Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-06-21
From the Memphis Appeal.
FROM HON. D. K. McRAE.
.,-SUFR TO CALLS UPON HIM TO
,ENOUNCE HIMSELF FOR
CONGRESS.
81. Will TAKE THE NOMINATION
iE TENDEHED HIM BY TIE
rEOPLE-HE IS NO AP-
pLICANT.
,..IF. REVIEW OF THE POLITICAL
.IrIr ATION-HT HEARTILY EN- "
BDHSES GREELEY AND
BROWN.

r,,oys Ippcm \ communication to
.., ,Drral, few days since, over The
'' nh, of 9 Ninth Dist rict,' desires TO
,,u.lf will accept a nomination for Con
from this district. If this communi-
.;,,n stood alone, / should think it I'M
3,..s.,l.y 10 say aught in reply 10 the call
,,,,, TOO partial friend. But inquiries of
w., .3lflr kind press upon the daily, and 1
.,,nt. under AL affcctatiOn Of modcsty,
link from response. And | mean, too,
j.. very frank about it, for L can trust to
who know me for the truth, that
~ NOT seek office. My inclinations and
interests are alike avcrse to entering
r,.,u POLITICS. y seat i'll Congress, for
.la,ytI,ing Of honor on profit in the office it
y would avoid rather than seek, and
.,.rrforr, put forth no claim TO the nOmi-
....inI. and 10 not desire TO be considered
,'.n,aiIate before the Convention and no
,.,.yil be better satisfied than myself, If
~. choice should fall on any one Of those
-p,Irlnen, who do desire and are seeking
,rr place. But while saying this, it is just
e., myself TO admit that l am not indiiier-
.. 10 The public esteem nor umindTIl of
Inc Obligations which the citizen owesto
.... puhlic " hen his service is required, and
i we're possible that the nomination
l.,iId be rendered with the full knowledge
fiat am no applicant the popular offering
...s1d give value to the office, and could
..,t 10 rccTcaut to that due and grateful
...,a,:aliOn of the public confidence which
tonnes every light-minded man there
fire, while do not seek the Office, | would
.,t feel at liberty to decline if thus vOlIIn-
tuiy rendered
Now. were l Il candidate L should stop
salt here, foI l fear | should not have the
.-rLss but stubborn courage OF "UnclC
u,rl,a.." which fears not to 1rrtte Il letter
.>t criticism might pcrvCrt a sentiment TO
r.. loss. and which abhOrs the silence of
.4fniI", rs IN escape from the response
av Of opinion. My heart is full Of re-
.r,a4c 20 tile promising indications. 1t
I.ly seems that the American people are
Ilt To the downward tendencies, and
.,rr reversing the engine and setting back
,ar train - government on the main track
a. constitutional right and privilege.
n,icr the auspices of one Of the most
.,aa.liuary representatives of positiyism
lnap;E combination with plain honesty
.It -,1l,. naked bencvolcncc aud charity,
. ,,,.rls that The evil passions and animOsi-
lies ,,ugrndeled by war are being, indeed,
.imutishcd. Aud this genial and gener-
..lrcilicator blessed be the peaccmak-
,.l. Standing at the altar of Il common
,uro5i,ul, is really making the North and
tI, south clasp hands across the bloody
rnl-r which has too long divided them,
f,.,ttin.s that they have been enemies i'll
ne. ioyiuI consciousness that they are
..,i,,ioth to remain brethren"
The Cincinnati movement in behalf of
r.fnlfu lnd reconciliation, timed in its fist
a,proathrs and OF doubtful significance,
EI. proved i wonder Of development, alb
,uhiIt- liIst the people and now parties,
uafll to-day il stands q giant in strength,
drhIug official patronage and leaning on
't. susiIuiiling Inspirations of the popular
sanction. Its chosen leader was like itself,
am.r1rl and surprise. Aud with the same
lrr, uud rapiclity with which the CiHciu-
..ti urrtiu" .acW into q national Organiza-
I0u. striking root int, every State and Ter
.fo.y SO is standar,l-bcarcr, Horace
,.p.Icy. has developed from the gentle and
a.,ud and supplemented friend AMI neigh
lur. Who cultivated his garden, and told
n1at he Knew about excepting down this
'.,s and elders in 4 people representa-
t.r ayrman, sturdy Of arm, to hew down
ia, forest Of vice which oycrshadOWs Tho
,aitr,d Inoralities, and determined OF pur-
,u,n to plant and cultivate the solid virtues
which attract the loyal devotion to tie de-
r.nu. government.
Never since tie two CraS Of 1910 ant
s., has the UumistakGable flow of the
popular impulse, when it breaks loose from
ts leaders, been 50 manifest us now
When General Harrison and General Tay
.o, nlhrir un'utored polite i ut,erances
penetrated Tie popular sympathy and SCI
ahtEr with enthusiasm, politicians anC
party vanity sought to stay the devourine
rrracut, and were consumed in it's pro
aIrSs
Aud so il is now. From every point the
..r air comes trcightcd with the asSUrin.
.Elbncc that the people of the whole land
t.I'rj"l 'y t happy recon citation by the
persuasive preCcptS and example Of Horace
'hrir'y, and awakened by his sOul-stirrin2
appeals i'll behalf of the social and politica
amr'i"fatiOns, have thrown Ofrthc rule ant
discipline Of party allegiance and arc NOV
'uy "u in phIlanN, shoulder to shoulder, tC
,h' reform of evil and the establishment O
universal good. II is Impossible to looI
upon the peoples candidate, the very en-
"cdnnrnt ofthc milk of human kindness
",'hout warming TO his unSelfish integrity
ii" IS to-iay to the youth of AmCrica-nay
't2 youth Of the WOrld-a remarkable
athts'or OF the strGjyht line and the per
PoudlcDuar, for Horace Greeley owes all he
l"I> OF prestige, position, fortune and pOpu
uiF 10 sclf-prOduced qualities oflabor anC
'''Idy and bencyOlCnco. lie is the beS
election Of Il SCll-madc man that the vOtary
u Individual merit has ever had offered fU
his suffrage. lie will 80 into the IIcoidcn
'@. chair pledged
!IrSt TO maintain all political right,
'i.d franchises which have been acquired
A ,@'they shall he guaranteed and respected
And tIIjs he Constmmatcs labor OF thirty
N Years of love to tho COlOrcd people Of tht
country.
N >"rond-That all rights and franchise
& Which have been lost shall at once be re-
Il N"n'd and rc-cst ablishcd, Oh the broad
basis If universal amnesty and impartia
Suffrage. And thus he levels fatal blow
81 the inscnsate hate which distingIishc
4F Wnlsimcnt-not for any superiority il
IInr. but for malcvOlcnce-and whicl
.'IfHvs the nation OF the services Of SOM
IT rs most capable and meritorious men.
third-l4e maintains that local sell
"etnmeut, with due reference 10 til
" Constitutional obligatlous, shall be preSery
n 'd, that The Federal power shall be ftl
''Il Ior protection, and not for direction
'n@ control, thus reviving the admiration
"i I'll" people for Hamilton and Jefferson
'idl and itutlcdge, Wooster and Calhoun
n .,"i leading them TO associate in their al
I'"n INI2 and 177G, and cherish in hal
n .'.y' Warren and Jackson, WashmGto
and Leo.
Ionth-i lie maintain that the vile COZ
MI ,"i%"ns of the civil service shall bc tsnl
Iti thoroughly reformed and that til
!hNdent shall stand aloOf from the cXcl
WISE "i Executive influence on the qucS
.''N ct tariff and revenue, and leave til
III tropics representatives free to recOncii
.''' varied interests of industry in this vit;
M "'''r Il political economy. Exempt frol
III ~" 'ontHminating and controlling intiu
III rye "i Executive dictatiOn, who cOul
'rH = better government than We Shout
"-''', conducted on these DrinCiDlCS9