The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-08-06
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no THE REGIsTER.--
SEYMOUR.
His Letter Of Acceptance OF ihe N""i
iuation for the Presidency.

mi. Letter Of Acceptance Of ihe Nomi-
ination for the Precedence
New YORK. August 5.-The following
is Horatio Seymours acceptance u p .u
Democratic nomination LOT 'ne iie'''
dency: -. ,,ocs
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in the city OF
New York, OH the 18th ult, IN the
nresence of a vast multitude, on behalf
Of the National Democratic Convention,
Won rendered to me its unanimous NOM
ination as their candidate for the oihce
of President of the United States.
stated had no words adequate to ex-
press my gratitude for the good Will
and Kindness which that body had
shown to me.
Its nomination was uusought and I'M
expected. 1t was my ambition to take
An active part-from which / am now
excluded-in the great struggle going
on for the restoration Of good govern
ment, of peace and prosperity to our
coantry; but have been caught up by
the whelming tide which is bearing us
on to q great political change, ana
find myself unable to resist tho pres
sure.
You have also gwen me copy of the
resolutions put forth by the Convention,
showing its position upon all tho great
questions which now agitate the conn
try. As the presiding officer OF thai
Convention, am familiar with their
scope and import. AS one of its MEM
beers, 1 am party to the terms. They
are in accord with my views and l
stand upon them III the contest
upon which we are now entering and L
shall strive to carry them ont in future
wherever / may be placed in political
or private life.
/ then stated would send you words
of acceptance in letter, as is the GUS
tomary form. see no reason upon re-
Election to change or qualify the terms
of my approval of the resolutions OF
the Convention. have delayed the
moro formal act of communicating to
you in writing what l thus Pablicly
said for the purpose of seeing what
light the action of Congfess would
throw upon the interests of the coun-
try. Its acts since the adjournment of
the Convention show an alarm lest a
change of political power will give to
the people what they ought to have, a
clear statement of what has beer done
with the money drawn from them
during the past eight years.
Thoughtful men feel that they have
been wronged in the financial manage
ment, which has been kept from the
public knowledge. The Congressional
party has not only allied itself with
military power, which is to be brought
to bear directly upon the election III
the Southern States, but holds itself III
perpetual session with tho avOwed pur-
pose Of making such laws rs it shall see
fit, in view of the elections which will
take place within a few weeks. 1t did
not, therefore, adjourn, but took Il re-
cess to meet again, fits partisan inter
ests shall demand its reassembling.
Never before in the history of our
country has Congress thus taken n
menacing attitude toward its electors.
Under its influence some of the States
organized by its agents are proposing to
deprive the people of the right to vote
for Presidential Electors, aud the first
bsld steps are taken to destroy the
right of suffrage. 1t is not strange,
therefore, that thoughtful men see in
such action the proof that there is with
those who shape the policy of the Re
publican party, motives stronger and
deeper than the nero wish TO hold po-
litical power; that there is n dread of
some exposure which drives them to
acts so desperate and so impolitic.
Many of the ablest leaders aud jour
nails. of the Republican party have
openly deplored the violence Of Con-
gressiOnal action and its tendency to
keep up discOrd in our country. The
great interests of our Union demand
peace, order and u return to those in
ternational pursuits without which we
cannot maintain the faith or honor of
our Government. The minds of bust
hess men are perplexed by uncertainties.
The hours of toll of our labOrers are
lengthoned by the costs of living, made
by the direct and indirect cXertioDs of
the Government. Our people are har-
assed by the frequent demands of the
tax gatherer.
Without distinction of party, there
is q strong feeling in favor of that line
of action which shall restore order and
confidence and shall lift off the burdens
which now hinder and veX the industry
Of the country. Yet ut this moment
those in power have thrown INTO the
Senate Chamber and Congressional
Hall new element of discord and vio-
lence. Men have been admitted as
Representatives OF some of the Southern
States with the declaration upon their
lips that they cannot live in the States
they claim to represent without mill
tary protection.
These men are to make laws for the
North as well as the South. These men
who, few days since, were seeking as
suppliants, that Congress would give
them power within their respective
States, are to-day the controllers of the
action of those bodies. entering them
with their minds filled with questions
and demands that Congress shall look
upon the States from which they come
as in q condition of civil war, that the
majority of theirpopulation, embracing
their intelligence, shall be treated as
public enemies, he kept mp ut the cost of
the people of tho North, and that there
shall he no peace and order at the South
save that which is made by arbitrary
power.
Every intelligent man knows that
tncy NOT only owe tnelr present posi-
sions to discord, but that every motive
springs from the love of power and of
gain, and desire for vengeance prompts
them to keep the South in anarchy.
While that exists they are independent
Of the wills and wishes of their fellow
citizens; while confusion reigus they are
the dispensers of the profits and the
honors which grow out of q govern
ment of nero force. These men are now
placed in positions where they can not
only urge their view ef politics, but
where they can enforce them.
When they shall be admitted in this
manner from the remaining Southern
States, although they will have in truth
no constituents, they will have more
power in the Senate than a majority of
the people of the Union living in the
line of tina great States. In vain men,
bers of the Republican party protested
against the policy that led to this re-
sult. While the chiefs of the late re-
bellion have submitted to the result of
tho war, are now quietly eugaged i'm
useful pursuits fer the support of them