The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-07-31
OUTLINED 81 BY GEN. i oGA 1 \ I
ThS VICE PTeside ntial Candidates Letter Of
acceptance discussing All the Issues
,of the Campaign 3
Points of the Republican Platform .Dilated
Upon and Southern Bourbons and Polyga-
mists Treated with Severity

mists Treated with Severity
Both Parties Collecting Campaign Funds In
rs Washington IRISH DESERVING
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i.,a,5- 5>5ifa Cen Losan's Letter. q SS,ls!}fit
WASHINGTON, 81 July 2L-The following is
Senator Logan's letter accepting the snomin-,
alton: -, &c.. "a. ..s., 81 10y ss;&,
$ Washington, D. c. July 1s, 1ss44Dear Sir:
Having received from you on the Gath of June 4
Of my be
can candidate for vice president OF the United
States, and considering it to be the duty Of
yiee. to assume any position to which he may BE-
called by the voice OF his oountrymen, I accept
the nomination with grateful heart and deep
endeavor to discharge the duties OF the office to
the best Of my ability. This honor, as is well
understood, was wholly unsought by me. That
in a manner SO fattering viii serve to tighten
whatever labors may be called upon to perform.
Although the variety Of subjects covered in the
oipies adopted by the late convention prohibits,
upon an occasion calling for: brevity Of express
sion. thnt full OF which they are sus
ny app6v Of ths s various rsssoiasiens ths
PLATFORM and to DISCUSS them briefly i ;i3
e PROTECTION TO AMERIcANsL LABOR. .is,'
The resolutions OF; the platform declaring for
the levy Of such duties "as to afford security to
our diversified Industries and protection to the
rights and wages Of, laborers, to the end that act
may have its just award, and the laboring man
his full share in the national prosperity meets
WSoh might e
thing build q wall upon its every boundary line,
deny communion to all the world and proceed to-
that nation is the United States There is hardly
3alegitimate necessity Of civilized communities
which cannot be produced from the exIraordi-.
tories, with their manufactures, mines, farms,
timber lands and WATERWAYS. This circufn-
stance, itaken5i !connecti on With the fact
unique among; tie Il narionsI sof3 the world,
makes 1t utterly absurd to institute compar1a
sons between our own economic systems and
those of other governments, and especially to
attempt to borrow systemgs rom Them. We
stand alone In our circumstances, our forces, our
Possibilities and aspirat lions I'm all successful
and labor should be upon the best terms and
that both should enjoy the highest ,attatnable
prosperity II there he q disturbance of the
other suffers and dissatisf action follows,
which Ia harmful Il to Il both The rles.e
sens tulnishsd by the comparatively short
mental article IN the old Democratic creed pro-
claimed almost absolute free trade, and this too
low condition Of our national credit, the fnan-a
cfal and business uncertainties, andSgeneral lack
Of prosperity under that system can be remem-s
bered by every man now in middle life. Although
agreat number ofreforms have been instituted by
the Republican party, sufHctapt credit has not
been publicly awarded to that OF q
It's benefits have nevertheless been felt through
out the land The principle underlying this
measure has been In process OF gradual deyelop-'
ment by the Republican party during the COM
paratively brief period its power and day
q portion Of its antiquated Democratic opponents
asoaa e
tariff by followtn slowly inits footsteps, though
10 very long way In the rear. The principle in-3
q SG great a Sn b
person calmly reaectfng upon #. s5 The
political and! social & systems Of N, some;
created working classes miserable in the ax.
treme. They receive sthe9 merestE stipend for
their daily toll and put to great expense for
forts Clothing; hoasiF IND HEATH pfodScins
recreation, can alane keiexistence happy pnd
ae l. Il
side American products, either the American capT
ttalist must suffer in his legitimate profits or he
must make ;the American laborerS suffer in,
an attempt to compete " with the
species OF labor above referred to.i In,
|; case Of substantial reduction Of pay there can
be no compromising advantages for the Ameri-
/ can laborer, because the ARTICLES of daily con-
sumption which he uses, with the exception of
5sIttcles not produced n the United States
are grown in our own country andswould not be
affected in price by lowering In duties There
wh IL hs would abo
practically placed upon the pay ot the European
laborer, our own would be deprived Of facilities
NH ~ ia hn ofn ro
mites Of self-1mprovement and his value as q
citizen charged with portion OF the obligations
Of government would be lessened. ESsIit s,
I n THE MORAL TONE isYttf IL H. ~ III
Of the laboring class would suffer. ana in turn
the interests Of capital and being Of orderly
citizens in general would be meqaced; while onel
be general disturbance of the whole commnni-
ty. The true problem Of good stable govern,
classes ofpeopleA the mint faeturef; farmer, me
preventive Of crime, is security for capital, and
peg H. o5oes p p
eminent is q TO protect both capital
and laRs s;. b. a%pesItien
every article Of American production
which goes to build up the general prosperity Of
our people The national convention, in view of
ests Of the United States, deemed 1t wise to
adopt separate resolution on the subject Of its
proper protection. This industry Is very large
to anata5n th's
shnnld he eTtanded M me raai}7ee mn,e f fs,i
than TnvseIf the ereat dei,oaaS and d;tficnitv ~
adiusting the tariG so nicely and enaitabIv a. ~
~ = nrntect every horns n III IN atasn
avery cIaaa of American iahar ,ronata - M
biefes noint onr nreat aoricntmraIs dntsrests
md AZ the SANG time IN i've tn one AMI iii sh
ADVANTAGE pertaninr 10 FOREIGN nj nroductions
not In competition with our own: thus not only.
butlding mp our foreign commerce, but taking
measures to carry 1t In our. own bottoms Diff
cult az this work appears, and really Is, 1t is
susceptible of accomplishment by patient and
Intelligent labor, and to no hands can 1t be COM
mitted with as great assurance OF success as to