The Jasper weekly courier., 1876-08-18
Governor Hendricks Letter.
The following is Mr.. Hendricks letter of
acceptance:


INDIASAPOLIs July 3, ls7C.
GENTLEMEN II have the honor to ackuowl-
edg the receipt of your communication In which
YOU have formally notified me OF my nomination
by the National Democratic Convention at -.
Louis az their candidate Tor the office Of Vice.
Presidents OF the United states. IL d a nomina-
tiOn which neither expected nor desired, and
yet ! appreciate the hign honor done me by the
convention.
The choice Of such a body. and pronounced
with such unusual unanimty, and accompanied
with generous an expression Of esteem and
confidence, ought 10 outweigh all merely per
sOna desires and preferences OF my own. IL Is
with this feeling, and trust also from deep
sense Of public duty, that now accept the nom
nation. and shall abide the judgment Of my
II would have been impossible for me to accept
the nomination II could not heartily endorse
the platform of the Convention.
am gratified, therefore, 10 be able unequiT-
Ocally q declare that | agree in the principles,
approve the policies and sympathize with the
purposes enunciatcd in that platform.
The institutions Of our country have been
sorely tried by the eXigencies Of civil war, aud
since the peace, by selfish and corrupt man
agement cf the public affairs, which has
shamed us before civilized mankind by un-
wise and partial legislation, every industry
and interest OF the people have been made
of the Government by dishonesty, mpacity
and venality, has debauched the public service.
Men known 20 be unworthy have been
promoted, whilst others have been degraded
ior Gielity 10 Official duty. Public cnce has
been made the means Of private pioht, and
the country has been offended 30 see class Of
men who boast the friendship Of the sworn pro-
tectors Of the state, amassing fortunes by de-
frauding the public Treasury and BY corruptng
the servants OF the people in such crisis OF the
rejoice that the heconvention at st. Louis has 50
nOby raised
rIIK sTAEDARD OF REFORM.
Nothing can be well with US or with our affairs
until tie public conscience shocked by the enor.
tIa ala hall hay
demanded and compelled an unsparing rcfOrma-
ton of our national Administration la it,
head andi its members In such reformation
the removal of a single officer, even the Presi-
dent. ls comparatively uihing matter II the sys-
tenn which he reDrescnts, and which has iOstercd
him he has fOstered IT, h suffered o. remain.
The President alone must not be made the scape.
goat TOR the cnormities OF the system which in
fects the public service and threatens The de-
structon OF our institutions. In some respects
hold that the present Executive
has been the victim rather than
the author OF that vicious system. Con-
gressional and party leaders have been stronger
than the President No one man could have
created it, and the removal OF no one man can
amend IL. IL is thoroughly corrupt, and must
be swept remorselessly away by the selection Of
a Government composed of elements entirely
new and pledged TO radical reform The fret
work Of reform must evidently be the
restoration Of s,,,,,o the normal operation
United states with all its amendments. The ne
cessIties az war can not be pleaded in time OF
peace. The right Of local self government az
guaranteed by the Constitution must be every
where restored, and the centralized and aim II
personal imperialism which has been practiced
must De done away with, or the fret principle Of
the Republic will he lost.
THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.
Our financial system Of expedients must be re.
formed Gold and silver are the real standards
of value, and our national currency viii not be
perfect medium OF exchange until II shall be
convertible at the pleasure of the holder. As
L 4 Frf ~ "a PeIT a
20 specie payments more earnestly than do,
but I do not believe IL will or can be
reached in harmony with the interests Of the
people by artificial measures for the con
traction Of the currency, any more than believe
that wealth or permanent prosperity can be ere
ated by an initiation OF the currency. The iaws
OF finance can not be disregaried with impuDity.
The financial policy Of the Government, II in
deed II deserves the name Of policy nj AL, has
been In disregard of those laws and the reform
which has disturb sd commercial and business
confidence as well as hindered return 70 spe-
Gle payment. One feature Of tnat policy was
the resumption clause Of the act Of
1876, which has embarrassed the country by
the anticipation of a compulsory resumption for
which no preparation has been made and with
out any assurance that il would be practicable.
The repeal OF that clause IL necessary that the
natural operation OF financial law may be
restored, that the business Of the country
may be relieved from its disturbing and
depressing influence and that n return TO
specie payment NAV be facilitated by the subsi
tuition of wiser and more prudent legislation,
aud which shall mainly rely on juoicous sys-
TEN Of public economy and official retfenchment.
and, above all. In the promotion prosperity in
all Industries Of the people.
EARLY RESUMPTION POSSIBLE.
| 10 not understand the repeal Of the resump-
ton clause of the act of ls15 10 be backward step
In our return 10 specie payment, bui the recovery
/ ot false step, and although the repeal may fora
I time be prevented, yet the determination of the
I Democratic party on this subject has now been
decidedly declared. There should be no hin.
drances put In the way Of a return 10 specie pay
ments. ''As such hindrance." says
1--WE denource the resumption clause Of the act
/ OF ls75 and demand its repeal" thoroughly
believe that by public economy, by official re-
/ trcnchments and by wise finance enabling us TO
accumulate the precious metals. resumption at
an early period ie possible without producing an
artificial scarcity OF the currency or disturbing
/ the public or commercial credit, and that these
reforms, together with the restoration OF pure gov
erHment will restore general confidence, encour-
age the useful investment OF capital, furnish EN-
! pioyment o. labor, and relieve the country from
/ the paralysis Of hard time. With the industries
I Of the people there have pecn frequent interfer-
/ ences our platform ruiy says THAT many in
dustries have been impoverished 10 susidIze a
few; our commerce has been deranged On
an inferior position ON the high seas
manufactures have been diminished
/ agriculture has been embarrassed. and the dis.
tross OF the industrial classes demands that these
things shall be reformed" The burdens Of the
people must also be lghtened 10y great cnange
In our system Of public expenses. The profli-
gate expenditures which increased the taxation
from five dollars per capita ~ 1880. To eighteen
dollars in 1870. tells its own story Of our need OF
fiscal reform.
OUR RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN POWERS.
Our treaties with foreign Powers should also
he revised and amended In so far as they leave
the citizens Of foreign birth In any particular les
secure in any country on earth than they would
be II they had been born upon our soil. The In