Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-22
DAILY POST.
a1.1II,s LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE

Ill
uI.IxI,. LETTER OF ACCEPIANtL
All who have read the letter accept
ing the Republican nomination recent
~ addressed By Mr.. Blaine to the y.
tional Republican Committee must al
ri. that il is A strong presentation OF
present issues. ard that IN II tne writer
takes no equivocal positions de R'a7Ps
w;,h keen insight the salient points o'
pa,nh,;can doctrine and delIneAteS
with clearness and vIgor the a''i'u'e VI
the party on governmental functions
I'D no,i.v. foreign and domestic Upon
the tariff question his views are CD
oentlV and carefully set form 10 l1"-
or.oa which leaves no opportunity Tor
.;a;n,s,nretation. Viewed from an
Ine,;can standpoint his arguments IN
snpport Of a protective tarin syS.e'"
are 10 our mind, unansweraoie. ms
treatment of the reIat ons which ouRn,
In exist between the United states ana
foreign nations, is studied sna eia0o
,a,a advocacy Of the essential princi-
,,ss of the Monroe doctrine, and n's
r,ea for the substitution OF universal
arbitration in lieu of war. IN settlement
of international disputes, Is the utter
aHce OF a statesman whose ideas nave
been expanded by historical research
coupled With many years OF Observation
and experience in public affairs. he
nroes az he did when Garfeld's Secre-
tarv of State, closer business ana ma
,;onaI relations with the governments
~ the American continent. and ably
ssts forth this mutual and reciprocal
benefits which must result from the cuI-
tivation of more intimate associations
with other republics of North and South
America.
In the paragraph devoted to existing
relations between the North and south
Mr., Blaine is especially feiicitouS. he
touches gently vet firmly the fact tha'
nreiudices still exist, and cordially wei
comes their rapid disappearance. he
strikes the keynote of fraternity IN
urging and prophesying for both sec
tons common industrial development
and in deprecating any effort to unite
the South on issues which grow out OF
memories of the late war. Upon the
civil service question he takes high
ground. and it will be dithcuit Tor
Mes4rs. Curtis, Sohurz et al. to savii
with his platform or pick flaws in his
position. So also with polygamy, In
discussing which he states with great
clearness and perspicacity the distinc-
ton between liberty of conscience and
license to immortality. Of Mormonisn
he saws that il claims the night ito ce-
strey the great safeguard aud monu-
nent Of social order, and to practice as
a religious privilege that which -
crime punished with severe penalty
in every State OF the Union" and sue
cinctly states the relations of citizens
20 the Law in declaring that 1.-THE Law
does not interfere with what man be.
lieyes: II takes cognizance of what he
does" Upon the currency question Ar
Blaine avows himself in favor OF hard
money. both gold and silver. or cur
rency directly convertible into them
He refers to The large use of silver
as a medium of exchange among Asiatie
nations. and advocates an international
agreement which shall establish the re-
lations between gold and silver. Reln-
tive 10 land monopoly he writes In nc
uncertain terms. He favors the multi
plication of land owners. and objects tc
alien Ownership Of land. The lettsI
closes with an appeal for the integrity
of the ballot in the impending eleciisn
which will meet response in the con,
science and acts of every man who IL
fit to be an elector in this Republic
"To deposit fraudulent vote" writes
Mr.. Blaine, ais no worse crime
against constitutional liberty than &c
obstrnct the deposit of an honest vote
He who corrupts suffrage strikes at the
very root Of free government; he Is the
arch enemy of the Republic. He for
gets that in trampling upon the rights
OF others he fatally imperils his own
rights" Taken altogether. this letter
is the mos, comprehensive, and at the
same time the most powerful, present
ment of the living issues in the iru'
peuding election which has been, or We
think will be, formulated and made
public during the campaign.