The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-03-21

His Acceptance Of the Nomination
for Vice.Prcsident on the Green.
back Ticket,
CLHnuUSA, Texas, Mare

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70 Charles Bcatles, Ralph n Iloyt, Ere
&, lIockwlth, Committee Oh eng0, his
GENTLEMEN favor oflhe 9Th instAn
reached me by last evenings mail, formal
notifying me Of my nomination by the "Gen
eral Convention Of the Union Grconbac
Labor panty Of the United States, whcl
convened in 81, Louis on tho 4lh instant n
candidate for Vice President of the Unite,
States"
You also kindly notify me that l was tn
Unanimous choice Of the convention 70
that exalted position"
1t is perhaps useless for me to say TO yol
that / feel highly gratited at the dstn
guished consideration and honor thus so un
expectedly conferred upon me, gratefully
accept the nomination, with the RESPONSE
blities of the high position to which the
partially Of the convention has called me,
only regretting my lncapacity to serve the
party equal to my desires.
beg also to assure you that this call from
the Union Greenback party OF the United
States, through their convention at St.
Louis, awakens no feelings of vanity
or personal pride. know that It is not due
10 me as mere man, but has its origin in
that high and noble patriotism which ignores
self and selfish ambition, in pushing forward
this great movement Of the people for tinan-
cisl reform, in, and around which, cluster all
our hopes of breaking the chains Of slavery,
which false financial system has fastened
upon the laboring millions for the benefit of
favored non-tax few.
The delegates to the St. Louis convention
presented most noted example of self
abnegation in their desire to accomplish this
great work of the nineteenth century. All
personal ambitions were sacrificed upon the
altar Of patriotism all hstreds and animosi-
ties seemed to melt away before the strong
desire for union and harmony, so conspicu-
ously manifested throughout tho local club
organizations of the Union Greenback Labor
party; and when the motion was made, and
voted by reclamation, for the adjournment
of the convention 10 meet in Chicago on the
9th. of June, a spectacle was presented but
little less grand than that presented by our
fathers when they signed the Declaration Of
Independence and pledged their ''lives, their
fortunes and their sacred honor"
Viewed from Christian standpoint it
needs but little stretch of fancy to picture
the angels leaning over the bsttements of
heaven listening to catch the acclamstion
and that when they had proclaimed it
throughout the courts of heaven, to fancy
that the angelic chors caught up their harps
and filled heaven with the refrain,
peace or eurth good Will 10 man
My partial Greenback friends, | know, will
pardon this flight of fancy.
cannot believe, and will not believe, that |
the noble spirit manifested by the Union
Greenbsck Labor party at st. Louis, and !
its local club organizations will
not be responded to by all true labor and
financial reformers at Chicago, with like
spirit of brotherhood and concession; and
that there we shall unite in one grand
NATIONAL UNION GREENBACE PARTY.
And rsllying around the great idea, principle
on truth, underlying our organization, that
the people of this great government have
the right to create a full legal-tender green
back paper morey, rs absolute money, equal
in all respects with gold and silver, or any
other money created BY law, in the discharge
Of all obligations, public and private.
We shall theRceforth msve forward with the
force and ability of tornado, overthrowng
and scattering TO the wind the strongholds of
he enemies of equal rights and true repub-
icanism.
With the advent of our party into
power, we will commence the extingush-
nent of our onded indebtedness with abso-
ute greenbsck paper money, supplemented
With the gold and silver now uselessly hoard
ID the national treasury; and thencefcrward
he remainder as rapidly IS a wise discretion
will permit
Scarcely less important than union, 10 the
uccess Of our cause, is the necessity of main
aiming this great movement as psoPle's
movement, and to this end we should provide
n our platforms for direct representation 4
or one delegation from each county in the 2
United States that has ''ten righteous men" q
Who subscribe to our political faith on this c
nancial reform movement. And in connec-
ion with this, let US inscribe on our stan
ards, among our political emblems,
vox PoPULI yox DEF.
1t will be nay pride to forward BY every
fort in my power this great financial and
Their reform movements set forth in the Chi
ago plntform of 1879, to be mod
ed in practice, as set forth in the
t. Louis platform of March 4th, 1880, /,
nd to have them substantially re-sfirmed at
hicago, on June 9th, 1880, and to labor to
ave the Greenbsck party permanently or
snized as peoples party, 10 be controlled
y the people forever and ever.
The length and scope oil this letter Of &C. .
,ptance may become subject of criticism u
: the enemies of the Greenback party. l u
annot. Ours is progressive party. 1t is
,t confined to the old grooves and | feel n
st all true labor and financial reformers q
i'll look kindly on the departure and gener- n
lsly forgive. b
l have the honor to be, gentlemen, yours .
command in the great cause of humanity. 9