The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-07-11
The Banner OF Peace.

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Liberal Republican candidates, and adopted
absolutely without change, the Liberal Re-
publican platform. Now shall the Liberals
and Democrats confirm this action, and 30
confirm it that, by the defeat Of Grant and
Wilson, the march of Capitalization shall be
checked, and the political revolution be ac-
complished. For this is, in truth, far more than
the crossing OF party lines and the wiping
out OF party rules. 1t is Revolution. 1t is
the uprising of whole nation against the
destroyers OF their liberty. The thousands
who distrust Mr.. Greeley and the, millions
who know him to be big-hesrted and large
OF brain, are equally resolute in their deter
mination to strike down the usurper, and
restore to it's fair proportions the symmetrical
fabric of the Constitution. They do not
chain the living to the dead. The corse OF
the past is buried deep on battle fields and
| in the Electoral College. Madly, wildly the
people we're spurred on to their destruction.
There was one deep.rooted feeling which
could guide them-Love Of Country! Ap-
pealing to that feeling, Cincinnati and Bal
timore have brought the people together,
and united them on the broadcast OF plat
forms-a determination to keep their own
liberties while they guard, as we'll, the liber-
ties OF Others.
It had been thought wisest that the Balti-
more Convention should abstain from any
nomination, lest it should ALLEVIATE Republi-
can votes; but the Convention have square
" nominated Greeley and Brown, who are
to-day the candidates OF the Democrats as
well as OF the Liberal Republicans. Doubt
less the Convention pondered the subject,
and took the course best calculated to con-
soldate it's strength. The American people
can not repudiate Mr.. Greeley only be-
cause, without his solicitation and against
his counsel, he is made the candidate OF
the Democratic Republicans. The liberal
and iorgiving. spirit OF the Baltimore Con-
vention is surely no crime. This may have
controlled the delegates 10 their course, and
directed their action.
The battle is now fairly joined. On
the one side is President Grant, arm
ed with the Force Bill, and backed by
the Federal bayonets and the ofice.holdlng
legions. Under his flag march the thieves
and scoundrels who have desolated the
South, and have fostered il.will and discord
these seven years and more. On the other
side are the People, who demand equal
rights for whites and blacks, honesty in
public affairs, the reduction of taxation, uni
versal loyalty, amnesty, suffrage and con-
cord. At their head is representative
American-HoracoG Greeley-a man trained
in the ideas, arts, blessings and republican
simplicity OF peace and universal freedom.
The issue cannot be doubtful IL the men
| whose hands are clean, whose interest in
this mighty country is greater than their in
terest in parties and Rings, who value good
! mime more than the sweets OF Office, work
and vote together. They must labor night
and day until the Fifth OF November is past.
Their reward will come in tie form OF long
years OF prosperity, contentment and ma,
tional love. And when the North and the
South shall alike respect the Stars and Bars
as the flag under which dauntless Americana
bled and died, the South and the North
shall, with the sacred fame burning anew
on their altars, love the Stars and Stripes as
the flag OF their common country-the flag
which they have sanctified with their blood
in The old days before the Confederate war
and which shall stand in the future, before
all Americans, as the outward and visible
sign by which the United States has con
quered internal dissension, and shall over
come her every foe.
These words may seem over-strained; but
let US rememL, at, three months ago, th'
nomination OF Horace Greeley by the Demo
cratic party was hooted as political impos
slbiity. Honestly and frankly we declare
our opinion that in the action of the Balti
more Convention yesterday is the remed!
for every public trouble, the beginning OF al
era OF unity OF thought and purpose for thes
thirty millions of people. At Baltimore Tn
divisions which provoked secession wer'
established. 1t is fitting that the sam
city should witness the claspiDg OF hand
which marks the end OF the hates and lear