Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-07-14

| MENTOR, Ohio, July 12.-General
Garfield has forwarded 10 Senator Hosr,
of Mass sohusetts, the following letter
of acceptance OF the nomination ten.
dersd him by the Republican National
Convention.
GENERAL aAREIRLD's LETTER OF ACCEPT
ANcR.
MENTOR, Ohio, July 10, 18S0.-Dear
Sir :-On the 9Th Of June last / had
the honor TO receive from you, in the
presence Of o committee of which you
were chairman, the Official announce
ment that the Republican National
Convention at Chicago had that day
nominated me for their candidate for
President Of the United States.
81 accept the nomination with graft
tude for the confidence It implies, and
with q deep sense Of the responsible.
ties II imposes. l cordially indorse the
principles set forth in the platform
adopted by the Convention on nearly
all the subjects Of which 1t treats my
opinions are on record among the pub
lished proceedings Of Congress. ven.
ture, however, to make special mention
OF some Of the principal topics which
kare likely to become subjects Of dis;us-
sion.
ELECTION LAWS AND STATE SOVEREIGNTY.
"Without revie wing the controversies
which have been settled during the
last twenty years, and with no purpose
or wish to revive the passions Of the
late war, Il should be said that while
Republicans fully recognise and will
strenuously defend all the rights re-
( tanned by the people and all the rights
reserved to the States, they re-
ject the pernicious doctrine of State
supremacy which so long crippled the
functions Of tho National Government,
and at one time brought the Union very
near to destruction.
"They insist that the United States
Is a nation with ample power OF self
preservation that its Constitution and
laws, made in pursuance thereof, are
the supreme Law Of the land that the
rights Of nation to determine the meth.
DDS by which Its own Legislature shall
be created cannot be surrendered with.
out abdlcating one Of the fundamental
powers Of the Government that the
national laws relating to the election OF
Representatives In Congress shall mel
ther be violated nor evaded that
every eleotor shall be permitted freely,
and without intimidation, to cast his
lawful ballot at such election and have
II honestly counted, and that the Pc.
tency Of his vote shall not be destroyed
by the fraudulen! vote Of any other
person. The best thoughts and ener-
gies Of our peopls should be directed to
those great questions Of national well
being In which all have common in
terest.
Such efforts will soonest restore per-
feet peace to those who were lately in
arms against each other, for Justice
and good will will out last passion, but
1t is certain that the wounds of the
war cannot be completely healed and
the spirit Of brotherhood cannot fully
psrvade the whole country until every
citizen, rich or poor, white or black, is
secure In the free and equal enjoyment
Of every civil and political right guar.
anteed by the Constitution and the laws.
"Whersver the enjoyment Of this
right Is not assured discomfort will pre-
vail, immigration will cease, aud the
social and industrial forces will con-
tinue to be disturbed by the migration
of labOrers and the consequent diminu.
ton Of prosperity. The National Gov
eminent should exercise all its consti-
tutional authority to put an end to
these evils, for all the people and all
the States are members Of one body,
and no member can suffer without in
jury to all.
THE SOUTH.
"The most serious evils which now
affiict the South arise from the fact
that there is not such freedom and
federation of political opinion and &C
ton that the minority party can exer'
else an effective and wholesome re.
straint upon the party in power.
Without such restraint party rule
becomes tyrannical and corrupt. The
prosperity which is made possible IN
the South by Its great advantages Of
soil and climate will never be realized
until every voter can freely and safely
support any party he pleases. i
"Next in Importance to freedom and
Justice Is popular education, without
which neither justice nor freedom can
be permanently maintained. Its in.
terssts are intrusted to the States and
the voluntary action Of the people.
Whatever help the nation can justly
afford should be generously given to
aid the States in supporting common
schools; but 1t would be unjust to our
people and dangerous to our institu.
lions to apply any portion Of the reVe-
nues of the nation, or Of the States, to
the support Of sectarian schools. The
separation of the church and the State
in everything relating to taxation
should be absolute.
NATIONAL FINANCES.
"On the subject Of national finances
my views have been so frequently and
fully expressed that little is needed in
the way Of additional statement: The
public debt is now so well secnred, and
the rate of annual interest has been 30
reduced by refunding, that rigid econ,
omy in expenditures and the faithful
application of our surplus revenues to
the payment Of the principal OF the
debt will gradually but certainly free
the people from Its burdens, and close
with honor the financial chapter OF the
war. At the same time the government
can provide for all It's ordinary expen-
ditures and discharge it's sacred obliga..
tions to the soldiers Of the Union and
to the widows and orphans Of those who
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