The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-07-21
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
10 THE DAILY NEELL1GEN0ER
Mr.. WheeIer,s Letter Of Accept
anee.

AuCes
MALONE, n. Y, July Is, 70.
To he Hon. Eipard MePsasOn and Other
Of he Committee 'ef The Republican Ma
iioral Ceapeation:
GENT1EMEN-1 received on the Gtf
linstant Your communication advising mt
that l had been unanimously nominated
by the National Convention OF the Re
publican party, held at Cincinnati on tht
| i4th ult., for the Office Of Vice President
OF the United States, and requesting my
acceptance OF the same, and, asking my
attention TO the summary ot Republican
doctrines contained in the platform
adopted by the convention.
A nomination made with such una
nimity implies confidence on the part
OF the convention which inspires my pro-
found gratitude. II Is accepted with q
sense Of the responsibility which may
follow. III elected, / shall endeayor to
perform, the duties oil the Office, in the
fear Of the Supreme Ruler aud in' tie in
terest Of the whole country. =.
To the summary OF the doctrines
enumerated by the convention l give my
cordial assent. The Republican party
has intrenched itself in the original law
OF the land, the doctrine that
LrBERTy Is THE SUPREME,
interchangeable law for every part Of
American soil. II ID the mission Of that
party to give full, effect to this principle
BY securing TO every American citizen
complete liberty and exact equality in the
exercise Of ali civil and political rights,
This will be accomplished only when the
American citizen, without regard to color,
shall wear this panoply Of citizenship as
fully and securely In the canebreaks of
I,ouisiana as on the bank OF the 81. Law
renee. .r......
Upon the question Of our Southern
relations, my views were recently ex-.
pressed rs member Of the committee Of
The United States House Of Representa-
tives, upon Southern affairs. These
views remained unchanged and were
thus expressed. ave Of the North de-
lude ourselves in expecting that the
masses Of the South, so far behind in
many attributes OF enlightened improve:
ment and civilization, are in the brief
period OF ten or fifteen years to be trans
formed into our model Northern com
munities. That can only come through
long course OF patient waiting, to
which no one can now set certain bounds.
There will be Ggood deal Of.
UNAVOIDABLE FRICTION,
which will cali for forbearance, and which
will have to be 'relieved.by the temperate,
fostering care Of the government. One Of
the most potent, II not indispensable
agencies in this direction, will be the de.
vising Of some system to aid in the educa-
tion OF the masses. The fact that there
are whole counties in Louisiana in which
there is not a solitary school house is full
OF suggestion. We compelled these people
to remainin the Union, and now duty and
| interest demand that we leave no inst
means untried to make them good loyal
citizens. How TO diminish the friction,
how to stimulate the elevation OF this
portion Of our country, are problems ad-
dressing themselves 10 our best and wisest
statesmanship. The foundation for these
efforts must be laid in satisfying the
sourthern people that they are to have
EQUAL AND EXACT JUSTICE
accorded 10 them; give them to the full
eat extent every blessing which the gov.
ernment coniers upon the most favored;
give them no Just cause for complaint,
and then hold them by every necessary
means to an exact and rigid observance OF
all their duties and obligations under
the constitution and its amendments, to
secure TO all within their borders, man
hood and citizenship, with every right
thereto belonging. q ~
The just obligations 10 the public cred
itors, created when the government was
in the throes Of threatened dissolution,
and an indispensable condition Of itg sal
vation, guaranteed by tho lives and blood
OF thousands Of It's brave defenders are to
beIkept with religious faith as are all the
pledges subsidiary thereto and confirms
tory, thereof. In my judgement, the
pledge Of Congress Of January 14th, 1875,
for the redemption Of notes Of the United
States in coin is the
.PEIeHrRp FAITH OF TIE NATION,
and national honor, simple honesty and
Justice to the people whose permanent
welfare and PROSPERITY are dependent
upon true. money as the basis OF their
pecuniary transactions, all demand the
sorupulous observance Of this pledge, and
II is the duty OF Congress to supplement
1t with such legislation as shall be neces-
sary for its strict fulfillment.
In our system Of government intelli-
gence must give safety and value TO the
ballot. Hence the common schools OF the
country should be preserved in all their
vigor, while in accordance with the spirit
Of the Constitution, they and all their
endowments should be secured by every
possible and proper guaranty against
every form OF
sEcTARIAs INFLUENCE OR CONTROL,
There should be the strictest economy
in the Expenditures OF the Government,
consistent with its effective administra-
tion, and all unnecessary offices should be
abolished. Offices should be conferred
only upon the basis Of a high character
and particular fitness and should be ad.
ministered only as public trusts and not
for private advantages, a,.
The foregoing are chief among the car.
dinal principles Of the Republican party,
and to carry them into practical effect il
a work it now has on hand. To tho com,
pletion Of its great mission we address
ourselves in the hope and confidence
cheered and stimulated by the recollection
OF It's past achievements, remembering
that under God it Is to that party thai
we jafe indebted in this Centennial year
OF our existence for '''s :
PRESERVED, uNBRoKES UNION,
for the fact that there Ia no master mol
slave throughout our broad dominions
and that the emapcipated millions look
upon the ensign Of the republic as the
symbol Of the fulfilled declaration that
all men are created free and equal, and
the guaranty,of their own equality under
the law with the most highly favored
citizen OF the land, to the intelligence and
conscience Of oil who desire. good gov.
ernment, good will, good money and uni
versal prosperity.
The Republican party is not unmindful
Of the inperfection'aud shortcomings oi
human organizations, Yet with the honest
purposes Of Its masses promptly to re-