Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-10-06
MORTON'S LETTER,
Accepting the Republican Nomi-
nation for Vice-President.
he Endorses the Policy Set Forth In the
Declaration of the National Con-
Fentioh-Vision of the Future
Under the Free Flag.
RHINE CLIFF, N. Y, Oct. . 1sss.

Hon. NJ, NJ. Estee and others Committee:
'ENTLEMEN-ln making formal acceptance OF
my nomination as the Republican candidate
ior the Vice-Presdency desire to express NV
grateful appreciation OF tho confidence re posed
in me by The convention.
Inc duties devolving upon The Vicc-President
as presiding officer OF the Senate, and IN Ger.
tam contingencies as participant i'll the leg,sla.
uon OF Congress, make it proper that the peo.
PIE should know distinctly and unreservedlythe
polltlca views OF The candldute who may bo
presented for their sulirages
1t fortunately happens that this duty for my.
self Is easily aid1harged hr refer, no - tbe
principles embodied in the resolutions mani
mously adopted by the National Convention.
Ihese resolutions uneQuivocal and comprchen.
slVc IN character, reflect my personal convc.
tons and have my hearty approval
III is dlnicult however, in political campaign
TO llX popular attention on more than one issue,
ana III the pending elect4on every voter in the
United States clearly sees that the controlling
question is whether the protective tariff duties
now IN force shall be so reduced as to destroy
thelr eiilciencN or whether these duties shall
be retained with such notifications and adjust
ments us shall better adapt them to the great
end OF protecting the vast and important indus
tries OF the whole country.
The Republican platform, while recognizing
the necessity Of reducing the revenue declares
that this reduction must not be made at the ex-
pense OF these industries and Of American labor
The American people have now enjoyed the
protective system for a longer continuous pc
riod than ever before in the history of the Ma.
tional Government The result is that for more
than quarter Of a century they have realized
lpprpp "a iuIugtri pl a. u1 rtt,y
unprecedented in this country, and never
eQualed in any other
The pressing reason given for once again try
ing the old experiment Of revenue tariff with
out protection as motive or end is that the
present tariff has produced and is producing a
surplus in the Treasury. But is it not easily
within the wisdom Of Congress to adjust the
National income to the National expenditure
without sacrificing or even importing an in
dustrial system which has brought untold ad-
vantages to the entire country? Admitting
that the present tariff by the lapse Of time and
the large expansion of trade which il has stim.
ulatod needs revision, is it not wiser and more
patriotic to revise IT with careful regard to the
interests of protection than with the purpose Of
lesscning its protective fontnrest
These are some Of the questions which must
| be answered at the National polls in Novem,
Der. For myself as a citizen and as a cGn1i
| date do not hesitate TO declare that from long
observation am an unwayerng friend of the
protective system. In a business life now cX
tending over forty years ] have witnessol and
compared the effect upon the country of rev
enue tariff tending to free trade, with n pro
tective tariff encouraging home Industries
Under the former development of the country
| has always been arrested while under the lat