The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-03
Gen. Wheeler's Letter Of Acceptance.
MALONE, N. Y, July Is, 1876.
Hon., .Edward Mcpherson and. Others, of
the Committee of the Republican Nation

MALONE, N. Y, July Is, 1876.
Hon., .EdDard Mcpherson and Others, of
the Committee of the Republican Nation
al Conuenltion
GENTLEMEN received, on the 9Th
inst, your communication advising me
that / had been unanimously nominated
by the National Convention of the Re
publican party, held at Cincinnati on the
18th 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 of Republican
doctrines contained in the platform adop-
ted by the Convention.
A nomination made with such unanim-
ity implies confidence on the part of
the Convention which inspires my pro-
found gratitude. It is accepted with
sense of the responsibility which may fol-
low. If elected, I shall endeavor to per-
form the duties of the Office in the fear of
the Supreme Ruler and in the interest of
tile whole country.
To the summary of doctrines enun-
ciated by the Convention l give my cor
dial assent. The Republican party has
intrenched in the organic law of our land
the doctrine that liberty is the supreme,
Interchangeable law fo- every foot of
American soil. It is 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, all civil, political and
public rights" This will be accomplish
ed only when the American citizen, with
out regard to color, shall wear this
panopiy Of citizenship as fully and as
securely in the cane brakes of Louisiana
as on the banks of the St. Lawrence.
! Upon. the, question Of our Southern re-
lations, my views were recently expressed
as member of the Committee of the
United States House of Representatives
upon Southern Affairs. These, views re-
main unchanged, and were thus ex-
pressed-:s:..y ..,.,
"We Of the North delude ourselves in
expecting that the masses of the South,
SO ia. behind in many of the attributes
of enlightened improvements and civili-
zation, are, in the brief period of ten or
fifteen years, to be transformed into our
model Northern communities. That can
only come through a long course of
patient waiting, to which no one can
now set certain bounds. There will be a
good deal of unavoidable friction, which
will call for forbearance, and which will
have to. be relieved by the temperate, fos:
tering care of the government: One of
the most potent, if not indispensable
agencies in this direction will be the de-
vising of some system to aid in the .edu-
cation of the masses. The fact that there
are whole counties in Louisiana in which,
there is not solitary school house is full
of suggestion. We compelled these peo-
pie to remain in the Union, and now
duty and interest demand that we leave
no Just 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 prob
flems addressing themselves to our best
and wisest craftsmanship. The founda-
ton for these efforts must be laid in satis-D
flying the Southern people that they are
to have equal, exact Justice accorded to
them. Give them, to the fullest extent,
every blessing which I. the government
confen upon the most favored give them
no Just cause for complaint, and then
hold them, by every necessary means, to
an exact, rigid observance of al their
duties and obligations under the consti-
tuition and its amendments to secure to
all within their borders manhood and
citizenship, with every right thereto be-.
Longing; sae, -t.-7,,::g :,;f;;s
The Just obligations topublic creditors,
created when the government was in the
throes of threatened dissolution, and as
an indispensable condition Of its saliva:
ton -guarsnteed BY the lives and blood
of thousands of its brave defenders-are
to be Kept with religious faith as are all
the pledges subsidiary thereto and con-
frmatory thereof. -7eaF -: r.qs
In. my judgment the pledge Of Congress
of January IA, 1875, for the redemption
| of The; notes Of the United States in coin
is the pGghted faith Of the nation, and
national honor, simple honesty and JUS
tice to the people, whose permanent vel,
fare and. prosperity are dependent upon
true money as the basis of their pecu-
mary transactions, all demand the scru-
pulous observance of. this pledge, and it
Is the duty of Congress to, supplement it
with such legislation as shall Pc: necesT %
sarry for its strict fu1fllment. -.
In our system Of government intel.i-
gence must give safety and value to the
ballot. Hence the common schools fof
the land should be preserved in al! their
yigor, WHILE, in accordance with the
spirit of the constitution, they and all
their endowments should sbe secured by
every possible and proper guarantee
against every form of sectarian influence
or control. -. a..
There should be the strictest economy
in the expenditures of the government
consistent with its effective administra-
ton, and all, unnecessary offices should
be abolished. Offices should be con-
ferred only upon the basis Of high charac-
ter and particular fitness, and should be
administered only as public trusts and
not for private advantage .41s,.3,E..,
The foregoing, are chief among the
cardinal principles Of the Republican
party, and to carry them into full, prac-
tical effect is the work itin6w has in
hand, To the completion of its great
mission we address ourselves in hope and
confidence, cheered and stimulated by
the recollection of its past achievements;
remembering that, under God, it Is to
that party that we are indebted in this
centennial year Of our existence for a
preserved, unbroken Union for the fact
that there is no master or slave through
out our broad domains, and that emanci.
pated millions look upon the ensign Of
the Republic as the symbol of the ful,
filled declaration that all men are created
free and equal, and the guarantee Of their
own equality, under the law, with the
most highly favored citizen of the Land:
To the intelligence and conscience Of
all who desire good government, good
will, good money and universal prosper;
ty, the Republican party, not unmindfui
Of the imperfecton and shortcomings OF
human organizations. vet with the honest