The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-23
Ihe Bulletin.
WHEELER'S LETTER.
The Republican Nomination for
the vice-Presidency Accepted.
Ife stand nv tiie Platform and Grant
aud the Rest OF I'm. but throws
in a word About We or,u

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Whc olci' = letter OF acceptance:
MALONE, July ~. 1s16.
The Hon. Edward Mcpherson and Others Of
the Committee of The Republican Ma
tlonal Convention:
Geotlea.ea: ] received on the 10th insF.,
your communication advising me that I
had been anonymously nominated by the
National Convent Oh 81 the Republican
parry held at Cincinnati on the l4th ult..
for the Office Of Nice-Presidcnt OF the
United states and requesting my acceptance
Of the sane. and asking my attention to the
summary Of Republican doctrines con
tanned in he Platform adopted by the c)E-
yention.
a nomination made with such unan.mi'y
implies a confidence on the part Of the con-
vention which inspires my profound graft
tudc. I i, accepted with sense of the
responsibility which msy follow. If elected
shali endca'or 10 perform the duties of
the office in the fear Of the Supreme Ruler
| aud in the interest of the whole country.
To the summary OF doctrines enuncistedby
| the convention ! give my cordial consent.
| ibc PhthLAb F7Ilh Ud- III
the organized Jaw of our land the doctrine
that iberty is the supreme, interchangeable
| law for eve y foot OF American soil. Ii IS
the mission OF that party to give fun effect
| TO this principle by securing to every
| American citizen complete liberty and en-
act equality in the exercise Of all civil, po-
| litic1i and pub ic rights. This will be ac-
compi-hed only when the American citi-
| zen, without regard to color, shall we ar this
panoply o! citizenship as fully and securely
! in the caneblrke- OF Louisiana a. on the
banks OF the 81, Lawrence.
Upon the question Of our Southern rela-
tons my views were recently expressed as
n member Of the committee Of the United
| States house Of representatives upon south
| ern All IT,. These views rem4ined I'M
F, changed and were thu, expressed: eve
o. the North delude ourselves in expecting
taat the masses OF the South. > far behind
ia many of the attributes Of enlightened
| improvement and civilization. are in the
brief period OF ten or fifteen years to be
| transformed into our model northern COM
munities. That can only come through a
| long course OF patient waiting To which no
one can now sci certain bounds. There
will be good deal ofunayoidable friction,
which Will call for iorbearance, and which
| nil have to be relieved By the TEN erate,
fo.tegiEg care OF the Government. One of
the most potent, il not indispensable aren-
cies in this direction will he the d-yising
| of some system 10 all in the education Of
| the masses. The fact that there are whole
| counties n Louisiana ia which there is not
a solitary school house is full Of suggestion.
| We compelled these people to remain in
the Union and now cur duty and interest
demand that We leave no just means IN
tried u make them good. loyal citizens
| How to diminish the fiction, how TO stimu
late the elevation OF this portion OF our
country, are problems addressing them
selves to our be and wisest statesman
ship. The foundation for 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 to
| tie fullest extent every blessing which the
| Government coniers upon tae most favored;
| give them no Just cause tor complaint and
| then hold them by every necessary means
| ID an exact, rigid Observance of all their
| duties and obligations urder the eonstitu-
| ton. and its amendments TO secure 10 all
within their borders manhood and citizen
| ship. with every right thereto belonging.
The lust Obligations 10 pubic creditors
| created when the government was in the
| throes OF threareded dissolution, and as an
indispensable condition of its return guar
anteed by the live, aud blood Of thousands
OF its brave defenders, axe TO be kept with
| Ielgious faith, as are all the pledges subsi.
! diary thereto and conirmatory thereof In
my judgment, the pledge of congress of
January IA, 1876. for redemption OF notes of
| the Uuitei States in coin is the lighted faith
| of national honor. simple honesty and jus
tce to the people whose permanent welfare
| ana prosperity are dependent upon true
| money as the basis of their pecuniary
! tran actions ali demand the scrupolous Oh
s~rvarrn @, this pledge, and il is the duty
of congress to supplement il with such legis-
| lation rs shall he necessary for its perfect
! fulhllment.
| In our system of government intelligence
must give safety and value. Hence, the
common schools of the land should be pre-
served in all their yigor, while, in accor.
dance with the spirit of the constitution,
they aud all their endowments should be
secured by every possible and proper guar
aztec against every form of sectarian in
| fluence or control.
There should be the strctest economy in
expenditures OF the government, consistent