The Letters Of Acceptance

rme, extend our eommeree with foreigo nations, aasist merchajits, nn.mifactureis, and producers to develo? our ural resources, and tncreaSe tl ie pröspenty and happiness of our people If elected I shall, with the fevine favor, lateor with what ability I po to discharge my duties with iidcütv. a&cording to my convictions. and shall take oare to protest and dpfend the on, and to see that üiciaws befaithfii.ly ii.d equally executed in all parts oi tbe country aiike. I wil! assumethe responsibility, fully sensible of the fact i chai to administerri(rlitlytl;e funetions ' of government is to discharge the most sacredduty that can devo'lve upon au : American citizeb. I am, ven respectfully, yours, ■WIKFIBLD 8. "ilAXi.OCK. To the Hon. John W. Stevenson, Pres of the (Vnvcntion; the Hon. íohn P. Stockton, Chainnan, and others of the Committee of the National Democratie Convention. Tl) is is the Union out fathers made, and which luis been so raspected abroad and su beneficent at home. ïried by bfood and iire. it stands to-day a model I fonn of free popular govemtnent - a political system wnieh, nghtly administered, lias been, and will continue to be, Uie admiration of theworld. May we not sa . neari in the words of VasbI iugton: The unit) of government which i constituías us one people ia justly deár to us; it is the main pillar in the elüice of our real independence,the support of our peace. salct and prosperity, and of that libertywe so highly prise and intend at every hazard to preserve. But mi fonn of government however carefully devised, no principies however sound, will profeet the right of the people, unless administration is faitnfiil and efficiënt. Et is a vital principie in our system that neither fraud nor foree mustoe allowedto subvërtthe righta of the people. When fraud, yiolence, or incompetence controls, the noblest cónstitutions and wisest lawa are úseles. The bayonet is not a lit instrument for collecting the votes of fríemen. It is only by a full vote, free ballot, and fair count that the people can rule in fat-t, as required by the theory of our (jovernnient. Take tliis foundation av.ay and the wbole structure l'alls. Public office isa trust, uotabounty beBtowed upon tlae holder; no incompetent or dishonest persons, should everbe intrn'sted with it, or if appomted they should be proinptly ejected. The 1 of a substantial, practical civil reform must, lirst be established b people in rilling the elective offices: if they tíx a high standard of qualifications fot office, and sternly reject the corrupt and incompetent, the resiilt will be dcctsïve in govering the action of the seryants whom they intrust with arpointincr pover. The war for the Union was sueeessfully closed more thantif teen years ago. All' classes of our people must share alike in the blessings of the Union, and are eaually concerned in ita perpetuity, and in the proper administration ol public, affairs. We are in a state of profound ieaoe. Henceforth let it be our purpose to cultívate sentiments of friendshi]),and notof ajümosity , amcaag our fellow citizens. Our material interests, varied and progressjye, demand our constant and unitea efforts. A sedulous ánd scruptüous care of the n'.ib■ ■...MUM u iiran ademen t of our governmental expeuditures, should be main'1 in order that labor inay bel iuh; i bm'rii!(l, ui-,! Ui;!i s may tip ( tol ui tlieir rights to llie fru tbeir own industrv. The time has coma ,, .,,.{„.-. -!,.. ...l,t.t.,f, + : n-.rn ]■(■'- mation. As one people we have common interests. Let us encOTirage the harmony and generous rivalrv among our own industries which wifl revive our Ianguishinff merehant Governor's Islaxd, X. Y. City,) July 29, 18S0. J QVSTtXKBXC: I nave the bonor to asknowledge tbe receipt of your letter of July 18, 1880, apprismg me-formaHy of my nomination to tiieollice of President of the l'nitiMl States by the " National Democratie Qontention" iately assembied in Cinckinati. I accept the nominatie) with gratef ui appreciation of the conf dence repösed in me. ïlie principies enunciatedby the convention are those I have eherished in the past, and shall endeavor to maintain in the future. Thé Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fii1teenth A.mendmentstothe Constitution of the United States, embody ing the reBults of the war for thé Union, are inviolable. Ifcalledto the Presidency, ! should deern it my duty to re'sist with all of my power any atteuipt to topair or evade üic iull foroe awd effect of the Constitution, which, in every 'article, section and amendment, ip the supreme law of the land. The Constitution forms the basis of the Sovernment of the United States. Thepowera-granl id !) it to the lejiislative, execiitive. and judicial departments definid and limit the authority of the general Goveniment; powers not delegated to the Upited States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, belong to the States respectively. or to thepeople. 'J'lie general and State Goveniments, cach acting m itsownsphere without renching upon the lawful jurisdiction of the other, constitute the Union. This (Jnion, eomprising a general Government with general powers. and State Governments with State powers for purposes local to the States, is a polity, the foundations of Which were laid in the profoundest wisdom. Mr. Enfflisb's I,o(tcr. Ikdianapolis, Intl., July 30, 18S0. Gextlkmkn: I have now the honor to rept.y to yonr letter of the lHth inst. mronmng me that I vas unanlmously nominated f or ttie offiee oí Vice-Prasideni ofthe f'niícd States bv the late Democratie National ('onvention whieh asserobled at Cincinnatt. As foreshadowed in the verba) remarksmadebyme at the time of tliedeUvéryofyour letter I have now to say rhaf I accept the Qign trust with a realizing sensé di ji s responsibiHty,andam profoundlyg) ful forthe honor conferred. I accept the nominatloo upon the platform of principies adoptad by the Convention, wnicn 1 eordially approve., and I accept itas mueh because of tnj Paith in tne' tii aiul patriotism óf the great ! statestnan and soldier nominated en the same ticket fijr Presiden! of the ünltea States. Ilis eminent services to hia country, lns fldelity totheOonstitution tlie Union, and tbe laws, his olear perceptioa of the correct principies of I iimeiit as taught b}' Jéfferson, bis scrupulous caro to keep the milil in strict súbordination to the civil authorities, liis high régard for civil liberty, personal rights, and riuhls of property, his acknowledged ability i'i Bivfl as well as military aftairs, and his pure and blameless Hfe- alj point to liini as a man worthy of the confldence )l' the people, not only a brave soldier, ; pómmander, a wKe statesman ind a pure patriot; but a prudent, painstaking, practical man o:' unqueötioned lonesty; trustefl often with important puMjc crawes, raitnrui to every trust and in the iull aaaridian of flpe and vigorous manhood, lie is, in my jiuigment, eminently fltted for the nighest nffioe on earth- the Presidency ot the United States. Not only is he the right man ior the place, but the time has come when the besi interest of the country require that the party which has mouopolized the Exeeative Department of the general (,ovcninu!iit fpr, the last twenty yeaxs shonld be retired. The continuanceof that party in power four yeara longer wonld not be beneftciál to the public or in accordance witïi the spirit of our república institutionm. l.,r,vs of entail hftve not been favored in our system of Government. Thepejrpetuation of propcny or place in (ino family or set of uien has neveï heen eneonragert in this country; and the great and good men who formed our publican government and tta tradiona wisely limited the tenure oí öflftB,and inmany ways showed their dts%pprova] of long lease of power. Tweaty vears of eontmuou8 power is lonrHongh, and has already led to Lrregwarities andqorrupa t mus which are nol. Ijkciy te he pcQperly exposcd the same party that perpetuated th-m: besides, it should uot be forgotten that the four last yBarsof powerheld by thai party were ; :■■ ure, i by discredïtable meaos, and field in defiance of the wishes of a majority of the people. Itwasa gvievoua wrong to every voter and i our system of seu-governmeiit which should never be forgotten or forgiven. Many of the men now m office were int there because of corrupt part i san services in tlms defeating th fairly and tegally expressed wil) of the raajority, and the hypocrlsy of the professions of that party ín favor of civil service reform was shown by placing sucb men in office and turnina tile whple brood of Federal ofñcehoíders loóse to influence the elections. The monej1 of Hm; people inleen out of the public Tre isuty by these iiu'ii Cor services ofteu poori) performed, or not performed at all, is being used Lu vast suras, with the knowle'Tcre and presnmed sanctíon of the admlnistratton. t control the election, and even the membera of the ('abinet are strolling aluMit the country making partisan speeyhes, instead of being in their departments at Washington, discharging the public duties fpr which they are paid by the people. Jiut with all their cleverness and ability. a disoriminating public will no doubt read between the linea of their speeches thHi tfteir paratnonnt luie and aini-is to këeo tnemselves or their satellites fonr years longeT noflflce. Perpetuatingthe power of chrontc Federal offirelio] four years longer wil] nat benefit the millions af men and romen who holú no odire. bul earn ilicir daily braad by honest industry, ia what the same discerning public will, no doubt, fully uiideisiand. as they will also that it is because of their own iudustry and economy and Gód's bouiitiful liarvests that the country is copiparativelyprosperons, and not beeause of anythmá done by these Federal offlceholdera. Tho country is comparatively prosperóos, not because of trvem, bot la spite of them. This contest is,'.in fact, between the people eBdeavoring to reéain the politieal power which rightfuliy Ijeloiigs to them. and to restore the pure. simple. econoüiical constitutional provernment of pur fatiiers, on the one side, and a hundred fhoiisand Federal offlceholdera and theÏT backers, pampered with place and power, and deternfuied to retain them at all hazards, on the ether. Henee the constant aasumption of new and dangerous powers by the general irovernment under the rule of the ablican party. The effort to bund up what they cali a strong government t!ie nterferene with borne mie and with the idinmislraUon of justioe in the eourts of theseveral states, the inifence with the elections through the médium of paid partisan Federal officehoMers, interesten, in keeping their power. and caring more for that thari rairness in the eloctions; iii fact, the constant encroachmejita wbich have been made by that party upon the clearly reserve! tjghts oí the pcople and the .. will, ii not checked, subvert th ljberties of the people and the govern ment of limited powers created by th fathers, and end in a great consolídate i ntral government- strong, indeedj fo t-s'il - miil the overthrow of república institutions. The wise men who förtn cl our constitntion knewthe evils of s niivr g ivennncnt and tlie long con tiniTance of political power in the Bam hands. Theyknew there was a teuden cv in this direelion in all governments -:nd consequent danger to república institutions from that car.se. and too great paina to guard againsi it. The macliinery of a strong central , muciit' can be nsed to perpet uate the same set of men in power l'roi Lintil it ceases to be a re pn'ilic, or is sncli only in name; andth e id( ney oí the party now in power i that direction, as sbown in variou ways besides wie wïllingness recent! nianiresleil liy a larere mimber of tha party to elect a 1 'resident an unlimitet number of torras is quite apparaat, am raust salisfy thinking peopïe that th time has come wlien it will be safes and best for that parij' to bc retired. ,But in i1"1 ■.'■'.'■ n. enctoachmenta o the general government upoii the re served rights of the people and th " T !ih tfl ijo ,disi iiiptiv nndei the genera] govenanent 'of the power nH? bèli i it under th mentsupon Ui ! ■ mment, or interferí nee with Ui rarefully m')1di.l. 'ï'ho"niïon' öf th states under the constitntion musí b uaaintainéd, and it is wel] known tha th'ia has alVftyS heen the positi.m o hoth the candldates on tho-Democratii Pre; Ldeirtial ticket. II is acqoiesêed ii wi'vyw'tK'w ww, an.-l finaHy aiul for ever se! lied as 9ne of the resulta of the war. It is ci-rtain bevond all questixil that the Jexitimate cesuita of the wai forthe Union will not be ovei-thrownor impaired should the Democratie ticket be' electèd. In that cvent, proper protéetion wifl be sriVen in é:er l;:g!tinia'e vay trt every citizen, native ör atlopted in every section of the republic, in the enjoymeiit of all the rlghts gu&ranteec !y the eonstitntion and its unemlments; n sound etivrency of hoaies) tnaney of a valué and purhasmg power coaresponding substantially H)i bhe standard recognized by the conjinr cial world, and consisting ol' gold and Mlver and paper cotivèrtlbTe -to eoiö wlll be maihtained; tlite labor and fBanufactu'ririg, eom'mercial ip.d busineaa interests of' the country wil] be farorsd and encouraged in èvery logitimate wav. ri1io toilingr millions of out own peoy!e will be protected from the deBtrucüye competition of the Cbine.se. and to that end tboir unmigration td our sboress wjll be prqperly restricted. j'bc public credit will be scrupulouslv ïii.'iiiiiiiiiicd and strengthened bv rigid feeonomy in public expendttüres, and the libertles of the peopte and the property of tlie peoplo will'be protected by a govermnent of law and order, adminïsfered strictly in the interests of all the people. and not of corporations and privileged classes, i do not doubt the discriminatingiusticeof the people and their capacity for intelligent self-government, and therefoie do nol doubt the success of the Democratie ticket. lts Buccesa wóuld bury bevond resurreetion the sectiónai jealinreiés and ha;hieh have so lóns; been the ehief stock in trade of pestiferous demagogües, and in no other way can this be Efectually aceompliBhea. It would restore barmony and good feeling between all the sections and make us in fact as well as in name, one people. The only rivaby tben would he the race for the developraent of material prosperity, the elevatïon of labor, the enIargement of human rights', the promotion of education, morality, religión, liberty, order, and all that would tend to make ns the foremost natión of the earth in the grand ïnarch of limnaii progresa. 1 ani, witli great respect, very truly yours, W ILLIAJI II. EXGLISH. To the Ilon. Johu;W. Stevenson, President of the Convention, the Ilon John P. Stockton, Cuaiiman, and other members of the Committee of Notiücation. Poor prophet Weaver! Alabama was oiie of the states he was going to carry. On Monday she returned a (O.ooo democratie majority and in vulgar parfance, Weaver'a prospecta are "knobked higher'n a kito." The attempted fusión of greenbackera and republicana did not work well, the eombination sustaining a gjorious defeat. This is the first gun of the campaign, and, fchough no sensi6le man believed she wonld electanything but a democratie ticket, Weaver, ívrppoirñg a eombination woulè brsak' Wie ïanks of the dominant party, lias been boasting he could carry the state. In Lenawee's connty convention there was a bitter iight between friends of Rynd and Boiep, resulting in sixteen delegats for the former, live for the alter. Monroe's congressional deJegatea are for either Willits or Spalding, aependuig, upon which of the two aspirants receives the strongest support outside the county.