Newspaper Articles on Acceptance Speeches of John Nance Garner

Section New York Times 1 PARE BATW 24 June28,1936 JK517 Legislative Reference Service Library of Congress Garner's Acceptance Speech After Formal Notification By The Associated Press. have made way for happiness. good and noble and worth the given to the cause of good govern- PHILADELPHIA, June 27.- Laughter again is heard in the land. living. ment your high character as a man Following are the prepared texts We are now, as it were, midway That is our platform. Upon that and your lofty conception of public of the speech of Vice President in our course. Great as are the platform I stand and I am proud to duty. Garner in acceptance of renom- things which have been accom- stand with our leader- leader who Your friends who have known plished to bring order out of chaos has never faltered in his course and ination and that of Senator you for these many years under- in which we found the country in never once lost faith that in the Barkley, read for him in his ab- stand thoroughly the reasons which March, 1933, much remains to be sovereign will of the American peo- have made you an outstanding fig- sence by Senator Harrison: done. ple rests true wisdom in govern- ure in the political life of the na- Vice President Garner There must be no return to old ment and the way to security, peace tion. They know you, and to know conceptions denominated as the Old Mr. Chairman, Friends: and happiness. Deal. And what do we mean by you is to trust you. In that faith I put my trust. In My words shall be as few as they the Old Deal? We mean a political The American people as a whole shall be fervent and sincere. I am system which fosters an economic that faith I pledge anew my alle- have come to know you, and know- & soldier and my duty is to follow order giving special privilege to a giance to Franklin Delano Roose- ing you they trust you. where the commander leads. I ac- few favored ones through the sac- velt. While the office which you hold cept the rules of war as laid down rifices of the many. is presumed to be chiefly concerned By the New Deal we mean simply Senator Barkley in the platform. with the duties of a presiding offi- I am not insensible of the high an adaptation of the laws of the As temporary chairman of the cer over the Senate, your wide ex- honor which has been conferred country so that the greatest good National Democratic Convention perience in legislation and in states- upon me. This confidence which will come to the greatest number; just held in this city it becomes my manship have made you an invalua- my fellow-countrymen have reposed the protection of the rights of that delightful duty and great pleasure ble counselor to the legislative and in me I accept as a solemn trust. vast majority of our populace, men, to give you official notice of your executive branches of the govern- And I am not unmindful of the women and children, to whom the nomination as the Democratic can- ment, and during the next four responsibility which goes with that Old Deal meant want, hardship, didate for Vice President of the years your services in this capacity trust. despair and degradation. United States. will enable you to contribute still Republican Support Invited more to the cause of democracy, I gladly accept the nomination for Though I might speak volumes which is so dear to your heart. the Vice Presidency now tendered Our people have not forgotten the concerning your long and distin- I congratulate you upon your re- to me for the second time. The wretchedness to which these sins of guished career, the circumstances nomination to this second highest sense of personal satisfaction in omission and commission of twelve of this occasion do not require it. office within the gift of the people. this honor is enhanced and height- years of the old deal had plunged As a member of Congress for a I congratulate the State of Texas, ened by the thought that I am the country when the New Deal was long period of years, as Speaker of which has given you to the nation. again to be on the ticket with ushered in on a March day in 1933. the House of Representatives, and I congratulate the nation as a whole Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But the dawn of a new day was as Vice President of the United on the prospect of having the bene- I shall stand with him in the at hand. The time for a change States, you have permanently and fit of your experience and devotion months ahead as I stood with him had come. The country welcomed a new leader. indelibly stamped the force of your for another term of four years. before the voters of this country in rugged personality upon the legis- Simplicity of character, stead- 1932-as I have stood, in sharing And I cheerfully bear witness with him since March 4, 1933, the here and now to the loyal support lative history of this country for a fastness in the performance of duty, obligations and duties and respon- generation. honesty in dealing with the peo- of New Deal measures and prin- sibilities which the Constitution These have been stirring years ple's affairs have characterized ciples accorded in Congress by cer- which you have given to the serv- your public and private life, and I imposes. tain of our friends of the opposi- tion. With voice and vote many ice of your country. predict for you and for the Presi- Renews His Pledge of Loyalty brethren of Republican persuasion Problems of personal interest to dent, whose servant you are and have shown how they could, in time and far-reaching effect upon all will continue to be, an overwhelm- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is my leader, my commander-in-chief. In of national peril, rise above par- classes of our people have arisen ing endorsement on the part of the this presence, before this multitude tisanship and heed the call for help for solution. Some of these prob- people. of a stricken country. Iems are still unsolved, but must This overwhelming endorsement and with the stars of heaven to We still ask for the support of all have the most single-minded devo- will be, in part, personal to both the bear witness to my covenant, I re- President and you, but it will be new the pledge of fealty I gave those who believe as we do that tion of patriotic Americans in their even more significant because of four years ago. the function of government is to proper solution in the immediate its endorsement of the great con- In Franklin Delano Roosevelt the protect the many from the selfish- future. structive program of rehabilitation hopes of a nation have been reborn. ness of the few, to guarantee to all In your capacity as a member of which you have helped to inaugu- Despair has given place to con- the means of livelihood and partici- Congress, as Speaker of the House, rate in behalf of the American fidence. Despondency and gloom pation in the things that make life and as Vice President, you have people.