The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-08-03
William A. Wheeler.

hALONEI Ouig ~
To Hon. Edward Mcpherson and Others Of the
Committee of the Republican National Con-
vention:
GEYTLEMEN-I received on the 9th inst,
your communication advising me that i
had been unanimously nominated by the
National Convention of the Republican
party, held at Cincinnati, on the l4th
ult., for the Office of Vice President of
the United States, and requesting my
acceptance of the same, and asking my
attention to the summary of Republican
doctrines contained in the platform
adopted by the convention. A nomina-
ton made with such unanimity implies
confidence on the part OF the convention
which inspires my profound gratitude.
1t is accepted with a sense OF the re-
sponsibility which may follow. If elected,
l shall endeavor to perform the duties of
the office in the fear of the Supreme
Ruler and in the interest of the whole
country.
To the summary of doctrines enuncia-
ted by the Convention, give my cordial
assent The Republican party has en-
trenched in the organic law of our land
the doctrine that liberty is the supreme
and Interchangeable 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 accomplished only
when the American citizen, without re-
gard to color shall wear this panoply of
citizenship as fully and securely in the
canebrakes of Louisiana as on the banks
of the st. Lawrence. Upon the question
of our Southern relations my views were
recently expressed as a member of the
Committee of the United States House
of Representatives upon Southern At
fairs. These views remain unchanged,
and were thus expressed: "We of the
North delude ourselves in expecting that
the masses of the South, so far behind in
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
communities. That can only come
through long course of patient waiting,
to which no one can now set certain
bounds. There will be a good deal of
unavoidable friction, which will call for
forbearance, and which will have to be
relieved by temperate, fostering care of
the Government One of the most po-
tent, if not indispensable, agencies in this
direction will be the devising of some
system to aid in the education of the
masses. The fact that there are whole
counties in Louisiana in which there is
not a solitary school house is full of sug-
gestions. We compelled these people to
remain in the Union, and now duty and
interest demand that we leave no past
means untried to make them good, loyal
citizens. How to diminish the friction,
how to stimulate the elevation of this
portion of our country. are problems adj
dressing themselves to our best and
wisest craftsmanship The 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 upon the most favored Give
them no just cause for complaint, and
then hold them by every necessary
means to an exact rigid observance of
all their duties and obligations under the
Constitution and its amendments, to Sc
cure to all within their borders manhood
and citizenship, with every right thereto
belonging.
The just obligations to the public cred
itors, created 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 |
to be kept with religious faith, as are all |
the pledges subsidiary thereto and con-
frmatory thereof. In my judgment, the |
pledge of Congress of January IA, 1875, |
for the redemption of the United States
in coin, is the plighted faith OF the ma
ton and national honor simple honesty
and Justice to the people, whose perma-
nent welfare and prosperity are depend
ent upon true money as basis of their
transactions, all demand the
Jcrupulous observance of this pledge,
md it is the duty of Congress to supple
nent it with such legislation as shall be
for its strict fulfllment.
In our system of Government, intelli-
ence must give safety and value to the !