Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-08-05
Vice President English

SHOWS HIMSELF TO BE WORTHY CT TIE
INDIANAPOLIS, July 30. Hon. Wm. II.
English transmitted the following letter of
acceptance of the nomination as candidate
for Vice President to the committee of no
tilication to day:
INDIANAPOLIS, July 30.-To Hon.
John w. Stevenson, President of the
Conventions; IIop. John p. Stockton,
Chairman, and other members Of the Com
| mittee of notification: Gcntlcmcn-I have
now the honor to reply to your letter of the
| 18th instant, informing me that I was
unanimously nominated for tho office of
Vice President of the United States by the
late Democratic National Convention, which
| assem- blcd at Cincinnati
/ AS forcshadowcd in tho verbal remarks
mado by me az the time of the delivery of
your letter, have now to say that accept
the high trust, with realizing sense of
its responsibility and { am profoundly gra.o
ful for the honor conferred. accept the
nomination upon the platform Of principles
adopted by the Convention, which cord-
ally approve, and accept it quite as much
because of my faith in the wisdom and pa.
triotsm Of the great statesman and soldier
nominated on tho same ticket for President
Of tho United States. Ills eminent ser
vics to his country, his fidelity to tho Con-
s;ilution, Union and laws, his clear pcrcep.
ton Of the correct principles Of the Gov
ernment as taught by Jefferson, his
crupulous care to keep the military in
strict subordinatiun 10 the civil authori-
ties, his high regard for civil liberty, per.
sonal rights aud the rights of property, his
acknowledged ability in civil as well as
military affairs, and his pure and blumcless
life all poin to him os man worthy Of tho
confidence of tho people, Not only q
bravo soldier, great commander, wise
statesman and pure patriot, but prudent,
painstaking, practical man of unqucstoncd
honesty; trusted often with Important pub
lie duties, faithful to every trust, and in
The full meridian of ripe and vigorous
manhood, he is, in my judgment, cmincntly
fitted for the highest position on earth
the Presidency of tho United States. Not
on,v = he the right man for the place, but
tho time has one when the best intcrests
Of the country REQUIRE ,n.. - tho party which
has monopolized the executive deps. 'mcn1
of the General Government for tho last
twenty years should be retired. The con.
tinuauce of that party in power four years
longer would not be beneficial! to tho public
or in accordance with the spirit of our Re-
publican institutions. The laws of entail
have not been favored in our systom of
Government. The pcrtctuation Of prop
crty or place in one family or set Of men
has never been encouraged in this country
and tho great and good men who formed
our Republican Government and its tradi
tions wisely limited the tenure of Office, aud
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 be properly exposed
under the same party that pcrpctrutcd them.
Besides, it should not be forgotten that the
last four years of power held by that party
were procured by djscrcditable means and
held in defiance of the wishes of majority
of the people. 1t was gricvous wrong to
every voter in our system Of self govern
mont, which should never bo forgotten or
forgiven. Many Of the men now in Office
were put there because of tho corrupt
partisan service in thus defeating fairly and
legally the expressed will Of tho majority
and hypocrisy of professions of that party
in favor of tho civil service reform was
shown by placing such men in Office and
turning tho whole board of Federal ofioo
holders loose to influence elections. Tho
money of tho pcopio taken out of the
public treasury by these men for tho scr
Woes often poorly performed, or not per.
formed at nll, is being used in vast sums,
with the knowledge and presumed sanction
of tho administration, to control elections,
and cyon members Of tho cabinet aro