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Nl~. Engllsh's Letter Of Accept.
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INDIANAPOLIS, July 30,-To Hon.
John w. Stephenson, president ofcon.
vcntion, Hon John p. Stockton, chair.
man, and other members Of the COM
mittee Of Observation-Disclosures l
have now the honor to reply to your
letter Of the thirteenth instant, inform
ing me that was unanimously nomiu.
ated for the Office Of vice president Of
the United States by the late demo.
cratic convention which Assem- bled at
Cincinnati, .. As foreshadowed in
the verbal remarks made by me at the
time Of the delivery Of your letter, l
have now to say that l accept the high
trust with q realizing sense of its re.
sponsibillity, and am profoundly CRATE.
full for the honor conferred. accept
the nomination upon the platform Of
principles adopted by the convention,
which I cordially approve, and 1 &C.
cept it quite as much because of my
faith in the wisdom and patriotism Of
the great statesman and soldier nomi-
mated on tho same ticket for president
OF the United States. His eminent SER
vice to bis country his fidelity to the
constitution. union and law; his clear
perception of correct principles Of gov.
ernmentt as taught by Jefferson his
scrupulous care to keep the military
subordinate to the civil authorities
his high regard for civil liberty, per.
sonal rights and the rights Of property;
his acknowledged ability in civil as
we'll as military affairs and his pure
and blameless life-all point to him as
a man worthy of the confidence of the
people. Not only brave soldier.
great commander, wise statesman, and
pure patriot, but prudent painstak-
ing, practical 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 judg
ment, fitted for the highest position Oh
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 that party which has mon
opoIized the executive department of
the general government for the last
twenty years should be retired. The
of that party iu power
four years longer would not be bene.
fetal to the public, nor in accord ance
with the spirit Of our republican in
stitutions. The laws Of entail have
not been favored in our system Of gov
ernm@t. The perpetuation Of 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 ira
ditions wisely limited the tenure of
office, and in many ways showed their
iisapproval of long leases Of power.
Twenty years of continuance in power
is long enough, and has already led to
irregularities and corruptions that are
not likely to be properly expose un-
der the same party that perpetrated
them. Besides it should not be forgot
Ten that the last four years of power
held by that party were procured by
liscreditable means and held in de-
liance of the wishes of a majority Of
the people. 1t was grieyous wrong
to every voter and our system of self
government, which should never be
forgotten or forgiven. Many Of the
men now in Office we're put there be
cause OF their corrupt partisan service
IN thus defeating the fairly and legally
will Of the majority, and the
hypocrisy of the professions of that
party in favor Of civil service reform
was shown by placing such men in
office ana turning a whole brood Of
federal Office holders loose to influence
elections. The money of the people
taken out of the public treasury by
these men for services, often poorly
performed. or not performed at all. is
being used in vast sums with the
knowledge aud presumed sanction Of
The administration to control the elec-
tons; and even members Of the cabi-
net are strOlling about the country
partisan speeches instead Of
being IN their departments at Wash
ington discha-ging the public duties
for which they are paid BY the people.
But with all their cleyerness and sbil-
iiy. the discriminating public will no
doubt perceive that their paramount
hope aud aim is to keep themselves
or their satellites longer in Office, and