The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-09-15
THE PRESIDENTS LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE.

WASHINGTON, IL. u, Sept. -
Hon. Patrick 4. Collins and others,
Committee, etc.:-
Gentlemen In addressing 10 you
my formal acceptance of the nomna-
ton to the presidency of the United
States, my thoughts persistently dwell
upon the impressive relation OF such
action to the American people, whose
confidence is thus inyited, and 10 the
political party to which l belong, just
entering upon contest for continued
supremacy.
The world does not afford spectacle
more sublime than ls furnished when
millions of free and intelligent Ameri-
can citizens select their chief magis-
trate, and bid one of their number find
the highest earthly honor and the full
measure of public duty IN ready sub
mission to their will. 1t follows that a
candidate for this high office can never
forget that when the turmoil and the
strife which attend the selection of its
incumbent shall be heard no more,
there must be in the quiet calm which
follows, a complete and solemn sell
conservation by the peoples chosen
president of every faculty and endeavor
| to the service of confiding and gener-
Ous nation OF frecmen. These thoughts
are intensified by the light OF my ex-
perience in the presidential Office,
which has soberly impressed Inc with
the severe responsibility which it i'm
poses, while il has quickened my love
| for American institutions and taught
me the priceless value of the trust of
my cOuntrymen.
THE PEOPLES MANY INTERESTS.
1t is OF the highest Importance that
those who administer our government
should jealously protect and maintain
the rights of American citizens al
home and abroad, and should strive to
achieve for our country her proper
place among the nations of the earth ;
but there is no people whose home
interests are so great and whose
numerous objects of domestic concern
deserve SO much watchfulness and care.
Among these are the regulation of a
sound financial system suited to our
needs, thus securing an efficient agency
of national wealth and general pros
perity; the construction and equip
ment of means of defense, to lit
insure our national safety and maintain
the honor beneath which such national
safety repOses; the protection OF our
national domain, still stretching be-
yond the needs of century's eXpan.
sion, and its preservation for the settler
and the pioneer of our marvellous
growth; sensible and sincere recOgni-
ton of the value of American labor,
leading to the scrupulous care and just
appreciation of the interests of oui
WOrkingmen, the Limitation and check.
ing of such mOnopolistic tendencies
and schemes as interfere with the adj
vantages and benflts which the people
may rightly claim; generous regard
and care for our surviving soldiers and
sailors and for the widows and orphans
of such as have died, to the end thai
while the appreciation OF their services
and sacrifices is qnickened, the appli'
catisn OF their pension funds to improp
er causes may be prevented; protection
against a servile immigration, which
injuriously completes W ith our laboring
men in the field of toll and adds to oul
population an element ignorant of oul
: institutions and laws, impossible o
. assimilation with our people and dan
. gerous to our peace and welfare; {
strict and steadfast adherence to TIT
: principles of civil service reform and I
thorough execution OF tho laws passed
for enforcement, thus permitting t.
q our people the advantages of busnes
: methods in the operation of their gov
70 crnment; the guaranty 10 our colorc'
10 citizens of all their rights of citizen
~ shin and their Just recognition an
!" encouragement in all things pcrtajnin
20 to that relation; \ firm, patient an
~ humane Indian policy, so that i'll peace
x ful relations with the government III
20 civilization OF the lndian may be pre-
w noted, with resulting quiet and satet