Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-10-04
Levi P. Morton Accepts
ToHMtLA ACCEPTANCE
RE- no THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
THE PARTY's PRINCIPLES
As set Forth in The Chicago Platform
Are the Tenets of His Political Faith
Protection the Paramount Is
sue of the Campaign.
New YoRK, Oct. s.--L. P. Morton has
written the following letter of accept

New YoRK, Oct. S.--L. P. Morton has
written the following letter of accept
ance;
RHINEcLIFF, N. Y, Oct. 2, 1888.
The Hon. nj NJ Estee and OTHERS, COMMITTEES
GENTLEMEN: In making formal &C
ceptance OF my nomination as the Re-
publican candidate for the vice presi-
dency / desire to express my grateful APP
probation Of the confidence reposed in
me by the convention. The duties de-
yolving on the the vice president as pre-
siding officer of the senate, and in Ger
tain contingencies a participant in the
legislation of congress, make it proper
THAI the people should know distinctly
and unreservedly the political views of
the candidate who may be presented for
their s%uffrages. 1t fortunately happens
that this duty for myself is easily dis
charged by referring to the principles
embodied in the resolutions unanimously
adopted by the national convention.
These resolutions, unequivocal and COM
prehensiye in character, refec my per-
sonal convictions and nave my hearty
approval 1t is difficult, however, in a
political campaign to fix popular atten-
ton on more than one issue, and in the
pending election 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.
their efficiency, or whether these duties
shall be retained with such notifications
and adjustments as shall better adapt
them to the great end of protecting the
vast and important industries of the
whole country. The Republican plat
form, 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 Ameri-
can labor. The American people have
now enjoyed the protective system for a
longer continuous period than ever be-
fore in the history of the national gov
eminent. The result is that for more
than a quarter of a century they have
realized a degree of industrial and flnan-
cial prosperity unprecedented In this
country, and never equaied in any other.
The pressing .eason given for once again
trying the old experiment of a revenue
tariff without protection as a motive or
end, is that the present tariff has pro-
duced and is producing u surplus in the
treasury. But it is not easily within the
wisdom of ongre to adjust The ma
tional income to the national expendi-
ture without sacrificing or even imperil-
ing an Industrial system which has
brought untold advantages to the entire
country Admitting that the present
tariff by the lapse of time and the large
expansion of trade which 1t has stimu-
lated, needs revision, is it not wiser and
more patriotic to revise 1t with a careful
regard to the interest of protection han
with the purpose 81 lessening, its pro-
tective featuresg
These are some of the questions which
must be answered at the national polls
5 in November. For myself, as u citizen
and as a candidate, l do not hesitate to
declare that from long observation / am
e an u~nwayering friend of the protective
system. In a business life, now extend
ing over forty years, ! have witnessed
and compared the effect upon the coun,
try of a revenue tariff tending to free
trade, with aprotective tariff encourag-
ing lone industries. Under the former
the development of the country has al
ways been arrested, while under the lat.
ter it has uniformly been promoted. TIC
the men who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow the difference be.
tween the two systems is that of narrow.
ing chances IN the one land and expand
ing support on the other. Free trade
would open America to competition witt
the whole world. Protection reserves
America for Americans-natiye ant
adopted. The industrial system of {
country is as sensitive as its public debt
A hostile movement creates distrust il
che public mind, and confidence, the onl,
basis of successful trade, becomes i'm
paired, new enterprises wither In TIL,
bud, capital grows timid, labor is con
tracted, and pressure for employment
inevitably reduces the wages of all work
ingmen.
With the views of the convention sc
frankly expressed in its resolutions upo1
all other questions of public interest, ]
find myself in hearty accord. In fela
tion to silver n its important bearin,
upon, the national currency,a as we'll as it,
connection with, and influence on The
prosperity OF large sections of our com
mon country; In its advocacy of q judi
cious settlement of the public lands pol
icy; i n urging the necessity for bette
coast d~efenses, and the duty we owe t,
the shipping interests of the country
the platform but repeats the approved
principles of the Republican party. Th
Republican platform proposes a dis
tinctly American policy, not one of mar
rowness and bigotry, but one broad ant
philanthropic-a policy that best help
the whole world by the example of
great, growing, powerful nation, founde,
on the equality of every man before tn,
law. 1t is for che American people t.
develop and cultivate the continent, t
.yhichin the providence of God the,
have fallen heirs. They should adopt
policy which locks steadily to this grea
end. With no spirit of narrowness to
ward other people, but rather in TIL
highest interest Of all, they should flnt
under their own flag a field of limit
less advance in the direction of the i'm
provement, the prosperity and the hap
piness of man.
Very respectfully yours,
LEVI P. MORTON.
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