The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-08-07
Governor Seymour His Letter OF
Acceptance.
UTICA, August 4, 1868.

Governor Seymour His Letter OF
Acceptance.
UTICA, August 4, 1868.
Gentlemen When, in the city OF New
York, on the 18th ultiiIGo. in the presence
of vast multitude, on beha.t Of the va
tional Democratic Convention, you 'ehue!
ed 70 me it's unanimous nomination as thur
candidate for the Office Of President OF the
United States, stated had no words "ad-
eouate to express my gratitude for the good,
will and kindness which that body had
shown to me. It's f1cminstion was unsought
and unexpected. 1t was my ambition to
take an active part, from which | am now
excluded, in the great struggle going on tor
the restoration of good government, OF
peace and prosperity, TO our country. But |
have been caught by the overwhelming tide
which is bearing us on to great politlcai
change, and | find myself unable to resist
its pressure. You have also given me
COPY of the resolutions put forth by the
Convention, showing its position upon oil
the great questions which now agitate the
country. As the presiding officer of that
Convention, am familiar with their scope
and import as one of its members, l am
party to their terms. They ere in accord
with my views, and ! stand upon them in
the contest upon which we are now enter
ing, and shall strive to carry them out In
future wherever | may be placed, II pollt-
cal or private life"
| then stated that | would send you these
words of acceptance in letter, as is the
customary form. | see no reason, upon re-
Election, to change or qualify the terms OF
my approval of the resolutions of the Con-
vention.
| have delayed the mere formal act Of
communicating to yon in writing what /
thus publicly said for the purpose Of seeing
what light the action of Congress would
throw upon the interests of the country.
Its acts since the adjournment of the Con-
vention show an alarm lest Il change OF po-
litical power will give to the people what
they ought to have-a clear statement OF
what has been done with the money drawn
from them during the past eight years.
Tbourhtfuf men ievl that there have been
yroUgs in the financial management which
have been kept from the public knowledge.
The congressional party has not onl y allied
itself with military power, which Is to be
brought to bear directly upon the elections
in MANY States, but it also holds itself in per-
petual session, with the ayowed purpose Of
making such laws as it shall see fit, In view
of the elections which will take place within
Il few weeks. 1t did MOI. therefore, ad-
iourn, but took recess, to meet again II
its partisan interests shall demand lts re-
assembling. Never before in the history Oh
our country has Congress thus taken
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, and the first bold
steps are taken to destroy the rights Of SUI
frage. 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 Republican party motives stronger
and deeper than the mere wish to hold
political power; that there is dread Of
some exposure which drives them on to acts
90 desperate and so impolitic.
Many of the ablest leaders and journals
Of the Republican party have openly de-
plored the violence of congressional action
and its tendency to keep up di5cord in our
country. The great interests OF our Union
demand peace, order, and u return to those
industrial pursuits without which we can
not maintain the faith or honor Of our Gov
ernment. The minds of business men are
perplexed by uncertainties. The hours o!
toll of our laborers are heightened by the
costs of living made by the direct and indi-
rect exactions of Government. Our people
arc harassed by the heavy and frequent de-
mands Of the tax-gatherer. Without dis
tinction Of party, there is strong feeling
in favor of that line of action which shall
restore order and confidence, and shall lift
of the burdens which now hinder and yex
the industry of the country. Yet az this
moment those in power have thrown intothe
Senate Chamber and Congressional Hall new
elements Of discord and violence. 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
military protection. These men are to make
laws for the North as we'll as the South.
These men, who, few days since, were
seeking as suppliants that Congress would
give them power within their respective
States, are today the masters and control
lers OF the actions Of those bodies. Enter
ing them with minds filed with passions
their first demands have been that Con-
eress shall look upon the States from which
they come as in condition Of civil war
that the majority of their populations, en-
bracing their intelligence, shall be treated
as public enemies that military forces
shall be kept up at the cost of the people o.
the North, and that there shall be nj
peace and order at the South save tina,
which is made by arbitrary power. Every
intelligent man knows that these men owe
their seats in Congress 10 the disorder
in the South every man knows that they
mt only owe their present positions to dis
order, but that every motive springing from