The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-05-09
CINCINNATI CONVENTION.
Horace Greeley and B. Gratis
Brown Nominated-The High
Sounding. Non Committal
platform-Details Of
the Ballotting.

~ wcIC uSci0SU W oStGWpG W IO1lOW
through the details Of the three days
Of stormy talking, secret lighting, and
i xsG $::ss s'sYes s ses sAss:ss'te
The following IL condensed account
OF the proceedings of the last and
important day, including the full text
Of the platform adopted, and the result
Of the various ballots taken:
CINCINNATI, May 3.--The conven-
ton was called TO order 1t ten minutes
past ten. The reading Of the journal
was dispensed with.
The chair stated that the statement
in the morning papers pretending to
give dispatch from Senator Schurz TO
q candidate, was utterly untrue.
Mr.. Gilmore offered . resolution,
that when the convention reaches the
point Of hailoting for candidates there
shall be no formal presentation of
candidates, but the convention will
proceed to vote.
Mr.. Dexter. Of Illinois, sustained
the proposition. He wanted to pro-
coed to business, and wanted no more
eulogies.
Mr.. White, from the committee on
platform. reported resolntions which
were unanimously adopted by the
convention.
PLATFORM.
The following is the Platform in
full as reported and adopted: We,
the Liberal Republicans Of the Uni
ted States, assembled in National
Convention at Cincinnati, proclaim
the following principles as essential
to just government:
LIST. We recognize the equality OF
all men before the law, and hold that
it is the duty of the Government in
its dealings with the people to mete
out equal and exact Justice to all, of
whatever nativity, race, color or per.
suasion, religious or political.
End. We pledge ourselves to
the laws Of emancipation
and acknowledgements, and to oppose
any re-opening Of the questions set
tied by the Thirteenth, Fourteenth,
and Fifteenth amendments to the
Constitution.
Sd. We demand the immediate
and absolute removal Of all disabili.
ties imposed on account Of the rebel
lion, which was finally subdued seven
years ago, believing that universal
will result in complete psois
cation Of all sections of the country.
4th. That local sslf-govsrnmsnt with
suffrage will guard the rights
Of oil citizens with moso security than
any centralized power, that the public
welfare requires the supremacy Of civil
over military authority, and the free
dom Of persons under the protection OF
hd6eQs corpus. We demand for indi-
viduals the largest liberty consistent |
with public order, for State, self-gov-
eminent, and for the nation Q return
70 the methods Of peace and constitu- |
tional Limitations Of power.
9Th. Civil service Of the government |
has become more instrument Of par
tizan tyranny and personal ambition. |
IN object Of selfish greed. It 10 . scan.
tal and reprOach upon free iustitu- |
lions, and breeds decentralization dan |
gerous to the perpetuity Of . Rspubli-
AN government.
9Th. We demand Q system Of federal |
,axation which shall not unnecessarily |
interfere with the industry Of the |
people, and which shall provide |
means necessary to pay the
expenses Of the Rovernment eco-
1omically administrated. The pen-
lions, interest on the public dsbt and
] moderate annual reduction Of the |
principal thereof, and recognising |
hat there are In our midst, honest bot |
difIereness If opinion |
with regard to the Respective systems |
y protection and frss traAs, W remit |
The discussion Of The s0hjocE % the
people In their ConGreosaooai Oisty1cte |
And the decislOn Of Congress theso0n,
wholly free g ths sxscutive intssfes.
ence or dioeation.
7th. We. therefore reGnrd Q thor
ough reform In the civil sogvico - |
one Of the moss pseaslng neesIsst5ss
Of the hour, that honasey, oapaeisy
end fidelity constitute the only valid
claims to pubic employment, that