The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-08-14
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THE KU-KLUx DEMOCRACY,
81 sEYMoUR's LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE,
d New YORK, August S.
The following is Horatio Seymour
acceptance OF the Democratic nom
nation for the Presidency:
Il y UricA, August 4, 1868.
4 GENTLEMEN:- When in the CITY O
New York, on-the I1th nit, in tb
jpresence of a vast multitude. on he
half of the National Democratic Con
vention, you rendered to me its unan
limous nomination as their candidate
for the Office Of President of the
United States, / stated that 81 had
no words adequate to express nv
igratitude for the good will and kind.
mess which that body had shown to
lme.' Its nomination was unsousht
and unexpected. twas my ambition
to take an active part from which /
lam now excluded, in the great strug-
igle going on for the restoration of
Igood Government, of peace and pros
iperity TO our country, but Ihave been
fcaught up by ths'whelmipg tide which
is bearing us on to grest political
Ichange, and l 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 ques-
ttions which now sgitate the country.
AS the presiding officer of that Con-
yention / 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 contest
Ilpon which we are now entering, and
u shall strive to carry them out In the
future wherever may be placed in
Political or private life. Ithen stated
that l would send you these words
of acceptance ina letter as is the Gus
tomary form.
see no reason, upon reflection, to
change or qualify the terms ofmy
lapprOval of the resolutions ofsthe
Convention. 1 have delayed the
mere formal action of communicating
TO you in writingWhat l thus publicly
said, for the purpose of seeing what
Hight theSaction Of Congress would
throw upon the interests OF the coun-
try. Its acts since the adjournment
of the Convention show an alarm lest
q change of political powerIEill give
TO the people what they ought to have
Ia clear statement of what has been
done with the money drawn from
them during the past eight years.
Tboughtful men feel that there haye
been wrongs in the financial manage:
ment, which have been kept from the
public knowledge. - H
The Congressional party has not
only allied to itself the military
power, which is to be brought to bear J
upon the electionsEin many
States, but holds itself in perpetual
session with the avowed purpose of |
making such laws as it shall see fit in |
view of the elections which will take |
place within a few weeks. 1t did,
therefore, not adjourn, but tool. q 4
recess, to meet again if its partisan
interests shall demand its reassem-
bling. Never before in the history
ofour country has Congress thus taken
a menseing attitude toward Its elect
ors. Under its influence come of the /
States organized by its agents sre pro-
posing to deprive the people of the
right to vote for Presidential Electors,
and the first bold steps are takento de
stroy therights of slffage. at is not
strange, therefore, that thoughtful
men see in such action the proof that
there is with those who shape the
policy of the Republican party q
motive stronger aad deeper than the
mere wish to hold political power,
that there is q dread of some ex-
posure, which drives them on to
acts SO desperate and so impolitic.-l
Many of the ablest leaders and journ-
ais of the Republican party have
openly deplored the violence of Con-
gressional action and its tendency to |
keep up discord in our country. The
great interests OF our Union demand
peace, order and a return to those
international pursuits, without which
we can not maintain the faith or hon
or of our Government. The minds
of business men are lperplexed byl
uncertainties. The hours of toll of
our labors are heightened by the
costs of living, made by the direct
and indirect exaetions of Govern
ment.l Our people are harassed by
the frequent demands of the tax
gatherer. Without distinction OF
party there is strong feeling in
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 chambers and Congressional
halls a new element Of discerd and
violence. Men have been admitted as
Representatiyes OF some Of tina South
ern States with the declaration upon
their lips that they can not live In the
States they claim to represent with
ont military protection. These men
are to make laws for the North a.
we'll as the South These men, who,
few days since, were seeking az
suppliants that Congress would give
them. power within their respec-
tive States, are to day the controllers
of the actions of these bodies. En-
Itaring them with minds filled with
ldaestiofs, and demands from Con-
gress that il shall look upon the
States from which they come, as in
condition Of civil war, and that the
majority of their populations en-
bracing their intelligence shall be
treated az public enemies, that an
army shall be kept up at the cost OF
1.-THE people Of the North, and that
1thers shall be no peace and order At
hhe South save that which is made by
IsrbitrarV power. Every Intelligent
man knows, that they, not only owe
their present positions to disorder,
lbut that every motive springing from
1.-The love of mower of gain. OF q desire