Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-08-11
ENGLISH 'SACCEPTANCE.

HcultuN w hoop away IOut uiNh'
ENGLISH'S ACCEPTANCE.
why THE REPUBLICAN PARTY sHoULl
GIVE WAY TO THE DEMOCRATS,
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3O,-Hon. VIM
II. English transmitted the following
letter of acceptance Of his nomination
as candidate for Vice President to tn,
Committee Of Notification to-day;
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, July 30, 80
TO Hon. John w. Stevenson, Presiden
Of the Convention Hon. j. p Stock
ton, Chairman, and other members o.
the Committee Of Notification:
GENTLEMEN | have now the honor
to reply to your letter of the 18th
instant, informing me that [ was unan
imously nominated for the office oi
Vice President of the United States
by the late Democratic National Con.
vention which assembled at Cincinnati
As ioreshadowed in the verbal remarks
made by me at the time of the delivery
of your letter, | have now to say that
accept the high trust with a realiz.
ing sense Of its responsibility, and am
profoundly grateful for the honor con.
terred. ! accept the nomination upon
the platform Of principles adopted by
the Convention, which | cordially ap.
prove, and ! accept it quite as much
because of my faithin 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 Tn.
ion and the laws; his clear perception
Of the correct principles of government
as taught by Jefferson his scrupulous
care to keep the military in strict sub.
ordination to the civil authorities; bis
high regard for civil liberty, personal
rights and the right of property bis
acknowledged ability in civil as well
as military affairs and his pure and
blameless life all point to him as a man
worthy of the confidence OF the peo.
pie, Not only q brave soldier, great
commander, wise statesman and a
pure patriot, but 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 the highest
office on earth-the President Of the
United States.
A CHANGE DEMANDED.
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 Cen
eral Government for the last twenty
years should be retired. The continu.
anco of that party in power four years
longer would not be beneficial TO the
public nor in accordance with the spirit
of our Republican institutions. Laws
of entail have not been favored in our
system of government. The perpetu.
alton Of property or place in one iami.
ly or set Of men has never been en-.
couraged in this country, and the great
and good men who formed our Repub-
lican government and its traditions
wisely limited the tenure Of office and
in many ways showed their disapproval
of long leases of power. Twenty years
Of continuous power is long enough,
and has already led to irregularities
and corruptions which are not likely
to bo properly exposed under the same
party that perpetrated them.
FRAUD MUST NOT BE coNDoNED.
Besides il should not be forgotten
that the tour last years of power held
by that party were procured by dis
creditable means and held in defiance
of the wishes OF the majority of the
people, 1t was a grevious wrong to
every voter and to our sytem of self.
government which should never be for.
gotten or forgiven. Many of the men
now in Office were put there because
Of corrupt partisan services in thus do.
feating the fairly and legally.expross-
ed will of the majority, and the hy-
pocrisy OF the professions of that party
in favor of civil service reform was
shown by placing such mon in office
and turning the whole brood Of Fed,
eral office. holders loose to influence the
elections. The money of the people
taken out of the public Treasury by
these men for services often poorly
performed or not performed at all is
being used in vast sums, with the
knowledge and presumed sanction Of
the administration, TO control the cleo
tions, and even the members of the
Cabinet are strolling about the coun.
try making partisan speeches instead
Of being in their departments at Wash.
ington discharging the public duties
for which they are paid by the people.
But with all their cleverness and abili.
ty, a discriminating public will no
doubt read between the lines Of their
speeches that their paramount hope
and aim is to keep themselves or their
satellites four years longer in Office.
That perpetuating power Of chronic
Federal office holders four years longer
will not benefit the millions Of men
and women who hold no Office, but
earn their daily bread by honest in.
dustry, is what the same discerning
public will no doubt fully understand,
as they will also, that it is because of
their own industry and economy and
Gods bountiiul harvests that the coun-
try is comparatively prosperous, and
not because of anything done by these
Federal oflice.hoIders. The country is
comparatively prosperous, not because
OF them, but in spite Of them.
THE PEOPLE AND THE OFFICE HOLDERS.
The contest If, in fact, between the
people, endeavoring to regain the po-
litical power which rightfully belongs
to them, and to restore the pure, sim
pie, economical, constitutional govern.
mcnt OF our fathers, on the one side,
and hundred thousand Federal Office
holders and their hackers, pampered
with place and power and determined
to retain them at all hazards, on the
other Hence the constant assump.
tion of new and dangerous powers by
the General Government under the
rule of tho Republican party. The
effort 20 build up what they call q
strong government; the interference
with homo rule and with the admins
tration of justice in the Courts Of the
several States the interference with
tho elections through the medium Of