Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1872-05-25
GREELEys LETTER OF ACCEP-
TANGE.

NEw York, May 2i.-The follow
ing is the official notice to Mr. Greeley
of the Liberal Republican nomination .
CINCINNATI, May 3, 1872.
DEAR SiR-The National Conven-
ton of the Liberal Republicans of the
United States have instructed the un-
dersigned, President, Vice President
and Secretary Of the Convention, to
inform you that You have been nomi-
mated as the candidate of the Liberal
Republicans for the Presidency of the
United States We also submit to you
the address and resolution unanimous
~ adopted by the convention. Be
pleased to signify to US youracceptance
Of the platform and nomination, and
believe us, Very truly yours,
GEO. w JULIAN Vice Pres.
WIN, j.. MCLEAN,
JNo. G.. DAVIDSON,
j. III. RHODES, Secretaries.
Hon. HORACE GREELEY, N Y. G.
MIR. GREELEY's REPLY.
New YoRK, May 20
GENTLEMEN--I have chosen not to
acknowledge your letter of the third
inst, until | could learn how the work
of your convention was received in all
parts Of our great country, and judge
whether that work was approved and
ratified by the mass of our fellow citi-
zens. Their response has from day to
day reached me through kilograms,
letters, and the. comments of journal
lists Independent of official patronage
and Indifferent to the smiles or frowns
of power. The number and character
of these unconstrained, Impoverished,
unsolicited utterances satisfy me that
the movement which found expression
at Cincinnati has received the stamp
of public approval, and been hailed by
majority Of our country as the harbin-
ger of a better day for the Republic
do not misinterpret this approval
as ospe tally complimentary to myself
nor even to the chivalrOus and Justly
esteemed gentlemanwith whose name !
thank your convention for associatine
mine. | receive and welcome it as q
spontaneous and deserved tribute tc
that admirable platform of principles
wherein your convention so tersely, Sc
forcibly set forth the convictionswhicl
impelled and the purposes which guild
ed its course; platform which, cast
! ing behind it the wreck and rubbish o
WORKOUT contentious and by-gont
ieuds, embodies in fit and few word,
the needs and aspirations of to-day
Though thousands stands ready tt
condemn your every act hardly sylla
bic of criticism or cayil has been aim
at your platform,
x ;; X y
These propositions. so ably and fore
| IDLY presented in the platform of you
convention, have already fixed the at
tention and commanded the assent o
a large majority of OUR countrymeu
who ioyfully adopt them, as | do, a
the basis of true beneficient nationa
reconstruction, of new departur
from the iealousies and strites an,
hates, which have no longer adequat
motive or even plausible pretext, int
an atmosphere of peace, of fraternit
and of good will. In vain do the drill
sergeants of a decaying organization
flourish menacingly their truncheon
: and angrily insist that the files shall b
closed and strengthened. In vain d
the whippers-in of parties, once vita
because rooted in the vital needs c
the hour, protest against straying an
boiling, denounce men no wise thci
i interiors as traitors and renegades, an
threaten them with infamy and ruiz
| am confident that the American pee
r pie have already made your caus
their own, fully resolved that thei
brave hearts and strong arms shall bea
it on to triumph. In this faith, am
, with the distinct understanding that
1 elected | shall be the President not {
a party but the whole people, | accel
b, Your nomination. in the confident tru'
that the masses of our countrymei
North and South, are eager to elias
. hands across the blood chasm whic
r has too long divided them, forgettir
c that they have been enemies in the 10,
full consciousness that they are an
must henccforth remain brethrc
{ Yours gratefully,
4 HORACE GREELEY.