Morning journal and courier., 1880-07-19
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. ARTHUR'S ACCEPTANCE Of The Nomination Con
 ferred at Chicago.
 FULL TEXT OF HIS LETTER. Ensphatic Endorsement of the Republican Platform. The Leading Issues. A Straightforward Survey
 of Public Questions.
NEW YORK.

Arthur's Letter of Acceptance-A V1gor- ous Statement of His POsitiOn-Unqual- flied Endorsement of the Chicago Plat form-The Leading Issues Ably Re- viewed-Fun Text of the Letter.
 l. NEW YORK; July 1S-Chester A. Arthur, vice presidential candidate of the Republican party, has forwarded the following letter of acceptance to Senator Hoar, chairman of the convention
 NEW YORK, July 15 DEAR SIR:
 accept the position assigned me by the great party whose action you announce. This acceptance implies approval of the principles declared by the convention, but recent usage permits me to add some expres- sion of my own views.
 The right and duty to secure honesty and order at popular elections is matter so vital that it must stand in the front rank The authority of the National Government to pre- serve from fraud and force elections at which its own officers are chosen is the chief point on
 which the two parties are plainly and intense
 ly opposed. Acts of Congress for ten years
 have in New York and elsewhere done
 much to curb the violence and wrong to
 which the ballot and the count have been
 again and again subjected, sometimes de-
 spelling great cities, sometimes stifing
 the voice of whole State, often seat
 ing, not only in Congress but on
 the bench and in the legislatures numbers
 of men never chosen by the people. The
 Democratic party, since gaining possession of
 the two houses of Congress, has made these
 just laws the object of bitterness and cease
 less assault, and despite all resistance, has
 hedged them with restrictions cunningly
 contrived to baffie and paralyze them. This
 aggressive majority boldly attempted to ex.
 tort from the Executive his approval of vari-
 ous enactments destructive of these cleo
 Iox- 1lx11 {bof O
 constitutional exercise of the veto power
 would be furnished by withholding the appro-
 priations necessary to carry on the govern
 ment and these threats were actually carried
 out by refusing the needed appropri
 ations and by forcing an extra session
 of Congress lasting for months, and resulting
 in concessions to this usurping demand which
 are likely in many States to subject the ma iority to the lawless will of minority. Omi- nous signs of public disapproval alone sub dued this arrogant power into ..sullen sur
 render for the time being of a part of it's de-
 mands. The Republican party has strongly approved the stern refusal of it's representa-
 tives to suffer the overthrow of statutes be- ieved to be salufary and just. It has always insisted and now insists that the Government of the United States is empowered and in duty bound to effectually protect the elections de- noted by the Constitution as national. More than this, the Republican party holds as cardinal point in it's creed that the Govern ment should by every means known to the Constitution protect all American citizens everywhere in the full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. As great part of its work of reconstruction the Republican party gave the ballot to the emancipated slave as his right and defense. A large increase in the number of members of Congress and of the Electoral College from the former slave holding States was the immediate result. The history of recent years abounds in evidence that in many ways and in many places, especially where their number has been great enough to endanger Democratic control, the very men by whose elevation to citizenship this in- crease of representation was effected have been debarred and robbed of their voice and their vote. It is true that no State statute or constitution in so many words denies or abridges the exercise of their political rights, but the modes employed to bar their way are no less effectaal. It is suggestive and start ling thought that the increased power de- rived from the enfranchisement of a race now denied it's share in governing the country, yielded by those who lately sought the over throw of the Union, is now the sole reliance to defeat the party which represented the sovereignty and nationality of the American people in the greatest crisis of our history. The Republicans cherish none of the sentiments which may have animated them during the actual conflict of arms. They long
 
 sections which were needlessly and lamenta- ably at strife. They offer the hand of good 1 will but they ask in return pledge of good faith They deeply feel that the party whose career is so illustrious in great and patriotic achievements will not fulfill it's destiny until peace and prosperity established in all the X land, nor till liberty of thought, conscience and action and equality of opportunity shall not be mere cold formalities of salute, but i living birthrights which the humble may \ confidently claim and the powerful dare not | deny. The resolution referring to the public ser | vice seems to me deserving of approval Surely no man should be the incumbent of \ an office the duties of which he is for any ! cause unable to perform, who is lacking in | the ability, fidelity or integrity which prop I CT administration of such office demands. This sentiment would doubtless meet with general acquiescence, but opinion has been | widely divided upon the wisdom and practi- ! cability of the various reformatory schemes | which have been suggested and of certain l proposed regulations governing appointments 1 to public office. The efficiency of such regu-
 lations has been distrusted mainly because | they have seemed to exalt mere ed ucational and abstract tests above l general business capacity, and even spe- | cial fitness for the particular work \ in hand. It seems to me that the rules \ which should be applied to the management { or the puDuc SerNlcS uady property cOnIOru1 \ in the main to such as regulate the conduct of successful private business. Original ap- ! pointments should be based upon ascertained l fitness The tenure of office should be stable. ! positions of responsibility should, so far as 1 Practicable, be filled by the promotion of worthy and efficient officers. The investiga- l ton of all complaints and the punishment of all official misconduct should be prompt and | thorough. These views, which I have long I held, repeatedly declared, and uniform | ly applied when called upon to act find embodied in the resolution, which of | course I approve. I will add that by the &C.,
 ceptance of public office, whether high or | low, one does not in my judgment escape any | of his responsibilities as g. citizen, or lose or
 impair any of his rights as citizen, and that he should enjoy absolute liberty to think and speak and act in political matters accord ing to his own will and conscience, provided
 only that he honorably, faithfully and fully discharges all his official duties.
 | The resumption of specie payments, one o1
 the fruits of Republican policy, has brought
 the return of abundant prosperity and the
 | settlement of many distracting questions, the 1 restoration of sound money, the large reduc-
 tion of the public credit, all attest the ability | and courage of the Republican party to dea
 1 with such financial problems as may hereaf
 ter demand solution. Our paper currency if
 | now as good as gold and silver Is performing
 it's legitimate function for the purpose oi
 ! change. The principles which should goverr
 | the relations of these elements of the curren
 cy are simple and clear, and there must be nc deteriorated coin, no depreciated paper, and