Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-06-10

| same will that | have given to the PEI
5 formance of all duties which have devolV
ed upon inc heretofore. Whether | shIl
be able to perform these duties to you
q entire satisfaction. time will determine
e You h I'VE truly said in the course of you
e address, that shall have no policy 0
my own to iutcrpesc against the will 0
tire people Long continued applaus
followed the generals speech
Gen Hawley then addressed Speake
Colfax in few remarks stating that tn
convention rendered him the nomination
ofvice president. and aske him to accep
it. Speaker Colfax replied, concluded by
saying Cordially agreeing with thu
platform adopted by its National Convcn
ton. and the resolutions thereto attached
accept the nomination with which
have been houored. and will heresfteI
communicate that acceptance to you in the
more formal manner that usage requires y
THE GRANT AND CoLFAX LETTERS.
The following is Gen Grants reply to
the nomination of the Chicago convention
WASHINGTON, D e.. May %.
10 Gen J R Hawley President of, the
National Union Republican Convention:
Ia formally accepting the nomin 'tiou
Of the National Union Convention of the
2lst of May, it seems proper that some
statement of views, beyond the mere &C
ceptance Of the nomination should be ex
pressed The proceedings of the conven-
ton were marked with wisdom, modcra
ton and patriotism, and believe express
the feelings of the great mass of those
who sustained the country through it,
recent trials | indorse the resolutions
If elected to the Office of president of the
United States, it will be my cndeavor to
administer all the laws in good faith
with economy, aud with the view of Civ
inc peace, qniet and protection everywhere
In times like the present, it is impossible
or at least eminently improper to lay
down a policy to be adhered to, right or
wrong. through an administration of foul
years. New political issues. not forcseen,
are constantly arising; the views of the
public on old ones are constantly chang
ing, and purely administrative officer
should always be left free to execute the
will of the people. | have always re-
spccted that will, and always shall. Peace.
and commercial prosperity, its sequence,
with economy of administration will
tighten the burden of taxation, while il |
constantly reduces the national debt. Let
US have peace. With great respect, your
obedient servant. u. S. GRANT.
The following is the reply of Speaker
Colfax to the committee announcing his
nomination.
WASHINGTON, D G., May 80.
Hon j. r. Hawley. president of the N
tional Union Republican Convention:
DEAR SIR-The platform adopted by
The patriotic convention over which you
presided, and the resolutions which so
happily supplement it, so entirely agree.
with my views as to just national poll
~ that my thanks are due to the delegates
's much for this clear and suspicious d C
aration of principles. as for the nOmina-
ion with which have been honored.
Ind which | gratefully accept When a
great rebellion, which imperiled the ma
lonal exlstance, was at last overthrown,
he duty of all others devolving On those
ntrusted with the responsibilities leg
Station evidently was to require that thu
evolted states should he RENTED TO mar
lclratlon In the government against which
hey had erred onl on such basis as to
Increase and fortify, not to weaken or Gu
anger the strength and power of the ma
ION Certainly no one ought to have
lined they should be re.admitted under !
UGH rule that their organic ltiop as
tates could ever again tie used as at the q
penlng of the war to defy the national
n'hority or destroy the national unity.
he principal has been the poe star OF l
rose who have inacxibly insisted on the u
'ngrcssional policy YOUR convention ba,
'dorsed. Bnfflod by executive opposition =
nd by persistent refusals to accept any
IAN OF reconstruction protfered by Con. u
'ess' justice and the public safety at last D
moined to teach us that only 10y an en-. d
rgement of suffrage in those states could o.
e desired end be attained, and that /, &c
as ever more safe to give the ballot to OIL
ose who love the Union, than to those al
DO had sought Intellectually to destroy SC
ne assured success of this legislation is re
ing written on the adamant of history. p
ID will be our triumphant vindication. OF
ore clearly, too. than ever before does OF
G nation now recognize that the greatest Il
Dry OF republic is that it throws the I'll
ield of its nro,oo,,o on