Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-20
Mr. Wheeler's Letter Of Acceptance.

MT "hccIeF'S LcGIcr VI ACCepIAHcSs
New YORK, July 2O-Wm. A. Wheeler's
letter OF acceptance of the republican nomina
ton for the Vice Presidency is published here
to- day. He says the nomination is accepted
with a sense of the responsibility which may
follow. II elected shall endeavor to perform
the duties of the flee in the fear of the So
preme ruler and iu the interest of the whole
country. 10 the summary of doctrines enun
clated by the convention [ give my cordial as
sent. The republican party has iutrenched 10
the orgaui, law Of our land the doctrine that
liberty is the supreme interchangeable law for
every foot of American soil. Il is the mission
OF that party to give full effect to this principle
by securing to every American citizen CON-
plete liberty and exact equality on the exercise of
all civil, political and public rights. This will be
accomplished only when the American citizens.
without regard to color, shall wear this panoply
Of clriz 'nship as full and as securely 10 the
cauebrakes OF Louisiana as on the backs OF the
St. Lawrence. Upon the question of our
Southern relations my views are recently ex
dressed as member Of the committee of the
U. 5. House of Reprcs 'utatives upon Southern
affairs. Those views r. msio unchanged, and
we're thus expressed: We of the North de-
lude ourselves in expecting that the masses OF
the South, so far behind 10 many of the attri
butes Of enlightened improvement and civiliza
too, are 10 the brief period of ten or fifteen
years to be transformed Into our model North
eru communities. That can only come through
long course of patient wal log, to which no
one cau DOW set certain bounds. There will Be
a good deal Of unavoidable friction which will
call for forbearsDce, aud which will have to be
relieved by the temperate fostering care OF the
H. H. -
Indispensable agencies in this direction, will be
the devlsng of some system to aid 10 the edu-
CATION Of the masses. The fact that there are
whole counties iu Louisiana 10 which there is
not solitary school house, is full Of sugges
10 the Uoion and now duty and Interest de mand
that We leave no just means uutried to make
them good loyal cliizens. How to diminish the
friction; how to stimulate the elevation OF
this portion of our country are problems ad
dressing themselves to our bes, and wisest
craftsmanship The foundation for these efforts
must be laid 10 satisfying the Southern people
that they are to have equal and exact justice
accorded to them Give them to the fullest
extent every blessing which the government
oouters upon the mos, favored. Give them no
just cause for complaint, and hen hold them
by every necessary meaos to an exact obser.
vance of all their duties and obligations, u1-
der the Constitution and its amendments 10
secure to all within their borders manhood and
citizenship with every right thereto belonging.
The just obligations 10 public creditors, created
when the government was IN the throes OF
thrraieoed dissolution, and as an indispensable
condition of its savation, guaranteed by the
lives and blood Of thousands OF It's brave de.
tenders, are to be kept With religious faith, as
are all the pledges subsidiary thereto and con
6rmaory thereof. 10 my judgment the pledge
of Congress Of January IA, 1875, for the re-
demption of the notes Of the United States iu
coio, is the plighted faith Of the nation, and
rational honor simple honesty and justice 10
the people, whose permanent welfare and pros
perity are dependent upon true money as the
basis of their pecuniaIy transactions, all de.
maud the scrupulous observance of this pledge,
and il is the duty of Congress to supplement it
with such legislation as shall be necessary fol
its strict tuliiment. 10 our system of govero
nent Intelligence must give safety and value
10 the ballot; hense the common schools OF
the land should be preserved 10 all their vigor,
while in accordance with the spirit OF be Con
stituiion they and all their endowments should
be secured Dy every possible and proper guar
aDtee against every form OF $; clarlau Influence
or control. There should be the strictest econ
omy 10 the Expenditures of the governmen
consistent with its effective administration, anc
all unnecessary Offices should be abolished
Offices should be conferred only upon the bssi:
OF hiqh character and particular fitness, and
should be administered only as public trusts
and not Tor private advantage. The foregoing
are chief among the cardinal principles OF The
republican parry, AID 10 carry them into full
| practical effect Is the work it now has 10 baud
| 70 the completion of its great mission, We ad
| dress ourselves in hope aud confidence, checrel
and stimulated by the recollection OF irs pas
| achievements, remembering that under God
| is to that party that we are indebted in hi:
Centennial year OF our existence for preserv
ed, uubroken uDioo, for the fact that there l.
10 master or slave throughout our broad do
| maiD and that emancipateG millions look upOI
! the ensign of the republic as the symbul of thu
| fulfilled declaration that all men are createC
| free aud equal and the guarantee of their "wl
| equality uudcr the law with the most hlghl.
favored citizen of the laod. To the intelligence
and conscience of all who desire good govern
ment, good will good money and universe
prosperity the r publican party, not unmludtu
Of the imperfection and short comlugs OF hu
man organizations, yet with the honest pur
pose of It's masses promptly to retrieve all eIr"l
and to summarily punish all offenders agaln>
the laws of the couotry. confidently submits it.
claim Tor the continued support of the Amer
can people.
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