Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-01
Mr.. GREELEY'S ACCEPTANCE.

SIateS nave luStTuGleu lne uhuSA-'S
Uniform you that you have been noini-
mated as candidate of the Liberal he
publicans for the Presidency OF the l III
ted States, We also submit to you 'ne
address and resolutions UNANIMOUSLY
adopted by the Convention be P.eas,eu
to signify to us your acceptance ol inc
platform and nomination, and peileFc
us, very truly yours.
c. ScnCEz, President
Gro. W. JruAN, Vice President
WIN. F. MCLEAN,
JSc. G. DAVIDSON,
J. II. RHODES, Secretaries.
To Hon. Horace Greeley, \. y. City.
MR. G.EELLYS REPLY.
New YORK, May 20.
GsaHemen-I have chosen not to &C
knowledge your letter of the Sd instant,
until could learn how the work Of
vour Convention was received i'll all
parts of our great country, and Judge
whether that work was approved and
ratified by the mass of our tellow-cit
zens. Their response has from day to-
day reached me through kilograms, let
tiers and comments of journalists, indie
pendent of official patronage, and indit-
ferent as to the smiles or trowns Of
power. The .numhers and characters of
these unconStrained, unpurchaScd, un-
solicited utteranccS satisfy me that the
movement which found expression at
Cincinnati has received the stamp of
public approval, and has been hailed by
the majority of our countrymen as the
harbinger of better days for the Repub,
lie. do not miSiutcrprct this approval
as especially complimentary to myself,
nor even to the chiyalrous and justly cs-
teemed gentlemen with whose name l
thank YOUR Convention for associating
mine.
l receive and welcome it rs a sponta
neous and deserved tribute to that admi-
rable platform of principles wherein
YOUR Convention so terscly, so lucidly
aud so forcibly set forth the convictions
which impellcd and the purposes which
guided its course \ platform which,
casting behind it the wreck and rubbish
of WORKOUT contentious and bygone
teuJs, emboiits in lit and few words the
needs and aspirations otto-day. Though
thousands stand ready to condemn your
every act, hardly syllable Of criticism
or cavil has been aimed at your plat
form. Of which the substance may be
fairly epitomiSud as follows:
/. All the political rights and tranchl-
ses which have been acquired through
our late bloody CONFUSION must and
shall be guaranteed, maintained, enjoy
ed and respected eyennore.
,. All the politicsf~rights and fran
cbisrs which have been lost through
that convulsion should and must be
rromprly restored and re-es,abhshed, 50
thst there shall be henc)1Orth no pros
cribed clas, and no DISTINGUISHED caste
within the limits Of the Union, whose
long-estrauged people shall rc-umte
and fraternize upon the broad basis OF
universal amnesty with impartial suit
rage.
3. That subject to our solemn constr,
tutional obligation to maintain Unequal
rigbts of all citizens our policy should
aim at local and self government, and
not at centralizstion. That the civil
autbority should be supreme over the
,nil;f.rv. that the writ of hSbeas corpus
should be iealously upheld as the safe
g,uard of personal freedom; that the
;9J;vidual citizens should enjoy the lar
cost liberty consistent with public order
aud that there be no Federal subyerSlon
ofthe internal policy OF the several
States and municipalities, but that e2ch
snail be left free to enforce the rights
and promote the well doing of ITS IN
babitants by such means as the Judg-
ment of its own people shall prescribe.
4. There shall be a real, and not lot
merely stimulated reform IN the cIvlI
service of the Republic, to which end 1t
indispensible the chief dispenser ofits
vast official patronage shall be shielded
from the main temptation to use his
power selfshly by a rule neXora6Iy
forbidding and precluding his reelection
). That the raising of reyenue, wheth-
or bv tariff or otherwise, shall be recog-
nized and treated as the people lmme-
diate business, to be shaped and direct
ted by them through their representa-
tiyes in Congress whose action theron
tho President must neither overrule by
his veto, attempt to dictate nor presume
10 runish by bestowing Office only on
those who agree with him. or withdraw
ING it from those who do not.
6. That the public lands must be 81
credlv reserved for acquisition or occu-
nation by cultivators, and notrecklessly
souandered on the projectors of rail
roads, for which our people have no
nresent need, and the premature con
itruction of which is annually plunging
ns into deeper and deeper abysses of
foreign indebtedness.
That the achievement of these
Grand purposes of universal benetic2nce
2 expected and sought at the hands of
Nil who approve them, irrespective OF
past affiliations. =,
s. That the public faith must at all
hazards be maintained, and the national
credit be preserved.
Q. That the patriotic devotedness ana
inestimable services of our fellow citl,
zens, who as soldiers or sailors upheld
the flag and maintained the unity OF the
Republic, shall ever be grateful remem-
bored and honorably requitted.
These nvouositions. so ably and for