Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-07-14

vas uudulluOuSly CACCLcu CudlTudu
and Frederick O. Prince, of Massa-
chusetts, secretary. The committee
then adjourned to Governor Island
to attend the presentation of the
nomination to Gen. Hancock.
GARFIELD's LETTER OF AC-
CEPTANCE.
A Ringing, Candid, Convincing
Paper.
MENTOR, O., July 12-Geaerai Gar.
field has forwarded to Senator Hosr,
of Massachusetts,, the following letter
of acceptance OF the nomination ten
dered him by the republican national
convention:
MENTOR, OHIO, July 1O.-Dear Sir :
On the evening Of the 8th of June last,
I had the honor to receive from you in
the presence of the COMMITTEES OF which
you were chairman, the official am
nouncement that the republican ma
tional convention at Chicago had that
day nominated me for their candidate
l.
accept the nomination with gratitude,
for the confidence It Implies, and with
a deep sense OF the responsibilities it
imposes. / cordially indorse the
principles set forth in the platform
adopted by the convention. On nearly
all the subj ects Of which 1t treats, my
opinions are on record among the pub
lished proceedings Of congress. I ven.
ture, however, to make special men
tien Of some of the principal topics
which are likely to become subjects of
discussion, without reviving contro-
versies 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 re-.
publicans fully recognize and will
strenuously defend all the rights re-
tained by the people and all the rights
reserved to the states, they reject the
perntcious doctrine of state supremacy,
which 30 long crippled the functions
of the national government, and at
ono time brought the union very near
to destruction. They insist that the
United States is nation, with ample
power Of self-preservatioD; that its
constitution and the laws made In
pursuance thereof, are the supreme
law of the land; that the right Of the
nation to determine the method by
which it's own legislation shall be
created cannot be surrendered without
abrogating one of the fundamental
powers of the government; that the
national laws relating to the election
OF representatives in congress shall
neither ba violated or evaded; that
every eIector shall be permitted freely
and without intimidation to cast his
lawful ballot at such elections and
have it honestly counted; and that
the potency of his vote shall not be
destroyed by the fraudulent vote ol
any other person.
| "The best thoughts and energies cl
our people should be directed to these
great questions OF national well being
| in which all have a common interest
Such efforts will soon restore perfect
peace to those who were lately la arms
against each other, for justice and goot
will outlast passion. but It is certain
that the wounds of the war can not b.
completely healed and the spirit o
brotherhood can not fully pervade the
whole country until every citizen
rich or poor, white or black, is secur,
in the free and equal enjoyment o
every civil and political right guaran-
teed by the constitution and laws
Wherever the enjoyment Of this is no
secured discomfort will prevail, immi
grafton will cease, and social and in
dustrial forces will continue to be dis
turbed by the migration of labOrer
and the consequent dimunition o
prosperity. The national government
should exercise all its constitutions
authority to put an end to these evils
for all the people and all the states ART
members OF one body, and no mem
ber can suffer without injury to all.
The most serious evils which nov
affiict the south arise from the fact tina
there is not such freedom and tolers
ton of political opinion that the mi
nority party can exercise an effectiv
and wholesome restraint upon tn
party in power. Without such re
stralnt party rule becomes tyrannica
and corrupt. The prosperity which /
made possible in the south by It's grea
advantages of soil and climate vii
never be realized until every voter cal
freely and safely support any party q
pleases.
Next in importance TO freedom AM
justice Is popular education, withou
which neither can be permanent.
maintained. It's interests are entruste,
to the states and the voluntary actor
of the people. Whatever help tn
nation can justly afford should b
given to AID the states In supporting
the common schools, but 1t would b
unjust to our people, and dangerous :,
our Institutions, to apply any portion
of the revenue of the nation, or of tn
states to the support of sectarial
schools. The separation of churcl
and state in everything relating to tax
alton should be absolute. saJ
: On the subject OF the nations
finances my views have been so FIRE
quently and fully expressed that littl
is needed In the way Of an additions
statement. TIE public debt Ia now g
we'll secured, and the rate of annus
interest has been so reduced by re
funding, that q rigid economy in ex
! penditures, and q faithful applicatio
Of our surplus revenues to the pay
ment of the principal OF the debt, Wi
gradually but certainly free the peopl
] from Its burdens, and close with homo
the financial chapter OF the war.
At the same time the governmen
can provide for all its ordinary expeI
ditures and discharge Its sacred obi
, cations to the soldiers of the unio
. and to the widows and orphans {
> those who fell In its defense. The II
I sumption of specie pay ments whic
e the republican party so courageOusl
, and successfully accomplished has n
: moved from the field Of controvers