Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-07-26

MUoNE, y Y, July 18th, 1876
GoH,m,a:-I received on the Gth instant your
communication advising me that had been imam
imously nominated By the national convention Of
the Republican party, held at Cincinnati on the
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 sum
mary Of Republican doctrines contained in the
platform adopted By the convention 4 nomina-
ton made with such unanimity implies conf
dence on the part Of the convention which inspires
my profound gratitude It is accepted with a
sense Of the responsibility which may follow II
elected, shall endeayor to perform the duties Of
the office in the fear of the supreme Ruler and in
the interest Of the whole country.
To the summary Of doctrines ennncatcd by the
convention give my cordial assent The Repub-
lcan party has inttenched in the organic law Of
our land the doctrine that liberty is the supreme,
interchangeable law for every foot Of American soil
1t is the mission Of that party to give full effect to
this principle by securing to every American cit
zen complete liberty and exact equality in the ex-
ercise Of all civil political and public rights %
This will be accomplished only when the Amcri-
can citizen, without regard Ia color, shall wear
this panoply Of citizenship as fully and a. securely
in the cane-brt6es Of Louisiana as ON the banks of
the st. Lawrence.
Upon the question Of our Southern relations,
my views were recently expressed as a member Of
the committee Of the United States House Of Rep
representatives upon southern affairs These
views remain unchanged and were thus expressed
" We Of the North delude ourselves in expecting
that the MASSES Of the South 50 far behind in
9 Al.
ment and civilization, 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 nn one can now set certain bounds There
will be good deal Of unavoidable friction, which
Will call for forbearnce, and which will have to
be relieved by the temperate fostering care Of tie
government. one ofthe most potent If not indis-
pensahe, agencies in this direction will be the de
yisiug Of some system to aid in the education Of
the masses The iact that there are whole conn
ties in Louisiana in which there Is not solitary
school-house, is fall Of suggestion. We compelled
these people 10 remain in the Union and now
duty and interest demand that We leave no lust
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 addressing themselves to our best and
wisest craftsmanship The foundation OF these
efforts must be laid in satisfying the Southern peo-
pie that they are to have equal and exact justice
accorded to them. Give them 10 the fullest ex-
tent every blessing which the government coufers
upon the most favored give them no just cause
for complaint; and then hold them BY every nee
essary means TO an exact, rigid observance Of all
their duties and obligations, under the constitu-
ton and It's amendments to secure to all within
their borders manhood and citizenship, with every
right thereto belonging
The just obligations to public creditors created
when the government was in the throes OF threat
ened dissolution and as an Indispensable condition
OF it, salvation guaranteed by the lives and blood
Of thousands Of It's brave defenders, are 10 be
kept with religious faith are all pledges sub
sdary thereto and coufrmatory thereof In my
judgment, the pledge Of Congress Of January H.
1875 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 justice to
the people, whose permanent welfare and pros
peIity are dependent upon true money as the basi.
of their pecuniary transactions, all demand tn,
| scrupuious observance Of this pedgei and il {,
the duty Of Congress to supplement it with such
legislation as shall be necessary for It's strict fu
fllment.
In our system Of government, intelligence must
give safety and value TO the ballot Hence tn,
| common schools Of the land should he preserved
| in all their ygori while, in accordance with IN,
spirit Of the constitution they and all their endow
ments should be secured by every possible and
| proper guaranty against every form of sectariaI
influence or control
! There should be the strctest economy In the ex
! penditures Of the government consistent with IT,
effective administration and all unnecessaT,
offices should be abolished
Offices should be conferred only upon the basil
Of high character and particular fitness, an,
should be administered only rs public trusts an,
not for private advantage.
The foregoing are chief among the cardinal prin
/ cples of the Republican party, aud 10 carry then
into full practical effect is the work 1t lhs ol
| hand To the completion of It's great mission
we address ourselves In hope and confidence
| cheered aud stimulated by the recollection of il
| PAST achievements remembering that under TO,
il IL To that party We are indebted in this cen
| tennial year OF our existence for preserved, un
broken Union, fOr the fact that there is no maste
! or slave throughout our broad domains, and tina
emancipated millions look upon the ensign of III,
republic AS the symbol of the fulfilled declaration
that all men are created free and equal and tn
guaranty of their own equality under the law will
| the most highly favored citizen of the land
10 the intelligence and conscience Of all who de
sire good government, good will, good money an,
uniS ersal prosperity the Republican party no
unmindful of the imperiections aud shoncoming
Of human organizations, yet with the honest pnr
pose Of It's masses promptly TO retrieve all errors
and Ia summarily punish all on enders against tn
laws of the country confidently submits its claim
for the continued support OF the American people
Respectfully WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
Hon. Ei,cord Mcpherson and others, member
Of tie Coaiahtee Of 0'c Rs1ablicm National Con