The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-15
GENERAL G~ARFIELD'S
ACCEPTANCE.
4. Temperate Document Full
OEsOund Sense.

MrSrOH. ONO, July I2.-Gen. Gar
Held has forwardelio Senator Hoar, OF
Massachusetts, the following letter 81
acceptance OF the nomination rendered
him by the Republican National Con
yenlion:
Mentor, ONO, July 10.
DEAR SIE-Og evening Of the :, jane
last, 4 had the honor 10 receive from
you, in the presence Of the committee
Of which you were chairman, official
announcement that the Republican Ma
tiomal Convention at Chicago had that
day nominated me for their candidate
for President Of the United States. | ac-
cept the nomination with gratitude for
the confidence ii inspires and with q
deep sense Of the responsibilities it i'm
poses. cordially endorse the princi-
pies sctfOrth In the platform adopted
by the convention on nearly all subjects
0fwhich 1t treats. My opinions are on
record among published proceedings OF
Congress. venture, however, tomake
special mention of some Of the princi-
pal topics which are likely TO become
subjects of discussion, without review
ing the controversies which have been
settled during the last twenty years,
aud with no purpose or wish to revive
| tho ,,,gr,,,,. 81 tl,n l,r. ,.o-
STATE mGHTs ~ NATIONAL SUPREMACY
1t should be said that while Republi-
cans fully recognize and will strenu-
ously defend all rights retained by the
people, and all rights reserved to the
States, they reject the poisonous doe
trine Of State supremacy, which so
long crippled the functions Of the Ma
tional Government and at one time
brought the Union very nea to de-
struction. They insist that the United
! States is a Nation with ample powers of
self preservation. That its Constitu-
ton, and the law made in pursuance
thereof, are the supreme law OF the land
That the right of the nation to deter
mine The method by which its own leg
|iSlation shall be created, cannot be sur
rendered without abrOgating one of the
fundamental powers Of Government,
That the national laws relating to the
election OF Representatives in Congress
shall neither be violated or cvaded.
That every clector shall be permitted
freely and without intimidation, to cast
his lawful ballot at such election and
have it honestly counted, and that the
potency ofhis vote shall not be destroy
ed by the fraudulent vote ofany other
person. The best thoughts and cner-
gies of our people should be directed to
these great questions Of national well
being in which all have a common in
%tcrcst. Such efforts will soon restore
perfect peace to those who were lately
in arms against each other, for Justice
and goodwill will outlast passion. But
it is certain the wounds of the war can
not be completely healed, and the spirit
of brotherhood cannot fully preyade
the whole country, until every citizen,
rich or poor, white or black, is secure
in the full aud free enjoyment of every
civil and political right guaranteed by
the Constitution and the laws. Wher-
ever the enjoyment of this is not secur-
ed, discomfort will prevail; immigra-
ton will cease, and social and indus
trial forces will continue to be disturb
ed by migration Of labor and conse-
quent diminution Of prosperity. The
ntional government should exercise
all Of its constitutional authority to put
an end to these evils, for AL people and
States are members Of one body and
no member can suffer without injury
t. ull. The most serious evils which
now anlict the South arise from the
fact that there is not such freedom and
liberation Of political opinion that the
minority party can exercise an ettec-
tive and wholesome restraint upon the
party in power. Without such re-
straim, party rule becomes tyrannical
aud corrupt. Prosperity, which is
made possible in the South by its great
advantages of soil and climate, will
never be realized until every voter can
feely and safely support any party he
pleAscs.
POPULAR EDUCATION.
Next IN Importance to freedom and
justice is popular education, without
which neither can be permanently
maintained. Its interests are cntrus-
ted to the States and the voluntary aC-
ton of people. Whatever hcip the ma
ton can Justly afford should be gencr-
ously given to aid the States in sup
porting common schools. But it would
be unjust to our people and dan gerous
TO our institutions to apply the States
to the support of secsarian schools.
The separation Of church and SGate in
everything relating to taxation should