The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-17
Governor Hendricks Letter.
INDIANAPOLIS, July "a, 1875.

lNOlANAfOIIoj cuiy &1, A0to'
GENTLEMES--I have the honor To ac-
knowledge the receipt of your commune
cation, in which you have formally mott
fed me of my nomination by the National
Democratic Convention ut st. Louis as
their candidate for the Office of Vice
President of the United States. 1t is a
nomination which / had neither expected
nor desired, and yet 1 recognize and ap-
preciate the high honor done me by the
Convention. The choice of such body,
pronounced with such unusual unanimi-
ty, and accompanied with so generous an
expression of festeem and confidence ought
to outweigh all merely personal desires
and preferences of my own. 1t is with
this feeling, and I trust also from 9 deep
sense of public duty, that shall now
accept the nomination, and shall abide
the judgment of my countrymen.
It would have been impossible for me
to accept the nomination if l could not
heartily indorse the platform ofthe Con-
.vention. I am gratifed, therefore, to be
able unequivocally to declare that agree
in the principles, approve the policies,
and sympathize with the purposes enun-
.ciated in that platform. .,sa
THE STANDARD OF REFORM. a,-
The institutions OF our country have
been sorely tried by the exigencies OF
civil war, and, since the peace, by selfish
and corrupt management of the public
affairs, which has shamed US before civil.
lied mankind. By unwise and partial
legislation every industry and interest of
the people have been made to suffer, and
in the Executive departments of the gov
ernment dishonesty, rapacity, and venali-
ty hare debauched the public service
Men known to be unworthy have been
promoted, while others have been de.
graded for fidelity to official duty. Pub
lie Office has been made the means of
private profit, and the country has been
offended to see class of men who boast
the friendship of the sworn protectors Of
State, amassing fortunes by defrauding
the, public treasury and by corrupting the
servants of the people. In such crisis
of the history of the country rejoice that
the Convention at st. Louis has SO nobly
raised the standard of reform Nothing
can be we'll with us or our affairs until
the public conscience, shocked by the
enormous evils and abuses which prevail,
shall have demanded and compelled an
unsparing reformation OF our national
administration, 74'in its head and in its
members" In such reformation the
removal of a single officer, even the Pres
ident, is comparatively trihing matter,
If the system which he represents, aud
which has fostered him as he has fostered
it; is suffered to remain. The President
alone must not be made the scspegoat for
the enormities of the system which in
;fects the public service and threatens the
destruction of our institutions. In some
respects / hold that thai present E1ecu.
tive has been the victim, rather than, the
author, of that vicious system. Congress.
siopal and party leaders have been
stronger than the President. No one
man could have, createdit, aud theme
moyal of, no, one man can amend jt.a;It
is thoroughly corrupt, and must beswept
iremorseiessiy away BY the selection Of g
government, onposed of elements entire
IL neu, ,,and ;plsdged to radical reformai>
The fsst work Of reform must evident
" be the restoration of the normal opera.
ton Of the constitution of the United
States, with all it's amendments. The
necessities Of war cannot be pleaded in q
time of peace. The right Of local self
government, as guaranteed by the consti:-
tutiotl OF the Union, must be everywhere
restored. and the centralized {almost
personally imperialism which has been
practised must be done away or the
first principles Of the Republic will be
lost. -
REPEAL OF THE RESUMPTION CLAUSE.
Our financial system of expedients
must be reformed. Gold and silver are
the real standards of values, and our ma
tional currency will not be perfect
medium of exchange until it shall be
convertible at the pleasure ofthe holder.
As / have heretofore said, no one desires
return to specie payments more eearnest,
ly than I do; but I do NOT believe that it
will or can be reached in harmony with
the interests of the people by artificial
measures for the contraction Of the cur.
rency, any more than ! believe wealth or
permanent prosperity can be created by
an imitation Of. the currency. The laws
of finance cannot Be 'disregarded with
impdnity.s Thei.fnancial policy of the
government. il, indeed it deserves the
name of policy at ALL has been in disre-
g,asrd Of those laws, and therefore has dis
turbed commercial and business conf
dence as we'll as fhindered a return to
specie payments. One. feature, Of that
policy was the resumption clause Of the
act Of 1876, which has embarrassed the
| country by the anticipation Of q compul-
4 sory9 resumption for which no preparation
has been made, and without any assur'
| ance that it would be practicable, The
! repeal of that clause is necessary that the
4 natural operation of financial laws may
| be restored, that the business Of the coun-
try may be relieved from its. disturbing
and depressing infuenee, and that ns-
| turn to specie payments may be facih.
tated by the substitution of wiser and
moro prudent Legislation, which shall
mainly rely, on jndicious system Of pub.
lie economies and official. retrenchments,
and, above all, on the promotions of pros
perity in all the Industries of the peo.
pie. 800
RESUMPTION BACKWARD STEP.
lido not understand the repeal Of the
resumption clause of the act of 1875 to
be a backward step in our return to specie
payment, but the recovery of false step
and although the repeal may, for a time,
be prevented, yet the discrimination Of
the democratic party on this subject has
now been distinctly declared. There
shonld be no hindrances put in the way
of a return to specie payments. GAS such
a hindrance," says the platform of the
st. Louis Convention I'VE denounce the
resumption clause of 1875, and demand
its repeal" -.
r thoroughly believe that by public
economy, by official retrenchments, and
By wise finance enabling US to accumulate
1.-The precious metals, resumption, at an
early period, is possible without produ,.