Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-06
POLITICAL.

HOratiO ISfymOur's Letter of Ac.
.yosar Ceptance. ~ i-5f .r..-. "a
aEAi2.I New York, August 5.
The following is Horatio Seymour's ac-
ceptance of the Democratic nomination
for the Presidency ,...'s-5l .ii,,:7,, ~
81 'UTIcA, NEW York, August 4, 1885,
When in the city of New
York, on the 11th inst.,. in the presence of
a vast multitude ron behalf of the Nation
al Democratic Convention, you rendered
to me its unanimous nomination as their
candidateefor the Office of President of the
United States, stated that L had no words
adequate to express my gratitude for. the
good will and kindness which that body
had rshownto to me. Its nomination was nm
sought and unexpected. It was my ambi-
tion to take, an active part, from which I
am now excluded, in the great struggle
going ron for the restoration of good gov
ernment, of peace and prosperity to our
country, but have been caught up by the
whelming tide, which is bearing us on to a
great political change, and 1 find myself
unable to resist its pressure.
You. have also given me a copy of the
resolutions put forth by the Convention,
showing its position upon all 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 i am q party, to their
and Istand upon them in the contest upon
which we are now entering, and shall
strive to carry them out in future wherever
may be placed in political or private lie.
. l. then. stated L would send you these
words of acceptance In a letter, as Is the
customary form. I see no reason, upon
reflection, to change or qualify the terms
of my approval of the resolutions of the
Convention. / have delayed the mere for
NAL act of communicating to you in writ
ing what thus publicly said, for the pur-
pose 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
change Of political 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. Thoughtful men feel that
| there have been wrongs in the financial
management which have been kept from
the public knowledge. sssi 2 Z ,.sc z
The Congressional party has not only al
| lied itself with military power, which is
to be brought to bear directly upon the
elections in many States, but holds itself in
perpetual session, with the avowed purpose
Of making such laws as it shall see fit, in
yiew.of the elections which will take place
| in few weeks. 1t did, not, therefore, adj
| iourn,a but took recess to meet again If its
|
sembling. zf Trfssg,..s > .f,rs,g s5sss,-rs-A
| Never before in the history of our coun-
try has Congress thus taken a 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 Presidential
Electors, and the first bold 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 with
those who shape the policy of the Repub-
lican party, motives stronger and deeper
than the mere wish to hold political power
that there is dread of some exposure
which drives them to actsso desperate. and
so. impolitic. Many of the ablest Leaders
party have openly deplored the violence OF
Congressional action and its tendency to
keep up discOrd in our country.
The great interests of our Union demand
peace, order, and return TO those interna-
tienalg pursuits without which we canno
maintain the faith or honor of our Govern
ment. The minds of business men are per.
picked by uncertainties. The hours of oul
laborers are heightened by the costs of liv-
ing made by the direct and indirect exac.
tions of Government. Our people are harl
assed by the frequent demands OF the ta1
gatherer. Without distinction of party
there is a strong feeling in favor of tina
line OF action winch snail restore OrQel
and confidence, and shall lift off the bur
dens which now hinder and vex the indus
try of the country. s'S .'.'si.2 .. ti.1n
Yet at this moment those in power hav
thrown into the Senate chamber and Con
gressional hall new element of discort
and violeDce.n Men have been admitted a
representatives of some of the Southern
! States with the declaration upon their lip
that they can not live In the States the.
claim to represent without military protec
J tion. Those men are to make laws for tn
North as well as the South. Those men
y who, a few days, since were beseech
ing as 1suppliants that Congress woul'
3 give them power within their respee
' tive States, are to- day the controllers o
the actions of these bodies Enterin,
there with minds filled with questions an
: demands that Congress shall look upon tn
a States from which they came as in condi
d tions OF civil war, that the majority of thei
= populations, embracing their intelligence
: shall be treated as public enemies and b
il kept up at the cost of the people of tn
. North, and that there shall be noypeaeean
Il order at the South save that which Is mad
by arbitrary every intelligentm ma
] knows that they not only earn their. pres
"a ent positions by discord, but that ever
motive springs from the love Of power, 9