Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-05-30

idsns b. the Liberal Rspsblie.ss. and he
reply 4 Mr.. Greeley thereto.
Crsc1xxAar. May 9. ls72.
Dsur SIR The Nasiossl Convensiou
OF Liberal RcpnLlieans Of the United States
have instructed the undersigned to inform
you that ron have beeu dominated - the
candidate Of the Liberal Republicans for
the Presidency Of the United States. We
also submit b yoa the address and resolu-
tons unanimous adopted By the Convcn-
sion. Be pleased 70 signify 70 us your &c
ceptance Of the platform and no@iuation.
and believe a.. very truly yours,
c. ScHuRx. President,
Ono. w. JuLIAx. Vice Prssidsat.
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To Hon. Horace Greeley. N. Y. city.
N. sRxELEr's REPLY.
New Yokx. May 90.
Genslemea III have chosen not 10 &C.
knowledge your letter Of the 3rd instant
until I - leazn how the work Of your
Couve oersesived in al parts Of
49, Soantry. - da/ehesAer hat
work vas approved aud {sti0ed By tie mass
off fellow-cisisens Their response has
from day to day reached me through tele-
grams, letters. and comments Of Journal
lists. Independent Of official patronage. and
Indifferent rs to the smiles or frowns Of
power. The number and character Of
these uncoustrained. Impoverished, unsoli-
cited ut.erances. satisfy me that the move
ment wh1ch found expression at Cincinna-
ii has received the stamp of public appro-
val. and has been hailed BY the majority
Of our countrymen as the hsrbinger of bet
ter days for the Republic. I do not mis-
interpret this approval A. especially COM
plimentary to myself nor even to the chiv.
alrous and justly esteemed gentleman with
whose name I thank your Convention for
associating mine.
l receive and welcome It A. q spontane-
Gus and deserved tribute to that admira-
bic platform Of principles wherein your
Convention so tersely. 30 lucidly and 80
forcibly set forth the convictions which
impclled and the purposes which guided
its course. A platform which. casting be-
hind i. the wreck aud rubbish of worn out
contentious and bygone feuds. embodies
in ct and few words the needs and aspi-
rations Of to-day. Though thousands
stand ready to condemn your every act.
hardly syllable of criticism or cavil has
been aimed at your platform. Of which the
substance may be fairly cpitomizcd as fol-
lows:
l. All the political rights and franchi-
scs which have been acquired through our
late bloody couvulsion must and shall be
guaranteed. maintained. enjoyed and re-
spected evermore.
2. All the political rights and franchi-
scs witch have been lost through that con-
vulsion should and must be promptly re-
stored and re-cstablished, so that there
shall be henceforth no prescribed class
and no disfranchised caste within the lin
its Of the Union. whose long -estranged
people shall reunite and fraternize upon
the broad basis Of universal amnesty with
Impartial suffrage.
8. That subject to our solemn constitu-
tional obligation 20 maintain the equal
rights of all citizens our policy should aim
at local and self government. and not at
Capitalization. That the civil authorities
should be supreme over the military; that
the writ Of habeas corpus should be jcal-
ously upheld as the safeguard Of personal
freedom that the individual citizens
should enjoy the largest liberty consistent
with public order. and that there should
be no Federal subversion Of the internal
polity of the several States aud munich
palities, but that each shall be left free to
enforce the rights aud promote the WELL
being Of its inhabitants BY such means a.
the judgmen. Of its own people shall pre-
scribe.
4. There shall be real. and not mere
ly simulated reform in the civil service Of
the Republic. to which end it is indispeu-
sible. the chief dispenser Of its vast official
patronage shall be shielded from the main
temptation to use his power sel6shly BY q
rule inexorably forbidding aud precludiug
his reelection.
5. That the raising Of re<euuc. wheth-
er BY tariff or otherwise. shall Be recog-
mixed and treated as the peoples immedi-
ate business. to be shaped and directed BY
them through their representatives in Con-
gress, whose seton thereon the President
must neither override BY his veto, attempt
to dictate nor presume to punish by be-
slowing Office only on those who agree
with him. or Withdrawing it from those
who do not.
6. That the public lands must be "a.
credly reserved for acquisition of occupa-
ton by cultivators. and not recklessly
squandered on the projectors Of railroads.
for which our people have no present need.
and the premature construction of which
is annually plunging Us into deeper and
deeper abysses Of foreign Indebtedness.
I. That the achievement Of these grand
purposes Of universal bencfcence is expec-
ted and sought at the hands Of all who ap-
prove them. irrespective Of past affiliations.
8. That the public faith must at all
hazards be maintained. and the national
credit be preserved.
Q. That the patriotic devotedness and
services ofour kellow-citixens.
who as soldiers or sailors upheld the flag and
maintained the unity ofthe Republic. shall
ever be gratefully remembered and honor
orably requited.
These propositions. 70 ably and forcibly
presented in the platform Of your Conven-
ton. have already fixed the attention and
commanded the ascent Of large msjority
Oh our couutrymen. who iovfI,llv alont