Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-24
A KICK FOR FRIENDS AND A KISS FOR
ENEMIES.
GreeIex Accents 1he Forlorn Hope.
NEW YORK, May 20, 1S7.

NEW YORK, May 20, 1872.
! GENTLEMEN: [ have chosen not to ac-
knowledge your letter of the Sd instant
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-citiZens. Their re-
| sponse has from day to day reached me
through kilograms, letters and comments
of journalists Independent of official pat
TOnage and Indifferent to the smiles or
frowns of power. The number and char
acter of these unconstrained, unpurchased,
unsolicited utteranCes satisfy me that the
movement which found expression at
Cincinnati has received the stamp of pub
lie approval, and been hailed by major
ity of our cOuntrymen as the harbinger of
a better day for the republic. | do not
misinterpret this approval as especially
complimentary to myself, nor even to the
chivalrous and justly esteemed gentleman
with whose name [ thank your committee
for aSSOciating mine.
! receive and welcome it as spOntane-
Gus and deserved tribute to that admirable
platform of principles wherein your con-
vention so tersely, so lucidly, so fOrcibly,
set forth the convictions which impeIled
and the purposes which guided its course
platform which, casting behind it the
wreck and rubbish of Worn out conten-
tiOns 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 syl-
liable of criticism or cavil has been aimed
at your platform, of which the substance
may be fairly epitomized as follows:
Here he recites the Cincinnati plat
form.)
These propositions, so ably and forcibly
presented in the platform of your conven-
ton, have already fixed the attention and
commanded the approval of q large majo
ity of our cOuntrymen who jOyfully adopt
them, as | do, as the basis of Il true, be-
neficent national reconstruction, of new
departure from iealOusies, strites and hates
which have no longer adequate motives or
even a plausible preteXt into an atmo-
sphere Of peace, fraternity and mutual good
will. In vain do the drill-sergeants of
decaying organizations flourish menacing
iy their truncheOnS and angrily insist that
the files shall be closed and Strengthened
In vain do the whippers-in of parties once
vital, because rooted in the vital needs of
the hour, protest against straying and bolt
ing, denOunce men nOWise their interiors
as traitors and renegades, and threaten
them with infamy and ruin.
am confident that the American peO-
pie have already made your cause their
own, fully resolved that their brave hearts
and strong arms shall bear it in triumph.
In thi faith, and with the distinct un-
derstanding that if elected [ shall be the
President, not of party, but of the whole
people, 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, forget
ting that they have enemies i'll the joyful
that they are and must
henceforth remain brethren.
Yours gratefully,
HORACE GREELEY.
To Hon. carl Schur1, President.