The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-08-06
Gen. BIafr,s Letter Of Accordance

Gen. Blafr's Letter Of orAcceprance
The following is a copy of Gen. Blair 5
letter Of acceptance Of the democratic
nomination for vice president.
Gen. Geo. ". Morgan, Chairman Of
committee of the national democratic con-
vention:
GENERAL-I take the earliest opportu-
nifty of replying to your letter, notifying
me Of my nomination for vice president of
the United States, By the national demo-
cratic convention, recently held I. the
city Of New York. accept without hest
tatioD, the nomination rendered il a man
ner so gratifying. and give you and the
committee my thalks for the very kind
and complimentary language in whch you
have conveyed to me the decision of
the convention. l have carefully read
the resolutions adopted by the convention
and most cordially concur in every prlnci-
pie aud sentiment they announce.
Ny opinion upon all the questions Which
discriminate the great contending parties
have been freely expressed on al suitable
occasions, ard [ do not deem it necessary
az this time to reiterate them. The issue
upon which the contest turns is clear. and
cannot be obscurcd Or distorted by the
sophlstries Of our adversaries. They all
resolve themselves into the old and ever
recurring struggle Of a few men to absorb
the political power of the nation.
This effort, under every conceivable
name and disguise, has always character
lied the opponents Of the democratic par
fy, but at no time has the attempt assumed
SO open and daring shape as 10 this con-
test. The adversaries of free constitu-
tlonal government, in defiance of the ex-
press language OF the constitution. have /
erected military despotism in ten states
OF the union; have taken from the presi- !
dent the power vested in him by the su-
preme law, and have deprived tic supreme
court of its jurisdiction.
The right of trial By jury, and the great
writ of right-the haJeas corpus-those
shields Of safety for every citizen Which
have DESCENDED to the people of the United
States from the earliest traditions of our
ancestors, and which our revolutionary
fathers fought to secure to their posterity
forever in the Fundamental charter of our
liberties, have been ruthlessly trampled |
under foot by the fragment Of a congress: !
Whole states and communities of people |
of our race have been attainted, convicted,
and deprived Of their rights
as citizens without presentment trial or
witness, bat by congressional enactment of
ec post .tacto !a,cs, and in defa nee of the
constitutional prohibition, denying even
to a full and even congress the authority |
to pass any bin of attainder or cr post tacto
Iotcs
The same usurping authority substitu-
ted as electors, in place Of men of our own
race, thus illegally attainted and disfran-
chised, a host Of ignorant negroes, who
are supported in idieness with the public
money, and combined together to strip the
white race of their birthright, the man
ascment of the freedmen's bureau and the
emissaries Of conspirators in other states
and, to complete the oppression, the mill
tary power of the nation has been placed
at their disposal, in order to make this
barbarism supreme, the military leader
under whose prestige this usurping con-
gress has taken refuge since the condem-
nation Of their schemes by the free peop- |
pie of the north IN the elections Of the
the last year, and they have selected as
their candidate, to shield themselves from |
the result Of their wickcdness and crime.
has announced his acceptance Of the nom
nation, and in his willingness to maintain
their usurpatiens over millions of white
people at the south, fixed to the earth with
his bayonets, he cxclaims, Let us have
peace !" - Peace reigns in Warsaw"
was the announcement which heralded the !
doom Of the liberties of nation.
1.-THE empire is peace :" exclaimed Bo-
naparte, when freedom and its defenders
expired under the sharp edge Of the sword
The peace to which Grant invites us is the
peace of despotism and death.
Those who seek to restore the constitu-
tion by execution the will Of the people.
condemning the reconstruction acts, have
already pronounced the wish in the elec-
tions OF last year, and will, | am convinced,
still more emphatically express it by the
election Of the democratic candidate as
presto ent Of the United States. are de-
nounced as revolutionists by the pariisans
Of this vindictiye congress.
Negro suffrage, which the popular vote
of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
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