Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-02
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GREELEYS ACCEPTANCE.
He is Officially Notified Of His Nom
inattOi by the National Dem
oeratie Convention.
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His Letter in Response.
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"a New and More Auspicious Era
Dawning Upon Our Dis
tracted Country
His Letter in Response.

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tracted Country
B2LrtsoRs July 10, 1sss.-Dear SIR: lris osir
pleasure, In compliance With the Instructions Of
thc Democratic National Convention asssEnbled
In this city, 20 inform ron that you have peen
unanimously nominsted Us candldate Tor the
Presidency Of the United States. -
The Convention, consisting OF " Delegates.
+ representing every State and Territory IN tns
Onion, adopted, without asnandments- the ceeia-
, ration OF principles affirmed by tine Convention
OF Liberal RspupGcH1s CT Cinc8nnaap and
| strengthened by the endorsement contained in
| your etter OF acceptsnces a---.s ~ r-e..sets
The actiOnof this great body OF delegates prov e
that they are, with singular unsninity 20 enter
under your leadership upon The patriotic duty or
restoring to the administration Of the Government
purity and integrity, and that independence @
its Departments which regards ras Sonstleu,ion
as alike the end the limit OF Federal pow
er. ----.-s--l---,.-- -----
LAYING aside tha differences OF the past, ahsnd-
;5rtng all purpose Of mere partisan udyantage,
asking for no plsdSe other than thator fidelity
10 the principles 20 which they have given their der
Hberate and resolute adherence and which they
believe WI command the approval OF lsrys
majority of the American people, sheg tender you
their nomination, confident that peace and good
government win be insugurated and maintained
under your administration. Eespeeuuiiy, yoax
obedsent servants. J.E. pooldTILE,
+. r Chairman OF Convention.
Frs. ". Sykes, Alabama; John q. Maccabe,
Arkansas; j. q. D0wBey, Cash0fnisi A. T.
Burr, ConnectIent; E. l., Marttn, Delararei L.
W. Jones, Florida; ". A. HaSkinss Georgia. A.
a. Miller uIiiaois; VI. VI. Rays Indiana J. ID,
Thompson, Iowa; John Martin, Kansas; 3. Aa-
gofHn. KentucAzy; Given Campbell, Lopizians;
James c. Msaigsn, aIains; John Lee Carroll,
Maryland; :. O. Abbott, hassaehuse,ssi Heorg9
r. o, Sykes, Mississippi; Henry Brok myer, Mis-
souri; j. =. Crawford. Nehraskai s. d. Wyman.
Nevada; James, Thsysr. New YORK John y
George W. Cass, Pennsylvania; A. Sprsgus,
RhOds Island; James GhesEidt, South Carolsns
John C. Bureh, Tannssseei 4sn2el smith; Tex
as LIcius Robinson Sesneas, II v,i.,,, :; h
8. We'll, Wisconsin; c. p. Clever, Sew Mexico
To the Hon. Horace Greeley, New York
ia MR.. GREELEY g ACCEPTANCE.
EFw YoRK July Is. lS72-GESTLENES: Up
on mature elaboration, il seems NJ that should
give 70 yoar letter OH the 10th inst some further
and fuller response than the hsSty, unpremedt-
tated words IN which scks9sieagea hno &c
eepted your nomination at or meeting On TIE
18th. re-4 an ~ 80 -, :.
That your Convention sac TT 10 aecerd re
hiyhest honsr 20 one who had been prominently
est and sometimes angry controversial OF the e e
forty years, Is essentially noteworthy. Il hat
many Of you 0ri gnaIy preferred that the Liberal
Republicans siIGnld present another eSnd,date
ior President, and would more readily have
united with rs IN the support Of -Adans or rum
bull, Davis or Brown, IL well known. eve nv
abolition At Baltimore wholly 20 the fact that u
had already been uominRted at Cincinnati, and
that q concentration OF forces upon any new
ticket had been proved iInpfaeticabie. Srattned
Us am at your concurrence IN ths 6nctnaati
nominations, certain rs 1 am thst you woald not
ave thus conc erred lad you nos deemed ms
upright and capable, md nothing in the eiT-
cnmsfsnee Gale uisted 70 inne ne vanity or nonr-
ish aelf-cOnceit. SIS
Bat that yoar Convention saw nt, 10 adopting
the Cincinnati ticket, to reslHrm the Cincinnati
Platform Is to ne . soures OF the profoundesf
Subtraction. That body Was constrained 10 take
this im2eIt ant step by NO party necessity, real or
SUPPOSED. 1t might have accepted liseanoidstes
OF the Liberal pdbIi cans upon grounds eniaresy
its own OF IL might have presented tneEa kss the
hrst Wing National Ccnvsntlon I'D HsIrsso and
Tvferl Without adopting any Platform whatsoever.
That IL chose 70 plant Itself deliberately, By vote
nsarly unanimous cFen I.iy fililesi and elesresf
enuReiation of priaciplss Yhlch are ~ ehes IL
coutestablv Republican aud emPhatically Dsz-
ocratfe siTes Trustworthy ASSURANCE thar new
and auspicious era is da'Fning upon 9aF long
distracted country e re.ff r. 80. -. +.
If. we're devoted 10 the stru sgle sgsinst ehsttei
slaverv-a struggle more the less earnest OF az
uuous because respect Tor constitutional obligS-
tions eoHs trainedmo 70 act Tor the most part on
the defensive resistance to the thnustoE
rather than IN direct efforts for the extinction o!
human bondage. Throughout most vi yko-e
wears nav vision WIS uncbevrrd, ny eAertAOns
vert rarely animated, by even 50 mach Is hops
tSatI Should live 10 see my country pcopled ~
freemen alone. The at1irmence D. year CONVEX
lion OF the Cincinnati Platform ia mos. eonclp-
sive proof that not merel y slavery aooi1std onf
tests OF respectable but Isolated lew tssre NJ
mains among US no party and 10 formidable IN
teresr which regrets the overfhrow or ceSfes tse
ry-sStsblisnnsent Of human eondS4e, sostasr "
isttsr or h, shirt. am thereby justified In M
nope and trust that the lrst century % Ar11rieAli
Independence "! III not close before the grand els
mental truths on which its Was ss 20
by JEFFERSON snd Tue Continental Con sEess es -
VII 10 longer be regarded as glitserhlg general
itiea but VIII have become the universally ae-
copied and hon0ced fodndst'ons Of oar Politleai
! demand the prompt sppiication oi these
70 oar existing condition. Having
doDe, what could for The complete eInanelpa-
ti0n Of bscks, Row Insist On inc fuH saIfsn-
easement OF all my white eOnn;FyIn3ll- Act
roma sav that the ban has jaSt been removed
YsOm All bat few hundred elderly sntisinen, 20
v HON eligibility 10 otSe can 0S OF little conse-
quence. Ny view eotteH iiiisAtes ~ sne ~.
dreis proscr!besl bal tie Illio1s who are Denied
lie right 10 be ruled aAd represented ny me men
81 their unfettered choice. PToscriPtlcn were
\ bsurd II these did not wish 70 eject ths very |
MGR, whom thsy arc forbidden 70 choose.
4 have profound regard FOR the people Of thaS
Nsy- England wherein l was born, II whe-u
common schools I vas taught. l rank 10 or
eT people above then IN inseiilgenes, eapsc..!
and moral worth. But, while they DO many I
things well, and some admirably, toeEe - one
hing which am sure they cannot wisely %
safely undertake., and that Is the selection, ior
erS,luA iv VIII IN those States sR DC represented
hi Congress- Ifthey could DO this 70 zood purpose
then republican institutions we're unit Aial ARE
tocracy the only true Poiitical systeIs.,
Yet what have We recently witnessed7 Zeouion
y Vance the uaquestioned choice Of large I1a-
Iorfty OF the prsent Legslsturs Of Nortn carolina
"a majority backed BY majority 81 the pse2ts
no voted at its slectlonrsfused the seat IN the
Fsdernl Senate 70 which he was fairly Chosen snd
the Legislature THIS constrained 70 choose aH9s1eE
u his stead or lesvs the State tt,srs rssstss ~
-sers. Tie yotes Of New England thus deprlye1
Sartn Carolina Of the Senator Of her choice, and
.oruelled her 10 send another In his steadsnothsr
Who In our late contest, wSss Ike ance, Fepei,
md fighting rebel but who naa no. served ~
-oaqrpss before the war Vance had, though tne
tier remained faithful TO te mon TIL aIteT TIE
!; $50 Of his term. Iprotsst against the dsrsa-
.hisemfnt of te-presumptFeiy, otS namoef
4 states--on grounds 80 RATION and teennieaI as
his The TACT that the same Senate "nch To-
used Vance hisssat procesdet To rsTrUve his disa-
JilitIes after that seat hai been fkedby another,
July seryes TO place IN stronger light The incenly
a North Carolina and the arbitrary, eaprieisus
n rauay which dictated 10. ! thank YOU gentls
men, that my name isIo be consPicHonsly assoei-
tied with yours in determined enort 70 rsnu s,
,rnnesty complete and universal, IN spirit as well
Il in letter Even defeat In such cause would
ave no sting, while triumph would rank Ein
hose victories which no blood reddens snd WHICH
yoke no teArs bur those OF gratitude and Joy.
GeufIeuau YOUR platform, which Is ais0 miDe,
assures me that Democracy Is not nencel9Etn 70
tard for one tking and Republicanisn TOT AZ
'ther, but that these terms ara to mean IA poll
Ice as they alEnys have Ine2ntfn the dictionary,
ore and the Bame thing
caual rights, regardless Of creed, or cline, or
oiOr. hail this az q genunS New DepALItsuIe |
ron, o,ityvoru tends and meaningless eontentionn
\ the direction OF Progress and Reform Whefh-
r shall be found worthy 10 besr the standard o.
he great Liberal movement Tllicl the american |
ssotle hsye inau gurated IL 70 be d tsrmined not
~ words but BIZ deeds With me II steadily ad- \
ance, over me II 1 falter, ns grand array moves
m 10 achieve for cur country her glorious, BEN !
hcent destiny. - f-.,. t-.-..fsr .s.r.r
90 -. -r--.-ls.1 q tel Hon ACE GREELETs |
70 the Hon. James L. Doolittle, Chairman OF the
Convention. and MeSsrs. +. ". ~ kesi Jchn q
nr,d l.tl.ora Com m fep. 20 n L