Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-15
POLITICAL.
GRERLEY'S ACCEPTANCE.

GREELEY'S ACCEPTANCE.
BALTIMORE July 10, 1s72.-Dear Sir: It B oul
pleasure, in compliance with the INSTRUCTIONS o
The Democratic National Convention assembled
in this city, 70 inform you that 3o1 sge Ofsf e
Presidency of the United States.
The Convention, consisting OF J32 delegates
representing every State and Territory IN N
Union adopted, without amendmentsi the oeclar
ration of principles affirmed By the Convention
Of Liberal Republicans az Olncinnatl, an
strengthened by the Endorsement contained u
| YOUR letter Of acceptance. 81 .-.s.-r1--
The action of this great body Of delegates prove
that they are, with singular unaniIn1ty 20 entel
under your leadership upon the Pa11ouc duty o.
restoring to the administration OF the Governmen
purity and integrity, and that independence
fts deuarments which regards the Constitution
Is alike the source and the limit OF federai pow
er.
Laying aside the differences Of tbs past, aband-
oning all purpose Of mere partisan adyentage
asking for no pledge other than that o. ndeDty
to thu principles TO which they have given their de
liberate and resolute adherences and which saeJ
believe will command the approval 2. = A.. Al les
their nomination, eonhClecs snat peace and gooc
government win be isSngurated and maintained
SndsE your sdaistratiOn- ReiBssm Fly you
5000. Ohairmsn Of Convention.
Frs. W. Sykes. Alabama; John q Maccaee
Arkansas; j. G. Dovney, Calitornsa; a. +
Burr, Connecticut; z. j., Martin, Delaware,
W. Jones, Florida; W. a: Hawkins, Georgia; a
M. Miller. Illinois; NJ. NJ. Ray, Indiana; j. ID
Thomuson. Iowa; John Martin, Kansas D. Ma
coffin, Kentucky; Given Camppeh, Eo11slanSi
James Q. Msdigan, Maine; John Lee CsrIoll,
MARYLAND; j. g. Abbott, Massachusetts; George
II. Bruce, Michigan; William Lee, Minnesota
r. o. sykes. Mississippi; Henry Brokmyer, Mls-
souri,: j. c. Crawford, Nebraska; >: %. Wymani
Nevada; james 8. Thsyer, NeE uo,n, oo osi p
George W. Cas-, Pennsylvania a; 5prague
Rhode Island; James Chestnut, South OahonnA
John @. Burch, Tennessee; Ashbei smith, Ie1'
virginia; VIM. NJ. Clementsi West Virginia -
s. We'll. Wisconsin; G. P. Clever, New Mexico
To the Hon. Horace Greeley, New York.
MR eREELEY's AccKPTANos.
NEW York, July Is, 1S72--GEETLEMEE; UP,
on mature deliberation, It seems 1T that should
give To your letter Of the 10th inst. some furtnei
and fuller response than the hasty, unplemeor
tated words IN which l acknowledged sno -
cepted your nomination at our meeting OH I''
That YOUR Convention saw 1T to accord IL
highest honor to one whe had been permanently
and pointedly opposed 70 your parry Ia s9 r.
est and sometimes angry controversies Of inc ~
forty wears, Is essentially noteNortny' INA
many Of YOU originally preferred that the Loera
Republicans should present another eano1aAls
for President, and would more readily have
united with us in the support Of Adams or frumr
buIl, Davis or Brown, Is wei known. lowe ny
adoption at Baltimore wholly 70 the TACT mat =
had already been nominated AZ OlnclnnaI' a..
that concentration of forces upon any new
ticket had been proved impracticabie. 0ra1nee
as am at YOUR concurrence in the Cincinnat
NOMINATIONS certain as an that you Woulo mo-
have thus concurred had you not deemed me
nnrioht and CAPABLE, find nothing in the cir
cumstance calculated 10 tnf1ame vanity OF houh'
ish self-coneeit- 80.
But that your Convention saw fit, In adopting
the Cincinnati ticket, to reafirm the Cincinnatl
Platform IL 10 me a source Of the profouHdest
satisfaction. That body was constrained 70 ezAe
this important step by no party necessary 5sal ~
supposed 1t might have aecepteo Sne
it's own, or it might have presented them (as U.
| first Wing National Convention olo harrison saS
| TyIer) without adopting any platform WnateyeI
That it chose to plan: itself dehberateiy oy F0U
| nearly unanimous upon the fullest and cleares
enunciation of principles which are az once IN
| contestably Republican and emPnatcany Den
ocrstic, gives trustworthy assurance .n@s . i io
and more auspicious era Is dawning upon our Ienl
$50 Some of the best years and best efforts Of my
life we're devoted TO the struggle against enatee
slayery-a struggle none the less earnest OF ar
duous because respect for constitutional obnga
tions constrained me to act Tor the most part u
the defensive in resistance 70 the olu usloL
rather than in direct efforts IOr tne ~ a., y
human bondage. Throughout most OF tnose
years nv vision was uncheered, my exerIoni
were rarely animated, By even so much az 1ops
| that should live to see my country Peopieo .,
| freemen alone. The afhrmance Dy your cOhNSn
lion 81 the Cincinnati Platform is most concln-
siye proof that not merely Is slavery soolsneo oo
that its spirit is extinct-that, oespl1e .ne prO
tests Of respectable put Isolated lev: sneIe q
| mains among us no party and no formloaDts IN
ferest which regrets the overthrow or desires tn
re-establishment Of human bondage, Wnesner II
letter or In spirit. am thereby Jnst.ned IN ~
hope and trust that the nrst eentuf! =. -
| Tndependence viii not close before the Crane ere
mental truths on which its righuulness was eesee
Nv Jefferson and the Continental Congress on .
win no longer be regarded as " ghtterlng general
tiles" but win have become the W -
esntsd aud honored foundations or our poz1Laca
i demand the prompt application Of these
| principles to our existing condltlon. nAIInt
| done what could for the complete emanclPs
f;on Of hlacks' il now insist on the full ensran
| cbissrnent of ali my white eountymen. lie
| none say that the ban has Just oeen Lenoss =
| from ali but few hundred elderly genie men, =
| whom eligibility to Office can be OF little cOnse'
1 Gnsnce NV view contemplates not the nun
dreds prescribed but the millions who are oenle'
the right to be ruled ana represented py the mel
of their unfettered choice ,t IN v,
/ men whom they are forbidden 70 choose;
| + have a profound regard for the people OF ina
l Sew-England wherein was born, IN Hnos
1 common schools / was taught: RANK no esl
/ er DeOple above them in intelligence, eapsclr
| and moral worth But, while they 90 nan
| thinqs well, and some admirably, there u on
/ thing which am sure they cannot wisely y y
safely undertake, and that Is the selection, ~
| States remote from and unlike their own, Oh n
srSo1s Nv whom those States shall be represents
In Congress. If they eowId do this to good Purpos
then republican institutions were unne' anu - =
| tocracy the only true political system.
| Vet what have we recently witnessedT ZeDelo
a. Vance. the unquestioned choicesof large M
| iority of the present. Legislature Of NORTH Caronn
| a majority backed by majority OF the peep
| bo rcted At it, eIection--refused the seat IN u
| Federal Senate to which he was fairly CHOSEN, AZ
the Legislature thus constrained TO choose snSs..'
| IN his stead or leave the state unrePresonseI ~
| vears The votes Of New England thus deprive
| North Carolina of the Senator OF her c10ices ~
compelled her send another In his steao-anosn
| who in our late contest, was, hke snoe, 49, !;
l and a fighting rebel, but VINO nsd not sonssu -
| Congress before the war as Vance had. though q
atter remained faithful to the Union tall aiteI 81
close Of his term Iprotest against tne usllS y
chisement Of sState-presumptlSe1y' o. xS J
| Of States--on grounds. so narrow and tecnnisaL
mis-. The fact that the same Senate Thicn ~, =
fnsed Vance his seat proceeded 70 remove ms oiss
biIities after that seat had been hlled oy anoths
only serves 70 place in stronger ngns me ca.re.1
| tyranny which dictated it. i thank you GENT
| men, that my name Is TO be conspicnoasly SEQ
| ated with yours in q determined enofe y Lsn1 ~
| amnesty complete and universal, in spirit az ~
| a. in letter Even defeat in such cause Woa
| Leave no stiug, while triumph would rank VI
1 thosa victories which no blood reddens and Whfs
evoke tears but those Of gratltuae snd ~ min
| assures me that Democracy Is not hencelartn
stsnd for one thing and Republicanism for q
| other but that those terms are 70 mean " ~
substaatiaiiy one and the same thing.namel
Eoual rights, regardless Of creed, or CLINE.
color. Ihan this as a genuine New DepaI!u
| from outworn feuds and meaning iess conssn 1
in the direction of Progress and Reform. Wnet
or 7 shall be found worthy to bear the standard
the great Liberal movement which the Amer1c
People have inaugursted Is 70 be deternin sss I
by words but by deeds Win me stssuly
vance. over me il falter, its grand array moy
| on TO achieve for our country her glorious, DC
| eficent destiny. IS ls
Iremain gentlemen, yours,
| HORACE GREELEY
To the Hon. James r. Doolittle, Chairman OF
| Convention, and Messrs T. w. Sykes John