Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-13
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. (lARFIELBS ACCEPTANCE. His Letter Sent to Chair
 man Hoar. Issues of the Campaign. Promises in Behalf of
 His Party. Strong Declaration of Principles. Main Issues Clearly and FOrcibly
 Presented.
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 Ohio.
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Garfield's Letter Of Acceptamce-A Model Document-CIear and Vigorous Declnr- ation of PrincipIes-What the Repub1i- can Party Has Done and What 1t Prom ises' to Do-Campa1gn Issues Forcibly Presented. MENTOR, Ohio, July 12.-General Garfield has forwarded to Senator Hoar, of Massa- of the nomination rendered him by the Ma tional Republican convention
 MENTOR, Ohio, July 10, 1880.
 Dear Sir: On the evening of the Sth of June last had the honor to receive from you, in the presence of the committee of which you were chairman, the official an- nouncement that the Republican convention at Chicago had that day nominated me as their candidate for President. I accept the nomination with gratitude for the confidence it implies and with 8 deep sense of the re- responsibilities it imposes. I endorse the prin- ciples set forth in the platform adopted by the convention. On nearly all of the sub jects on which it treats my opinions are on record among the published proceedings of Congress. I venture, however, to make special mention of some of the principal topics which are like ly to become subjects of discussion
 FREEDOM OF THE BALLOT.
 Without reviewing the controversies which have been settled during the last twenty years, and with no purpose or wish to revive the passions of the late war, 1t should be said that while the Republicans fully recognize and will strenuously defend all the rights tained by the people and all the rights reserv- ed to the States, they reject the pernicious doctrine of State supremacy which so long crippled the functions of the National Gov ernment and at one time brought the Union very near to destruction. They insist that the United States is nation with ample pow If 1f-T1raSaryati0T1 that itc constitution and laws made in pursuance thereof are the supremacy of the land, that the right of the nation to determine the method by which it's own legislature shall be created cannot be surrendered without abdi- eating one of the fundamental powers of the Government; that the national laws relating to the election of representatives in Congress shall neither be violated or evaded that eve- ry person shall be permitted freely and with out intimidation to cast his lawful vote at such election and have it honestly counted, and that the polling of his vote shall not be destroyed by the fraudulent vote of any oth- CT person. The best thoughts and energies of our people should be directed to these great questions of national well-being in which all have common interest. Such eff forts will soonest restore to perfect peace those who were lately in arms against each other, for justice and good will outlast pas sion. But it is certain that the wounds of the war cannot be completely healed and the spirit of brotherhood cannot fully pervade the whole country until every citizen, rich or poor, white black, is secure in the free and equal enjoyment of every civil and political right guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws. Wherever the enjoyment of these rights is not assured, discontent | will prevail, immigration cease and the social | and industrial forces will continue to be dis turbed by the emigration of laborers. As the consequent diminution of prosperity the l national Government should exercise all it's l constitutional authority to put an end to | these evils, for the people and all the States l are members of one body, and no man can l suffer without injury to all The most se- rious evils which now affiict the South arise l from the fact that there is not. such freedom | and tolerance of political opinion and action | that the minority party can exercise an efec- tive and wholesome restraint upon the party | whose rule has become tyrannical and cor rupt. The prosperity which is made possi- ble in the South by it's great advantages of soil and climate will never be realized until | every voter can freely and safely support any | party he pleases.