The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-18
Political.

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ratlon OF sympathy by leading New York poll
ticians. The names OF prominent men.
hithorto severely reticent, i'll various sections
OF the country, are almost daily beconinr
connected with the movement The Spring.
nelu tlll.) STATE KeJtS'er, OF tho 9th instant
has the following signiiica 1T paragraph con-
State:
AN immense liberal Republican movement
Is III progress in this city, and in y fuw days a
call Will be issued calling II State Convention
TO select delegates to the Cincinnati Conven-
tion. Tho namos to tho call will embrace
ABOUT ali tho prominent Republicans in this
State. Some Of the names to this document
arc already on tho regular call for the S;ato
Convention Of May 22'
The Now York Tribune is charged with in
gratitudo III opposing tho re election OF Gen.
Grant. 1t replies that it has becu for thirty
years tho advocate of tho ''one-tcrm princi-
PIC, anu that when first nominated, General
Grant was with it Oh thnt question; and il
ASKS whether, II he bo reelected, the Office
holders will not press him for third term,
anu IL wants to know when it may support
another without mourning tho repronch OF
ingratitude
Tho question is quito pertinent. There is
no n, limit TO the re-riigiciiity OF q President in
inc constitution. Washington set n sort OF
lashion Tor eight years, which was broken in
upon by tho Republicans turning out the first
ADAMS at the end Of four years. but cfferson,
Madison and Monroe held on Tor eight years.
There i'd no bar to Grants eligibility for n
third term, and tho oilicc-holdcrs would no
u"uot Iiko very much to keep him in lis seat
Tor that shlrd term, that they might continue
Tor Tor four years iouger TO lap tho public pap.
But they should certainly givo Mr. Greeley to
understand when ho may haul oil without in.
curing the charge Of iugrattude.
w Ikichmond Dispatch.
ihe great liberal movement which is now
IN progress at the North and which looks to
hhd definite organization and ieadership at
tue coming Cincinnati Convention, has re
ce'ed new impetus frocl tho dignity anu
cnaraGter or tho Cooper Institute meeting in
New York city. That Meeting i'll numbers
IN the character Of the men who COMPOSED
II, and III the tone OF the speeches which
were made, is another illustration of the
otGadth aud scope or tho movement itself,
anu of the proportions it promises to assume
Whatever may DO the result in November no
onn can undcr-ratc its present rigniiicauce
ana Importance. Tho voice OF tho Cooper
Institute meeting cannot fail to be- felt
thr ouBhout tho country as voice OF power.
1t Is the voice of some Lf the ablcst and most
influential citizens of New York aud of the
North, responsive to tho voice OF the South
%rnhing hndcr the burdens of Federal and
local mIsHovcrnrncnt, and pleading for JUS
tee en- ancpation and relief 1t is respon-
si'e also to the voice OF Missouri and OF the
great West, where this movement began
when IL appropriately lcnoniinatcd "llbc.
raj, because it cnlbraccs, aims to en-
hraco, all men who are truly liberal no mat.
Ter df what party namr--that is men who
nave lioerallty enough t" sacrifice old party
meet upon ground once common to all poli.i-
cni parties alike.
The objects of the movement, rs defined in
the dcclarAtion OF principles put forth and
III tho speeches which were delivered Mt tho
Chopper Institute, may be briefly stated They
are, iirst and foremost, the complete and
tiaAl restoration Of the Southern States and
people TO the free enjoyment uf all their
rights ana privileges ae integral members of
the American Union and an integral part of
tho American people. The cxccptional and
abno:m mai condition OF the South has too long
been made the excuse and pretext for ali
sorts Of aYSrcasiOIs and Innovations uuon
The Constitution. The uuub!c motive for tho
pohcy pursued, ns exposed aud analyZcd by
senator Frumhull, has been both mcrcenary
ana political Viewed III tn, former aspect Of
thc case, it looks US If the property and for
tunes %. tho Southern people, their State go.
vernMents. securities ami railroads. had
been the subject of vast bear ,,,)rrutioD
III which IN" civil and military power of the
Heheral Government had been employed as
an instrument to deprcas to the lowest point
the marketable va OF ever, thln5 in the
South, that all might bccunc more easily the
spoil OF inc specuiator and atlvcnturcr. Gen
crai amnesty and the removal OF all political
disabilities forms II leading feature OF the
HDeral programme, AMI one which cannot
fail to elicit hearty response from tho South
second object IN view is resistance to the
present tcentraliZiug tendencies OF the Gene
raj government, which threatens to transform
fho whole nature OF our Government and to
dwarf the States into mere provinces of th,
Union, having no rights but what the Consti-
tution confrrs, when, as senator T T1umbuli re-
marks, the direct reverse ~ the fact. Thirdly
VIC are promised a reformation of the uracii-
cal abuses and corruption. which are such a
present aud growing scandal tn our institu-
tiohs, and constitute 70 mnch of tbs. popular
burden OF government. This portion uf The
programme includes reform in our present
syhtem OF taxation and ar the civil ,ryicc
and, according to some Of the speakers M the
New 1olk meeting, tho ''un,.-tcrm'' principle
as applied to the Pr. silcntai Office All OF
these objects the present Administration, il Is
charged, has shown itself unable or unwilling
tn accomplish. Thcy cannot br attained by
head of the oflice-iiolicrs nor through the
agency oi all office holders conyci.iiun: Tor
the men who live by politics ara hostile to any
movement which initiates against their pet
theory that government is :: machine" to he
run III iEe nt,re Of party, ~ of the par
tIcuiar faction Of party 10 which they per-
snhaliy DelonE. These objects can only be
a'cnrcl 10y the 'Xcr.inu, q! the ,cu,!, ut
arSc, ana BY means IF u ruavvi:iu, If the.
people ~ distinguished from i cCuyc,,.!uu Of
iii r-hulders
such /, the barr.,t Outline of III, pp,:tca!
programme wliicn airc;.d, begins to number
largely is advocates and Il :lIcrc:.t- in all
paris Of the country. To arcnrc it. tri,Im,il
will ua'!ountcdiy cail for he manifestation ,.i
more "lb"raity" than has heretofore been
SHOWN by those whn have controlled the
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