The bee., 1884-07-26
L0GAN,S LETTER.
Accepting the Republican Nomina-
tiOm for ViCe.PTesidenfs

tiOn for Vice.PTesidenf.
General Logan, Republican candidate for
ce-President. has written letter accepting
the nomination with grateful heart and
deep sense of its responsibilities General
Logan then enters into discussion OF
the question of protection to American
labor. Of which he SAYS: " The OBJ
vious po'icy of our government IS to
protect both capital and labor by proper
imposition Of duties. This protection should
extend to every article Of American produc.
ton which goes TO build up the general pros
perity of our people.
He then discusses our monetary system.
His remarks ON this subject are summarized
in the following sentences: Our system OF
currency is most admirable in construction.
While all the conveniences of a bill circula-
ton attach to it, every dollar of paper repre-
sents a dollar of the worlds money standards,
and as long as the Just and wise policy of the
Republican party is continued, there can be
no impairment of the national credit There
fore. under present laws relating thereto, it
viii be impossible for anv man to lose a penny
lii the bonds or bills of the United States or in
the bills Of the national banks
Interstate. foreign commerce and foreign
relations are next considered He thinks
that there is much to be desired in the way
ton that commerce may fl ,w freely between
the States themselves. diversity of industries
and employmentS be promo t ID in all sections
Of our country. and that the great granarieS
and manufacturing establishments of the in
terior may be enabled u send their products
TO the seaboard for shipment o foreign coun-
tries. relieved of vexatious restrictions and
Determinations in matters of which it may
emphaticaily be said time is money and
also of unjust charges upon articles des-
tined to meet close competition from the
products of other parts of the world.
With reference TO the South American re-
public. he saws: Politically we should be
4 bound to the republics of our continent by the
! closest ties. and communication by ships and
1 railroads should be encouraged to the fullest
possible extent consistent with a wise and con.
/ ierva,ive public policy Above all, we should
be upon such terms of friendship as TO pre-
Ilude the possibility of national misunder-
! 4 a iings between ourselves and any of the
/ members of the American republican family.
! The best ne.hod to promote uninterrupted
/ peace between one and all would lie in the
meeting of general conference or congress
4 wherel Y an agreement to submit all interna
! tioual differences TO the peaceful decision OF
4 frien llv arbitration might be reached.
lie devuteS paragraph TO the subject OF
/ our foreign relations. in which he says: "The
/ great mCrsl force of our country Is so uniyer
/ sally recognized as 10 render an appeal K
I arms hv u. either in protection of our Citi
zenS abroad or i'll recognition OF any Just in
. ternational right, quite improbable. What
we mos need in this direction Is firm and
vigorous assertion of every right and privi
lege belonging to cur government or its citi
4 gems. a. well as an equally firm assertion
OF the rights and privileges belonging TO the
general iam,y Of American republics situated
1 upon this continent, when opposed, if evel
they shC ul1 lie, hy the different systems o.
| government upon another continent.
! The question of equal rights of citizenship
/ next claims his attention. On this point he say
that while. theoretically, we are in the enjoy
ment OF a government of the whole people
Ira ticallv we are almost as far from it al
We were in the ante bellum DAYS of tn,
republic There are but few leading ant
inliSputahle fats which cover the wholl
| statement of the case. In many Of the South
ern States tho coloTed population is in larg
excess Of the white The colored people ar
/ Republicans as are also a considerable portion
of the white people The remaining portion
of the latter are Democrats. In face of thi
incunteStible truth these States invariabl,
return Democratic majUTIties. In other State
of the South the colored people. although no
majority. form a very considerable body o
the population. and with the white Republl
cans are numerically in excess Of the Demo
NIdLS. Vet lIELlSSlN lAit HJAiAlOeiA ltoAlt
obtain-the Democratic party invariabl,
carrying the elections.
OF foreign emigration the letter says
"While it is the policy of the Republica
party to encourage the oppressed of othe
nations and offer them facilities for becomin
useful and intelligent citizens in the lega
definition of the term, the party has neve
contemplated the admission of a class of SCI
vile people. who are not only unable TO CON
prehend our institutions, but indisposed
become part OF our national family, or [
embrace any higher civilization tha
their own Concerning civil service b
saws: am in favor of the highest standar
of excellence in the administration of th
civil service. and VIII lend my best efforts
the accomplishment of the greatest attainabl
perfection in this branch of our service"
Mormcnism, the letter asserts, should /
wiped out, official dishonesty prompt
punished. our obligations TO the defender
of our country should never be forgotten
the cight-hour law should be enforced, OF
navy increased, the public lands be reserve
for free homes. and our present Indian polio
be continued and improved upon as our e.
periepce in its administration may frol
| lime TO time suggest