Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1872-04-20

NEW YORK, March 29.-The fol-
| lowing will appear tomorrow in
the Tribune to Colonel William NJ.
Grosvenor, Chairman of the Execu-
! tive Committee of the Liberal Re-
publican Convention, Missouri:
WASHINGTON, d. c., Mar. %.
SIR: We, the Republicans of New
York, wish to express our concur
renee in the principles lately set
forth by the Liberal Republicans of
Missouri. We make this departure
from ordinary methods of party ac-
| ton, from the deep conviction that
the organization to which we be-
| long is under the control of those
who will use it chiefly for personal
purposes, and obstruct free express
sion of opinion on the important
matters which gentlemen whom you
| represent have laid before the peo-
pie of the United States. We be-
lieve that the time has come when
offenses past should be pardoned,
| and that all citizens should be pro-
| tected in the enjoyment of the right
guaranteed them by the COnstitu-
ton, that Federal taxation should be
imposed for revenue, and so adjust
ed as to make the burden on the in
| dustry of the country of the United
| States as light as possible; that a re-
form in the civil service should be
made which will relieve political ac-
ton from the influence of official
patronage; that the right of local
self government is the foundation
of American freedom and should be
reasserted and encroachments of
Federal power checked; and we also
| believe that at this time a special
duty rests on the people to do away
with corruption in office. The ex-
posures recently made in this State
have brought to light evils which
are not confined to one party nor to
single locality, aud disclose dan
gers more formidable than any
which the republic has yet encoun-
tered. With hope that the move
ment begun in Missouri may spread
through all the States and influence
every political party, we accept the
inVation to meet the National Mass
Convention at the city of Cincin-
natl on the first Wednesday of May
next, and we invite all Republicans
in New York who agree with us TO
cooperate in our action.
Signed, Henry r. Selden, Horace
Greeley, Fred A. Conkling, YIN.
Doshiemer, Sinclair Tousey, Sigis-
mund Kaufman, L. Krackowzio, Ira
o. Miller, Edwin r. Reynolds, VIM.
II. Briggs, Chas. w. GODDARD, Henry
D. Lloyd, VIM. w. Goodrich, Wal
do Hutchins, Hiram Barney, Free
man j. Fethean, Geo. p. Bradford,
Benjamin A. Willis, Horace Bemis,
Lewis Lowenthal.
The Tribune's editorial on the
call says: "Thc letter of certain
New York Republicans to Colonel
Grosvenor, herewith printed, is the
first unequivocal response from the
East to the overture of the Liberal
Republicans of the West for consul
tation at Cincinnati on Wednesday,
May LIST. Others will soon follow.
There is no longer any excuse to
doubt that the Convention will be
held, and be respectfully attended.
We presume that should any impor-
tant action be taken at Cincinnati
on the 1st of May, the delegates
present from each State would des-
ignate a portion of their number to
cast the vote of that State in the
convention, but no one is excluded
from attending, and the invitation
is so broad that many will doubtless
be present who have not been inVit-
ed. Cincinnati proffers to all a gem
erous welcome. Whether the con-
vention will determine to put forth |
a declaration of principles to pre-
sent the national candidates, or
adopt some form of appeal to the |
country, no one is entitled to fore |
cast. Whatever il shall do or pro-
pound win necessarily derive all its |
force from its accord with public |
sentiment. This convention speaks !
with no authority, claims no pow |
er but that which may be accorded |
to intrinsic worth, its acts and its |
declarations.
THE DEMOCRACY AND JUDGE DAVIS. |
WASHINGTON, March 29.-Sever- |
al Democratic members of Congress |
request the publication of the fol- |
lowing paragraph:
The statement recently telegraph |
ed from this city that at a consulta- |
ton here of prominent Democrats
with Mr.. Belmont, opposition to |
Judge Davis was expressed is with |
out any foundation whatever. The |
subject of preference for candidates |
was not discussed or referred to.