The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-23
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For ellp hN ]. II. ELLYSON.
Formal Notification and Acceptance OF
Horace Greeley. -

nulllltillDll TAI MI. 'i''"l w 'i''
ton by ihc Liberal Republican Convention
1t bears date Cincinnati, May 3:
"MJa. Horace greeley: Dear SIr.-Th'
National Convention Of Liberal Republican:
ol' ihe United States have instructed thu
undersigned to inform you that you nave
lct.n nominated as the candidate OF th'
I Liberal Republicans for the Presidency oil TIT
United States.
eve also submit to you the address ant
resolutions unanimously adopted by the Con
ya.;ion. BE pleased to signify to lis youfac
{, nt.mcc Of liz" platform and nomination
ai!d hcliarc liz, very truly yours, {. scilllr.
n,cs.icut: George w. Julian, vice-prcsI
dent: V, ilam l.. Mclean, John Il. DAVID
;on, j. II. Rhodes, secretaries.
Mr.. Grcclcy's reply accepting the nomIn9
ZION. da;cd New York, May ~ Is H. iol
lows:
MP. GIEELEY'S LETTER.
Gputlcmen,-I have chosen not u
acknowledge Your letter of the 81 lnstan
rnli ! could learn how the work ot youl
convention WAS received in all parts OF oul
.srr,i country, and judge whether that Worl
was approved and ratified hy the mass of OH
t,.llow-citizenS. Thcirr-ponse has from da!
to dav reached ne through telegrlms, let
tcrS. and comments of journalists independ
rnt of official patronage, and indifferent to The
smiles OF lroWnS of power.
"Thc number and character of these I'm.
constrained. Impoverished, unsolicited utter.
anccs satisfy me that the movement which
found expression at Cincinnati has received
the stamp of public approval, and has been
hailed bv the majority of our countrymcn a.
the har,ingcr of better days for the Repub
lie. do not miSiuterprct this approval u.
especially complimentary to myself, MOI
even to the chivalrollS and ju5tly-cstecmeo
gentleman With whose name | thank youl
convention for usSociatin% mine.
Il receive and welcome it A. 4 SpOntane
Gus and deserved tribute TO that admirable
platform Of principles wherein your Con
yenlion 81 terscly, so lucidlv, and so torclbl!
set forth the convictions which impeleo
and the purposes which guided its COURSE
platform which. casting behind it the Wrecs
and rubbish Of worn-oiit contentious and by
cone frudS. cmbodies i'll tit aud few words
the ncc,l: and aspirations OF to-day. Though
thousands stand ready to condemn youl
every act. hardly Il syllable OF criticism Oh
,.avil has been aimed ut your platform, o.
which the substance may he fairly cpitoniZet
rs follows:
II. All The political rights aud franchise.
which lave been acquired through on late
bloody CONFUSION must ana shall be glaran
tced. maintained, enjoyed. and respected
cvcrmorc.
80. All the political rights ard Franchise:
which lave been lost through that convll
sion LIQUID and must he promptly restored
and rcI:stablShcd. 50 that there shall be hence
forth no prescribed class AID no DISTINGUISHED
caste within the Limits. of our Union, who's,
lorm-c>.i.inccd people shall rciinite and fri
terniZr upon the broad basis Of universe
amnesty with impartial suffrage.
20. That, subject to our solemn conStilu
tonal obligation to maintain the equal right:
of all citizens. our policy should aim 1T loc;l
Scl.govcrnncnt, aud not at Capitalization
that the civil authority should lac supreme
over the military that the writ Of habea
corpus should be jealousy upheld as thu
safes lmrl of personal freedom: that the III
dividla citizen should enjoy the largeS
liberty consistent with public order; ant
that there shall he no Federal sllbyerSion o
the internal poiity Of the several States ant
municipalities, but that each shall he lett fret
to enforce the rights and promote the we'll
being of its inhabitants by such means rs The
Judgment of its own people shall prescribe.
a. There shall be Il real and not merel.
simulated reform in the civil service OF the
Republic, to which end K is indispensable the
chief dispenser of its vast official patronage
shall be shielded from the main temptation
to Use his power sclti,hly by Il rule ineXora
hly iorbtlllng and prccludinS lis rerlc,.
lion.
-. That the raising of revenue, whether
by tariff or otherwise, shall be recognized
and treated us the peoples immediate busi'
ness, to he shaped and directed by then
through their representatives III Congress,
whose action thereon the President must
neither override by his veto, attempt to die
late. nor presume to punish by best0wing
office only on those who agree with him, ol
withdrawing it from those who do not.
"6. That the public lands must be sacred
" reserved for acquisition and occupation by
cultivators, and not rccklessly squandered OF
the projectors of railroads, for which our PEG
ple have no present need, and the premature
construction of which is annually pllngin-
us into deeper and deeper abysses of foreign
Indebtedness.
~. That the achievement of these grand
purposes of universal bcncticence is expected
aud sought ut the hands of all who approve
them, irrespective of past affiliations.
IS. That the public faith must at I'LL hazard:
he maintained, and the national credit bt
preserved.
80. That the patriotic devotedness and in
estimable services Of our fellow citizens who
rs soldiers or sailors upheld the flag ant
maintained the unity of the Republic shall
ever be gratefully remembered and honora
bly, reqllitcd.
"Thesc propositions, so ably and torcibly
presented in the platform Of your Conven
ton, have already fixed the attention anG
commanded the assent of large majority o
orr countrvmen, who joyfully adopt them, ii
I do, AS the basis of true, beneiicent, Ia
tional recorStruction-of q new departure
from iealousies, strifcs, and hates, which have
no longer an adequate motive, or even pla,i
sible Dreteyt, into an atmosphere OF peace
fraternity. and mutual goodwill. In vain dc
the drill-sergeants of decaying organizations
flourish melacingly their truncheons, anC
aneriIy insist that the files shall be closed ant
Strengthened.
sin vain do tha whippers-in of partie'
once vital, because rooted in the vital need.
of the hour, protest against straying ant
boiling, denOInce men nowise their interiors
as traitors and renegades, and threaten then
with infamy and ruin. am confident thai
the American people have already made youl
cause their own, fully resolved that Their
brave hearts and strong arms shall bear it Oh
to triumph.
In this faith, and with the distinct under
standing that il elected shall he the Presi
dent, not of.a party, but of the whole peo
pie, accept your nomination, i'll the conf
dent trust that the masses of our country
men, North and South, are eager to CLASP
hands across the bloody chasm which has toe
long divided them. forgetting that they have
been enemies in the joyful consciousness thai