Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1876-08-03

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GssTisnRs-I received On the 9Th
instant yoss standardization advising
me that I had been Unanimously NOM
mated BY the National Convention o(
the Republican party, held At Giaeia-
cinnati On the 14th ult., for the Once
Of Vice President Of the United States,
and requesting my acceptance Of the
same, and asking my attention. 10 the sum-
mary of the Republican doctrines con-
tanned in the platform adopted BY the
Convention. A nomination made with
such unsnimity implies . confidence on
the part Of the Convention which in
spires my profound gratitude. 1t is
accepted with sense Of the response
bility which may follow. IL elected, I
shall endeavor 20 perform the duties Of
the Office in the tear Of the Supreme
Ruler, and in the interests Of the whole
country. A
To the summary Of doctrines enuncia-
ted by the Convention ! give my cor
dial assent. The Republican party has
intrenehed in the organic law Of our
land the doctrine that liberty is the SD
preme, Interchangeable Law for every foot
Of American soil. II is the mission Of
that party to give full effect to this
principle by securing to every Ameri-
can citizen complete liberty and exact
equality in the exercise Of all civil, po-
litical and public rights" This will be
accomplished only when the American
citizen, without regard to color, shall
wear this panoply Of citizenship as fully
and as securely in the canebrakes Of Lou
isiana ss on the banks ofthe St. Lawrence.
Upon the question OF our Southern re-
lations, my views were recently ex.
pressed rs member of the Committee of
the United States House Of Represen-
tatives upon Southern Affairs. Those
views remained unchanged, and were
thus expressed:
We Of the North delude ourselves in
expecting that the masses ofthe South,
so far behind in many Of the attributes
Of Heightened improvement 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 long course
Of patient waiting, to which no one can
set certain bounds. There will be q
good deal of unavoidable friction, which
will call for forbearance and which will
have tobe 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
devising Of some system to aid in the
education 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 COM
PEELED these people to remain in the |
Union, and now duty and interest de-
mand that we leave no just means I'M
tried to make them good, loyal citizens.
How 10 diminish the friction, how TO
stimulate the elevation Of this portion
Of our country, are problems addressing
to our best and wisest states
manship. The foundation for these eff
forts must be laid in satisfying the
Southern people that they are to have
equal, exact justice accorded to them.
Give them to the fullest extent every
blessing which the Government confers
upon the most favored-gi,e them no
just cause for complaint, and then hold
them, by every necessary means, TO an
exact, rigid observance Of all their du-
ties and obligations under the Constitu-
ton and its amendments to secure to
all within their borders manhood and
citizenship. with every right thereto
belonging.
The just obligations to public credi-
tors, created when the Government was
in the throes Of threatened dissolution,
and as an indispensable condition Of its
salvation-gauranteed BY the lives and
blood Of thousands of its brave de.
to be kept with religious
faith, as are all the pledges subsidiary
thereto and confrmatory thereof. In
my judgment the pledge Of Congress
of January IA, 1878, for the redemption
of the notes of the United States in coin
is the plighted faith Of the nation, and
national honor, simple honesty, and just
ice to the people whose permanent well
fare and prosperity are dependent upon
true money as the basis of of their Pc
cuniary transactions. all demand the
scrupulous observance Of this pledge;
and it is the duty Of Congress to supple
ment it with such Legislation as shall be
necessary for its strict fulfilment.
In our system Of government, intelli-
gence must give safety and value to the
ballot. Hence the common schools OF
the land 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 sectarian control.
There should be the strictest economy
IN the expenditures Of the Government
consistent with its effective adminstra-
ton, and all unnecessary Offices should
be abolished. Offices should be con.
ferred only upon the basis Of high char.
acter and particular fitness, and should
be administered only As public trusts,