not be found on
the side of rascality, because the
head-rascals choose to call themselves
Republicans. Neither tho secret con-
spifater nor official robber would find
a friend in Horace Greeley. White
man and black man would live in
equal security and. before the end of
his term, these United States might
be once moro united and 'contented
people. This is a Southern view Of
Mr.. Greeley's nomination. Tie pres
cnt indications are that in the North
and W est he will receive no lukcwar,n
support Some Of the strongest our
mails in the country have already pro-
nounced in his favor, and the nomIna-