The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-14

reason, Justice, and economy are to DE
once more reinstated throughout the
land, and that madness. cruelty, and pro-
digality must be swept away from every
part of the land When the constitution
had ceased to challenge the reverence ana
obedience OF the infatuated rulers, when
civil authority was exposed to fresh en-
croachment from the military, when hate
was rung rs watchword. and tne
bloody shirt was f,oated as the banner OF
sectional and aggressive party. when,
i'm fact, the whole country was wriihing
and quivcring in this extremity that con-
ycntion chose true, tried. and enlighten-
ed statesmen to be their standard bearers.
In pursuance of their action we are here
tonight.
GOV. TILDEN
spoke as follows:
GEN. MCCLERNAND AND GENTIEMEN OF
THE COMMITTEE: shall, at my earliest
convenience, prepare and transmit TO you
formal acceptance of the nomination
which YOU now tender to me in behalf OF
| the Democratic national convention, and
| do not desire, on this occasion, to an
| ticipatc any topic which might be appro.
pirate to that communication. 1t may,
| however, be permitted TO me to say that
my nomination was not mere personal
| preference between citizens and states
mtn.oi this republic, who might very
| well have been chosen for so distinguish
cd an honor, and for so august duty.
| II was rather declaration OF that august
| body, III whose behalf you speak, in IA
vor OF
ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM
with which events had associated me in
| the public mind. The strength, the uni
versatility. and the efficiency of the de-
mand tor administrative reform in all
governments, and especially in the adj
ministraton OF the Federal government,
| with which the Democratic masses every
where were instinct, have led TO series
of surprises in the popular assemblages,
! and perhaps in the convention itself. 1t
would be unnatural, gentlemen, if a pop
| ular movement so genuine and SO power
| full should stop with three and onC-half
| millions of Democrats that it should not
| extend by contagion to that large mass
| of independent voters who stand between
| parties in our country. and even to n
| moderate portion of the party under
whose administration evils 10 be cor.
rected have grown up, and perhaps IN
what we have witnessed there may be al
| augury in respect 10 what we may wit
ness in the election about to take place
throughout our country. At least let Us
hope so and believing so. am moi
without experience OF the difficulty anC
the labor of efiecting administrative re-
form when
IT REQUIRES A REVOLUTION
in politics aud III measures long cstab
lished in the government. If | were tC
judge, in the year and a half in which
have been in the State government,
should say that the routine duties of trus
| have had imposed on me are small
burden compared with that created by
the attempt to change the policy of gov
eminent of which have been the eXecu
tive head. Especially is this so wher,
reform is to be worked out with more OF
less OF cooperation of public officers who
either have been tainted with the evil
to be redressed or who have been in
capScitated by habit or liberation OF
wrongs to be corrected to which they
have been consenting witnesses. !, there
fore, If your choice should be ratified b,
the people at the election, and SHOULD
enter upon
| THE GREAT DUTIES
which would fall upon me. not as holi
day recreation, but very much in tina
spirit of conservation in which the sOldie
eHleTS Dttlc. lAPpEilSc.J bu' ltt u
believe, as do believe, that we now SCI
the dawn of a better day for our country
and that difficult as is the work to which
the Democratic party, with many of it,
allies and former members of other par
ties, has addressed itself, the republic i!
yet to be renovated, to live in all future
to be transmitted TO future generations
as Jefferson contributed TO form it in hi
day, and which it has been ever since un
til recent.period-a blessing to the who'll
people. Applause Gentlemen,
thank you tor the very kind terms il
which you have made your communica
ton, and extend to you, collectively
and individually, most cordial greetings