which he is entitled by reason of his capacity and worth; until education shall be as general as our civilization; until we shall have estab lished a wise American policy that will not only preserve peace with other nations, but will cause every American citizen to honor his Govcrnment at home, and every civilized nation to respect our flag; until the American people shall permanently establish a thoroughly economic system upon the American idea, which will preserve and foster their own interests, uninfluenced by English theories or "Cobden clubs ;" and until it is conceded beyond subsequent revocation that this Government exists upon the basis of a self-sustaining, self-preserving Nation; and the fatal doctrine of independent State sovereignty,' upon which the civil war was founded, shall be stamped as a political heresy, out of which continued revolution is born, and as wholly incompatible with that idea of a Republic,—the Republican Party will have much work to do, and an unfulfilled mission to perform. "The standard-bearer of the party in the ensuing campaign is the Hon. James G. Blaine, known throughout the land as one of its truest and ablest representatives. He has been called to this position by the voice of the people, in recognition of his especial fitness for the trust, and in admiration of the surprising combination of brilliancy, courage, faithfulness, persistency, and research that has made him one of the most remarkable figures which have appeared upon the forum of statesmanship in any period of this country. That such a man should have enemies and detractors is as natural as that our best fruits should be infested with parasites, or that there should exist small and envious minds, which seek to belittle that which they can never hope to imitate or equal; and that he shall triumph over these, and lead the Republican Party to another victory in November, is as certain as the succession of the seasons or the rolling of the spheres in their courses. Gentlemen, again I thank you for this visit of congratulation, and extend to you, one and all, my grateful acknowledgments. General Logan read his address in a loud and distinct voice, and at times was vociferously applauded. Enthusiastic campaign speeches were then made by Senator Plumb, of Kansas; General Cutcheon, of Michigan; General Pettibone, of Tennessee; General Goff, of West Virginia; Representative Hauback, of Kansas; Representative George, of Oregon; Hon. Alphonso Hart, of Ohio; and Colonel D. B. Henderson, of Iowa. General Pettibone, in his speech, said they called Logan "Black Jack" in an endearing sense, the same as they called Sherman in the army "Billy," and Thomas "Old Pap;" but he would “put a head" on anybody who called General Logan “ Black Jack" in a derisive way. The Republican ticket was a double-ender-it was brains at one end, and pluck at the other, or pluck at one end, and brains at the other, whichever way they chose to take it. He ended by shouting: persed. THE Don't you hear the slogan ! Don't you hear the slogan! It's James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. With three cheers for Blaine and Logan, the meeting dis NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE OFFICIALLY NOTIFY GENERAL LOGAN OF HIS NOMINATION-GENERAL HENDERSON'S ADDRESS-GENERAL LOGAN'S RESPONSE. The Committee chosen at the Chicago Convention, comprising one delegate from each State and Territory of the Union, having already, on June 20th, formally notified Mr. Blaine, at Augusta, Me., of his nomination for Presidenton the 24th, having reached Washington, proceeded to the residence of General Logan, and were ushered into his large parlor. The General, said the published accounts, stood in the middle of the room, with Mrs. Logan at his right hand, and the members of the Committee were introduced to them by the Chairman, General Henderson of Missouri. When this ceremony had been performed, the company arranged themselves in a circle around the room to hear the address. The Chairman then read the formal notification of the nomination of Senator Logan as Vice-President, as follows: Senator Logan: The gentlemen present constitute a committee of the Republican Convention, recently assembled at Chicago, charged with the duty of communicating to you the formal notice of your nomination by that Convention as a candidate for Vice-President of the United States. You are not unaware of the fact that your name was presented to the Convention and urged by a large number of the delegates as a candidate for President. So soon, however, as it became apparent that Mr. Blaine, your colleague on the ticket, was the choice of the party for that high office, your friends, with those of other competitors, promptly yielded their individual preferences to the manifest wish of the majority. In tendering you this nomination we are able to assure you it was made without opposition, and with an enthusiasm seldom witnessed in the history of nominating conventions. We are gratified to know that, in a career of great usefulness and distinction, you have most efficiently aided in the enactment of those measures of legislation and of constitutional reform in which the Convention found special cause for party congratulation. The principles enunciated in the platform adopted will be recognized by you as the same which have so long governed and controlled your political conduct. The pledges made by the party find guarantee of performance in the fidelity with which you have heretofore discharged every trust confided to your keeping. In your election, the people of this country will furnish new proof of the excellency of our institutions. Without wealth, without help from others, without any resources except those of heart, conscience, intellect, energy, and courage, you have won a high place in the world's history, and secured the confidence and affections of your countrymen. Being one of the people, your sympathies are with the people. In civil life, your chief care has been to better their condition, to secure their rights, and to perpetuate our liberties. When the Government was threatened with armed treason, you entered its service as a private, became a commander of armies, and are now the idol of the citizen soldiers of the Republic. Such, in the judgment of your party, is the candidate it has selected, and, in behalf of that party, we ask you to accept this nomination. To this admirable address, which was delivered both with dignity and feeling, and was applauded by the clapping of hands of the onlookers, General Logan (who had been standing by a table upon which he rested his hand) replied as follows: MR. CHAIRMAN and Gentlemen of the CoMMITTEE: I receive your visit with pleasure and accept with gratitude the sentiments you have so generously expressed in the discharge of the duty with which you have been intrusted by the National Convention. Intending to address you a formal communication shortly, in accordance with the recognized usage, it would be out of place to detain you at this time with remarks which properly belong to the official utterances of my letter of acceptance. I may be permitted to say, however, that, though I did not seek the nomination for Vice-President, I accept it as a trust reposed in me by the Republican Party, to the advancement of whose broad policy on all questions connected with the progress of our government and our people I have dedicated my best energies, and with this acceptance I may properly signify my approval of the platform and principles adopted by the Convention. I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred on me by my friends in so unanimous a manner tendering me this nomination, and I sincerely thank them for this tribute. I am not unmindful of the great responsibility attaching to the office, and if elected I shall enter upon the performance of its duties with a firm conviction that he who has such unanimous support of his party friends, as the circumstances connected with the nomination and your own words, Mr. Chairman, indicate, and consequently with such a wealth of counsel to draw upon, cannot fail in the proper way to discharge the duties devolving upon him. I tender you my thanks for the kind expressions you have made, and I offer you and your fellow-committee-men my most hearty thanks. The published narrations of this interesting ceremony state that "when General Logan had concluded his remarks, which were received with applause, the members of the Committee stepped forward and shook him by the hand, and mutual congratulations were exchanged. Mrs. Logan warmly thanked the Committee for the sentiments conveyed in their address. The members of the Committee then took their leave, with the exception of a few, who engaged in conversation with General Logan and his wife, and subsequently withdrew." THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE-PROTECTION—OUR AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM-INTER-STATE ETC. General Logan's formal letter of acceptance was received everywhere by the press, as a clear, forcible, manly presenta tion of the issues before the people. The New York Tribune devoted to it its leading article, in the course of which it said: Senator Logan's letter of acceptance, like that of Mr. Blaine, discusses the vital issues of the campaign so fully and frankly that his position cannot well be misunderstood. It will be of great service also, as a proof of the hearty accord of the leading statesmen of the Republican Party in the declaration of principles and purposes, made by the National Convention. Like Mr. Blaine's letter, it will be of great ser vice as a campaign document. Though it discusses questions from quite different points of view, it presents considerations which add strength to the Republican position as stated by Mr. Blaine, and by some classes of voters will be received with especial satisfaction. Its dignified and dispassionate tone only gives greater weight to the arguments which General Logan presents. The letter of acceptance was in these words: WASHINGTON, July 19, 1884. DEAR SIR: Having received from you on the 24th of June the official notification of my nomination by the National Republican Convention as the Republican candidate for Vice-President of the United States, and considering it to be the duty of every man devoting himself to the public service to assume any position to which he may be called by the voice of his countrymen, I accept the nomination with a grateful heart and deep sense of its responsibilities, and if elected shall endeavor to discharge the duties of the office to the best of my ability. This honor, as is well understood, was wholly unsought by me. That it was tendered by the representatives of a party, in a manner so flattering, will serve to lighten whatever labors I may be called upon to perform. Although the variety of subjects covered in the very excellent and vigorous declaration of principles adopted by the late Convention prohibits, upon an occasion calling for brevity of expression, that full elaboration of which they are susceptible, I avail myself of party usage to signify my approval of the various resolutions of that platform, and to discuss them briefly. PROTECTION TO AMERICAN LABOR. The resolution of the platform declaring for a levy of such duties "as to afford security to our diversified industries and protection to the rights and wages of the laborer, to the end that active and intelligent labor, as well as capital, may have its just reward, and the laboring man his full share in the National prosperity," meets my hearty approval. If there be a Nation on the face of the earth which might, if it were a desirable thing, build up a wall upon its every boundary line, deny communion to all the world, and proceed to live upon its own resources and productions, that Nation is the United States. There is hardly a legitimate necessity of civilized communities which cannot be produced from the extraordinary resources of our several States and Territories, with their manufactories, mines, farms, timber lands and water-ways. This circumstance, taken in connection with the fact that |