The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-06
SEYNOUR'S LETTER OF AC-
D CEPTANUE.
HE LAYS OUT MS PRoaRAMml

NEW YoRK, August 5-Thc fol
| lowing Is IIoratio SeymOur's accept
ance Of tie Democratic nomination
for the Presidency. N&te&
UTICA. August 5, 1868.
GENTS: When in the City of New
York. on the 11th instant IN the
presence of "A vas n1ulitnde on behalf
of the National Dem oeratic Conven-
ton, you rendered to ne Its unanl-
nous nomination az their candidate
for the office Of President OF the
United States. stated had ne
words adequate TO express my graft
tude for the good viii and &iadDes
which that body had shown to me,
It's nomination was unsOught and
unexpected. L. was ny ambition to
take an active part, from which j
am now excluded, IN the great
struggle going on for he restoration
Of good government, Of peace and
prosperity 20 our country; but / have
been canght up by ne whiteRlng
tide which IS bearing Us on TO q great
political change, and [ fnd myself
unable to resist its pressure. L oU
have also given me a copy of the
resolutions puts forth blythe .ConEen-
ton, showing It's position upon all
the great questions which now agitate
the country. As the presiding officer
of that Convention, L am familiar
with their scope and import; as one
Of its members, / am parry to its
terms. They are in accord with my
views, and stand UPON Them in the
contest upon which We are now en-
terIng; and l shall strive to carry
them out in future, wherever may
be placed in pOlirieG i or private life.
| then stated that J would send you
these words of acceI )tance in letter,
as Is the customarg form. i see no
reason, upon rehecti on, to change or
qualify the terms OF nIy approval of
the resolutions Of , he Convention.
[ have delayed { he mere formal act
of communicating to you IN wrlting g
what | thus publ caly said, for the
purpose of seeing yhat light the ac-
ton Of Congress " aould throw upon
the interests of the country. Its acts
since the adjourn ment of the Con-
vention. show an al arm lest change
OF political power will give to the
neople. what they ought to have, a
clear statement of what has been done
with the money dra wn from them dur
ing the past eight ears. thoughtful
men feel that there have been wrongs
in the financial II Management which
have been kept fcOI the public know
ledge. ,Vhe Cor gressionaI party
has not only al lied itself with
the militia y pow er, which IS t.
be broug ht to bear directly
upon the electiOrts in any of thC
States. but holds itself in perpetua
session, wit the s,vo1ed purpose O
making sue y laws as it shalt sec III
in view of the elections which vii
take place within few weeks. |
did not, the refore, adjourn. but tooA
"a recess to ~ eet again If It's partisan
interests sha ii demand It's rc-assem
bling. Neve r before in the history Q
our country i as Congress thus takei
a menacing at tItude towards Its elec
tors. Under /. : influence some III
States organiz ed by It's agents ar
proposing to deprive the people O
the right to vote for p1 esldentIa
electors, and Lhe first bo ld step
arc taken to hstroY the ights q
suffrage. 1t Is 1 t0t strange. tn ereiore
that thoughtful men see In $ uch &C
ton the proof that there Is wit
those. who shaTse the policy OF tn
Republiean p9 9if5y motives strN )inge
aud deeper nan the mere Wis o I
hold polit1caI power-that there i
dread OF some exposure " hleh dr. F'
them on t. acls 80 dcspe. ate and
impolltlc. Many of tue alb est ieadt y
and jouTnals or the Repub tiean par
have openly deplored the 'iolenee
Congressional action, and its tendency
to keep up discord in our country
The great interests ofsour [ Union de
mand peace, order, and n re
turn to those international pursuit
without which we cannot main
tain the faith or honor OF ou
Government. The minds Of basineS
men are perplexed. by uneer taintie'
The hours of the toll Of our la5OTel
are heightened by the costs of Living
made by the direct and indi eot e.
actions of the Government GI
people are harrasscd BY the fl sguel
demands Of the tax gatherer. A I'll
out distinction Of party, there Is
strong feeling in favor of that Il ne
action which shall restore orde az
confidence, aud shall lift off the lbb
dens which now hinder and vex ii
industry of the country. Ye + 4
this moment those In D, ESi
have thrown into the SCI Rt
Chambers and Congressional ] te
new element of discord Il a
violence. Men have been adn u
ted as Representatives of some Oft ]
Southern States with the deciarati {
upon their lips that they cannot Ii !
in the States they claim to represeI
without military protection. Thes.
men are to make laws for the Nortl
as we'll as the South These men.
who few days since were seeking as
suppliants that Congress would give
them power within their respective
States. are 10 day the controllers of
the actions of these bodies, entering
them with their minds filed with
questions and demands from Con-
gress that it shall look upon the
States from which they came as
in a condition of civil war; that
the majority Of their population,
embracing their intelligence, had to
be treated as public enemies; be s ept