Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-13
GarTeIG's Eettcr of Accepsuuce.

the honor to receive from you, in piescucs Of
the committee OF which you were chairman. the
anncut cement that the republic 10 ua.ional con.
vcnion at Chicago had that day nom.
mated NE for their candidate fer President of
the Uolted States l accept tho nomination
With gratitude for tho confidence il implies and
with deep sense Ct the responsibilities i. i'm
poses cordially indorse tho principles Get
forth 10 the platform adopted by the couvcn
tlor. "a nearly all the sutisct Of which 1t
lr,sts my opinions arc Oh record among The
published proceedings of Congress- venture.
however, to make special mention OF some OF
the principal topics which are likely to become
subj cots of discussion, without IeVlawlng the
controversies which have been settled during
the past twenty years, and with no purpose or
wish to revive the passions OF the late war. 1t
should be said that while republicans fully re-
| c,gnz, AID will strenuCusly defend all the
ighls maintained by tho people and all the
| rights reserved to the States. tie r,jcct tho
perncious doctrine OF State suprlma which
| 20 long crippled the functions It the national
| government and at one time brought tho Uoion
very pear to destruction. They Insist that the
Uutt States is nation, with ample power Of
self pr sorvalior; that its constitution aud laws,
made in pursuaLc, thereof. ale tho supr,mo
law Of the LAID; that the right OF the nation to
determine tho method by which it's own Legis
| siure shall be created clunot be sure ndercd
without abd!catiDg ono Of the Fundamental
powers OF tho goperDmenf; that The national
laws relating 10 the election Of representatives
10 Congress shall neither be violated nor cvaded;
that every eltctor shall be permitted freely and
without intimidation to cas-. his lawful ballot at
such Election and have it honestly counted, AID
that the potency Of bis vote shall not be de-
sirOyed Ey the fraudulent vote Of any other
person. The best thoughts and energies OF
our people Should bo dirtc cd to these great
qucs ions 0! cslional we'll bciog, 10 which all have
oonmou interest. Such efforts will soones,
restcro perfect peace to those who wcre lately
10 arms against each other, for Justice and
good will will outlnst passol; but i. is certain
tia. the wounds ofthe War cannot be complete
ly healed and the spirit CT brotherhood clDpot
fully peivade the whole Country until every
olt'Z,D, tlcl CT POOR, white or black, is secure
10 the irre oDd Dual CT )ymoot Ct every civil
and rolrliosl right uarsucad by tho constiu
ton and tho laws Wherever tho CT lymtnt Of
this light is not ASSURED, discomfort will prevail,
i'm migration will cease, and the social oduslrial
iorca will continue 10 bo disturbed by the mi
grafton Of llborers and tho consequent dinuoi
tion Of prosperity. Tho national government
should exercise all lis constitutional authority
to put on end TO these evils, for oil tho people
AID ssl the States are menb1rs Of ono body,
and no member can suffer without riurv to ALL
Tho most serious evils which now ID ct the
South arise from tho flct that there is DOT such
freedom and federation Of poilic, opinion and
action that the minority party cln exercise 90
Gift lvo and wholesome restraint upon the
parry 10 poI,r. Wlthou. such restraint PARTY
rule becomes tyrannic,l nLd cMrua,. The
prosperity which is nado pos,icl3 10 tho
South by It's great advantages Of soil and eli
mate will never be real I'D until every voter cln
freely snd safely support ary party he plcases
Mex In Importance 10 freedom aud Justice s
popular education, without which neither ju,.
tlce nor freedom can be permanently maintaio-
ed. Its interests are intrused to the S stcs and
tho voluntary action Of the people. Whatever
help the nation can justly afford should be gen
erously given to aid the States 10 supporting
Common 'ohools; but il would be uoiujt 10 our
petpe and dangerous to cur iLs ituliops to al
ply any portion ct the revenues Of the nation or
Of the State to tho support OF s,otarisn schools.
The separation of the church and the state ic
everything relating to taxation should be Lb3o
!ute. "a tho sutisct ct national inspces my
Vi:ws lave been SO fuqlently and fully cX-
pressed that little Is rcotcd 10 the way Of ad.
ditlonal statement. The pubic debt is nov SO
we'll secured aud the ratio Ct snuual Interest
has been So reduced by funding that rigid ecor.
ouy 10 expenditures and the taisLful eppca
ton OF our surplus revenues to the payment of
the princ,pa Of the debt will gradually but eel.
J tainly free the people from is burdens and
close with bonor the fiosroisl chapter Of tho
war. At the Same tim, the government can
provide fer all is ordinary expenditures and
DISCHARGE lis sacred obligations TO the soldiers
of tho Uoion and to tho widows and orphans OF
those VINO foil in its Defense The resumption
of sptcis payments, which tho republican party
, S courageous!y end successfully accom- plshed,
has removed from the field ofcontrovcrsy many
questions that long and seriously disturbed the
credit OF tho government and the bu.iorss Of
the country. Our paper Currency is now 0s "a
riobal as the flag and r. resumption has not only
made it eycryshtro equal to coin but has
brought into use our store of gold and silver.
Ihc circulating medium is more abundant than
ever before and We need only msiotsin the
equality Of all our dollars to insure to labor ADD
capital q measure OF value from tho uso OF Y hich
no one can suffer loss Tho great prosperity
which tho country ia now enjoying should not
be endangered by any violent changes or doubt
iul duat cisl experiments.
| 10 reference 10 our customs laws q pClcY
should DO pursued which will bling revenues to
the treasury aud Will ensble the labor and CAPT
tai omploI ed IN or great Industries TO compete
fairly 10 our Own markets with tho labor and
capital ct foreign producers Wo legislate for
the peop'o OF the United States. not for the
whole word. AID it is cur glory that the Amer
lean Isborer is moro intel iyent and better paid
than his foreign competitor. Our county
cannot be independent unless IFS people, with
their abundant natural resoulc $. possess tho
requisite !klll at any time to olothe, nrm and
qTp themselves for war. Lnd 10 time of peuoo
TO lrOduce ell the uccessary implements of Ia
bcr 1t was the manifest intention of tho
founders Of Tho government 10 provide for the
common drfeDse, tot by standing armies alone,
but by ral,Iog among the people greater army
OF artls'DB whose intelligence and kill should
powerfully contribute to the safety and glory OF
the nslinn. fortunately for Il C interests OF COM
ntrce, hero il DO logger any formidable oppo.
sition to appropriations for the improvement Of
GU: harbours AID great nayieable rivers, pro
VldeG that the ,Ioecdllures fer that nnrnnso