Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-06-20
Acceptance of Henry wilson
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

and Hon. Henry Wilson:
WASHINGTON, ID. C. June 10, 1882.
Hon. Henry Wilson:
In accordance with the resolution.
passed by the National Republican Con
vention, held at Philadelphia on the 9Th
and 9th inst, we, the President and
Vice-President of that body, have the
honor to inform you of your unanimous
selection as the candidate of the Repub-
lican party for the position of Vice
President of the United States. The
enthusiasm and unanimity which pre-
vailed among so many leading men from
every State and territory point unmis-
takably to the triumphant election of
our ticket. As there is no one more
worthy of the position, or whose cleo
| tion would give more universal satisfac-
tlon,. we beg your acceptance of the
nomination.
Your Obedient servane,
/ THOMAS SETTLE.
President of the National Republican
Convention and the YicesP resident
WAsHlN6YoH, ID. c., June 13, 1872.
! To the Hon. Thomas Settle and others.
| President and Vice-Presidents National
| Republican Convention, held at Phila-
! delphia on the 5th and 9th of the pre-
sent month
| Gentlemen,-Your note or the 10th
| inst, conveying 10 me the action of the
! convention in placing my name in nOmi-
nation for the office of Vice-President
of the United States is before me- /
need not give you the assurance Of my
grateful appreciation of the high honor
conferred upon Gle by the action of the
9th National Convention of the Repub-
lican party. Sixteen years ago, in the
same city, was neld the first meeting of
men, who, amid the darkness and doubts
of that hour of slaveholding ascendency
and aggression, had assembled in Ma
tiOnal Convention to confer with each
other on the eXigencies to which that
nomination had brought their country. |
After a full conference, the highest /
point of resolve they could reach, the |
most they dared to recommend was the /
ayowed purpose to prohibit the eXten- |
sion of slavery in the territories. Last 4
week the same party met, by its repre- |
lsentatives from thirty-seyen States and I
ten Territories at the same great center
of wealth, intelligence and power, to re-
view the past, take note of the present /
and indicate the line of action for the |
future. As typical facts, headlands of /
the nations history, there sat on its plat
form, taking an honorable prominent
part in its proceedings. admitted on terms
of perfect equality to the leading hotels
of the city, not only the colored repre-
sentatives of the race, which were ten
years before in abject slavery, but one /
of the oldest and most prominent
of the once despised abolilitionists, to /
whom was accorded, as to no other,
the warmest demonstration of popular
regard and esteem; an ovation, not to
him alone, but the cause he had so
ably and for so many years represented,
and to the men and women, living and
dead, who toiled through long years of
obloquy and self-sacrifice for the glori-
Gus fruition of that hour 1t hardly /
needed the brilliant summary of its plat
form to set forth its illustrious achieve
ments. The very presence of these
men was alone significant of victories
already achieved, the progress already
made and the great distance which the
nation had travelled between the years
of 1856 and 1872.
But grand as has been its record, the
republican party rests not on its past
alone 1t looks to the future and Crap
pies with IFS problems of duty and of
danger. 1t proposes, as the object of
its immediate accomplishment, ''cOm-
plete liberty and exact equality for all, "
the enforcement of recent amendments {
to the national constitution, reform i'm {
the civil service, the national domain set I
apart for homes to the people; the adj
justment of the duties on imports so as !
to secure remuneratiye wages; the ex- !
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disabled soldiers and sailors; the con-
tinual and careful encouragement and :
the protection of voluntary immigration
and guarding with a Jealous care the
rights of adopted citizens; the abolition !
of the franking privilege and a speedy !
reduction of the rates of postage: the 1
of the national debt and the
rates of interest, and the resumption of ?
specie payments; the encouragement of b
American commerce and of ship-build- ! I
ing the suppression of violence and the :
protection of the ballot-box 1t also
placed on record the opinions and pur- \
poses of the party in favor of amnesty,
and against all forms of repudiation and $
the humane and peaceful policy o
of the administration in regard to the
Indians.
But while clearly defining and dis :
tinctly announcing the policy of the Re !,
publican party on these questions of
practical legislation and administration.
the convention did not ignore the great
social problems which are now pressing G
their claims for solution and which de- Z
mand the most careful study and wise G
Foremost stands the labor c
question Concerning the relation of
capital and labor the Republican party e
accepts the duty of so shaping legisla- a
ion, as to secure the fullest protection, o
and the amplest field for capital and for fl
abor, the creation of capital, the larg S
EST opportunities and just share of mu-
.ual profits of these two great servants ii
IF civilization. To woman and her new e
it extends the hand of grateful Il
recognition and proffers its most respect 81
sul inquiry. 1t recognizes her noble de- C,
7otion to country and freedom. 1t wei c,
,omes her admission to higher fields of
and commends her demands n,
or additional rights to the calm and ~
,areful consideration of the nation. To >;
,uard well what has already been Sc y,
,ured to work out faithfully and wise. a
V what is now in hand, and 10 consider
he questions which are looming up to =,
Jew but little way before us, the u
Republican party is, to-day, what ~
was in the gloomy years ~ ~
f slavery, rebellion, and recon- = =
national necessity. 1t =
ppeals, therefore. for support, to the ~
atriotic and liberty loving, to the Just
nd humane, to all who would dignity 81
abor, to all who would educate, elevate u
nd tighten the burdens of the sons and II
aughters of toll. With its great record, NJ
be work still to be done under the great W