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Show i TELEGRAPHIC IIMHV litis Spi !! lo III" roiiimillec Mho .Noilly Hun ol' IIIn .ouiiiiiilioii--.ilniiiilHlriitie ltd'orm lliu ilt'liHOi'l. New York, 12. Governor Tiklcn l.n-t nielli apoke as follows: (.Vw.ni M.-CU-itrimiul ami OVhZi--tttt it of the CunimiUic; I aliull at Hie imrliist tin i vcn ieiKe prcfKirc and tniiiainit lo yuti my formal nccept-unco nccept-unco of tho nominiilion which yuu liavo now tuialertd to me in hehall of tho democratic nutional convention, and I do not ileuiio on this occasion t.i iiiitii-inatt! any topics which iniyiil I'f uppropriatu to tliat coiiinninica-tion. coiiinninica-tion. It may bo however, piTiuitu-il in me to ti.ty llial my nomination was not a mere personal prelercnco between be-tween tlic citizens and statesmen ot this republic who might very well have been chosen for so distinguished an honor and for bo aiiynut a duty. It wa 3 rr.lher a declaration of that illustrious iK-aembhiyo in whose hehall you apeak iu TAVOU OP ADMINISTRATIVE REl-'OKM, with which events had associated nie in the public mind. The- univorsiilily ami t ili ci tu icy ol' the deinaod lor ndnrnidirativu reform in all our ynv-urnr: ynv-urnr: . k'iitd ii nd especially in tbe adiu.nibtnititin ol the federal government, govern-ment, wilti which th& democratic miLutB every where weru inspired, have ltd to a aeries of surprise- in popular asM.-inbl.iges and perhaps in i lie cuii ven l ion list h. Il would be unnatural, gentlemen, if u popular movement so genuine and eo powerful power-ful ahould btop with Til i.; EE AND ONE-HALF MILLIONS OF j DEMCCr.AT; that it should not extend its conU L;ton lo that large mass ol independent independ-ent vo' era who stand between the partus in our country, and to n portion por-tion of the party under whose cliarg.' the- administration (o be correct has grown up, and perhaps in what we have witnessed there may be an augury in respect to what we may witnesi in the election about to Uke place through our country. At least let us hope so, and believe eo. I am net without experience of tho diiii-culty diiii-culty and labor of EFFECTING ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM when it requires a revolution in policies poli-cies and in measures lung established in to? government, ll" I were to judge by ilia ear and ft half which I navt- been in the state government, I should say that the routine duties of the trust I have had imposed on me lire a small burden compared with that created by the attempt to change the policy of the government of winch I have been the executive head. Especially is this so when reform is to oe worked out with more or less ol cooperation of public oujeers who either have been tainted with the evils lo bo redressed, or have been 1 incapietated by a habit of toleration of the wrongs to be corrected, to which they have been cousenting witnesses. I, therefore, if your choice should be ratified by the people at the election, elec-tion, should enter upon tho great duties tthieh would fall upon mo not as a holiday recreation, hut very much in that spirit of consecration on which THE SOLDIER ENTER A BATTLE. (Applause). Let us believe, as I do believe, that we now see the dawn of a better day for our country and that ititiieult as is the work to which the democratic party, with many of the allied and lornier members of oilier parties, bus addressed itself, the republic re-public is yet to be renovated, TO LIVE IN ALL THE FUIURE, and to be transmitted to future generations gen-erations s Jellerson contributed to iorm it in his day, and in which it has been ever since until a reevnt period, a blessing to the whole people. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I thank you tor the very kind terms in which you have made your communication, and I extend to you collectively and individually indi-vidually my most cordial greeting. |