The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-07-17

o"ce!s' 1hat ConVeTt!on presented
candidates to the country for Presi.
dent, Horace Greeley, (Long and
continued checring,] and for Vice
: President, B. Gratz Brown. More
cn'husiasm; and that Convention for
/ the promoting and success of the ptin.
cirlcs declared on that platform,
there cnunciatcd, ahd the support of
| the candidates nominated by that
! Convention. have cordially welcomed
the cooperation of all patriotic citi-
zens without regard to previous pc.
lltical opinions-thesc principles VIC re
clearly and conciscly stated III that
platform itself, and rested on the let
ter of acceptance of Horace Greeley
moro cheering, and they arc so we'll
known to you all, I will not rcstato
item For weeks that platform and
these candidates have been before tho
country. Meanwhile tho Convention
called to nominate General Grant,
hlS$cS and to endorse and continue
the principles, practices, and policy
Vt his administration, has >donc its
work. Kisses. .\s between the
Liberal Republicans and the follow.
ers Of tic Grant administration, the
l.snc is clearly up. 1t is Grant or
Grcc'cy. immense enthusiasm, and
cries Of "Greclcy."] Willie these
events were transpiring, the Demo
ctatic Republicans. whom wo repre-
sent, hcll their conventions in all the
States. The Liberal movcment--thc
example of MiSsouri--thc Cincinnati
Convention, its platform, its candi
dates, with their letters cfacccptanco 0,
we're before these Conventions, which
we're very largely attended by their
ab!c~t men, and the paramcunt oucs-
lions before these Conventions were,
shall VIC accept this invitation to CO.
operate with the Liberal Republicans?
Great aprlause."]
Shall VIC adopt tho platform
Loud cries of yes, yes, and some
cries of never. Shall we nominate
the same candidates! Yes yes. !
And shall We elect them ? lYes,
yes; loud chccring.1 Or shall We
co.orola ate and nominate other candi.
dates no, no; Greeley, urccley,l and
strive to elect them over both tho
other tickets which arc already in
the field. Gentlemen, these are the
questions which you arc to decide,
and, here. That you will decide
them wisely cannot doubt, nor can
any orc doubt, who looks over this
body Of men, who, representing, as
they do, three millions of citizens,
and who feels rs every one hero must
feel, the high anl patriotic purpose
which inspires you gentlemen. What
means this great movement which we
everywhere see What means this
proposed Union Of thrco millions Of
Democratic Republicans with mil.
lion, may be, Of Liberal Republic
cans What means this union upon
Il common platform, and this pro-
posed union upon the candidate, G
union so sudden, so compact, and SO
earnest, as to surprise its friends and
to c"nfonnd its enemies. Applause.
Which comes as tho winds come !;
which to borrow figure, ovcrwhclms
tho ordinary currents CT public
opinion us the great storms always
run to the surface currents. What
means all this There arc some
things gentlemen it does not mean.
1t means no abandonment of what is
true, Of what is just, Of what il good
in human government. Applause.
1t means no union of the dead upon
dead issues, but a union Of the living
upon the living issues Of tho present. :.
Ii means no union for tho spoils Of
oilicc. Arplause But it means a
union OF men with tho same faith
upon the great and paramount issue
Of the present hour.--a frank, manly,
honorable, and equal union Of men
who have the sagacty to sec and the
moral courage to accept the situation. :.
["Good," "0ood," aud loud cheer.
ing. 1T means union Of men who
have the sagacity to see what is past
and to deal with tho issues Of the
present, and for the future to do their
duty to their country, their God, and
their fellow men. The issue to-day
is not the rcrcal Of tho Missouri Com
promise, nor tho question Of slavery
in the Territories, upon which alone
the Republican party was organized
in 1859. 1t is not upon that
which followed when the Lccompton
Constitution, for Kansas divided the
Democratic party in twain and elected
Alabama Lincoln to the Presidency
in 1860, It is not the uucstion of sn e.
ccssion, nor of var to put down the
rebellion, nor the abolition Of slavery
in tho States by military order or by
constitutional amendment upon which
Mr.. Lincoln vas reelected in 1864,
nor yet is it the question Of recon-
truction, the 18th or 18th amendments,
nor the question Of negro suffrage,
nor tho establishment by federal
power Of universal negro suffrage as
condition precedent to tho States
Of the South having rights or any
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