The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-08-19
.TYN0UR'S LETTER o. ACCEPTANCE
REASONS FoR ITS DELAY.
UneGuiVOcai RefteratiOn OF his
Purpose TO Stand Upon the
Platform at All Time sand
Under all circumstances.
Soathing Review of the Congress
sional Policy.
Radical ReclsIeS=ness and Rotten
borough Representation
Denounced.

New York, August 5.-The following
is Horatio seymour acceptance of the
Democratic nomination for the Presidency:
UTICA, August 4, 1868.
GENTLEMEN = When in the city of New
York on the lth inst, in the presence Of Il
vast multitude, on behalf of the National
Democratic Convention, you rendered to me
its unanimous nomination as their candidate
for the Office Of President of the United
States, [ stated that had no words ade-
quate 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 part from which | am 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 overwhelming
tide which is beariug US on to a great pO-
litical 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 all the great
questions which now aeitate the country.
As the presiding officer of that Convention
| am familiar with their scope and import;
as one Of its members | am a party to their
terms They are in accord with my views
and stand upon them in the contest upon
which VIC are now entering, and shall
strive to carry them out in the future, wher-
ever | may be placed, in political or private
life.
then stated | would send you these
words of acceptance in letter, as is the
customary form, see no reason upon res
Arction to charge or aualify the terms Of
nv approval of the resolutions of the Con
ventton I have DELAYED the mere formal
act of communicating TO YOU in writing what
| thus publicly said, for the purpose OF
seeing what LIGHT the action of Congress
wonld throw mon the interests oftbe coun-
try, Its acts since the adjournment Of the
Convention show an alarm lest a change of
political power will give to the people what
thew ought 10 have, clear statement of
What has bcen done with The money drawn
from them during the psst eight years.
Thoughtful men Tell that there have been
wrongs in tle financial management which
have been kent from the public knowledge.
The Congressional partv has not only allied
to itself the whole military power, which is
to he brought 70 hear directly upon the elec
tion in many States. hut holds itself in per-
netnal session with the avowed purpose of
making snch laws as it shall see fit in view
of thn election which will take place within
y few weeks Ttdid moi therefore, adjourn,
Int took . rncoss IA meet again if its parti-
can ;n.rrnsts shall demand its reass, milling
Never before in the history of our coun-
trv has Congress thns taken menacing at
titnde towards lis electors, Under its in>
Anence some Of the States organized by its
agents are proposing to deprive the people
of the right to vote for President electors,
and the first bold stems are taken to destroy
the rights of suffrage. Is it strange, there
fnre that thoughtful men see in such action
tbn nroof that there is with those who
hare the nolcv of the Republican party
motives stronger and deeper than the mere
wish to hold nolitical mower? that thcre is
droad of some exnosure which drives them
m to nets so desnerate end so impoltic?
MANY Of the ablest leaders and Journals of
The Senublican partv have onenlv deplored
the violence of Congressional action, and its
tendcnev "a keen M discord in our country.
The great interests of our Union demand
neare, order and n return to those Industrial
nvrsu;ts without which we cannot maintain
lie iaitb or honor of our Government. The
minds of business men are perplexed by un-
cartaint;as. the hours of toll of our lahore. s
are lenp, henCl bv the cost of living made
bv the Direct and indiroct exactionS of the
Gnvernmrnt. our ppopIe are harrassed by
the trcouent demands of the tax gatherer,
Without distinction Of party there is a
s,ronp fpelinr in favor Of that line o. action
which shall restore order and confidence
md sball itt off tile burdens which now hin>
dpr,nd vry the industry Of the country.
ynt Of this NONE Mt those in pDwer have
thrown ;nto the Senate chamber and Con-
arocsinnal hall = new element Of discord and
violence. Men have been admitted as re-
nrcsentafives of some of the Southern
States with the declaration upon their lips
that tbev cannot live in the States they
claim to represent without military protec-
t;on These men are 10 make laws for the
North as well as the South: these men, who
4 few dnvs since were seeking as suppiiants
that CONGRESS would give them power with
in tbeir rrsnrective States, are to-day the
controllers &C Of the actions of those bodies,
entering them With minds filled with ques-
tions and demands that Congress shall look
upon the States from which they come as
in conditions of civil war; that the majority
of their populations, embracing their in
telligence, should be treated as public eneN
mics, be kept up at the cost of the people
of the North, and that there shall be no
peace and order at the South save that
which is made by arbitrary power Every
intelligent man knows that they not only
owe tt cir present positions to disorder, but
that their every motive springs from thc
love of nowor of gain. that n desire for