Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-08-20
pONHfaI.
New YoRK, Aug. 8. The following is
Horatio Seymour's letter Of acceptance Of
the democratic nomination for the Presi-

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dency;
UTIcA, Aug. 4, 1868.
sGENTLEMEN:-Wh In the city OF New
York on the 11th tilt., in the presence OF
| vast multitude. on behalf of the Nationa
Democratic Convention, YOU rendered me III
unanimous nomination as their candidate foi
the Office Of President Of the United States
| stated that had no words adequate to ex
| press my gratitude for the good will anC
kindness which that body had shown me
Its nomination was unsought and unexpect
ed. II was my ambition TO take an active
part. from which am exclnded, in the greai
1 struggle going on for the restoration of goot
government Of peace and prosperity to oul
\ country; but 1 am caught up by the over
whelming tide which is bearing us on to
great political change, and find myself una
6le TO resist its pressure.
,Yo, hava alan given me a conv of the reso-
Iutions mi forth by the convention. showing
| its noailion nnon M the Great ouestionf
which now aailRfe the country, Az the pre-.
siding officer Of that convention. / am famil,
| lar with their scope and import. AS one OF
its members | am party TO their terms,
Thoy are in accord with my views, and
stand npon them in the contest upon which
we are now entering. and / shall strive to
carry Them ont in The future. wherever NAV
be placed in public or private life. then
stated that wonld send yon these words OF
1 acceptance In a letter, as is the euston airy
form. see no reason, upon reflection, to
change or oualify the terms of nv approval
Of tbe resolutions Of The convention. I have
DELAYED the mere formal act OF communicat-
ing to you in writing what thus published,
for the purpose of seeing what light the action
Of Congress would throw upon the interests
OF the country. Its acts since the adjourn
ment Of the convention show an alarm lest a
change of political power will give 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
Thoughtful men feel that there have been
wrongs in the financial management which
have been kept from the public knowledge.
The Congressional party has not only allied
itself with The military power, TO be brought
TO bear directly upon the elections in any
states, but holds itself in pei p ,tual session
with the avowed purpose OF making such
laws as 1t shall see lit in view Of the elections
which will take place within few weeks. II
did not, therefore, adjourn, but took recess
| to meet again if its partisan interests shall
demand it's reassembling Never before in
the history Of our country has Congress thus
taken menacing attitude towards its cleo
tors Under its Influence some Of the states
organized by its agents are proposing to de-
priye the people of the right to vote for
presidential electors, and the first bold steps
are taken to destroy the riahts of aufIfare.
| IL is not strange, therefore, that thoughtful
men see in such action the proof that there
are with those,who shapethe ypolicy of the
Republican, party motives stronger and deep
er than the mere wish to hold political power
that there il a, dread of some exposure
which drives them on TO acts 40 DESPERATE
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MANY OF the ablest leaders and journals of
the republican party have openly depIored
the violence OF ConGressiOnaf action and its
tendency to keen M discord in our country.
The great interasia az our IJnion demarid
peace order and a return TO those industri-
Al nursuits without which we cannot maintain
the faith or honor Of our Goyernment The
minds of business men are pernlexed by nm
certainties. The hours of toll of our labor
ers are heightened bv the cost of living made
by the direct and indirect action of Govern
ment. Our neonle ara barrassed Inv the fre-
auent demands of the tAx-naver Without
distinction of party. there ia q strong feeling
in favor of that line of action which shall re-
store order and confidence. and lift off the
burdens which now hinder and yex the in
dsstry of the country. Yet. at this moment
those in mower have thrown info the Senate
Chambers and Congressional Halls new el
ennent of discord and violence Men have
been admitted as representatiyes of some of
the southern states with the declaration upon
their lips that they cannot live in the states
they represent without military protec-
ton. These men are TO make laws for the,
who few days aimee were seekina AZ
suppliants that Congress- would give
them power in their respective states, are To-
day the controllers of the actions of these
bodies; entering with minds filed with de-
maiids that Congress- shall look upon the
states from which they come as i'm the condi-
tion Of civil war: that the majority of their
populaiions. embracing their infelliGence. had
to be treated as public enemies; that military
authority be kept up at the cost of the peo-
ple of the North: and that there shall be no
peace and order at the South except that
which Is made by arbitrary power. Every in
telgent man knows that they not only owe
their present positions to disorder. but that
every motive springs from love of power.
of gain, of a desire for yengeance, and
prompts them to keep the South in anarchy.
While that exists they are independent of the
wills or wishes of their fellow citizens. While
confusion reigns they are tile dispensers of
the profits and the honors which grow ont OF
a government of mere force. These men are
now placed in positions where they can not
only urge their views Of polity, but where
they can enforce them. when they
shall be admitted in this man
ner from the remaining southern states, al
though they will have in truth no constitn-
ents, they will have more power in the Senate
than a majority of the people of this Union.
In vain members Of the republican party pro-
tested against the policy that led to this re-
suit. While the chiefs of the late rebellion
have submitted to the result of the war, and
are now quietly engaged in useful pursuits
for the support of themselves and their fam
lilies. and are irving by the force of their ex-
ample to lead back the people of the south
to the order and industry not only essential
to their well being, out to the greatness and
prosperity of our country. all See that those
without ability or influence who have been
thrown by the agitations of civil convulsiens
into positions of honor and of profit, are
striving to keep alive the passions to which
they owe tbeir elevation; and they clamor-
ouslynnsist that they are the only friends Of
our Union. Proof OF this could only have
sure foundation in fraternal regard, and
common desire to promote the peace, the
order and the happiness Of urland Events
in Congress since the adjournment OF the
convention have vastly increased tho i'm
portance of a political victory by those who
are seeking to bring, back simplicity and
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