The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-10-25

Hon. Andrew Price has written the

Hon. Andrew Price has written the
letter of acceptance:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Washington, ID. C., October !, 1880. J.
Hon. C.. -DebaillOn, Chairman Of the Dem
,Ocratic Convention of the Third Con-
.gr~essiOnaI District:
Dear Sir have the honor to ac-
knowledge Ahe receipt of your letter
officially notifying me O f.my unanimous
nomination asa candidate for election
to the Fifty-second Congress by the
Democratic Convention of the Third
Congressional District, recently held
at Lake Charles.
/ deeply appreciate this. honor. 1t is
especially gratifying to receive the en-
dorsement, of o united, a harmonious,
and, therefore, a successful Democracy,
and to feel that / have the continued
confidence of the people have the
honor of representing in Congress.
.Itisimpossible, in this letter, for me
to review all the acts Of the Republican
majority in the recent session of Con-
gress, but it's well to call attention to
the fact that almost every interest dear
to the people of the South has been
menaced or injured by adverse legisla-
ton.
Parliamentary;rules that had con-
trolled the proceedingsOf Congress for
a hundred years, were set aside in order
that Democratic members of Congress
might be more expeditiously unseated
and that the extreme measures of the
party in power might be passed with
haste and without due.deliberation.
An infamous election law, conceived
Fin malice and born in hate toward the
South, has passed the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Congress has put upon the statutes
the most iniquitous and sectional tariff
bill that has ever been enacted into q
law. Under the plea that the revenues
of the Government should be dimin-
ished, the duty on rice has been re-
duced, and sugar and mOlasses have
been put upon the free list. Instead of
the duty on sugar, a bounty, for a imi-
ted period, has been provided, but no
bounty given in place Of ~the.dutylTe-
m0Vedfrom nolasses.
With striking inconsistency an enor-
mously increased tax has been put upon
cotton ties, tin plate, and, indeed, upon
almost every article OF necessity re-
quired by the Southern consumer. That
is to say, the duties on what we pro-
duce have been lowered or swept away,
while increased taxes have been put
upon what we consume; thus diminish
ing our incomes and increasing the cost
of our living.
In view of the record that has been
made by an arrogant, sectional and
centraliging Republican majority in
Congress, every Democrat should be
spurred on to renewed effort in behalf
of the Democratic party, to which
party alone must the South continue
TO lookf0r inst and fair legislation.
! accept the nomination and plat
,forsn, and ask the support, not only of
an earnest aud active party, but of all
voters of the district, in order that u
Democratic ictary may bewon;Rt the
approaching election, which will EN-.
phasiEe, in.the most positive manner,
the peoples disaPpBoVaI of the record
made by the Republican party.
i intend, during the campaign to
visit every parish in the Third Con-
gressienal District, and hope TO have
the pleasure ~of comforting with my
fellow Citizens upon the leading
national issues.
With expressions of highest esteem,
Il remain, yours respectfully.
ANDREW PRICE.