The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-08-19

formal letter Of acceptance of the nemin;s'
ton for President of the United States
UTICA, August 4, 1868:
GENTLEMEN: When, III tie city OF New
York, on the llth of July, in the presence
of a vast multitude, op behalf OF the Ma
tional Democratic Convention, you tender
ed to lie it's unanimous nomination as
their candidate for the Office Of President
of the United States, stated / had no
words adequate to express my gratitude
for the good will and kindness which that
body had shown to me. Its nomination,
was unsought and unexpected 1t was
my ambition to take an active pat, from
which I AIN now excluded, in the great,
struggle going on for the restoration OF
good government, of peace and prosperity
to our country. But have been caught
up by the wheming tide which is bearing
us on TO a great political change, ana
fnd myself unable to resist Its pressure
You have also given me copy OF the res
olutions put forth by the Convention,
showing it's position upon all the great
questions which now agitate the country.
AS the presiding officer of that Convention,
l am familiar with their scope and import;
as one of its members, l am party to
their terms. They are in accord with my
views, and stand upon them In the con-
test upon which we are now entering, and
I shall strive to carry them out in future,
wherever may be placed, in political OF
private life %
| then stated that I would send you
these words of acceptance i'll letter, as is
the customary form. lsee no reason, upon
reflection, to change or qualify the terms
OF my approval OF the resolutions of the
Convention.
have delayed the mere formal act of
communicating 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 a change OF
political power will give to the people
what they ought to have-a clear state
ment of what had 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 mill
tary power, which is to be brought to bear
directly upon the elections in many States,
but it also holdsitself in perpetual session,
with the avowed purpose of making such
laws as it shall see fit, in view of the cleo
tiuns which will take place within a few
weeks 1t did not, therefore, adjourn, but
took recess, to meet again If its partlzan
interests shall demand Its re-assembllng.
Never before in the history of our coun-
try, has Congress thus taken as menacing
attitude towards 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 Residential
electors, and the first bold steps are taken
to destroy the rights of suffrage. 1t isnot
strange, therefore, that thoughtful men see
in such action the proof that there is with
those who shape the policy of the Repub'
lican party, motives stronger and deeper
Is than the mere wish to hold political power;
that there is u dread of some exposure
which drives them OH to acts so desperate
and 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 discord III
our country. The great interests of our
Union demand peace, order, and a return
to those industrial pursuits without which
we cannot maintain the faith or honor OF
our Government. The minds of business
men are perplexed by uncertainties. The
hours of toll of our laborers are heightened
by the costs of living made by the direct
and indirect exactions Of Government
Our people are harassed by the heavy and
frequent demands of the tax-gatheier.-
Without distinction of party, there is a
strong feeling III 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, at this moment, those in power have
thrown into the Senate Chamber and Con-
gressional Hall new elements of discord
and violence.
Men have been admitted as Representa-.
tives 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, a
few DAYS since, were seeking, as suppliants,
that Congress would give them power
within their respective States, are, day,
the masters and controllers of the actions
of those bodies. Entering them with
minds filled with passions, their first de-
mands have been that Congress shall look
upon the States from ~hich they come as
in conditions OF civil war; that the major
ity of their populations, embracing their
intelligence, shall be treated as public
enemies; that military forces shall be
kept mp, at the cost of the people of the
North, and that there shall be no peace