Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-08-10
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WHOLE NO. 1888.
THE LIBERAL REPUBLICANS.
The N ations al Committee Heartily Favoas Hayes
aud Wheeier-Their Call for Naiionsi
Convention Annuilee.

United States:
| On the 9th day of May last meet
| ing of the "National Committee OF
Liberal Republicans" having been
daily called, was held at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, in the city of New
York. At such meeting thirty.one
States were represented. After due
discussion it was unanimously iesolv-
ed to hold a National Convention of
Liberal Republicans on the 26th day
of July, 1876, in the city of Philadel-
phia, and "call" for such convention
was issued to the public, reaffirming
the platform in Cincinnati in 1872.
Subsequently to this action by the
National Committee, and without a
dissenting voice, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted :
WHEREAS, The hope is entertained
by many patriotic citizens that by
their continual agitation "within party
lines" one or both of the dominan;
parties may be led, in platform and
nominees, to grant all the political
reformation required by the Liberal
Republican organization F; and
WHEREAS, The Liberal party,
desiring only the public good, regard
less OF parties, does not favor cause
less, Independent action, if it shall
certainly appear that all which it
seeks in the way of political purifica-
ton can be as well secured through
other organizations, therefore,
RESOLVED, That if, after the Repub-
lican and the Democratic Conventions
have been held in June next, one or
both of these parties shall seem in the
| Judgment of our Chairman, Mr..
Ethan Allen, TO have responded to
the principles and aims of the Glib
cra Republican organization" both
in measures and men, in that event
our Chairman is hereby authorized,
| after further conference with this com
mittee, by a proclamation to annul
the call of the National Convention
this day ordered ; but after said con-
vention, and their action being un
favorable to reform, our Chairman il
empowered to take such action il
furthering the call tor a Liberal Con
vention, this day ordered, as he may
deem necessary.
The Republican and the Demo
cratic Convention have both been
held, and as commanded in the above
resolution, | have since conferred by
correspondence with the members oil
the ''National Liberal Committee,
and the response, which is in entire
harmony with my own views, i
almost unanimous to annul the cal
for the "National Convention" above
referred TO, and to approve, in the
in the name of the Liberal Repub
licans of the United States, of the
nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes
of Ohio, for President, and of William
A. Wheeler, of New York, for Vice
President.
1t is logical result of the Liberia
movement that those who still adhere
to it should at this time cordially sup
port Hayes and Wheeler More de-
cided than the platform upon which
he stands, General Hayes has person
ally declared for civil service reform
for the return of specie payment al
the earliest possible day, and for the
rule of one term only for the Presi
dency the latter principle being
found only in the Liberal Republican
platform. The characters of the
nominees guarantee the principles
they profess. If the Liberals in 1872
sustained Horace Greeley, who was
the foremost Republican of his day,
because he was an unselfsh patriot
and an honest man, they must now
sustain General Hayes for the same
reason, and to do otherwise would
be inconsistent action. The opposi
ton of the Liberals" has never
been against the Republican party, o.
which they formed part, but rather
against those who, unfortunately fol
it and the nation, had control OF its
destiny to its discredit.
The good results which have beer
gained by the inauguration of the
Liberal movement of 1872, is a matter
of congratulation. 1t was then tina
the demand for reform against exist
ing abuses was first made by those
who had before acted within the Re
publican lines. Subsequent events
have more than confirmed the warn
ings of the "Liberals" then given, anC
have vindicatedI their efforts ther
made for national reform. Firmly
maintaining their ground for the
past four years, they have seen thu
''Independent voter of all parties
adopt their views, and at the eleventh
hour they have seen the Republican
party, in convention assembled, ii
entire harmony with the demands o
the "Liberals," diTegarding thu
machine politicians" SO called, PLACED
in nomination men whose great dis
tinction is that they are thoroughly
honest as we'll as capable. The con.
science of the nation, which, rising
above party, revoltcd against the Re-
publican organization in 1872, must
now indorse this action.
The "Liberal movement" will be
remembered as an evidence thai
when the hour demands it the people
are capable of making party man
ayers subservient to their will. The
protest, in defiance of party discipline.
originally made in Cincinnati in 1872
is poof that the citizen remains
faithful to an honest discharge OF his
political duties, though party leaders
become corrupt.
II only remains for me to declare,
by virtue of the authority given me as
above, that the Liberal Republicans
of the United States, through their
| National Committee. approving Of
the nominees of the Republican
party, the "call" for National Cou-
vention OF Liberal Republicans" tc
be held at Philadelphia, on the 26tt
day of July, 1876, is annulled.
ETHAN ALLEN,
Chairman Nat. Lib. Rep. Committee
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