The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-05-31
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3. e.lCNcIsssry.I May 3, 1872. .4DE4. sIai:
The National Convention of Liberal Re,
publicans Of the United States have in,
siructed the undersigned, rfesident,
Vice President, and Secretaries Of the
Convention, 10 inform Yen that ysa
have been nominated as . candidate for
the Presidency of the United States
We also submit to you the address and
resolutions unanim0usly L adopted by
the convention. Be pleased tblsignify
to US your acceptance of the platform
and nomination, and believe, u.s. very,
TfT''' ~ - Eiif fS7f President D
s74poq riadi a,GEo. W. JslIAN, 90 no
bgisr-fildo fo DsSai1Vioe President. 10
III ass d,as W. 2. McLEAs,i yd|
a. JNo. G. DAvIDsoN,
ttoi7'ot Il ~&'O' j. H. RHoDEs, i"' 'eii
Secretaries. 81
To Hon. HORACE GREELEY, New York city.
= Nsw fYoRk, May 20, 1872-GENfiE-
xEN |; ! have chosen not to acknoWlY
edge your letter Of the Sd inst. until l
could learn how the work Of your. con.
vention was received in all parts Of our
great country, and judge whethec that
work was approved and ratified by the
mass of our fellow citizens. Their
response has from day to day reached
me through kilograms, letters, and COM
ments Of Journalists independent Of of;
cial patronage, and Indifferent to the
smiles or frowns Of power. The number
and character Of these unconstrained,
unpurchased, unsolicited itterances,
satisfy me that the movement which
found expression at Cincinnati has re-
ceived the stamp Of public approval,
and been hailed by majority Of our
countrymen as the harbinger of q bet
ter day for the Republic. ! do not mis-
interpret this approval as especially
complimentary to myself, nor even to
the chivalrous and highly.esteemed gen.
denaen with whose name / thank your
convention for associating mine. re-
ceive and weicomeit n aspontaneous q
and deserved tribute to that admirable
platform of principles wherein your
convention so tersely, SO lucidly, 80 for
cibiy set forth the convictions which
impelled, and the ,conyictions which
guided, its course-a platform which,
| casting behind it the wreck and rub
bish Of WORKOUT contentious and BY
gone feuds, embodies in fit and few
words the needs and aspirations Of to-
day. Though Thousands stand ready
to condemn your every act, hardly q
| syllable OF criticism or cavl has been
aimed at your platform, of which the
substancs may be fairly epitomiaed as
follows: aBs .e,,s-f -ais.,-t, ,ts1syf
l.. All political rights and franchises
which have been acquired through our
late convulsion must and shall be guar.
anteed, maintained, enjoyed, and 70
spected evefmore.i a.s.t fafsrN ',f!al
l. All the political rights and fran
chises which have been lost through
that convulsion should, and must, be
promptly restored and re-established
so that there shall be henceforth no
prescribed class and no disffanchised
caste within. the limits of our Union,
whose long estranged people shall re-
unite and fraternize upon the broad
basis Of universal amnesty with impair.
tial suffrage. s - 'A' F'"ii- ,.>8A'
3. That, to our solemn constitutional
obligation to maintain the equal rights
| of all citizens, our policy should aim at
local self.government, and not at cen.
tralization that civil authority should
be supreme over military; that the writ
of habeas corpus should be jeslously
upheld as the safeguard of personal
freedom; that, the individual citizen
should enjoy the largest liberty consis
tent with public order, and that there
shall be no svbversion of the internal
policy of the several States and munich
palities, but that each shall be free tl
to enforce the rights and promote the
the well-being of its inhabitants by such
means as the Judgment of its own peo
pie shall prescribe. u '7a" u ~ ,''.-
4. There shall be real and no
merely a simulated reform in the civil
service of the Republic, to which enc
it is indispensable that the chief dis
penser Of its vast official patronage
shall be shielded from the main tempta
ton to use his power selfishly, by arul'
inexorably forbidding and precludinl
his reelection. ejts,t ..fif, q, q ,ttJ,if.
S. That the raising revenue
whether by tariff ar otherwise, shall b
recognized and treated as the people
, immediate business, To be shaped AM
directed by them through their repre-
. sentatives in Congress, whose action tn
, President must neither overrule by, hi
. veto, attempt to dictate, nor presum
, to punish by bestowing Office only O
those who agree with him, or with
! drawing it from. those who do not. -
6, That the public land shall b
). sacredly reserved for occupation an
Iacquisition by cultivatcrs, and not recl
e lessly squandered on, the projectors {
. railroads for which our people have n
q present need, and the premature col
}. struction of which is annually plungin
s us into deeper and deeper abysses ,
foreign Indebtedness. 'iiu -'e,' -
4. That the achievements of thes
grand purposes Of universal beneficen,
is expected, and sought at the hands
. all who approve them, irrespective !
J past affiliations. nsilt y n ~ ,af
: s. That the public faith, must, at a
= hazards, be maintained, and the nation
. credit preserved. yr& { n ers .nra
n o. That the patriotic devotedness ~
{. inestimable services of our fellow cit
II zens who, % soldiers or sailors, uphe
d the flag and maintained the unity
n the Republic, shall ever be grateful
II remembered and honorably requited.
These propositions 80 ably and for
tbly presented in the platform Of 70
8. Convention, have already 6xed the
d tention and commended the assent ol
y. large msiority Of our coantrymen, NJ
O. 1ioyfally adopt them, as do as !
is basis Of q itrus beneGeeiit NATIONAL J
N / construction, . new departure fft