Year: 1872

BOSTON, August D, 1872.


Tomorrow the Massachusetts, Liberal Republican
Committee win issue their organization manifesto.
The document is q formidable one. Commencing
with an apology for separating nom the regular
republican organization in the present campaign,
the reformers review the history Of the republican
party during the past twelve years, from
the election OF Abraham Lincoln to the
election and administration Of General Grant. The
latter 1t is charged, has failed to appreciate
the dignity and responsibility Of his positions that
his republicanism has been that Of the narrowest
partsanship, and that he has proceeded to use his
olice largely to promote his personal ends. Inplace
OF taking into his Cabinet and confidence leading
and eminently suitable republicans, the President
has taken as his advisers the most Objectionable
whom personal intrigue had gratutously given high
position, and whose sycophancy had mnstered TO
his personal wants. The st. Domingo affair and
Summers decapitaton from the craftsmanship OF
the Committee on Foreign Relations are next
passed in review. The military rings" come in
for large share Of abuse, and the Senatorial com.
bination the thick and thin supporters Of the Prcsi
dent also receive some heavy shot. Coming to the
al-important subject Of the Presidential contest
the address says


MR.. GREELEY's LIFE


is the assurance OF his republcanlsm. He has pro-
oitener than any any one Of his contemporares has AZ
never made word of recantation, and has done
no act in contradiction to his professions. No
him were 1t not for tho fact that he is
g candidate against Grant for the Presidency.
more will send him over to the democratic party.
There is not particle OF proof that It ls to have
this effect. On the contrary, the proof Is all against
It. It is said that one or the other of the parties
must change. II SO, the question as to which is to
change is not an open IL Is
it has taken new departure. Not grudg-
ingly or formay-merely TO gain Temporary end
the people 1t has put itself on record in a way
which leaves no doubt on this point Nothing
could be frsnker clearer more explicit M than Is its
fraud such as was never perpetrated by any
Be rne men wSo eomposca the ao Con-
ventlon were honorable men. They viii compare


yora6y with the or WITH any class Of
pledged their honor to the peoples and to assume
that they did this for deceptive purposes, and that
charge against body that represents nearly half
the American people, and to confess that honesty
has so far gone out Of the nation that we are no
longer ut for selfgovcrnment. But 1t Is only
heated partisanship, or unreasoning prejudice, or
unrenecting fear, that urges this.


honorable as we'll 1t Is palpably induced
y @ ns Ey keen na
urge, ..that were only appropriate to the
time OF Its existence Let not men who agree on
other points, and who have O common purpose to
rescue this government from unworthy hands, di-
vide on dead ISSUE" The action on the part Of the
democrats, In not only accepting o platform that
recognizes the abolition OF slavery, the enfian-
chisement Of slaves and the equality Of all men
before the law, but comedies besides every
thing essential for which the republican
party has contended, is auspicious for the
try as 1t Is honorable to the men who were con-
cerned in 1t. II inaugurates new era In our poll
TICS and renders 1t impossible that the old strifes
that have divided men shall be perpetuated. Es-
pecially Is It to be welcomed In its effect upon the
Southern people. significant symptom is the
earnestness with which men from this section OF
the country have come forward to assent to this
declaration OF faith The prospect Is, therefore,
not only OF union among the democrats and those
republicans who are moro attached to the princi-
pies than they are to the organization Of the party
but also Of the return to harmony OF the two Sec
tions OF the country


II this be really brought about IL will prove
summation glorious beyond what the most sangune
republicans have dared to hope for. 1t will bring
with 1t burial of the stries the hates, the bitter
nesses, which have divided brethren and have done
more to impair the prosperity OF the nation in the
past and TO threaten 1t for the future than all
other causes combined. The American who, with
such prospect before him. allows his doubts or his
jealousies to overcome his magnanimous instincts
commits sin the magnitude OF which II were diff
cult to overcstimate. Let him hesitate long before
he yields to cold dstrust OF his brethren, and rudey
repulSeS their OVertures towards reconciliation.