Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-03-05

different sections of our common country. to
the restoration OF our currency to q fixed val
ue as compared with the worlds standard OF
values, gold, and, IL possible, to par with It;
TO the construction OF cheap routes of transit
throughout the land, to the end that the pro-
ducts of all sections may find a market and
leave Lying remuneration to the prOdueer;to
the maintenance of friendly relations with all |
our neighbors and with the distant nations: to /
the re-establishment OF our commerce and |
share in the carrying trade upon the ocean; to |
the encouragement of such manufacturing |
industries as can be economically pursued in !
this country, to the end that the exports of |
home products and industries may pay for our
imports, the only sure method of returning
to and permanently maintaining q specie ba-
sis; to the elevation OF labor, and by humane
course to bring the abOrigines of thO country
undel the benign Influences of education ana
civilization. 1t Is either this Tor q war of e1-
termination. Wars of determination engaged
in by people pursuing commerce and ali in
dustrial pursuits, are expensive even against
the weakest people, and are demoralizlng and
wicked. Our superiority Of strength aud al
VantageS Of civilization should make us lenient
| towards the Indian. The wrong already in
tilcted upon him should be taken into account,
and the balance placed to his credit. The
moral view of the question should be consider
ed and the question asked, cannot the Indian
| be made useful and productive member OF
society by proper teaching and treatment =
II the effort Is made in good faith, we will
stand better before the civilized nations of
the earth and In our own cOnsciences for hav-
ing made it. All these things are not to be
accomplished by any one individual, but they
Will receive my support and such Tecommen-
datlonS to Congress as will, in my Judgment,
best serve to carry them to effect. | beg your
support and encouragement.
1t has been and Is my earnest desire to cor
rect abuses that have grown up in the civil service
NNiH lNn aaFgHa u 4.
! regulating methods OF appointment and promo
lion were established and have been tried. NJ,
efforts for such reformation shall be continued t
! the best OF my judgment. The spirit Of the rule
= adopted will be maintained
= II acknowledge before this assemble, repre-
. sontlng, as 1t does, every section OF country, sh
r ! ObigaiionI am under to my countrymen for III
l. great honor they have conferred on me bv returr
= = ing me 10 the highest office within their gIi
\ and the further obligation resting on me TO res
v der TO them the best services within my powe
II This promise, LOOKING forward with I'll
= greatest anxiety TO the day when l shall
Is released from responsibilities that at times al
almost overwhelming, and from which hav
{. scarcely had respite since ;he eventlul friT
of Hpon Fort Sumler in April 1861, TO present da
m hIy services weIe then rendered and accept,
Sc under the first call for troops growing out
n that event. did not ask for place or positio
u and was entirely without influence or the a
&C. qualntanceo persons of influence, but was Tesol
ID ed 10 perform my part in slEnRgle threatel
sLs ing the very existence Oflhs nation, conscie
~ III ious duty, without asking promotion or cos
1 mand, and without revsngeful feeling toRar
any section or individual.
w. Notwithstanding this, through the war a
We from my candidacy for my present Office in 1S
We to the close Of last Presidential campaign, ha
or been the subject OF abuse and slander scarce
SO ever equaled in political history, which to
lll feel that caR afford to disregard, in view
cs. your verdict, which gratefully accept as
he Vindicalion.