Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1880-08-18
Mr.. ENGLISn'S LETTER.

INDIANAPOLIS, INp., July S0.--Wil
liam II. English transmitted the fol
loving letter Of acceptance Of tn
nomination Of candidate for vicc'Pres
ident of the United States to the Com
mittec Of notification to-day; ,
INDIANAPOLIS, lSp., July 30, 80
"GENrLEMEN II have now tht
honor to reply 10 your letter OF The
18th inst, informing mo that / wa'
unanimously nominated for the Office
OF Vice President ofthe United States
BY the late Democratic National Con-
yention which assembled at Cincin'
natl. As torcshadowed in tho verba'
remarks made by me at tho time Of
the delivery Of your letter, I have now
to say that accept the high trust
with a realizing sense Of the RESPONSE.
bility, and am profoundly grateful fol
the honor conferred. I accept the
nomination upon the platform of prin'
ciples adopted by the convention
which cordially approve, and | ac-
cept it as much because of my faith in
the wisdom and patriotism of the
great statesman and soldier nominated
on the same ticket :nr President OF
the United States. His eminent SER
vices to his country; his fidelity to
the Constitution, the Union and the
laws; his clear perception Of the cor
rect principles of government as
taught by Jefferson; his scrupulous
care to keep the military IN strict sub.
ordination to the civil authorities his
high regard for civil liberty, personal
rights and rights of property; his &C.
knowledged ability in civil as we'll as
military affairs and his pure and
blameless lite--all point to him as
man worthy OF the confidence of the
people. Not only brave soldier, a
great commander, a wise statesman
and a pure patriot, but a prudent,
painstaklng, practical man Of unques-
toned honesty trusted often with
important public duties, faithful to ev'
cry trust and in the full meridian of
lipe and vigorous manhood, he is, in
my judgment, eminently fitted for the
highest Office on earth--the Prcsiden-
cy of the United States. Not only is
he the right man for the place, but
the time has come when the .best in.
terests of the country require that the
party which 1ias monopolized the Ex.
ecutive Department of the General
Government for the last twenty years
should be retired The continuance
Of that. party in power four years
longer would not be beneficial to the
public or in accordance with the spirit
of our republican institutions. Laws
of entail have not been favored in our
system of government. The perpetu.
alton of property or place in one fam
ily or set of men has never been en-
couraged in this country, and the
great and good men who formed our
republican government and its tradi-
tions wisely limited the tenure Of Of
fee 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
Irregularities and corruptious which
are not likely 10 be properly exposed
under the same party that perpetuated
them besides, it should not be for
gotten that the four last years of
power held by that party were pro-
cured by discreditable means and held
in defiance Of the wishes of a majority
of the people. 1t was a grievous
wrong to every voter and to our sys-
tenn Of self.guvernment which should
never be forgotten or forgiven. Many
Of the men now in Office were put
there because Of corrupt partisan SER
vices 10 thus defeating the fairly and
legally expressed will of the majority,
and the hypocricy Of the professions
of that party in favor of civil.service
reform was shown by placing such