The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-05
TnOU ShALT NOT STEAL,
Samuel J Tl,drn'S and Thumas 4. Hen
bricks Letters Of Acceptance.
The Republican Party Arraigned for Pro-
AgaCy and veaaity The Condition
Of the Country Reviewed and the
Demand for Reform Shown


Demand for Reform Shown
Mr., Hendricks Lettcr OF Acceptance
SARATOGA, August THE following
is the letter of acceptance OF Hon, L,
! ileuG. icks.
lNplANApoiIs, July u, 1876
GputIemon--l have the honor to ac
! knowledge the RECEIPT OF your cOmmu.
| nicatlOn, IN which you have formally
Notified Inc of my nomination py the
| National Democratic Convention, al
| 81. Louis, rs their candidate for the of
| Tee OF Wee President OF the United
! States. Ii is u nomination which
had neither expected, nor desired, and
| yet recognize and appreciate the
| high honor done 10 ne hy the Conven-
ton. The choice oi the cody, pronounc.
| ed with such unusual unanlmity anu
accompanied with 50 generous mn tx
| preston Of esteem aud confidence,
| aught TO out weigh all merely personal
| desires and pref renC,s Ofmy own; il is
with III $ feeling, and trust, also,
! from deep sense OF pure duty, that |
now aCcepl the nomination and shall
abide the Judgment OF my country
men, II would have been impossible
| Tor me TO accept the nomination II !
could not heartily endorse the
platform of the convention
ain gratitled, therefore, to be able un
equivocally to declare that | agree on
the principles, approve the policies
and sympHthlse with the purposes
euu4Ciated In that platform. The IN.
situations OF our country have been
sOrely tried by the eXigencies of civil
war, and, since the peace, by u selfish
aud corrupt management of public If.
fairs which has shamed us before civil
lied mankind by unwise aud partial
legislation every industry and interest
OF the people have been made to suffer
and the dishonesty, ralacitY and ven
ality Of the executive department of
the government have debauched the
public serN ice. Men kaown to be IN.
worthy, have been promoted, whilst
others have been degraded for fidelity
10 official duty; public oilice has been
made the means Of private profit, ana
the country has been offended to see Il
set Of men, who NOast the friendship
| OF the sworn protectors o. the state,
amassing fortunes by dcfraudlng the
public treasury and by cawupting the
services OF tho people In such acrisis
of the history OF the country, | rejoice
that the convention, AT st Louis, has
! ,,,l,l,t ,,I "a tl.., q 4, IlurI al
| Nothing can be well with us or with
our affairs, until the public
conscience, shocked by the enormous
evils and abuse which plevaii, demand
and compel unsparing reformation Of
our national administration, In its
head aud In its members. In such
reformation the removal of single
officer, even the President, Is compare
lively IA triiling matter In the system
which he represents, aud which has
fostered him M he has iOstered IT, In
SOME respects hold that the present
executive has been the victim rather
than the author of that vicious system
Congressional and party leaders have
been stronger than the President No
one man could have created it, and the
removal of no one man can amend II.
IL is thoroughly corrupt, and must be
swept femorselessly away by the selec-
ton Off Government composed Of ele.
ments entirely new, and pledged to
radical Reform. The first work Of re
form must evidently be the restoration
of the normal operation OF the consti-
tuition of the Unhcd States, with all its
amendments. The necessities Of the
war can not be pleaded in time OF
peace. Tho right of local seIt-govern
ment, as guaranteed 10y the Constitu
don, must he everywhere restored and
the centralized, almost personal i'm
perialism which has been practised,
must be dong away with or the first
principles OF The republic will be lost.
Our Standardization eXpedients must
be reformed. NiOld and silver are the
real standardpf values and our ma
tional currency will not he perfect
medium of exchange until 1t shall be
convertible ut the pleasure of the
holder. As have heretofore said no
one desires return to specie payments
mole earnestly than do, but do not
believe that this can be reached, or
harmony with the interests of the peo-
pie, by atili2lul measures for the CON
traction Of the currency, any more
than believe that wealth aud perma-
nent prosperity can be created by an
initiation Of the currency the laws OF
| finance cannot he dlsregarded with
| impunity. The financial policy Of the
Government, II indeed it deserves the
name of policy at all has been In dis
regard OF those laws and the reform
has disturbed commercial and bust
ness confidence, rs well rs hindered a
return to specie payments. One fea-
ture OF that policy was the resumption
clanse OF tho net OF 1875, which has en-
barrassei the country by the antitipa-
ton Of u compul, tory resumption for
which no preparation has been made,
and without any assurance that
II would be practicable. The
repeal of that clause Is
necessary, that the natural opera
tions OF financial laws may be restored,
that the business OF the country may
be relieved from It's disturbing and de-
pressing influence, and that return
to specie payments may be facilitated
Dy tne suDslllutlol VI WlSel hnN hiolV
prudent legislation, which shall main
iy rely ona judcious system of public
economy aud official retrenchments,
and above all, In the promotion OF
prosperity in all the industries Of the
people. ] do not understand the repeal
Of the resumption clause of the act OF
1870 to be IL backward step in our re.
turn to specie payments, but the recov
cry OF false step; and although the
repeal may for n time be prevented
yet the determination of the Demo
cratic party on this subject has nov
been declared thut there should be nj
Ihiiidrances put In the way of n return
I'd Specie payments AS surh II hin
drancc, says the platform of the st
Louis Convention, we denounce til,
resumption clause OF the act OF 1915
and demand It's repeal. | thorough,
Il A.