Libertine
a Flemish sect of Antinomians, who called themselves "Spirituals." They passed into France, where they were patronized by Margaret of Navarre, sister of Francis I. They held that, as God was the author of all human action, no human action could be evil; that religion consisted in union Grant's first administration as President. At a convention held by them in Cincinnati, in that year, Carl Schurz was elected its president, and a platform adopted demanding civil service reform , local self-government, and universal amnesty, recognizing the equality of all men, recommending the resumption of specie payment, etc. Horace were Greeley and B. Gratz Brown named for President and Vice-President. This platform and these nominations were adopted by the regular Democratic convention of that year , but dissensions arose, and other candidates were nominated, the result being that the Republican nominee, General Grant, was elected by an overwhelming majority and the Liberal Republican Party was thereafter practically dead.