The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1876-08-11
WILLIAM =. wheeler.

tee of the Republican National
Convention
GENTLEMEN Il received on the
9th instant your communication
advising me that had been unani-
mously nominated by the Nation
al Convention on the 18th ult., for
the office of Vice President of the
United States and requesting the
of the same, and ask
ing my attention to the summary
of Republican doctrines contain
ed in the platform adopted by the
Convention.
A nomination made with such
unanimity implies confidence on
the part OF the Convention which
inspires my profound gratitude.
1t is accepted with sense of the
responsibility which may follow.
If elected, 1 shall endeaYor to
perform the duties of the office in
the fear OF the Supreme Ruler
lind in the interest of the whole
country. To the summary of the
doctrines enunciatCd by the Con-
vention [ give my cordial consent.
The Republican party has en-
trenched in the organical law
of our land the doctrine that lib
erty is the supreme, Interchangeable
law for every foot of the Ameri-
can soil. 1t 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 accomplished
only when the American citizen,
without regard to color, shall wear
this panoply of citizenship as full
ly and as securely in the cane
breaks of Louisiana as on the
ST. Lawrence.
Upon the question of our
Southern relations my views were
recently expressed as member
of the Committee of the United
States House of Representatives
upon southern affairs. These
views remain unchanged and were
thus expressed: eve of the North
delude ourselves in expecting that
the masses Of the South, so far be-
hind in many of the attributes of
enlightened improvement and civ
ilization, are, n the brief period
of ten or fifteen years to be trans
formed into our modern northern
communities. That can only come
through long course OF patient
waiting to which no one can now
set certain bounds. There will
be u good deal Of unavoidable fric-
ton, which will call for forbear-
ance, and which will have to be re-
lieved by the temperate, fostering
care Of the Government. One OF
the most potent. { not indispenSi-
BILE agencies III this direction will
be the deVising OF some system to
aid in the education of the mass
es. The fact that there are whole
counties in Louisiana in which
there is not II solitary school-house
is full of suggestion. We COM
PEELED these people to remain In
the Union, and now our duty and
interest demand that we leave no
Just means untricd to make them
gOol, legal citiZeus. How to di-
miuish the friction, how to slim
ulate the elevation of this por-
ton of our country, are problems
addressing themselves to our best
and wisest craftsmanship. The
foundation for these efforts must
be laid in satisfying the people Of
the South that they are to have
equal and exact justice accorded
70 them. Give them to the fullest
extent every blessing which the
Government confcrs upon the
most favored; give them no just
cause for complaint, and then hold
them by every necessary means
to an exact and rigid observance
| of all their duties and obligations
under the Constitution and its
| amendments to secure to all with
in their borders manhood and citi
zenship, with every right thereto
belonging"
The just obligation to public
creditors created when the Gov
eminent was in the throes O
threatened dissolution, and as al
indispensable condition of its re
turns guaranteed by the lives ano
blood OF thousands of its brave
defenders, are to be kept with re
iigions faith, as are all the pied
ges subsidiary thereto and con
iirmatory thereof. In my judge
ment the pledge of Congress o
January 14th, 1875, for redemp-
ton of notes ofthe United States
in coin is the plighted faith o
National honor. Simple honesty
and justice to the people who's,
permanent welfare and pr0sperit,
are dependent upon true money
Las the basis of their pecuniarl
transactions, all demand the scru-
puIous observance OF this pledge
and it is the dnty of Congress t,
supplement it with such Iegisla-
| tfon as shall be necessary for it
perfect fulnIment-
In our system of government
intelligence must give safety ant
| value. Hence the common school.
of the land should be preserved
in ali their Yigor, while in accor
dance with the spirit of the Con
stitution they and and all thei
endowments should be secured b,
every possible and proper guar
anty against every form OF secta-
rian iniluece or control.
There should be the strIctes
economy in expenditures of tn
| government consistent with it
| effective administration, and al
unnecessary offices should b