The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-05-30
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TIL RsDAY, NAY 90, 1872.
cREELEY's LEITER OF As'
ANCE.
Horace Greeley ha. heard of his nonnina-
.iou. The tel, graph gives us this morning
CODY of the letter from Committee OF the
Cinc;pa.,i Convention, transmitting to the
Tr5use philosopher this suppcs d-to-begra'-
living information, sind also an Abbreviated
COPY of the philosophers reply thereto. both
of which somewhat interesting documents are
hereunto appended:
LETTER OF THE COMMITTEE.
CNc1SNArI, O., May 3, 1872.
In. Hraos Greeley, l;er York:
DEAR SIR: The National Convention OF
Liberal Republicans of the United States
have instructed the undersigned, President,
Vice President and Secretaries, OF the Con-
yen,ion to inform you that Won have been
u minated q. the candidate o. the Liberal
Republicans tor the Presidency of the United
States. We also submit 10 you the address
and resolution. unanimously adopted by the
Convention. Be pleased 10 signify to Us
your acceptance of the platform and nomi-
nation, and believe us very truly your,
c. SCHUEz, President.
GEO. W. JULIAN, Vice Prest.
VIZ. E. MCLEAN, JSo. 6. DAVIDSON, j.
H. rhodes, Secretaries.
Nh. oREELYs REPLY.
NEW YORK, May 20.
GENTLEMEN Il have chosen not TO ac-
owiedge you- letter Of the Sd, inst, until
,ould learR how the work OF your ConVen-
"a YES received III Eli paris Of our great
1var,ry, and judge whether that work was
sr,royed and Iatified BY the mass of our fell
low citizens. Their response has from day
to day reached NE, through kilograms, let
tiers, and counm en,s Of Journalists, independ-
ant of Official patronage, and indifferent 10
the smiles or irowns of power. The number
and character of these unconsyrained, unpur-
chased. unsolicited utterances, satisfy me
at the movement, which found expression
Il Cincinnati, has received the stamp of pub
lie approval and been hailed by majority
G; cur countrymen as the harbinger
If -.er days for the Republic
co Il mi-in,erpret tie approval
as es.ee,.iiy complimentary to myself, nor
even " the chi.alrous and justly esteemed
gentleman, with whose name l thank the
Convention for associating mine; l receive
and welcome if as the spontaneous and de-
served tribute to that admirable platform Of
principles wherein your Convention so truly,
% forcibly set forth the conviction which i'm
PEELED, and the purposes which guided its
course; platform which, casting behind it
the wreck and rubbish of WORKOUT conten-
ton and by-gone feuds, embodies in fit and
few WORD he aspirations Of to-day. Though
thousands ,...n,! .eady to condemn your every
act, hardly :: syllable OF criticism or cayil
has been aimed I: your platform"
Mr.. Greeley then epitomizes the resolu-
tions adopted by the Cincinnati Convention,
and proceeds to say:
These propositions 80 ably and torcibly
presented in the platform of your Conven-
ton, have already fixed the attention and
commanded the assent of a large majority of
our couu,rynen, who joyfully adopt them
q do az the basis of a true and benifcent
national reconstruction, OF a "new depart.
ure" from jeslousies, s.rifes and hates
which have no longer an adequate motive or
even plausible prete1t-into an atmosphere
Of peace, fraternity, and Of mutual goodwill.
In vain do the drill sergeants of decaying
organisations flourish menacingly their trun-
cbeons and .angrily insis. that the files shall
Be closed and straightened; in vain do the
vhiPpen-In Of parties once vital because
rooted in the vital needs of the hour, protest
against strsying and boiling, and denounce
men in no wise their interiors as traitors ard
Dsnsgades, and threaten them with infamy
and ruin. am con6den, that the American
people have already made your cause their
Own, fully resolved that their brave hearts
and strong arms shall bear it on to triumph.
IN this faith, and with the distinct under
sanding, that if elected, shall be the Presi-
dent, Go; of party, but of the whole people,
] accept vous nomination, in the confident
trust that the masses Of our countrymen,
North and South, are eager to clasp hands
scpos the bloody chasm which has too long
divided them-iorgetting that they have been
enemies, in the joyful consciousness thst they
are add must hencefor.h remain brethren.
Yours, gratefully,
(Signedl HORACE GREELEY.