Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-07-27

ern Relations, Specie Resumption and Free
| schools.
MALONE. July Is, 1876.
Tile Hon. Edsoard Mcpherson and Others of he
| Committee oftte Republican National Con-
Uention:
GENTLEMEN,-I received, on the
9th instant your communication ad
vising me that | had been unanimous
ly nominated by the National Con-
vention of the Republican party held
lat Cincinnati on the 14th ult, for the
office of Vice President of the United
States, requesting my acceptance of
the same, and asking my attention to
the summary of the Republican doc
trines contained in the platform adopt
ed by this Convention. A nomina-
tion made with such unanimity imylies
a confidence on the part of the Con
vention, which inspires my profound
gratitude. II is accepted with sence
of the responsibility which may
follow. If elected | shall endeavor to
perform the duties of the office in
the fear of the Supreme Ruler, and in
the interest of the whole country.
ACCEPTS THE PLATFORM
To the summary of doctrines ennun.
ciated by the convention, / give my
cordial assent The Republican
party has intrenched in the organic
law of our land the doctrine that
liberty is the supreme and unchange-
able 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 citizen
complete liberty and exact equality in
the exercise of all civil, political and
public rights. This will be accom-
plished only when the American citi-
zen, without regard to color, shall
wear this panoply of citizenship, as
fully and securely in the cane-brakers
of Louisiana as on the banks of the
st. Lawrence.
SOUTHERN AFFAIRS
Upon the question of our Southern
relations my views were recently ex-
pressed as a member of the commit
tee cf the United States House of
Representatives upon Southern af'
fairs. These views remain uuchang-
ed, and were thus expressed We
of the North lude ourselves IN ex-
pecting that the masses OF the South,
SO far behind in many attributes OF
enlightened Improvement and civill-
cation, are, in the brief period of ten
or twelve years, to be transferred in
to our model Northern communitle :
That can only come through long
course of patient waiting, to which
no one can now set certain bounds.
There will be q good deal of unavoid-
able friction, which will call for for
bearance, and will have TO BIO reliov-
ed by the temperate, fostering care
of the government. One of the most
potent, if not Indispensable, agencies
in this direction will be the devils
ing of some system to aid in the edu-
cation, of the masses. The fact that
there are whole counties in Louisi-
ana in which there is not a solitary
school house is full of suggestions.
We compel these people to remain
in the Union, and now duty and
interest demand that we leave no
just means untried to make them
good loyal citizens: how to diminish
the friction. How to stimulate the
elevation of this portion of our coun>
try are problems addressing them>
selves to our best and wisest states
manship. The foundation for these
efforts must be laid in satisfying the
Southern people that they have equal
and exact justice accorded to then.
Give them to the fullest extent every
blessing which Government confers
on the most favored give them no
just cause for complaint, and then
hold them by every necessary means
to an exact, rigid observance OF ell
their duties and obligations under
the Constitution and it's amendments,
| to secure all within their borders
manhood and citizenship with every
right thereto belonging.
THE RESUMPTION ACT.
The just obligation to public crod-
| itors when the Government was IN
the throes of threatened dissolution,
and as an indispensable condition OF
its salvation, guaranteed by the lives
and blood of thousands of its brave
defenders are TO be kept with relig-
| ious faith as are all the pledges sub
sidiary thereto and confifmatory
thereof. In my judgement, the
pledge of Congress of January 18th,
1875, tor the redemption of notes OF
the United States in coin is the
plighted faith of the nation and the
national honor. Simple honesty and
justice is required by the people
whose permanent welfare and pros
perity are dependent upon true
money as basis of their pecuniary
transactions oil demand the scrupu-
lous observance of this pledge, and it
is the duty of Congress to supple
ment it with such legislation as shall
be necessary for its strict fulfillment.
OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
In our system of Government, In
telligence must give safety and valae
to the ballot, hence the common
schools of the land should
be preserved in ell their endowments
should be secured by every possible
and proper guaranty against every
form Of sectarian influence or control.
INFRINGEMENT AND ECONOMY.
There should be the strictest econ
my in the expenditures of Govern
ment CONSTANT with its effective adj
ministration, and all unnecessary off,
ces should be abolished. Offices
should be conferred only upon a
basis of high character and, particu.
Iarly, fitness, and should be admins
tered only as public trusts, and not
for private advantage.
MISSION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
The foregoing are chief among the
cardinal principles of the Republican
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