New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-28
THR LIBERAL MOVEMENT AT TIE SOrTH
ErTER PROM Fy-GOv. HEBrFT OF LOVISIAYA
--GRELLEY AND BROWN THE HOPE OF TIE
SOUTH.


letter PROM Ty-GOv HEDrFT OF LOVISIASA
--GRELLEY AND BROWN THE HOPE OF TIE
SOUTH.
u AeF TOR Of ne Nc,r orleans Times:
lagree with you "The Democratic party has
Granted defoa, too long" a glad to tie able and
matt tOmnecs. ana have doubt your articles meet
fn,.,9 have watched Win much interest ths
InOvenentin the Republican party mat lately eliminated
AT CINCINNATI and have IN 10 she only possible sOu
Jou9l of our national disorders have felt that the
Democratic party, unaded by fragment OF the opposl-
ZION was utterly pOwcIicSs to cope with the Admnstsa-
ZION in its gigantic struggle 10 psOtrac It's power Re
IneIaberiDg the course OF OuT people ~ virginia tennessee
and Missouri. nave watched ana waited for Tue hour
mi the opportunity when could n3ti0nalze the pol
lev under the sign Of which they have been delivered
from Radical bondage tud OPPRESSION 4hS loul ana
Tho occasion have come. portion OF the Republican
party, veaIcd an dlsg isted Wltt the e1 Ss3es ana
orgies @ the National Adi1 l>lrstoh' mas Doidy re-
Iounced it, support and challenged II 10 conflict ~ the
interests Of good government ana national reform
III has denounced The course OF Cen Grant ana ADOPT
ing an uneXcepiOna platform, mas nominated us cah
dates and put ltseH ulCh HlJ cO''iA; ~ HS oa,
engaged common enemy an tOns tne me oS"i sdy
NJ the duty OF the great Democratic party OF the Union
10 bring M its ee0ns aud hatiaons 10 IT, support ana
accepting IT. color-beaits, 70 al ii W. te
las nObly begun. i0{ IhVTf ll1h tsct'c hlyu'us
men have .ndug ed uncertain voice IN this matter
They have said, IN substance that without recruits u
Use In taking anew the Of their party; that so
Thoroughly intrenched President Grant behind his
Patronage luOney-bags and bayOnets, that powerful
division from the Republican party alone promised any
hOpo OF success They did more and urged thc dscoh
ts a good platform at Cincinnati ana that tney would
take their ticket asserting that the nehonore4 Demo
cratic motto haa been always, PrtacpIG non honiNes
Jis was the tone and temper o. the Democracy rom
Maine 10 California These people have acted on TINS
3nne6 ple1ce and have given Us platform and can.
didates at Cincinnati. say the Democratic party OF
the country must indOise this uGAos 9I I9,ies
- character for sincerity and good faith. IL Is
under an implied obligation 10 DO tlls qmtc as
strong as though IT were covenant co5Htdjl99ed
can escape from rs conmittal We Of the South have
lost much by the war, but We trust We nave SDen our
NJ az prf n
suspicion of want Of faith, which third ticket at tbs
tmo Mould LAY At tcttt and support IT cordially and
earnestly and not only that but we should say 10 our
Northern Democratic friends that II inc! WISH 10 MAN.
up and DO likewise. We are in no situation 10 SUBJECT
ourselves to the charge Of shutting or % nor
do think Northern allies are either. Inc southern
Ie9Pe ar az M Of lie Potomac there - not ono repre-
septed i'm Gen Grants Administration on the supreme
Bench they have not one member uOmcleu'
f nyei abroad s' The National Government treats
them as provinces, aud appoints It's Omcials not
from among their own citizens, but sends down saraps
lroin Inc North. All this could stand-except as
showng sectional tendencies OF the present Govern
eu-ihis Is the least OF our troubles But soldiers
KEPT In our midst and the sunset gun and the shoulder
rv now aud fbep mo SUSPENSION OF the writ OF habeas
corpus admOnshes That the citizen Is not safe"
,si in the states OF Mississippi and south Carolina OF
unnendng citizens and their confinement IN lOathsOme
TAILS when our people shown the road to dehYeranee
IRON Government like TINS, they are not disposed to
snd on inc order Of their going but go al into
h. And all the severe talk OF The Neo York World, and
fle inyoctiyes OF Mr.. Voorhees, about Mr.. Greeleys
record" fan upon duh, II not suspicious ears. The
Southern people fear the "Greeks," who bear them
the present OF a third ticket at such an hour OF
their peril. They think" has no business there at
such a Time" ] have no taste or time 10 discuss the
merits Of the candidates presented az Cincinnati The
tatorm on which the nominated, and which they
rpf and pledge themselves carry out, contains all
our people ak or wish Will say this much. however:
NJ reeley is quit acceptable on the score Of re-
rIfd 10 Inc Southern people as Mr.. Adams, Judge
Davis or Mir TruDbulL They were ali Republicans and
Abonuonsts Ia their day. aud have SAID offensive things
% and Of the south or them ALL however, Mr. Greeley
j. the only orc wEO when the was over was IN favor
al ia bfiDR over enough" and nOby advocated
universal amnesty and kind and considerable policy
toward the south. / believe him 10 be the best
candid lte the Convention could nave chosen lie mas
been a sneak. HIS principles he has never con
tealed. It b not what he was, out what ho Is We like
lla for what is He suits Us now, ana we Will vote
i1f HIM. One word more, and have done. This is
bate OF the J1ens In which we are abOnt 10 engage
N anscrHDulous Administration, such as Cen Grants
viii o,oay means pTOlOng Us existence one IN
strCmcntaitY IL viii resort 20 VIII be TO buy All the
that be bought, 70 go for straight
ieket and do IN the last ditch" All have To say lA
S14t such Democrats viii bear watching very closely