The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-18
BUfLER,s ACCEPTANCE,
Tho General Accepts with Gratitude III
5lyY Etgi Greenbuck Teutlcr 5--.-5

Tho General accepts with Gratitude the
Greenbnck Tender.
New YoRK, June l7.-In response to the
formal announcement OF his nomination
by the committee Of tke Greenback Ma.
tional Convention, Gen. Butler Gays:
LOWELL, MAS June l2.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoMMlTTEE-I re-
Ceiyed at your hands the official announce
ment Of the action Of the Convention O.
Indianapolis with deep ssnsibility. 4! In the
ordinary course cf political events the
chcica ! of the Convention Of the repre-.
sentative men OF sny considerable portion
OF my fellow citizens in according to me
the; highest honor they can confer would
call ior grateful acknowledgment. Even
though might have been selected to rep.
resent the thought on such constitutional
matters,whic commonly divide political
parties, views upon such questions which
msy have been inherited or are IN out
growth Of measures merely Of administra-
lion, the great questions you present are
higher and grauder than any mere po!iti-
cal measure. S'.zI5. e. 81
A Nearly a quarter Of century ago when
the very existence OF the Republican
establishment and representative govern.
ment hung trembling upon the issue OF the
greatest civil war the world ever knew or
msy ever know, by the wisdom born Of
imperous necessity financial system
springing from the patriotic impulse to
save the nations life, aud rescue tho free
institutions for all men from going down
forever in dstkuess, and death was devised
by great and good men. .54t
.a.E THE DEAR GREENDlcK.
THE was done by legal tender currency.
While questions as to lis stability were
raised by every form OF legislation by
which it enacted, and vhila still Srayer
doubts prevailed in the minds oi many
wise, patriotic men whether the legal tender
currency inexpensive, in fact, resting not
on the inlrinsic value Of the material on
which it was coined, was within constilu
tionsl competency aud the power Of tho leg
islative branches Of the Government, that
question having been three times submit.
I'D 10 the Supreme Court OF the United
bta;es, the very highes. tribunal Of Cousli.
tu.ional conat1pclion, was at las. decided
In the affirmative With 9uGh unanimity &c
only to show thers might be 10 po. s!ble
reasonable doab! agaiust It. s 4 q
n r. FUTURE usEFuLSEp. Il
After iavoriug continuance OF thu
party organization Mr.. Batter says
Upon this contesta,ion am With you
and II there were but tv o of Us We ough
10 stand tosasher against this great wronI
and call upon all true men to atgng will
us, either ine!de or outside, as the cae
,say be Of other political organic ,tionl
which NJ ~ aim 10 psrfec! other measure
for the government Of the country.
thank you for your Suggestion that |,
other matters toward which your organi
za.icu turns the intcree.s Of labor, tn
preservation Of the lands Of the people 10
the bent fl. Of tue people, the uontso! {
agencies created by the Government 10 b
3 used for the good Of tho people, to regula.
! snd control a system Of Interstate coz
: nlercs which shah control end cheap pc
, tho transportation Of persona, freight an
intelligence. and to protsc. all Ia their lul
4 rights and confine oil in their true duiie
4 Ito the end that there may be in Ii