Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-08-21
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Governor Seymour.
MHIs LETTER or ACCEPTANCE.

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UTICA, N. Y, August 4, 1868.
70 General G. W Moryas and others, Com.
sn,ittee, DC, &c. r.
GENTLEMEN---Whcn, in, tho City Of Now
York, on tho 11th ult., in the presence Of a
tyast multitude,, on behalf Of tho National
Demooratio5 Convention, you toude:ed to mo
its.unanimous nomination as their candidate
for the office Of President Of the United States,
Istatedt i had no words " "adoquate to express
any gratitude for the good will and kindness
which that body had shown to mo. It's nom
anation was unsought and unexpected 1t
was my ambition to tako an active part, from
which / am now excluded, in the great strug-
gle going on for tho restoration of good gov
eminent, of peace and prosperity to our ooun-
try. But I have been caught up by the
swhelming tide which is bearing US on to
/, grsat political change, and find myself una.
bio toresiat its pressure. You have also Civ
Iton mo a copy Of the resolutions put forth by
she Convention, showing its position upon all
tho great questions which now agitate the
country. AS the presiding officer of that Con-
vention, am familiar with their scope and
import; as ono of its mombers am party
to their terms. They arc in accord with my
views, and stand upon them in tho contest
upon which We are now entering, and I shall
strive to carry them out in future, wherever
Imay be placed, in political or private lifo."
then stated that would send you these
words Of acceptance in letter, as is the GUS
tomary form. I see no reason, upon rclec-
tion, to change or qualify the terms of my
approval Of the resolutions Of the Convention.
Ihavo delayed the nero formal act Of COM
muuicatiug to you in writing what I thus
publicly said, for the purpose of seeing what
light the action of Congress would throw upon
the interests Of tho country It's acts since
the adjournment of the Convention show an
alarm lest a change of political power will
give to the people what they ought to have, a
clear statement of what has been done with
the money drawn from them during the past
eight years. Thoughtful men feel that there
have been wrongs in the financial manage
ment which have been kept from the public
knowledge. The Congressional party has not
only allied itself with military power, which
Is TO be brought to bear directly upon the
: elections in many States, but it also holds it.
self in perpetual session, with the avowcd
purpose of making such laws az it shall see
fit, in view Of tho elections which will take
place within a fow weeks It did not, there
fore, adjourn, but took recess, to meet again
IL its partisan interests shall demand its re-
assembling. Mover before in the history of
our country has Congress thus taken mcna-
Ding attitude toward its electors Under its
influence, some Of tho States organized by it's
agents are proposing to deprive the people of
the right to yoto for Prcsidontia electors, and
the first bold stops are taken to destroy the
rights of suffrage. 1t is not strange, there
fore, that thoughtful men see in such action
the proof that there is, with those who shape
the policy of tho Republican party, motives
stronger and deeper than tho nero wish to
hold political power; that there is dread of
some exposure which drives them on to acts
90 desperate and 50 impolitio
Many Of tho ablcst leaders and journals of
Che Republican party have oponly doplorcd
the violeuco Of Congressional action and its
tendency 70 keep up discord in our country.
The great interests Of our Union demand
peace, order, and return to those industrial
pursuits without which we cannot maintain
the faith or honor Of our government The
minds of business mon are porploxcd by un-
Dertainties. The hours of toll of our aborers
are lengtIencd by tho costs of living made BY
the direct aud indirect exaotions of govern
ment. Our people arc harrassed by the heavy
and frequent demands Of tho ax-gatherer.--
Without distinction of party, there is strong
feeing ia favor Of that line Of action which
shall restore order and confidence, and shall
iift off the burdens which, now hinder and
vex the industry of tho county, Yet at this
moment those in power have thrown into the
Senate Chamber and Congressional Hall new
elements Of discord and violence. Mon havo
been admitted as representatives. OF some Of
,.&he Southern States, with the declaration up
ION their lips that they cannot live IN tho
States they claim to represent without militia
ry protection. These men arc to make laws
for tho North as well as tho South These
men, who, few days since, were seeking as