The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-07-16
Luminous Letters. The Democratic Ma
ticnal Committee Convey 10 hessrs.
Hancock & English, Officially"
the Things of their
Nomination.
Senator Barnum, the Great Connecticut
Mule DroVer, Elected Chairman of
the Democratic National
Committee.

him by the Republican national conven-
ton.
MENTOR, OHIO, July 10. 1880
DEAR SIR: On the evening of the
Sth of June last had the honor To re-
ccive from you, in the presence Of the
committee OF which you are chairman,
the official announcement that the Re
publican national convention at Chica-
go had that day nominated me rs their
candidate for president of the United
States accept the nomination, with
gratitude for the confluence il implies,
aud with Il sense of The responsibilities
it imposes. | cordially endorse the
principles set forth in the platform
adopted by the convention. On nearly
all the subjects of WHICH il treats, my
opinions are ON record among the pub
lished proceedings of congress. | ven
ture, however, To- make special mention
OF some Of The principal topics which
are likely Ia become subjects of discus
SION. Without reVivIng the controversies
which have been settled during the last
twenty years, or with no purpose or wish
to revive the passions of the late war, il
must bc said that the Repuhli-
cans fully recogniz and will strenuous
ly defend all the rights retained by the
people and all the rights reserved To the
states 10 reject the pernicious doctrine
of state supremacy which So long Grip
pied the functions al the national gov
ernment, and at one time brought the
Union very near To destruction They
insist that the United States is a nation
with ample powers of self preservation /;
that its constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof are
the supreme law of the land !;
that the right of the nation Ia deter
lature shall be created, cannot be surren-
dered without abdicating one of the fun
damental powers of the government;
that the national laws$elating to the ell
ection of representatives in congress
shall neither be violated nor evaded that
every clectOr shall be permitted freely
and without intimidation Ia cast his
lawful vote at such election and have il
honestly counted, and that the potency
OF his vote shall not be destroyed by the
fraudulent vote of any other person.
The best thoughts and energies of our
people should be directed to those great
questions of the national we'll being in
which all have 4 common interest. such
efforts Will soonest restore 10 perfect
peace those who were SO lately in arms
against each other, for justice and good
will Outlast passion; but it Is certain
that the wounds of the war cannot be
completely healed. and the spirit of
brotherhood cannot fully prevadc the
whQle country until every citizen, rich
or poor. white or black, IS secure in the
free and equal enjoyment of every civil
and political right guaranteed by the
constitution and the laws. Wherever
the enjoyment of these rights is not as
sured, discomfort will prevail, immigra
ton will cease Gnd sociai and industrial
| forces will continue 10 be disturbed by
the migration Of labor and the consc-
quent diminution OF prosperity The
national government should exercise all
its constitutional authority to put an end
to these evils, for all the people and all
| the states ave members of one body, and
no member Can suffer without injury g
all. The most serious evils which now
afflict the south arise from the fact that
| there is no such freedom and liberation
of political opinion and action; that the
| minority party can exercise no effective
and wholesome restraint upon the party
| ia power. Without such restraint party
rule becomes tyrannical and corrupt
The prosperity which is made possible
in the south by the great advantages OF
soil and climate, will never be realized
until every voter can freely and safely
support any party lac please.
| justice il popular education, without
which neither Justice nor freedom car
be permanently maintained. It's inter
ests are intrusted to the states and to the
| voluntary action of the people, an6
whatever help the nation can justly at
| ford shluld bs generously given To ait
| the states in supporting common schools
but Il would be unj just To our people ant
dangerous to our institutions to apply
/ any portion of the revenues, of The na
ton or of the states To the support q
sectarian schools OF the church, and the
state, i'll everything III relation To taxa
| ton, s4oVld be absolute. On the sub
ject of national filanpe, my views hay'
been so frequently and fully expressed
that little is needed in the way of addi
tional statements. The public debt 4
now so well secured, and the rate of an
nual interest has been so reduced by re
funding, that rigid economy in cXpendi
lures, and the faithful application of on
surplus revenues To the payment OF tn
principal of the debt, will gradually bu
certainly free the people from its bur
dens, and close with honor the financial
chalter of the war. At the same tim,
the government can prQy ile for all it
ordinary expenditures and discharge IL
sacred obligations to the soldiers of tn
| United States, and tn the widows aud or
phans of those who fell IN its defense.
The resumption of specie payments
which the Republican naFty courageous
" and successfully accomplished, ha
| removed from the field Of controversy
many questions that long and seriously
disturbed the credit of the government
and the business of the country. Gu
paper currency is now as national as tht
flag, and resumption has not only made
il everywhere equal 10 cnln, but has
brought into use our store of gold anC
silver. The circulating medium is NOR
abundant than ever before, and We neeC
only to maintain the equality of all ou
dollars to insure to labor and capital {
measure of value from the use of which
no one can suffer loss, The great pros
perity which the country is now enjoy
ing should not be endangered by any
violent changes or doubtful financial eX
perImcnts.
In reierence 70 our custom laws pol
icy should be pursued which will brins
revenue to the treasury and will enable
the labor and capital employed in oul
great industries to compete fairly In Oul
own market with the labor and capita
of foreign production. We legislate fol
the people of the United States not fol
the whole world, and it is our glory tina
the American laborer is more Intelligent
and better paid than his foreign cOmpeeti
tor. Our country cannot be indepeR
dent unless its people with their album
dant natural resources possess the requis
lite skill at any time to clOthe, arm, anC
equip themselves for war and in time o.
peace to produce all the necessary nipple
ments of labor. II was the manifest IN
| tentiOp of the founders of the govern
ment To provide for the common defense
not by standing armies alone, but by
raising among the people a greater army
of artisans whose intelligence and skill
should powerfully contribute to the safe
ty and glory of the nation.
| Fortunately for the interests of com
merce, there is no longer any formidable
opposition to appropriations for the i'm
pr0vement of our harbors and great nav
igable rivers, provided that the expendi
lures for that purpose are strictly limit
cd to works of national importance. The
Mississippi river, with its great tributa
ries, ID oi such vital importance to many
millions of people that the safety of il:
navigation requires exceptional consid
Grafton. In order to secure to the na
tlon the control of its waters President
jefferson negotiated the purchase nf 1
vast territory, extending IRON the Gull
of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean. The
wisdom of congress should be invoked
to devise some plan by which that grea,
river shall cease TO be a terror to thosC
who dwell upon its banks, and by which
its shipping may safely carry the indus
trial products of twenty-five millions O
people. The interests of agriculture
which is the basis of ali our nationa
prosperity and in which seven twelfth.
Of our population are engaged, as well a,
the interests of manufacturers and com
merce, demand that the facilities fo
cheap transportation shall be increased
by the uGe of all our great watercourses
The material interests of this country
the traditions of its settlement a nd til,
sentiments of our people have led The
government to offer the widest hospitali
ty to the emigrants who seek our shOre'
for happier homes, willing to share Tho