The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-07-14

confidence and support, were before
the Convention as candidates, and yet
YOU were chosen. Nor was your NOM
ination due to accident or the result
of hastv or inconsiderate deliberatlon.
1t indicates rather that you possess 10
an eminent degree those peculiar quail
tiles which commend you to the peo-
Piles favor. In the hour of our coun-
try's peril you cheerfully accepted an
humble position in the army, went
where your country most needed you,
and by long and faithful service rose
to higher command, and assumed
graver responsibilities. Elected to the
United States Senate, your enlighten-
ed and conservative craftsmanship
commanded the respect and inspired
the confidence of the American peO
pie. The platform adopted by the
national Republican Convention marks
out with claarness and precision the
creed of the party. An American sys-
TEN of protection to American labor,
and American products in American
markets; sacredness and purity oil the
ballot; protection of American citl-
zens, native and adopted, at home and
abroad, or land and on sea; prohibi-
ton of Chinese immigration; building
UP of our navy; the erection of coast
defenses, and the especial care OF the
old soldiers and sailors of the Repub-
lie are questions which occupy a con-
spicuous place in our platform.
These and other subjects referred to
in the platform will doubtless receive
your careful consideration. In con-
clusion we beg to express our personal
satisfaction at your nomination, and
we indulge the belief that your cleo
ton is already assured.
GENERAL HARRIsON's RESPONSE.
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of the
Committee; The official notice which
you have brought of the nomination
conferred upon me by the National
Convention recently in session at Chi
cago, excites emotions of a profound,
though somewhat conflicting charac-
ter. That after deliberation and free
consultation, the representatives. of the
party of the United States
should have concluded that the great
principles enunciated in the platform
adopted by the Convention could be
in some measure safely contided to my
care is an honor of which am deeply
sensible, and for which | am very
grateful. | do not assume to believe
that this choice implies that the Con-
vention found in me any pre- eminent
fitness, or exceptional fidelity to the |
principles of government to which we
are mutually pledged. My satisfac-
ton with the result wou'i be alto
gether spoild If that result had beeen
by any unworthy methods, or
by disparagement of the more emf
nent men who divided with me the |
suffrage OF the Convention. | ac-
cept the nomination with SO deep a |
sense of the dignity Of the office, aud
If the gravity of its duties and respon-
as to altogether exclude any |
feeling of exultation of pride. The |
principles of government and practic-
IS in administration, upon which the
issues are now fortunately so clearly |
made, arc so important in their rela-
ions to national and individual pros
Derity, that we may expect an unusual
popular interest in the campaign.
Relying wholly upon the considerate
Judgment CT our fellow citizens and
he graciousness of God, we will con-
identity submit our cause to the argu-
nents of free ballot. The day you
nave chosen for this visit suggests no
thoughts that are not in harmony with
The occasion. The Republican party
has walked in the light of the Declar
alton of Independence. 1t has lifted
the shaft of patriotism upon the found
alton laid at Bunker Hill. 1t has
made more perfect Union, secured
by making all men free. Washington
and Lincoln, Yorktown and Appomat-
tox-the Declaration of Independence
and Proclamation of Emancipation
are naturally and worthily associated
in our thoughts to-day. AS soon as
may be possible | shall by letter COM
municate 10 your Chairman a more
formal acceptance of the nomination,
but it is proper to say that | have al
ready examined the platform with
some care, and that its declarations