The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-08-14

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Indianapolis, Jaly 30s--Hon. VIM,
III. English transmitted tlrs following
1letter Of acceptance Of the nomination
| for q candidate 5m ViceP President 70
the committee of notification tc-asy-
Ito Hon. John w. Stevenson, Presi-
4 dent of the Convention; Hon. 5ohn
p. Stockton, Chairman, and Other
Members Of the Committee OF No
tification:
IED1AKApou1s, July 80, 1880,
.GnrruEEEE-I have now the bonoI
to reply to your letter of the ISti
inst, Informing me that I was imam
mously nominated for the Office OF
| Vice-President of the United States
by the late Democratic Convention,
which assembled at Cincinnati, O. As
lforeshadowed in the verbal remarks
made by me at the time of delivery of
yonr letter, j have now to say that 4
accept the high trust with a realizing
sense of its responsibility, and am pro-
foundly grateful for the honor confer
red. i accept -the nomination upon
the platform of principals adopted by
the convention, which j cordially APP
prove, and j accept it quite as much
because of my faith in the wisdom
and patriotism of the great Statesman
and soldier nominated on the same
ticket for President of the United
States. His eminent services to his
country, his fidelity to the constitution,
the Union and the laws; his clear pre-
ception of the correct principles of
government, as taught by Jefferson
his scrupulous care tokeepth military
in strict subordination to the civil au-
thorities; his high regard for civil lib
erty, personal rights and the rights of
property; his acknowledge ability in
civil as well as military affairs, and his
pure and blameless life, all point to
him as q man worthy of thelconfdence
of the people, not only brave soldier,
great commander, wise statesman and
pure patriot, but a prudent, painstak-
ing, practical man of unquestioned
honesty; trusted often with important
public duties; faithful to every trust,
and in the full meridian of ripe and
vigorous manhood. He is, in my judg-
ment, ,eminently fitted for she highest
position on earth---the Presidency of
the United States.
Not only is he the right man for the
place, but the time has come when the
best interests of the country require
that the party which has monopolized
the executive department of the gen
eral government for the last twenty
years should be retired. The contin-
nance of that party in power four
years longer would not be beneficial to-
the public oriip accordance with the
spirit of our republican institutions.
The laws of entail have not been farI
vored in our system of government
perpetuation of properly or place in
one family or set of men has never
been encouraged in this country, and
the great and good men who formed
our republican government and its ira
sditions, wisely limited the tenure of
office and in many ways showed their
tdisapproval Of long leases of power.
Twenty years of continuous power Isl
long enough, and has already led to-
irregularities and rcorrnptions, which
are not likely to be properly exposed
under the same men that perpetrated
them.
Besides, it should not be forgotten
that the four last years of power hold
by that party were procured by dis
icreditable means, and held in defiance
of the wishes of q majority of the
people. 1twas a greyions wrong to-
every voter, and to orr system Of self
government, which should never be
forgotten. Many of the men now I'M
Office were put there because Of cor
irnpt partisan services in TINS defeating
the fairly and legally expressed will
Of a majority. The hypocrisy of pro-
fessions of that party IN favor of civil
service reform was shown by placing
snch men in Office and turning the
whole brood sof Federal ofiice-holders
loose to Influence elections. The mon
eey Of the people, taken out of the
public treasurery by these men for SER
vices often poorly performed, or not
preformed at all, is being used in vast
sums, with the knowledge and pre-
summed sanction ,of the administra-
ttion, to control elections; and even
members of the Cabinet are strollingI
about the country, making PARTISAN
speeches, instead Of baing II their de-
Partment at Washington, discharging
public duties, for which they are paid
by the people.
But with all their .cleveFness and
ability a discriminating public win no
doubt read between the lines of their
speeches that their paramount hope
and aim is TO keep themselves eon their
satellites. g, four years longer IN ofiioe.