Evening star., 1948-06-25
Text of Dewey's Acceptance
By the Assoeiosed Press

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BY the As.oeio.ed Press
= CONVENTION HALL, PHILA-
DELPHIA, June 25.-FolloDing
is the tert OF Coz. DeWeys
speech accepting the presiden-
tial nomination at the Repub-
lican National Convention:
You, the elected representatives
of our Republican Party, have again
given to me the highest honor you
can bestow-your nomination fol-
President of the United States.
thank you with all my heart fol-
your friendship and confidence.
am profoundly sensible of the re-
sponsibility that goes with it.
accept your nomination. In all hu-
mility. I. pray God that I may de-
serve this opportunity to serve oui
country.
come to you unfettered by a
single obligation or promise to any
living person, free to join with you
in selecting to serve our Nation the
finest men and women in the Ma
tion, free to unite our party and
our country in M. the grave
challenge of our time.
United we can match this chal-
lenge with depth of understanding
and largeness of spirit; with a
unity which is above recrimination
above partisanship, above self-in-
terest. These are articles OF faith
from which the greatness OF America
has been fashioned Our people are
eager to know again the upsurging
power OF that faith. They are turn
ing TO us to put such a faith at the
heart of our national life. That Is
what we are called to do. That Is
what we will do.
Demonstration of Ideals.
In this historic convention, you
have had placed before you six
other candidates, all high-mtnded
men of character and ability and
deeply devoted to their country
Senator Raymond E. Baldwin, Gen
Douglas Macarthur. Gov. Harold 5
Stassen, Senator Robert A. Taft
Senator Arthur Vandenberg, and
Gov. Earl Warren. 1t has been a
difficult choice in an honorable con-
test. 1t has been stirring demon
stration of the life and vitality and
ideals of our Republican Party.
There has been honest contention
spirited disagreement, hot argu-
ment. But let no one be misled
You have given moving and dra-
matte proof of how Americans, who
honestly differ, close ranks ano
move forward, for the Nations well
being, shoulder to shoulder.
The responsibility and the oppor-
tunity that have come to our party
are the greatest in the history oi
free government. For tonight oul
future-our peace, our prosperity
the very fate of freedom-hangs ir
precarious balance.
Mere victory in an election is MOI
our task or our purpose. Our task
is TO fill our victory with such
meaning that mankind everywhere
yearning for freedom, will take
heart and move forward out o.
this desperate darkness into the
light of freedoms promise.
Proud to Support Platform.
Our platform proclaims the guide
posts that will mark our steadfast
and certain endeavor in a fearful
world. This magnificent statement
of principles is concise and to the
point.
You unanimously adopted it.
proudly support it. 1t will be the
heart of the message will take to
the country. After January 20, II
will be the cornerstone OF our Re-
publican administration.
We are a united party. Our Ma
ton stands tragically in need of that
same unity.
Our people are turning away from
the meaner things that divide us
They yearn to move to higher
ground. to find a common purpose
in the finer things which unite US
We must be the instrument OF that
aspiration. We must be the means
by which Americas full powers are
released and this uncertain future
filled again. with opportunity. That
is our pledge That will be the fruit
of our victory.
If this unity is to be won and
kept, it must have great dimensions
Its boundaries must be far above
and beyond politics. Freedom can
be saved-it can only be saved-it
free men everywhere make this
unity their common cause.
University Cornerstone of Peace.
Unity of such a cause must be the
chief cornerstone of peace A peace
won at the expense of liberty is a
peace too dearly bought. Such a
peace would not endure. Above all
other purposes, we must labor by
every peaceful means to build a
world order founded upon justice
and Righteousness. That kind OF
world will have peace. That kind of
peace will be worth having. That
is the crowning responsibility that
our people have laid upon us. That
is the crowning task to which we
dedicate ourselves.
The unity we seek is more than
material. 1t is more than a matter
of things and measures. 1t is most
of all spiritual. Our problem is not
outside ourselves. Our problem Is
within ourselves. We have found
the means to blow the world, physi-
cally, apart. Spiritually, we have
yet to find the means to put to-
gether the worlds broken pieces. to
bind up its wounds, to make a good
society, community of men of
good will that fits our dreams. We
have devised noble plans for a new
world. Without a new spirit, our
noblest plans will come to naught
We pray that, in the days ahead, a
full measure of that spirit my be
ours.
The next presidential term will
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