The Republican journal., 1884-07-31
GEN. LOGAN's LETTER
4ccepting the Nomination for
Dice President.

Tice President.
| HIS ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROTECTION PLANK
| IN THE PLATFORM. OTHER IMPORTANT
| QUESTIONS DISCUSSED IN AN ABLE MANNER.
The letter of Gen. John A. Logan, accepting
the nomination for Vice President on The Re-
publican ticket, is as follows:
| WASHINGTON, ID. c., july 10, 1884,
! Dear Sir: Having received from YOU on the
4th OF June the official notification of my nom
| nation by the national Republican convention
| as the Republican candidate for Vice Presi-
dent of the United States, and considering it to
| be the duty of every man devotin@ himself to
| the public service to assume any position to
which he may be called by the voice of his
| countrymen, | accept the nomination with a
| grateful heart and deep sense of its RESPONSE
bilities; and, if elected, shall cndeavor to dis
charge the duties of the office to the best of nv
ability. This honor, as Is well understood,
was wholly unsought by me. That it was
rendered by the representatives of the party, in
manner so tlatterng, will serve to tighten
whatever labors may be called unon to per
form Although the variety of >uhiAcS cover
ed In the very excellent and vigorous declara-
ton of principles adopted by the late eonven-
ton prohibits, upon an occasion calling for
| brevity Of expression, that full elaboration of
which they are susceptible, | avail myself Of
party usage to signify my approval of the
various resolutions of the platform, and to dis
cuss them briefly.
PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR
The resolutions of the platform declaring for
levy of such duties ''as to afford security to
our diversified industries, and protection to the
rights and wages of the laborer, to the end that
active and intelligent labor as well as capital
may nave its just award, and the laboring man
his full share in the national prosperity" meets
my hearty approval.
If there be nation on the face of the earth
which might, if it We're desirable thing build
wall upon its every boundary line, DENY com
munion to all the world, and proceed to live
upon lis own resources and productions, that
nation is the United States There is hardly a
legitimate necessity of civilized communities
which cannot be produced from tie eXtraord-
nary resources of our several states and terrilu-
rles, with their manufactures, mines, FARMS
TIMBER lands and water ways. This circum
stance. taken in connection with the fact that
our form of government is entirely unique
among the nations of the W orld, makes il utter
lV ABSURD TO institute comparisons between our
own economic systems and those of other GOV
ernments. and especially to attempt to borrow
systems from them. We stand alone in our
circumstances, our forces, our possibilities and
our aspirations.
| In all successful government il is a prime re-
| quisite that capital and labor should be upon
the best terms, and that both should enjoy the
highest attalnabe prosperity. If there be a
disturbance of the Just balance between them
one or the other suffers. and dissatisfaction
follows, which is harmful to both
Inc lessons furnished by the comparatively
short history our own national life have been
too much overlooked by our people. The
fundamental article in the Old Democratic creed
proclaimed almost absolute free trade, and
this, too no more than a quarter of a century
ago. The low condition of our national credit !.
the financial and business uncertainties and
general lack of prosperity under that system,
can be remembered by every man now in mid
die life.
Although in the great number of reforms in
Stiluted by the Republican party sufficient
credit has not been publicly awarded to that
OF tariff reform, its benefits have, nevertheless.
been felt throughout the land. The principle
underlying this measure has been In process of
gradual development by the Republican party
during the comparatively brief period of its
| power, and today portion of its antiquated
Democratic opponents make unwilling concts-
| sion to the correctness of the doctrine of an
| equlably adjusted protective tariff, by follow
lhS slowly III It's footsteps, though very long
| way in the rear.
! The principle involved is one of no great
obscurity. and can be readily comprehended by
an intelligent person calmly retecting upon it.
| The political and social systems of some of our
trade competing nations have created working
classes miserable in the extreme. They receive
| the merest tipenu for their daily toll, and in
the great expense of the necessities of life, are
| deprivedof those comforts of clothing, housing
| and health producing food with which whole
| some mental and social recreation can alone
| make existence happy and desirable
Now, if the products of those countries are
| to be placed in our markets, alongside of Amer
| lean products. either the American capitalist
must suffer in his legitimate profits. or he must
make the American ahorer suffer in the at
| tempt TO compete with the species of labor
| above referred to. In the case of Il substantial
| reduction of pay, there can be no comptn>atine
advantages for the American lahorcr, because
| the articles of daily consumption which he uses
with the exception Of articles not produced
| in the United States. and easy of being special
| lyprovided for, aS coffee and tea-are grown in
| our own country. and would not be affected in
| price by lowering in duties. Therefore, while
| he would receive less for his labor. his cost Of
| living would not he d creased Being practi-
caily placed npon the pay of the European la
| bOrer, our own would be deprived of facilities
| for educating and sustain ng his family res
| pectably; he would be shorn Of the proper op-
| portunities of seli-improvement. and his value
| as citizen, charged with /; portion of the obli-
| cations of government. would be ltsseutd the
| moral tone of the aboring class Ud suffer,
| and in turn the interests of capital, and the
wellbeng of orderly citizens in general, would
| be menaced. while one evil would react upon
another until there would be Il general dlstur-
bance of the whole community The true
| problem of good and stable government is
how to infuse prosperity among all classes of
| people-the manufacturers the farmer, the me-
! chanc, and the laborer alike. Such prosperity
is Il preventive Of crime. Il security OF capital,
| and the very best guarantee of general peace
and happiness.
. The obvious policy of our government is to
| protect both capital and labor by proper i'm
position of duties. This protection should ex-
| tend TO every article of American production
which goes to build up the general pros peritv
| of he M in
| view of the special dangers manacing the wool
| interests of the United States, deemed it " ise
| TO adopt separate resolution on the subject of
| its proper protection. This industry is very
| large and important one. The necessary legs-
| lation to sustain this industry upon Il prosper
| ous basis should be extended
| No one realizes more fully than myself the
| great delcaey and difficulty of adjusting a tar
| itf so nicely and equitably is to protect every
| home industry, sustain every class of American
labor, promote to the highest point our great
| agricultural interests. and at the same time to
| give to one and all the advantages pertaining to
| foreign productions not in competition with
our own, thus not only building up our foreign
commerce, but taking measures to carry il in
| our own bottoms.
Difficult as this work appears. and really is
it is susceptible of accomplishment by patient
and intelligent labor, and to no hands can it be
committed with as great assurance of success
as to those of the Republican party.
OUR MONETARY SYSTEM.
The Republican party is the indisputable
| author of a financial and monetary system
which it is safe to say has never before been
| equalled by that of any other nation.
| Under the operation of our system of finance
| the country was safely carried through an eX-
tended and expensive war, with national
credit which has risen higher and higher with
each succeeding year, until now the credit OF
| the United States is surpassed by that of DC
| other nation, while its securities AT a constant
| ly increasing premium. are eagerly sought after
! by investors Ia all parts of the world.
| Our system of currency is most admirable in
construction. While all the conyeniences of a
| bill circulation attach to it. every dollar OF
paper represents 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. Therefore, under present laws relat.
ing thereto, it will be impossible for any mar
| United States or in the bills Of the nationa
| banks.
The advantage of having bank note in the
house which will be as good in the morning as
it was the night before should be appreciated
| by all.
The oonvertbility of the currency should be
international standard among all commercial
silver coinage, would be a measure of peculiar
| advantage.
| INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE AMI
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
The snbprtS embraced IN the resolution,