Year: 1872

STRONG ENDORSEMENT OF GREELEY AND BROWN


"A DECLARATION OF POLITICAL INDEPEND-


BNCE.


At German demonstration in Nashville, on
Friday last decided action taken on the Cincinnati
platform and ticket Some Of the leading Germans of
the state aud city present, and after series Of
speeches. all eulogzing Horace Greeley and Gratz
Brown, the following resolutions were adopted;


We the German citizens OF the City of Nashville, meet
inc upon the common honorable elevated standpoint OF
reunion and reform and being above their respective
party adherence assembled in council for the purpose Of
30 Intimately co nected With welfare Of adopted
country. the mighty, beneficial influence we
exercise toward manly honorable administration
the affairs OF the Republic by united plan OF action
agreed upon after mature deliberations wen aware OF tne
fact that GermanAmerieans nave nlsslon 70 Iuii I'LL
upon this Western hemisphere, prescribed TO them by
the giants OF mind OF the past and the present OF the


ReSorseG That we break forever with the past OF
political party life, and formally renounce all former
party adherence and that intend TO remain upon this
Neutral position and pledge ourselves TO II until new
party may be formed based upon honest principles and


Resoired That while, perhaps many Of were disap-
pointed in the selection Of the candidates nominated at
Cincippati and while some of would have pre-
ferred other candidates. st after mature deberation,
Graft Brown az candidates for President and VicePresi
of the United States and pledge them our votes at


Resored That We honor Horace Greeley the honest
patriot the unpurchasabe second Ben Franklin firm in
practical philosopher that We remember with gratitude
9 ,e tbrar lis Sd1enaf journal during the late
war in the interests Of civilization upon
the public mind in America.


Resolred. That bespeak for our future President
even his personal experience and conviction teach him
70 cOnsrue differently from the privilege Of that exer
cse of personal liberty guaranteed by charta
that be viii rise nom hs personal views ON those sub
ecs impartial position, and that he will work in
common with toward verifying In all future that part
Of tho Cincinnati platform which demands o. for the
Individual the largest liberty consistent with public
order .


ReSoIred. That henceforth We will support no oandi
date for Office, either city, State, county, or Federal
merely because he is indOrSed by this or that political
party but that in all elections VIII vote for the BEST
most honest ablest and in every the worthest can
d'date. and moreover only for him who by his past life
give substantial guarantees that he viii, IN truth,
carry out the promises 80 often made by candidates for
Offices.


Resolped That we are far from designing the forma-
ton OF political party based upon German nativsm
however. DO insist upon prOporuOnate representa-
ton n ali Offices While we do not by any means intend
10 pledge ourselves to the support OF candidate be-
lie is German American, still we crave IL as our
night TO give German brother the preference, II he Is
more honest, more efficient, w0rtbier and better quail
he'd than his competitor


Res0iOed That copy OF these resolutions be forwarded
the Hon Horace Greeley, and that the newspapers be
requested 10 publish them as the expression Of our sent