Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-13
THE RADICAL DAN DIDATE
Tosaes Bia Hat Into tho Riug aud Ia Ready
Tor tho Fray,

MsSron, o., July ~ --Gcncral Gar
field has forwarded to senator lioar, 0t
Massachusetts,, the following lottor oi
acceptance Oi the nomination rendered
him hy tho Rnpuplican National Con-
yUniiOn.
MENTOR, o., July I'D. 1850.
DKAW SiR On tho evening of the sth
oi June last | had tho honor Ia receive
irum YOU. IN the presence oi the commit
toe ia which you we're chairman, the
official announcement that the Rcpuhll.
can National Republican Convention. at
Chicago, had that day nominated mc ~
their candidate Tor President oi the
nitcd States.
IAcoept tn, Nomination
With gratitude ior the confidence Il i'm
Plies, aud with dorp sense oi tho ~.
Representatives, Il imposes cordially en-
dursc the principles set forth ia the
platform adopted hy tho convention.
GA all the mbtccIs at which II treats,
NV opinions are on record among tho
puhllshrd proceedings oi Congress, hut
! venture. however, to make special
mention oi the principal topics which
are likely to becomc suhjcots oi discus
sion. Without reviewing the contro.
ycrslcs which have been settled during
the last twenty years, and With no pnr'
pose Ol wish io
Revive tho Passions OF tho Late War.
II should he said that while the Rcpnh.
Leans fully recognize aud will strcnu.
nusly defend all the rights retained 10y
4. III al "A, A.. ..l IN.
tho states, they reject the potnnious
,lnctrlnc oi state supremacy, which NJ
luug crippled the functions oi the Ma
iiunaI Government, and at uuc TIME
brought the iniun very near I" destIuc-
ton. They insist that the United
States IN nation, With ample
powers oi self preservation that its con-
sttuIlon .and the laws maie ~ pursu,
ancr thereof "aTc the supreme laws oi
IA, lald,' that the night oi the ma.
ton To- determine a method by which
which itsown Legislature shall bc crea'
trd can no. br surrendered without ah-
dlcaiing Que nt the fundamental MOWERS
nl the government; that the Nat,o lM
laws relating To the election al Repre-
sentaliyes IA Congress shall neither he
violated or cva,lcd, that every oiectot
shall hc pcrmIitcd
Freely and without Intimidation.
10 cast his lawful votes at such election,
aud have II honestly counted, aud that
the potency ui hls vote shall mol be do
strnyed hy the fraudulent vote oi any
other person. The best thoughts and
energies oi our people should be ditoc.
tel 10 those great questions OF National
we'll being ia which all have common
interest. Such efforts viii soonest re-
store tu perfect peace those who were
lately M arms against each other, Tor
Justice aud goodwill will ouiiast pas
sion. But u Is certain tia, the
Wounds OF tho War Cannot Bs Complste'
iy Healed,
and the spirit ot brotherhood cannot Ito
the whole country until every citizen.
rich or poor, white or black, Is secure
in the tree aud equal enioymcnt oi every
civil aud political right guaranteed by
tho Constitution and the laws.
Wherever the enjoyment oi
these rights Is not assured
discomfort will prevail, immigration will
cease and the social aud industrial torces
will continue to be disturbed ny The mi-
grafton OF laborers and the consequent
elimination OF property. Tho National
Government should
Exercise All Its Constitutional Authority
Ia put an end to these evils. Tor all the
peosl. aud all the States are members oi
one body, and no member csn sutier
without injury 10 all.
The most serious evils which now
attiict the south arise IRON the TACT that
there ia no, such ircesiom aud liberation
oi political opinion and action, that the
minority party eau exercise any effective
or Wholesome restraint upon the party
In povsr. Without such restraint the
party rule becomes tyrannicai and cor.
rup.. The prospsrity which 70 ,nsds
poss,bls 10 he soe.a by ~ Esas sdvea-