The Huntington argus. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1872-1905, 1872-05-25
Mr.. Grccioy,s Reply.

! could learn how the work OF your Con
veution was received in all parts Of our
| great country, andjudse whether that work
WAS approved and ratified by the Mass of
our fellow-citizens. Their response has
/ from day to day, reached me through tee
/ grams, letters, aud comments OF journal
lists independent OF official patronage and
/ Indifferent to the smiles or frowns ofpOwer
/ The number and character of these un-
| constrained, unpurchased, unsolicited utter
ances satisfy me that the movement which
found expression at Cincinnati has receiv-
/ ed the stamp Of public approval and has
been hailed by majority OF our country a
= harbinger ola better day for the Repu b
/ lie. DO not nsinterpret this approval
rs especially complimentary to myself
i Eor even To- the chivalrous and Justly e.
teemed gentleman with whose name
J thank Your Convention for associating
mine receive and welcome IL as a spontn-
neous and deserved tribute TO that ADM.
/ rahle platform Of principles, wherein your
7 Convention 20 tersely, go lucidlv. so forci-
( bly, set iorth the convictions which inpellei
and the Purposes which guided its course.
/ y platform which, casting behind it the
wrecl, and rubbish Of worn out contentious
and by gone teuds, embodies IN fit and lew
words the needs and aspirations OF to day.
! Though thousands stand ready to con-
denim your every act, hardly n syllable Of
criticism or cayil has been aimed at your
P platform, # which the substance may be
fairly spiiomlzed a. follows:
Iirst-All political rights and franchises
which have been acquired through our
lale bloody CONFUSION must and shall be
guaranteed maintained, enjoyed and re
-pected eyeruore
Second-All political rights ard fran
| chi7e- which have been lost through that
! couyulsion should and must be promptly
| restored and re established, 30 that there
shall I've hencetorth no prescribed class and
no disirar chlsed caste within the limits of
/ our Union, whose long estranged people
/ shall re-unite and fraternize upon the
/ broad basis Of universal amnesty with
impartial suffrage.
| Ihjrl-Tnat subject to our solemn con
! stituiioual obligation To maintain the equal
rights OF all citizens, our policy should
aim az local self goyernment and not at
Capitalization; that the civil authority
should he supreme over the military; that
! the Wi, 1f habeB corpus should bc jeal
J otisly upheld a. the safeguard n personal
/ freedom: that the indyilna. citizen should
enjoy the largest liberty consistent with
public order. and that there shall be no
/ Federal -uhvsr-i1n OF the internal policy
/ of the several states and municipalities
} but that each shall be left free to enforce
, the rights and promote the well being Of
/ it, inhabitants hy such means NJ the iudg-
mont OF It's own people shall prescribe
( Fourth-TheIe shall he a real and not
/ merely n simulated reform in the civil ser
| vice OF the Republic TO which end it il in.
I dispensable that the chief dispenser Of its
Z vast official patronage shall he shielded
/ from the main temptation 10 use his power
/ selhshly by a rule inexorably forbiddins
and precuding his reelection
Fitth--lhat the raising Of the revenue
whether by tariff OF otherwise, shall be
: recognized and treated "a the peoples i'm
mediate business. 10 be shaped and d.
rected by them through their Representa-
/ tives iu Congress, whose action thereon the
I President must neither overruIe by his
/ veto. attempt 10 dictate, nor presume 10
/ punish by nc-,owing Office only on those
+ who agree with him, or withdrawing it
+ from those vino do not
Sixth--lhst the public lands must De
s1crcily reserved for occupation and ac-
I quisitiOa by aultiyatOrs, and not reskls-sly
squanderei on projectors of railroads for
which Our people have no present need,
and the prem allure construction of which
/ is annually pluugng u.s. into deeper and
deeper ahy.-cs Of foreign Indebtedness.
~cvcnth-rhat the achievement Of these
grand purposes OF universal bencicence 10
expected aud sought 800 the hands of all
who approve them, Irrespective of pas,
affiliations
Eighth-rhc public faith must ut
40 hazards. bc maintained, and the Ma
tional credit preserved
Niuth-rbat The patriotic deyotclncss
and ircstmable services of our fli0w-cIfi.
zens. VINO as soldiers or su.iorz upheld thy
unity of the Republic shall ever Doe CRATE.
3 fully remembered and houorabIy requ.tei
Thee propositions so ably and lorcibly
prescrfei boo the platform of your Convcu-
lion, have already fixed the attention aud
commanded the assent of % large majority
of our cluntrymen, Who ioyiully adopt
them u.s. do. as the basis of true bcue
frert national reconstruction uf "a new
departure from the jalou.ics and -triie-
and hates. which have no longer adequate
. motive. or even plausible prctcxt into 600
atmosphere OF peace. fraternity and mutual
rooi will ln vain do the drill sergeants
+ OF iecnvine organizations flourish meua.
cir.'r their cscutheons. and angrily insist
that the files shall be closed and straight.
end in vain do the whippers u OF pare
tit4 once vital, because rooted 90 the vital
needs Of the hour protest against the
st-ayiug and boltng-denounco men mo-
" se their interiors ~ trnitors and rene
gsdes. and threaten them with inamy and
run. ana cou6deut that thc American