The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-07-27
W Liam A. WHEELER.
His Letter Accepting the Nomination
to the Vice Presidency.
The Views Of Patriot and statesman i.

The Hon. Edward Mcpherson and 9TH
ers # the Committee of the Republican
Nat onal Convention:
GRNTLEMEN-I received, on the 9th
lnstant, your communication adVi ing me
that nad been unan mously nominated
by the National Convt ntion of the Re-
publican party, held az incinnati on
the IA ultimo, for the Office Of Vice
Preslue ut of the United States, and re-
guessing my acceptance of tie same, and
askin2 my attention TO the summary OIL
the r publican doctrines contained in
the p,ttform adopted by the convention
A nomination made with such una
nimlty, impliesa confidence on the part
of thC convention which inspires my
profound gratitude. 1t is accepted With
a sense of the responsibility which may
follow If elected, | shall endeavor to
pert rm the duties of the office in the
fear o. tie Supreme Ruler, and in the
interest of the whole country.
To the summary of doctrines enunciat-
ed by the convention, | give my cordial
assent. The Republican party has in~
trenched IN the organic law of our land
the doctrine that liberty is the supreme
unch, ngeable law for every foot of Amer
lean soil. Il is the mission Of that party
to give tull effect to this principle, by
Securing to every American citizen
com plete liberty aud exact equality n
the exercise Of all civil, political and
pub &c rights This will be accomplish
ed only when the American citizen,
without regard to Tor, shall wear this
pan"ply of citizenship as fully and secure
ly ~ the canebrakes of Louisiana as on
the banks of the St. Lawrence.
= on the question Of our Southern
rela IONS, my views were recently ex-
pressed as member OF committee OF
che United States House of Represent
atiyrs upon Southern affairs. Those
views remain unchanged, and were
thus expressed: We, Of the North,
delude ourselves in expecting that the
masses of the South, so tar behind in
many Of the attributes of enlightened
Improvement and civilization, are, in the
brI period o. zen or fifteen years, to be
transformed into our model Northern
communities that Can only come through
q ug course of patient waiting, 10 wEioh
no me can now set certain bounds There
will he a good deal of unavoidable tric-
ton, which will call TOR for bearance, and
which will have to be relieved by the
ten, per3te and fostering care OF the
Government. One ~ the most potent,
it not indispensable, agencies in this
direction, will be the devlsing of some
system to aid I'D the education of the
M es. The fact that there are whole
counties Ia Louisiana in which there is
MOI solitary school house, is full Of
suggestion We compelled these people ta
remaIn IN the Union, and now duty and
interest demand that we leave no just
means untried to ma<e them good loyal
citizens. How 10 dimin sh the friction,
how to stimulate the elevation of this
portion Of our country, are problems
addressing themselves To our best and
wisest craftsmanship Tue foundation
for these efforts must be laid IN satisfy
ing 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
confers u, pom the most favored give
them no just cause for CONS plant; and
then hold them, by evey necessary means,
TO an exact and rigid observance OF all
their duties and obligations under the
constitution and its amendments, to Sc
Gu 10 all within their borders manhood
and citizenship, with every right thereto
belonging.
The just obligation to public creditors,
created when the Government was in the
thrnes OF threatened dissolution, and as
an Indispensable condition of it's saliva
ton, guaranteed by the lives and blood
of thousands of lis brave defenders, are
to he kept with religious faith, rs are all
the pledges subsidiary thereto and con-
f1rmat0ry thereof. la my judgment the
pledge of Congress Cf January IA, 1875,
for the redemption Of the notes of the
United States In coin, is the plighted
fai b of the nation, and national honor,
simple honesty, and justice to the people
whose permanens welfare and prosperity
are dependent upon true money as the
basis OF their pecuniary transactions, all
demand the scrupulous observance Of this
pledge, and it is She duty of Congress to
supplement it with such legislation as
shall be necessary for its strict fulfill
ment.
la our system of government, intelli-
gence must give safety and value 60 the
ballot. Hence the common schools of
the land should be preserved in all their
vigor, while, IN accordance with the spr-
It II the constitution, they and all their
endowments should be secured by every
possible and proper guaranty against
evfsry form of sectarian Influence or con-
troll.
There should be the strictest economy
III the expenditures of the Government
co sistent with its effective administra
tion, and all unnecessary offices should be
abolished. Offices should oe conferred
only upon the basis of high character
AM particular fitness, and should be
administered only as public trusts, and
not for private advantage.