Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-07-13

visions In their contracts with the
original contractors to receive their
allowance, 1t falls to the original
contractors when the route is dis
continued.
GaTnsid's Letter of Acceptance.
MENTOR, Ohio, July 12th.-Gen.
Garfield has forwarded to Senator
Hoar, Of Massachusetts,, the follow.
ing letter of acceptance OF the NOM
ination rendered him by the Re-
publican National Convention:
MENTOR. Ohio, July 10, $780,
DEAR SIR: On the evening Of the
9Th Of June had the honor to re-
ceive from you in the presence of
the Committee, OF which you were
Chairman, the official announce
ment that the Republican Ma.
tional Convention at Chicago had
that day nominated me as their
candidate for President of the
United States. Iaccept the nomi-
nation with gratitude for the con.
fldence 1t implies and with a deep
sense Of the responsibilities it
imposes. I cordially endorse
the principles set forth in
the platform adopted by the Con.
vention. On nearly all the sub.
jects of which it treats my opln-
ions are on record among the pub.
lished proceedings of Congress. I
venture, however, TO make special
mention Of some of the principal
topics which are likely to become
the subjects Of discussion. With
out reviewing the controversies
which have been settled during the
past twenty years, and with no
purpose or wish to revive the pas
sions of the late war, 1t Should be
said that while Republicans fully
recognize and will strenuously de-
fend all the rights reserved to the
States, they reject the precious
doctrine ofState supremacy, which
so long crippled the functions of
the national government and at
one time brought the Union very
near destruction. They insist that
the United States Is Union with
ample powers of self-preservatiop;
that it's Constitution and the laws
made in pursuance thereof are the
supreme law of the land; that the
right of the nation to determine
the method by which its legisla-
ton shall be created cannot be sur
rendered without abdicating one of
the fundamental powers of the
government; that the ma
tional laws relating to the
election of Representatives in
Congress shall neither be violat.
ed nor evaded; that every elector
shall be permitted freely and with
out intimidation to cast his lawful
vote at such election and have it
honestly counted, and that the po-
tency of his vote shall not be de-
stroyed by the fraudulent vote of
any other person The best thoughts
and energies of our people should
be directed to these great questions
of national well-being in which
alllhave common interest, as such
efforts will soonest restore to per-
feet peace those who were lately In
arms against each other, for justice
and goodwill will outlast passions.
But it Is certain that the wounds of
the war cannot be completely heal
ed and the spirit of brotherhood
cannot fully pervade the whole
country until every citizen, rich or
poor, white or black, is secure in
the full enjoyment of every civil
and political right guaranteed by
the constitution and the laws.
Wherever the enjoyment of these
rights Is not assured dis
content will prevail. immigration
will cease and the social and indus.
trial forces will continue to be dis.
turbed by the migration of labor
ers and the consequent diminution
OF prosperity. The national gov.
eminent should exercise all its
constitutional authority to put an
end to these evils for the people
as all the States are members of
one body and no member can suf.
fer without injury to all. The
most serious evils which now
affect the South arise from the fact
that there Is not such freedom and
liberation of political opinion and
action, that the minority party can
exercise an effective and whole
some restraint upon the party in
power. Without such q restraint
party rules become tyranuical and
corrupt. The prosperity which is
made possible in the South by it's
great advantages of soil and cli-
mate will never be realized
Till every voter can freely and
safely.support any party he pleases.
Next in Importance to freedom
and justice is popular education,
without which neither justice nor
freedom can be permanently main.
tained. Its interests are entrusted
to the States and to the voluntary