The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-08-01


remarks made by me at the time Of the de-
livery of your letter, have now to say
that accept the high trust with realizing
sense of its responsibility, and am profound
ly grateful for the honor conferred. ] &C.
cept the nomination upon the platform Of
principles adopted by the convention,
which cordially approve, and accept It
quite as much because of my faith in the
wisdom and patriotism of the great states
man and soldier nominated on the same
ticket for President Of this United States.
His eminent services to his country, his
fdihty to the constitution, the Union and
the laws, his clear perception fthe correct
principles of government as
taught by Jefferson, his scrupu'
lous care to keep the military in strict sub.
ordination to the civil authorities, his high
regard for civil liberty, personal rights,
and rights of property, his acknowledged
ability in civil as well as military affairs,
and his pure and blameless life, all point
to him as man worthy of the confidence Of
people. Not only brave soldier, great
commander, q wise strtesman and pure
patriot, but prudent, painstaking prac.
tlcal man Of unQuestioned honesty, trusted
often with important public duties, faithful
to every trust, and in the full meridian Of
ripe and vigorous manhood, he is, in my
judgment, eminently fitted for the highest
Office on earth the President Of the United
States, Not only is he the right man for
the place but the time has come when the
best interests of the country require that
the party which monopollzed the executive
department Of the government for the last
twenty years should de retired, The con-
t!nuance Of that party in power tour years
longer would not be beneficial tothe people,
or in accordance with the spirit OF our re-
publican institutions Laws Of entail have
rot been favored IN our system Of
government. The perpetnation of proper
ly or place in one family or set Of men
has never been encouraged in this country
and the great and good men who formed
our republican government and its tradl-
tons wisely limited the tenure OF office,
and 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 coruptions
which are not likely to be properly expos.
ed under the same party that perpetrated
them. Besides, il should not be forgotten
that the last four years Of power held by
that party procured by discreditable means,
and held in defiance of the wishes Of a
majority Of the people. 1t was grievous
wrong to every voter, and to our system of
elf-goveInment, which should never be
forgotten or forgiven. Many of the men
row in Office were put there because Of
corrupt partisan services in thus defeating
the fairly and legally expressed will Of the
majority, and the hypocrisy Of that party in
favor of civil service was shown by placing
such men in Office and turning the whole
brood of Federal office-holders loose 10 in
fuence the elections. The money Of the
people taken out Of the public
treasury by these men for SER
vices, often poorly performed, or
not performed at all, is being used
in vast sums with the knowledge and pre-
sumed sanction Of the administration 10
control the elections, and even members Of
the cabinet are strolllng about the country
making partisan speeches instead O! being
in their departments at Washington DIS
charging the public duties for which they
are paid by the people. But with all their
cleverness and ability Of discriminating
public will no doubt read between the lines
Of their speeches that their paramount hope
and aim is to keep themselves or their sate!-
lites four years longer in office. IN that
perpetuation the power Of chronic Federal
oficeholders, four years longer will not
benefit the millions Of men and women
who hold no Office, but earn their daily
bread by honest industry, is what the
same discerning public will no doubt
fully understand as they will, also, that il
is because OF their own industry and econ
omy and Gods bountiiul harvests that the
country is comparatively prosperous, not
because Of them, but in spite Of them.
This contest Is, in tact, between the people
endeavoying to regain the political power
which rightfully belongs to them, and to
restore the pure, simple, economi-
cal, constitutional government Of our
fathers off the one side, and hundred
thousand Federal otfice.holders and their
hackers, pampered with place and power
and determined to- retain them at all haz-
ards, on the other Hence the constant
assumption Of new and dangerous powers
by the general government under the rule
Of the Republican party. The effort to
build up what they call a strong govern
ment, the interference with home and with
the administration of justice in the courts
of the several states, the interference with
the elections through the medium Of paid
partisan Federal office holders, interested
in keeping their party in power, and caring
more for that than for the fairness Of the
election. In fact, the constant encroach-
ments which have been made by that party
upon the clearly reserved rights of the
people, will, il not checked subvert the
liberties Of the people and the government
OF limited powers created by the fathers,
and end in great consolidated central
government, strong, indeed, for evil, and
the overthrow Of Republican institutions
The wise men who formed our constitution
knew the evils of a strong government
and the long continuened political power
in the same hands. They knew there was
a tendency in this direction in all gov