Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-05-01

'e Presidential candidate by a Congress
iOnal caucus, which broke down i
IS 534 from its own rotterntss, Is pftpds
tprous snachrOnism. The prOclaime
J. purpose of the Cincinnati Convention
> a reform of the government and If tn
3, convention acts wisely & viii aim T.
present G Candidate for President witt
: the maximum Of Republican popularity
and the minimum of Democratic hos
t tility, and possesses the highest qualifi
>; cations for the Office. "WhO, Of all tn,
/, named candidates" it concludes, "com
e bines these requisites ia 50 eminent /;
e degree as Mr.. Adams?"
Z CINCINNATI, April 30.-A large anC
enthusiastic meeting was held thii
e morning, on the occasion of the Ken
lucky State Liberal Convention, at th5
I Odd-FellOws' Hall at COvingtOn, Ken
g lucky, and TO listen TO Senator Car
SchurZ- After few remarks by Judge
= Waldron, Hon. Cassius NJ. Clay, the
. chairman of the meeting, introduced
the speaker in the following words: 81
, remember that in the beginning of that
movement which elected Abraham Lin
: coin President of the United States,
there We're many distinguished Ger
mans who cO-Operated with Us, and
Z
the lovers of CONSTITUTIONAL liberty of this
and all countries, that the most promi-
nent of these gentlemen are with us
now. First and foremost among Others
is Carl SchuTz.u Senator Schurz on COM
ing forward, was greeted with deafening
applause, and after the band had play
ed, the national anthem was presented
and Senator SchurZ stated that he had
just come from the turmoil of caucus
strife, and owing to his fatigue he would
keep the audience but short time. At
I ter adverting to the previous victories Of
the Republican party in the political
| struggles, he commented on the abuses
/ which the accession to power had
brought into that party, and which had
how become dangerous to the American
people; but that the people would now
unite in OverthroWing that power,
and it would be overthTown by the peO-
I pie as easily as Don QuiXOte' mastery of
| the windmill. The greatest obstacle TO
/ be overcome is within the Republican
/ party itself The people had no per-
sonal grudge against President Grant,
[ but it was the revolt of the popular con-
! science against the system of putting
{ the livery Of servants upon freemen, and
which justifies the most atrOcious usur-
| patton of power; and it was against this
/ the people had risen. The present OBJ
ject was to unite those who had been
disunited by the past strife, and to give
to the country an honest, pure and con-
stitutiOnal government, by raising the
standard of morality in our political life
The time was past for consulting to-
gether, but action was now necessary,
to lay before the people a declara-
ton Of principles which shall guide
them, and to nominate candidates
to be presented to the people for the
Presidency and Vice-Presidency. It was
desired that man should be placed be
fore the peOple-a man identified with
the peOple-an honest man; one having
the impulses of a gentleman; one WHO'S
a thorough statesman, and one who will
represent those principles the people
want realized. 1t will not do to place
before the people nOnentity for the
sake Of merely securing votes. We
want man for President who Is the
true guardian Of the laws, and who will
not use his office for selfish PURPOSES. /
We want pure judiciary system, and f.
to do that We must place it above the |
corrupting influences Of politics; repre- /.
sentatives who will support the best /
ideas, feelings and impulses that rest in |
the popular heart. The speaker desired |
to warn the Kentucky representatives /
if they valued the . impulses which 1
brought about the convention, not to 1
look on the convention as a place where .
political bargains were to be struck for /
the purpose of controlling the popular
vote. He desired them TO act up to
principles, regardless of consequences.
The platform, although chart for the
people TO go by, required skillful pilot
IN order to secure success. The speaker
promised, if his sentiments were carried
out, that the banner Of constitutional
government would wave over the capi-
tai Of the nation within a year.
Additional delegates are expected to-
night and tomorrow. John Mason
Brown is at the Elliston House. There
are not a few prominent Democrats who
are walking about and watching the
tide of events. General John G.. Breck-
inridge is at COvingtOn. Illinois is par
prolific in delegates. Seventy
five of these are quarteTed at the Glib
son alone. 1t is said there are five hun
dred from that part of the State in
which Bloomington is situated, but this
is probably an exaggeratiOn. 1t is quite
clear that the influence is not evenly
throughout the country
Some States have immense delegations,
while Others are by no means powerful /
ly represented, at least in numbers.
The first sensation of tomorrow win
be the assembling Of the Reunion and ]
Reform Convention at Mozart Hall, :
which, it must be remembered, is not a
Convention, but one called
without respect to party by the Reunion
Df,f.N q u
was not, it is claimed, called at this /,
time to embaTass the other convention,
out to ascertain whether cO-Opera- [
ion between the two would not be pro-
iuctive of good TO both. BY this coin ]
,idence this body has been somewhat [
Dvershadowed by the interest that gath [
srs about the other convention: but it {
viii, without question, be a very con- {
siderable aSsemblage, both i'm numbers
md influence. The same delegates, in !
many instances are appointed to both
and there will doubtless be
made, 50 far as the ses- {
ions are concerned, to enable them i'm
he main to attend both bodies. [
This convention will be called to or [
Ter by Judge w. B. Caldwell, President 3
# the Cincinnati Association. Judge
TOhn b. Stalls will be elected tempora-
v President, and after the appoint I
nent of committees on permanent or {
-aniZation a recess viii be taken so as 5
0 allow the delegates to be present at q
he opening of the Liberal Republican 5
which occurs at the Indus O
rial Exposition Hall at noon. 1t is t
lOssible that a second session of the Re a
niOn and Reform Convention will not $
e held on Wednesday, by which plenty t
{ time viii be given to enroll delegates e
nd provide for satisfactory organiza-
ion on the following day. It is the de-
Ire of all parties interested in the two
Odies that common ground may be
)und to stand upon, but the influential
len among the Reunion and Reformers t
o not regard it by any means as a fore v
one conclusion that this end viii be u
ttained.
There is good authority for saying that Z
very late hour tonight no satisfac- O
Dry conclusion had been reached in re-
ltion to the revenue plank in the plat II
,rm Of the Liberal Republicans, and it Il
7as said by those deeply interested in a Il
ltisfactorY settlement of the question
nat there appeared but one gleam of e,
Ope and this was found in the assertion
nat Judge Stalls did not represent the
entiments of the Germans on the sub L
sct d
LOUISVILLE, April 30.-The Courier
oUT71U will tomorrow publish an p
rticle against the nomination of Judge Ii
'avis and the Palmer-Curtin ticket. It ST
ms that either would be badly ti
eaten if juggled through the con-
ention. We have to declare for De- t.
the movement is too young Il
n intrigues, which cannot be made to n
in, and if we are to be beaten we pre- t.
4 to go down head and tail erect with
uT cOlors flying. We shall not under "
Ike the responsibility of carrying b
artain failure. If the great press-the a,
press-will 90 into this tC
lovement it will win; if denying TO do
} that press cannot see its way clear, d
nd the movement will lose IT can't "