The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1884-07-31
GENERAL LOGANs LETTER
Formally Accepting the Republican Mona
ination for the Vice-Presidency.

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General John B. Henderson, Chairman of the
late Republican Convention. was given out
to day. and is as follows:
DEAR SIR-Having received from you on
tho 24th of June the official notification o my
nomiuation at TIE Nationh Repuhlica1 Con-
Vention as the Republican candidate Tor Vice
PRESIDENT of the United states, and consider
ing IL 70 De the duty OF every man deYotiug
himself to the public service 20 assume any
position to which he may be called by the
Vol e OF bis Country len [ sc e l5 tue nomi-
nation with a gra elul and sep sense OF its
responsibilities; and, ii ele 3ted, slall eadeayor
t. discharge the duties OF tde office to the best
of my ability.
This honor as is well understood was Who'll
ly unsOughu by me. That { was rendered by
the representatives of the party in a manner
so fia1tering, will serve to tighten Whatever
Iabors may b. calIe upon to perform.
Although the variety of subject covered in
the very excellent aud Yi2O. Gus declaration
of o. inciples adopted by theConyention prob b.
its, upon an occasion calling TOR breYity OF
expression, that full elaboration of which
they are susceptib e. / avail myself of party
resolutions OF the platform, and to discuss
them briefly.
INTERESTS OF THE LABoRING CLASSES.
The resolutions of the platform declaring
for levy of such duties las to afford sc curity
to our diversified industries, and protection
to he rights ane wages of the / borer, to the
end that active and intelligent labor a. well
as capital may have its just award and the
laboring man his full share in the National
prosperity meets my hearty approval.
If Il ere is a nation on the face of til earth
WHICH might, if it we're Ce SiraLls hing, build
communication to all the world and proceed
to live upon its own IeSOuTt es and pFOduc-
IiOns that nation is the United States. There
is hardy legitimate nee ssity of civilized
communities which cannot be produced from
the extraordinary resources of our several
States and Territories, with their manutac-
to- les, mines, farms, timber aadS and water
ways. rms c1rcuns staGce, taken in connec-
ton wltn tue TACT thsG our form or govern
ment Is entirely unique among TIE nations of
the world, makes it utterly absurd 10 institu
conn arisOns between our own economic sys-
TENS and those of other governments, and
especially to attempt to borIo ow systems from
them We stand alone in our CiTcumS; anceS,
cur forces, our possibilities and our aspfra-
tions.
In all successful government it is a prime
requisite that capital and labor shoull be upon
the best terms, and that both enjoy the high
est attafnable prosperity If there be a disturb
ance of tt @ just balance between them, one
or the other suffers, and dissatisfaction fol
lows, which is harmful 10 both.
The lessons furnishe1 by the comparatively
short history of our own aional life have
been too much overlooked by our people. The
creed proclaimed almost absolute free ira ic,
and this, too, no more than quarter OF CEN
tUry ago. The low condition OF cur Naiiot al
cred t, the financial and business unce tain
ties and general lack Ct prosperity under that
SIS EN-, can be remembered by every man now
in m ddle life.
Although in the great number of reforms
instituted by the Republican party sufficient
credit has not been publicly aN arded to that
of tariff reforms, its benefits have, neVerthe-
less, been telt throughout the land. The priu-
ciple underlying this measure has been in
process of gradual development by the Re
publican party during the comparatively bIi f
7 e iOd of its bower and to-day a portion of
its an iquatel democratic opponents make
unwilling concessions to the correctness of the
doctrine of an e Iuitably adjusted protective
tariff, by following slowly in its footsteps,
though very long way in the rear
The principle involved is one of no great
ObscurIty, and can be readily comprehended
by any intelligent person calmly rejecting
upon it.. The political and social systems Cf
some of our trade competing nations have
created working C asses miserable in the eX-
trcme. They receive the merest stipend for
/ 4 r.
the necessities of life, are deprive of those
comforts OF clothing housing and health,
producing fOCd, with which whole5 ONE mental
and social recreation can alone make exist
ence happy and desirtb O.
Now, if the products of those countries are
| to be placed in our market alongside of Amer
| lean products. either the American capi alst
must sutferin his legitimate prOnts, or he must
make the Americ IN fa5orer suffer in his at
tempt to compete with the species of labor
| abOver eferr5d to. In the case OF substan-
| tial Ieduction of pay there can be no compen-
| sating advantag es for the American laborcr
| because the articles Ct daily consumption
which he uSps-wifh the exception of articles
not produced in the United State, and easy
OF be ng specially provide for, as coffee aud
tea-are grown IN our own country, ana
would not be affGc Cd in price by a lowering
in duties. Therefore, while h would receive
| less for his labor his cost ef living would not
| be decreased. Being practically placed upon
the pay of the European laborer, our own
would be deprived OF facilities for educ lting
and sustaining his family respe ia u; he
would [ e shorn of the proper opportunities of
self-imprOVement, and his vaICe as q citizen,
ROveI nment, wol!d be less2ned; t e moral
tone of the laboring s would suher, and in
turn the interests o. capita, an l the well be-
ing OF orderly cltihens IN general WouId be
menaccd. while one evil would react upon an
OF until there wo1ld 0e genera S adst9r t
problem of q, go ID and stable GCvernn ent is
how to infuse Osperity among / cl asses OF
| peODle-the manu- acJufef, the lafIuef, lhe
mechanic, and the labOrer alike. such pros
perity is a preventative of crime, a security
of capi a., and the very be t guarantee Of
general peace and hap )ineSS.
The obvious policy of or Government is to
| protect both capital aud labor by proper i'm
| D istion of duties. This protection should ex-
| tend to every article of Americ IN production
which goes to build up tle general prosperity
of our people.
THE TARIFF.
The National Convention, in view of the
special dangers menacing the WOOL interests
OF the United States deemed it wise to ad ~
proper pI otecuon. This industry is a very
larg and important one. The re eessary leg
is alton to sustain this industry upon a p Os-
porous ba is should b. extended.
No one ealizes more fully than myself the
great delicacy and difficulty of ad Justing
tariff so nicely and equitabIy as to protect ev-
cry home industry, sustain every class of
our great agricultural interes S, and at the
came time give TO one and al the advantage es
pertaining to foreign productions not in COM
petition with oar own thus not only building
up our fOl c gn commerce, but taking meas
ure TO carry it in our own bottoms.
Difficult this work appears, and really is,
it is susceptible of acc IN Dlishment by pa
tient and intelligent labor, and to no hands
can it be committed with as great assurance
| of success as to those OF the Republican
party.
MONETARY MATTERS.
The Republican party is the indsputable au-
thor of a financial and monetary sJs EN- which
it is sa e to say has never before been equaled
by that OF any other nation.
ULdcr the Operat. on OF our system of finance
the country was safely carried thu Ough an ex-
ter ded AMI expensive war, with National
credit which has risen higher and higher with
each succeeding year. until now the credit of
tie United states is surpassed BY that of no
q; her nation, while its secur.t es, at a con-
stantiy increas premium, are eagerly
sought after by investors in all parts of the
Our system of currency IS most admirable in
construction. While all the cOnVeniences of
a bill circulation attach to it. every dollar of
paper represents a dollar of the worlds
money standards. and as long az the Just and
wise DoIicv of the Repubiicau marty is CON
tinued thl re can be no impairment of the Ma
toual credit Therefore, under present laws
relating thereto, it viii be impossible for any
man to lose penny in the bonds or bills OF
the United States or in the bills of the National
banks.
The advantage of having a bank note in the
house which will be as good in the morning as
1t was the night before should be appreciated
The convertibiIity of the currency should
be maintained intact, and the establishment of
an international standard among all CONNER
cEll nations fixing the relative values of gold
ana silver coinage, would be measure of Pc
culiar advantage.
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE.
The subjects embraced in the resolutions re-
Epectively looking to the promotion of our
interstate and foreign commerce and to the
matter of our foreign relation are fraught
with the greatest Importance to our people,
In respect 70 interstate commerce. there is
much to he desired in the way of equitable
a es and facint es of t-ans oortation, that
commerce may flow freely between the States
themselves, diversity of industries and en-
ploymcnts be promoted in all sections of our
couatry, and that the great granaries and
manufaci iuring establishments of the interior
may be entitled to send their products TO the
seaboari for shipment 70 foreign countries,
relieved OF veKatious restrictions and discrim-
1natiOns in matters of which il may emphati-
caliy be sad, time Is money and also Of un-
just larxes upon arti eles destined to meet
close competition from the products Of other
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