The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-07-29
General Arthur's Letter Accepting the
Nomination for the vice.Presidency.
NEW IORk, July TO-
Following is the letter OF acceptance
OF General Arthur:
NEW YORK, July Il

DEAR SIR: accept the position assigned me
by the great party whose action you announce
Thts acceptance implies an approval ,. OIL inc
cent usage permits me to add some express
sion OF my own views.
= ELECTIONS.
The right and duty to secure honesty and
order in popular elections is matter so vital
Ity Of the National Government to preserve
{ rom fraud and force elections at which Its
which the two parties are plainly and intensely
opposed. Acts of Congress for ten years nave
in New York and elsewhere done much 70
curb the violence and wrong to which the bal
subjected, sometimes despoiling great cities,
omen placing not only in Congress, but on
the Bench and in Legislatures, numbers OF
ocsatic party, since gaining possession Of the
two Houses Of Congress. s has made ,i,es. these
sui despite ali resistance has hedsed them
with restrictions cunningy contrived TO baf-
jority % T boldly y attempted 1T to extort from the
Executive his approval OF various enactments
destructive of these election laws by reyolu.
the veto power would be punished by with |
holding appropriations necessary to carry on |
ally carried out by refusing needed appropria- |
tions and by forcing an extra session OF Con-
eoneessions e1ss % to III this % 1sarpins demand Which
are likely: In many states, to o, subject Gait tne
subdued this arrogant power into a sullen sur
render for the time being Of part OF n,S It's de
approved tho stern refusal of Its representa-
tives to suffer the overthrow Of statutes be
insisted, and now insists that the Government
of the United States of America Is empowered
eseons asty denSsed BY tse as ma
tional More than this, the Republican party
GoVernment COVE en should BY every means known to
the Constitution protect all American citife3}s rs
n IN the EEL great part of
its work Of reconstruction, the Republican
sns oaS' anS ss
crease in the number OF members OF Congress
and of the Electoral College from former I,,et
The history Of recent years abounds In evi-
dence that in many ways and in many places,
very men by whose elevation to citizenship
pesa a %nd
| of their voice and their vote. 1t Is
stitution h MIN in so many words denies or abridges
| the exercise of their political rights, put
bodies employed to bar their way are no less
Sn shonshs that the increased power derived
from the Acknowledgement OF a race now
the overthrow Of the Government, is now
ths 9sics sole the soseresn,y
nationality of the American people in
publieans cherish none of the resentments
| which may have animated them during the
actual conflict OF arms ney long Se .oa Sections
which were needlcssly and lamentably az
strife They sincerely offer the hand of good
faith. They deeply feel that the party whose
career is SO ilustrious in great and Patr1otiG
peaee ana prosperity are established in all the
and nor until liberty of thought, conscience
aos nna se mereiy cold iormaties Of the statute
| but living birthrights which the humble may
confidently claim, and the powerful dare not
deny.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
The resolution referring to the public serv-
" no man should be the incumbent of an of
nee the duties of which he is for acause unhl
perform. who Is lacking in ability, ade,5y y
such office demands. This sentiment woult
, doubtless meet with general ac99iescence
the wisdom and practicability of various re
formatory schemes which have been sug
: Governing appointments to public office
The efficiency of such regulations has beer
to- esalt mere H eSucstionai and abstract test
above general business capacity ana eveI
special fitness for the particular, ,o work III II
should be applied to the management OF tn
public service may be properly conformed II
3 the main to such as regulate the coaduct Q
a succe ;sful private business. Original appoint
? ments should be based upon ascertained ut
I Positions of responsibility should, so far a
. practicable, be filled by the promotion Q
e ton OF ali complaints and the punishment O
G all cfficial misconduct should be prompt an
thorough. These views, which nave ION
a Piled when called upon to act, find embodie
: In the resolution, which of course approye
+ ONCE, % whether high or low, one does not, in m
Judgment, escape any of his responsibility q
Se Sitizen al ana i that at he Should enjoy a6soiut
!, liberty to think, ani speak, and act In politics
matters according to MS own iaI WI. ana fs,, c9,
SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The sss Gs the
:, brought u return OF abundant prosperity an
90 Of soanS he
n duction of our public debt and the burden (
IL credit-all attest the ability and courage
v the Republican party to deal with SUI
d soiuiion. Our paper currency is now as goo
g as gold, and silver is performing its legitima,
r. function for the purpose OF change, IN
)I Of these elements of the currency are simp
,r and clear. There must be no deteriorate
i eSet heber mS of metal or paper, should stand Il
ID test of the worlds fixed standard.
i The value of popular education can hard
X be overstated. Although its interests must
4 EFFORT and individual action of the sever
u States, they should be encouraged SO 1ar
u the Constitution permits by the generous
III | operation of the National Government. ~
= interests of O whole country demand that q
q. advantages of our common-school syste
20 citizen, and that no revenues of the Nation
io the States should be devoted to the support
r. TARIFF AND INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.
Such changes should be made In the preSe
tariff and system ot idnstrT or us w and
as able our manufacturers and artisans to col
=, pete successfully with those @, otner ianas. no
ry ternal Improvement, national in their CHI
~ acter, and should promote the development
NJ our water courses and harbors wherever I
he general interests of commerce require.
nj THE PARTY.
Ell ON the threshold of Presidential election, q
an the Republican party, in soliciting a cont
op success not upon its promises, but VI
ut its history. Its subsequent course has pt
", sSen sSen made % to the Confidence and support
he. the country. On the other hand, conside
he tions more urgent than have ever before
rs, ponents ] So to to- power. Their success, if 8
mis- cess attend them, must chiefly come fr
on Sought soS % the forcibio disruption of the Uni
're and which, according to all the teaehings e
=, the councils of the party to whose trump
III will have made by far the largest contrlDu,l
There Is the graxeSf ressom ams the pn
Treasury, by no means limited TO the n
dreds of millions already covered py oiis
troduced in Congress within the past Il
years, would be successfully urged II
Democratic party should succeed in sup
ost mcnting its present control of the Nntio
eS' Legislature by electing the Executive also.
I There is danger in intrusting the contro
in the whole law-naking power of the Cove
" | ment to a party which has in almost ev
m Southern State repudated obligaunnS Q'
rho as sacred as those TO which the faith OF
ian Nation now s,anIs ,sa, eueecss awaits the
18th publican party, and that its triumph Will ass
1 . ;,,et feal nd nptriOtic
II, tion. 1 am, respectfully, your oocaient
IN, want, =: a; hNIht
She To the Hon. George F; HSar, President oil
of hepuoiican National ssINe".-o" %
the NEW ORLEANS has an old Gerr
she woman, known as "Grossmutter,
up, became a centenarian last Chrlstn
ana Her comical stories about old times