Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-09-18
hobart ACCEPTS.
He Writes Letter tn tho gotincatton
Committee so That Effect.


Committee so That Effect.
PATTERSON, n. j., Sept. 10. Garrett
y. llobart's letter, accepting the rc-
publican nomination for vice president
of the United States, wns made public
Wednesday.
He expresses himself as well pleased
with the platform adopted by the 81
Louis convention
The platform declarations In refer
encc Co the money question express
clearly and unmisiakably the attitude
of the republican party as 20 this su-
prcmcly important subject. We stand
unqualihcdly for honesty in finance,
and the permanent adjustment OF our
monetary system. Ia the multifarious
activities of trade ami commerce, to
the existing gold standard OF value.
We hold that every dollar OF currency
issued 10y the United States. whether
OF gold silver or paper. must bc worth
dollar IA gold, whether In the pocket
of the man who tolls for his daily
bread. ia the vanlt of the savings bank
which holds his deposits, OF In the ex-
changes OF the world.
The dollar of our country, whether
OF gold or silver, should bc OF the full
value OF 100 cents, and by SO much aa
any dollar Is worth less than this in
the market by precisely that sum will
some one bc defrnudcd.
This country can not afford 20 give
Its sanction To Wholesale spoiiation. H.
must hold fast 20 its integrity. 1t must
still encourage thrift In all propcr
ways. IL must not only educate It's
children 10 honor and respect the flag,
but IL should inculcate fidelity to the
obligations of personal and national
honor as well.
Both these great principles should
hereafter be taught in the common
schools of the land, and the lesson i'm
pressed upon those who are the voters.
Of to-day md those who are To becomo'
the inhefftors OF sovereign power I'm.
this republic, that IL is neither wise,
patriotic nor safe 10 make political.
platforms the mediums OF assault upon.
property, the peace of society and upon
civilization itself
The platform of the repu ublican ma.
tional convention states the party posi-.
tion concerning other questions thar
those herein referred to. These while.
at the present time OF subordinate inn
portaRce. should not be overlooked.
The republican party has always been
the defenasH-of the rights of Amer.
scan citizenship, as against all agpses-.
s$ons whatever, whether at home or
abroad. il has, 10 the extent OF Hs
power. defended those rights, and.
hsdgod them about with law. Regard,
ing the ballot as the expression and
embodiment of the sovereignty of the
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 IL 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 Anne rican citizenship but of
humanity itself
The republican party has always
stood for the protection of the Amer
lean home. II has aimed TO secure il
in the enjoyment of all the blessings
of rcmunerated industry, of neral
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
emery in any part of our national terri
tory, should be preserved against corr
porate aggression as homes for the peo.
pie. 1t realizes that the safety of TIA
state lies in the multiplication *
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 secGritv.