Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-05-31


NEw YoRk, 2Oth, May 1872.
GBNTLhMRN: have chosen not To ac.
knowledge your letter of the Sd instant, un-
I'll l could learn how the work Of your Con
vention was received In all parts Of our great
country, and judge whether that work war
approved and ratified by the masses of our
day to day reached me through teIegrams,
lettere, and comments OF journaltts inde.
pendent OF official patronage and Indifferent
To the smiles or frowns of power, The num-
Der and character of these uhconItrnlhed,
unpurchased, unsolicited uttcrahce, shtisfy
me that the movement which found EXPIRES.
sion at Cincinnati has received the stamp of
public approval, and been hailed by major
ity OF our countrymen as the mrbnger
OF better day for the Republic. do not
misinterpret this approval as especially com
plimentary to myself, nor even to the chival-
rous and lustly-esteemed gentleman with
whose name thank your Convention for
associatlng mine. receive and welcome it
ne spontaneous and deserved tribute to
that admirable platform of principle where
In yeur Convention so tersely, 30 lucidly, so
forcibly set forth the convictions which i'm
PEELED and the purposes which guided its
course-a platform which, casting behind it
the wreck and rubbish of wom-out eonten
tions and bygone feuds, embodies in ft and
few words the needs and aspirations of to-
day. Though thousands stand ready TO con-
denim your every act hardly syllable OF
criticism or cayil has been aimed at your
platform, of which the substance may be
fairly epltomiaed as follows
l, All political rights and franchises, which have
been acquired through our late bloody conyulsion,
must and shall be guaranteed, maintained, enjoy
ed, and respected evermore.
2. All political rights and franchises which have
been lost through that convulsion, shopld, and
must be promptly restored and te-estabshed so
thst there shall be heueeforth no ptoscrbed ciass
and no disfranchised caste within the limits Of
our Union, whose long estranged people shall re-
unite and fraternize upon the broad basis OF uni
versal amnesty and impartial suffrage.
3. That subject TO our solemn constitutional OBJ
ligatiCn to maintain the equal rights OF all cl-
zens, our policy should aim at local selfgovern-
mept and not Capitalization; that the civil
authority should be supreme over the military |;
that the writ OF hdbeds corpus should be zeaously
upheld as the safeguard OF personal freedOm that
the individual citizen should enjoy the largest lib
erty consistent with public order, and that there
shall be no Federal su0version Of internal polity
OF the several States and municipalities, but that
each shall be left free to enforce rights and pro-
mote the well-being OF its inhabitants by such
means as the Judgment of its own people shall pre-
scribe.
4. There shall be a real, and not merely simu-
lated reform, In the civil service of the Republic
to which end it is indispensable that the chief dis
penser OF Its vast official patronage shall be shield
ed from the main temptation to use his power self
ishly, by rule inexoraby forbidding and preclud-
| ing his reelection.
5. That the raising Of revenue, whether by tariff
or otherwise, shall be recognized and treated as
the peoples immediate business, to be shaped and
directed by them through their representatives in
| Congress, whose action thereon the President
must neither overrule by his veto, attempt to die
tatate, nor presume to punish by bestowiDg Office
only on those who agree with him, or withdrawing
| II from those who do not.
| 8. That the public lands must be sacredly re.
served for occupation and acquisition by cultivat-
tors and not recklessly squandered on the pro-
jectors of railroads for which our people have no
present need, and the premature construction OF
which Is annually plunging us into deeper and
deeper abysses of foreign Indebtedness.
Z. That the achievement of these grand purposes
| of universal benefcence is expected and sought
at the hands OF all who approve them, irrespective
| of past affaton.
S. That the public faith must be maintained and
| the National credit preserved.
9. That the patriotic devotedness and inestima-
Bile services OF our fellow citizens, who as soldiers
or sailors upheld the flag and maintained the unity
OF the Republic, shall ever be gratefully remember
| ed, and honoraby requited.
These propositions, so ably and forcibly
presented in the platform of your Conven-
tion, have already fixed the attention and
| commanded the assent of large majority
| of our countrymen who joyfully adopt
them, as do, as the basis of a true, benef-
cent National reconstruction; Of new de-
| parture from jealousies, strifes, and hates,
which have no longer adequate motive, or
even plausible pretext, into an atmosphere
of peace, fraternity and mutual good will.
| In vain do the drill-sergeants of decaying or.
ganizations flourish menacingly their .trunch.
| cons, and angrily insist that the files shall
be closed and Strengthened. In vain do the
whippers-in af parties, once vital, because
rooted in the vital needs of the hour, pro-
test against straying and boiling, de.
nounce men nowise their interiors as
! traitors and renegades, and threaten them
with infamy and ruin. l am confident that
the American people have already made your
cause their own, fully resolved that their
brave hearts and strong arms shall bear II
on to triumph. In this faith, and with the
distinct understanding, that if elected, ]
shall be the President not of party, but OF
the whole people, L accept your nomination
in the confident trust that the masses of our
countrymen, North and South, are eager to
/ clasp hands across the bloody chasm which
| has too long divided them, forgetting that
they have been enemies in the joyful con
sciousness that they are, and must hence
forth remain, brethren. Yours gratefully,
HORACE GREELEY.