The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-01
LOGAN'S LETTER,
Accepting the Republican Nom ina-
ton for Virc.Pre .ident.

Gonorol T,ooon Ronublicon candidate for
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Ne-I resi''eilV' nus written II lcu'el a'cePUiiS
the nomination with grateful heart and
deep sense of its responsibilities. General
To,or +l,o, o,,+,,s info n discussion of
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the question OF protectloh 10 american
labor, of which he says: 1.-THE OBJ
vious no1icv IF our Government is 70
protect both copital and labor Inv n proper
imOosition of dutips This protection should
extend TO every article of American produc-
tion which GOES Ia build m tbe General nros-
ppritv of our Deoplen
He then discusses t'our monetary system "
His remarks ON this subject are siiInrnarize1
in the following sentences. "Our system of
currency is most admirable in construction.
While nil the conveuiences of n bill circula-
tion attach to il. every dollar of naper repre-
sents a dollar of the worlds money Standards,
and ms long as the inst and wise policy of the
Republican partv is continued there can be
no innairmant of fine national credit. There
fore. Under present laws relating thereto. il
will I've inln6ssible for any man TO lose n penny
in the bonds or bills of the United States or in
the bills of the national banks.n
Interstate. FOREIGN commerce and foreign
relations are next considered He thinks
that there is much to be desired in the way
of euuitable rates and facilities of transnorto-
ton that commerce may flow freely between
the States themselves, diversity of industries
and emulovments be nromot ii in all sections
of our country, and that the great pranories
and manufacturing establishments of the in
terror NAV he enabled to send their products
TO the soaboard for shipment 10 foreign conn
tries. relieved of vexatious restrictions and
determinations in matters Of which it may
emphatlcally 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.n
With reference to the South American re-
public, he saws: POLITICALLY we should be
bound to the republics of our continent bv the
closest ties and communication by ships and
railroads should be encouraged to the fullest
possible extent consistent with wise and con-
Sentative public policy. Above all, we should
be upon such terms Of friendship as to pre-
clude the possibility of national misunder-
standings between ourselves and any of the
members of the American republican family.
The best method to promote uninterrupted
peace between one and all would lie in the
meeting of a general conference or congress.
whereby an agreement to submit all interna-
tional differences to the peaceful decision of
friendly arbitration might be reached
He devotes paragraph to the subject of
our foreign relations, in which he SAYS: "The
great moral force of our country is so univer-
sally recognized as to render an appeal to
arms by us. either in protection of our citi-
zens abroad or in recognition of any lust in
ternational right, quite improbable. What
we most need III tllS direction Is q nrm and
vigorous assertion of every right and privi-
lege belonging to our government or its citi-
Gems, as well as an equally firm assertion
of the rights and privileges belonging to the
general family Of American republics situated
upon this continent, when opposed if ever
they should be. by the different systems of
government upon another continent
The question of equal rights of citizenship
next claims his attention On this point he saws
that "while. theoretically, we are in the enjoy
ment of a government of the whole people.
practically we are almost as far from il as
we were in the ante bellum days of the
republic There are but a few leading and
indisputable facts viii, cover the Whole
statement of the case In MANY of the South
ern States tho colored regulation is in large
excess of the white, The colored people are
Republicans. as are also a considerable portion
of the white people. The remaining portion
of the latter are Democrats, In face of this
incontcstible truth these States Invariably