Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-09-18
hopART ACCEPTS.
iIo Writes IA Letter to tho Eotincation
Committee to That Eject.


Committee to That Eject.
PATTERSON, n. j., Sept. iO.-Gnrrot
~. llobnrts letter, accepting tlre ro-
publican nomination for vice president
OF the United Stntcs, WINS mndo public
wednesday,. :.
He Expresses htmsclf ns we'll pleased
with tho platform adopted by the st.
Louis convention.
The platform declarations In refer-
cnce To the money question express
clearly and Enthusiastically the attitude
OF the republican party as TO this su.
premoly important subject. We stand
unqualitledly for honesty In finance,
and the permanent adjustment OF onr
monetary systopr. 10 the inultifarious
activities OF trade and commerce., to
the existing gold standard OF vnlue.
We hold that every dollar Of currency
issucd by the Unftcd States. whether
OF gold. silver or paper, must be worth
dollnr in gold, whether jn tho pocket
of the mnn who tolls for his daily
bread, In the vanlt OF the savings bank
which holds his deposits, or In the cx-
changes OF the world.
The dollar of our country. whether
of gold or silver, should DO Of the full
value OF 100 cents, and by so much ns
any dollar Is worth less than this in
the market by precisely that sum will
some one be defrnudcd
This country cnn not afford to give
It's sanction to Wholesale spoliation. 1t
must hold fast to It's integrity. II must
atill encourage thrift In nil proper
ways. 1t must not only educate its
children to honor pnd respect the flag,
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obligations OF personal and national
honor as well.
both these great principles should
hereafter be taught in the common
schools OF the lnnd, md the lesson i'm.
pressed upon those who are the voters.
of to-day md those who are tu bccomoi
the inhcidtors OF sovereign power In.
this republic, that IL is neither WISE,
patriotic nor safe TO make political.
platforms the mediums Of assault upon,
property, the peace of society and upon
civilization itself.
The platform of the republican ma
tional convention states the party posi-.
tion concerning other questions than.
those herein referred 10. These, willis
at the present time Of subordinate i'm.
portance, should not be overlooked.
ahe republican party hls always been
the defenaer'-os the rights of Amor
scan citizenship, as against all aggses-
s&ons whatever, whether at home or
abroad. IL haN, 10 Tho extent OF It's
power. defended those rights, and.
hsdged them about with law. Regard
Ing the ballot as the expression and
embodiment of the sovereignty of tho
individual citizen, IL has sought to-
safeguard IL against assault, and to-
preserve its purity and integrity,
In our foreign relations II has
labored to secure to every
man entitled to the shelter of our flag
the fullest exercise of his rights con-
sistent with international obligation.
Ii IT should be restored to rulership, it
would infuse needed vigor into our re-
lations with powers which have mani
tested contempt aud disregard, not
only Of American citizenship. but Of
humanity itself.
The republican party has always
stood for the protection of the Amer
lean home. IL has aimed 10 secure IL
in the enjoyment of NIL the blessings
of rcmunerated industry, of moral
culture, and of favorable physical en-
vironment. 1t was the party which in
stituted the policy of free hemesteads,
and which holds now that this policy
should be re-cstablished, and that the
public lands yet vacant and subject TO
entry in any part of our national terri
tory, should be preserved against cor.
porate aggression as homes for the peo.
pie. 1t realizes that the safety OF thi
state lies in the multiplication ol
households, and the strengthening of
that sentiment of which the virtuous
home is the best and the truest en-
bodiment; and 1t will aim to dignity
and enlarge by all proper legislation
this element OF security.