Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-06-11
GRANT AND C0LFAX.
Their letters of Acceptance.

Their Letters OF Acceptance.
WASHINGTON, June l.
The following is Geu. Grants re-
ply to the nomination of the Chicago
Convention.
I & 20 WASHINGTON, D. c.,
May 90, 1868.
To Gen. Jos. r. Hawley, President of
the National Union Republican Con
yentiOn
In formally accepting the nomina,
tion of the National Union National
Convention of the 21st of May, it
seems proper that some statement of
my views beyond the mere accep-
tance of the nomination should be
expressed.
The proceedings of the Conven-
ton were marked with wisdom, mod
Grafton and patriotism, and / believe
express the feelings of the great
mass of those who sustained the
country through its trials. Endorse
their resolutions, and if elected to
the office of President of the United
States, it will be my endeavor to
administer all the laws in good faith,
with economy, and with the view of
giving peace, quiet and protection
everywhere.
In times like the present it is i'm
possible, or at least eminently i'm
proper, to lay down policy to be
adhered to, right or wrong, through
an administration of four years.
New political issues not foreseen are
constantly arising. The views of the
public on old ones are constantly
chan eing and purely administrative
officer should be left free to execute
the will Of the people. / have al
ways respected that will and always
shall. tta @
Peace and universal prosperity, its
sequence, with economy of admins
tration, will tighten the burden OF
tasra.ion, while it constantly re duces
the national debt Let us have peace.
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
t1l . u. S. GRANT.
The following is the reply OF
Speaker Colfax to the committee an
nouncing his nomination by the Chi
cago Convention: ...
| r WASHINGTON, D. c.,
/ To Hon. j. r. Harley, President Of The
! National Union Republican Conven
ton !:
DEAR SIR: The platform adopted
by the patriotic Convention over
which you presided, and the resolu-
tions which so happily supplement it,
so entirely agree with my views as
to just national policy, that my
thanks are due to the delegates as
much for this clear and auspicious
declaration of principles, as for the
nomination with which have been
honored, and which l gratefully ac-
cept. ;aa7 gr.g5s -sst.
/ When a great rebellion which I'M
periled the national existence was at
last overthrown, the duty Of all 9TH
ers devolving on those intrusted
with the responsibilities Of legisla-
ton evidently was to require that
the revolted States should be re- ad-
mitted into participation in the Gov
ernment against which they erred,
only on such basis rs to increase
and fortify, not to weaken and endan-
ger the strength and power of the
nation Certainly no one ought to
have claimed that they should be re
, admitted under such rule that theil
organization as States could ever
again be used at the opening of
war to defy the national authority oil
to destroy national unity. This
principle has been the pole star OF
those who have inhexibly insisted on
r the Congressional policy your con-
vention SO cordially indorsed.-
Baffled by Executive opposition and
by persistent refusals to accept any
plan of reconstruction proposed by
4 Congress, justice and public safety
at last combined to teach US thai
only by an enlargement of suffrage
lin those States could the desired enc
be attained and that it was ever
!, more safe to give the ballot to those
who loved the Union than to those
! who had sought Intellectually to de
stroy it. The assured success o
: this Legislation is being written or
. the adamant Of history, and will b'
our triumphant vindication.
More clearly, too, than ever befor'
does the nation now recognize tina
the greatest glory of a republic il
that it throws the shield of its pro
lection over the humblest and weak
est of its people, and vindicates th'
!. rights of the poor and the powerles
as Faithfully as those of the might.
and the powerful.
I rejoice, too, in this connection
to find in your platform the fran
and fearless avowal that paturalize'
/. citizens must be protected abroad a
every hazard as though they wer
: native born. Our whole people ar
foreigners or descendants of foreign
ers. Our fathers established b
}. arms their right to be called ns
i tion. It remains for US to establis
: the right, and welcome to our shore
y all who desire, by oaths of allegiance