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WILLIAM H. ENGLISH.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Ju.

] INDIANAPOLIS, l0u., july 81.
Hon. William H. English transmitted
the following letter of acceptance of the
nomination of candidate for -Presi-
/ dent to the Committee of Notification to-
day:
| To the Hon. John W. Stevenson, President of
the Convention: the Hon. John II. Stockton,
Chairman. and other members of the Com
mittee of Notification:
| GENTLEMEN: have now the honor TO re-
ply TO your letter of the 18th inst, informing
me that was unanimously nominated for the
Office of VicePresident of the United States
by the late Democratic National Convention
which assembled at Cincinnati. As fore
Swallowed in the verbal remarks made by me
at the time of the delivery of your letter, l
have now to say that | accept the high trust
with a realizing sense of the responsibility,
and am profoundly grateful for the honor
/ conferred.
THE PLATFoRM-GENERAL HANCoCK-ETC.
accept the nomination upon the platform
of principles adopted by the Convention,
which l cordially approve, and l 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 the United States
His eminent services to his country, his fidel-
ity to the Constitution, the Union and the
laws, his clear perception of the correct prin-
ciples of government as taught by jefferson,
his scrupulous care to keep the military in
strict subordination to the civil authority,
his high regard for civil liberty, personal
rights and rights of property, his acknowl-
edged ability in civil as well as military
affairs, and his pure and blameless life, all
point to him as a man worthy of the conf
dence of the people Not only brave sol
der, a great commander, a wise statesman
and pure patriot, but prudent, painstaking,
practical man Of unquestioned honesty, trust
4 Nft foYofy ,I1h Antia Tai4h
full 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 Presidency 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 has monopolized the Executive De-
partment of the General Government for the
last twenty years should be retired. The con-
tinuance of that party in power four years
longer would not be beneficial to the public
or in accordance with the spirit of our repub-
lican institutions. The laws of entail have
not been favored in our system of govern
ment The perpetuation of property 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 Gov
eminent and its traditions 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 irregul arities
and corruptiOns which are not likely to be
properly exposed under the same party that
perpetrated them.
Besides, it should not be forgotten that the
last four years OF power he'd by that party
were secured by discreditah!e means and held
in defiance of the wishes of the majority of
the people. It was grievous wrong to every
voter and TO our system OF self-gOvtrment
which should never be FORGOTTEN or forgiven.
Many Of the men now in Office W re put there
because OF corrupt PARTISAN services in thus
defeating the fairly and legally expressed
will Of the maj Ority, and the hypocrisy vi the
professions OF that party III favor of civil
service reform was shown BY lacing such
men in Office, and turning the whole brood
of Federal Oflicebolders loose confluence the
elections The money OF the people, taken
out of the public Treasury by these men for
services often poorly performed, or not per-
formed at all, is being used in vast sums
with the knowledge and presumed
sanction OF the Administration to control
the elections, and even the members of
the Cabinet are strolling about the country
making partisan speeches, instead of beingi in
their Departments at Washington discharging
the public duties for which they are paid by
the people; but, with all their cleverness and
abb ity, a discriminating public will no doubt
read between the lines of their speeches that
their paramount hope and aim are TO keep
themselves or their satellites four years
longer in Office. Perpetuating the power Of
chronic Federal oficeboldeTs four years longer
will not benefit the millions Of men and women