The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-23 00:00:00

LETTER OP 1112 CONICITTIZ.

New York. Sept. 8, 1864.

Major-General George B. M'Clellan :—Sir,—The
under igeed were apppinted a committee by the National
Democratic Convention, which met at Chicago on the 29th
of August, to advise you of your unanimous nomination by
that body as the candid►te of the democratic party for Pre,
sideot of the United Slates, and also to present to you a
copy of the proceedings and resolutions of the convection.
It gives us great pleasure to perform this duty, and to
act as the representatives of that conventioo, whose delibera-
tions were witnessed bt a vast assemblage of citizens, who
attended amt watched the proceedings with intense interest
Be assured that those for whom we speak were animated
with the most earnest, devoted, and prayerful desire for the
salvation of the American Uaiou and the preservation of the
constitution of the United States, and that the accomplish-
ment of those objects was the guiding and impalliug motive
in their mind.

And we may be permitted to add that their purpcee to
maintain that Union is manifested in the selection as their
candidate of one whose life has been devoted to its mute,
while it is their earnest hope and confident belief that your
election will restore to oar country union, peace, and consti•
lotions] liberty.
We have the honour to be your obedient servants. Horatio
Seymour, Chairman ; John Bigler, of California ; Alfred P.
Edgerton, of Indiana ; Isaac Lawrence, of Rhode Island ;
John Merritt, of Delaware ; John Cain, of Vermont ; Hugh
McCurdy, of Michigan ; Joseph E. Smith, of Maine ; George
H. Carmen, of Maryland ; Benjamin Stark, of Oregon ; John
M. Douglas, of Illinois ; Charles Negua, of lowa ; Jobn D.
&ilea, of Pennsylvania ; Wilson Shannon, of Kansas ; J. G.
Abbott, of Musechusetts ; C. H. Berry, of Minnesota ;
James Guthrie, of Kentucky ; Charles A. Wickliffe, of
Kentucky; C. G. W. Harrington, of New Hampshire
Geo. W. Morgan, of Ohio ; Alfred E. Burr, of Connecticut ;
Theodore Runyon, of New Jersey ; Walter F. Burch, of
Missouri ; John A Green, jun., of Now 'York ; W. T. Gal-
loway, of Wisconsin.

UNA or omair. xtuttis.

Onoge, N.J., Sept. 8, 1864.

Geotlereen,—l have the honour to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter, informing me of my nomination by the
Democratic National Convention, recently assembled at
Chicago, as their candidate at the next election for Presi-
dent of the United States. It is unnecessary for me to say
to you that this nomination comes to cis unsought. I am
happy to know that when the nomination was made, the
record of my public life was kept in view. The effect of long
and vaned service in the army, during war and peace, be.
been to strengthen and make indelible in my mind and
heart the love and reverence for the Union, constitution,
laws, and flag of our country, impressed upon me in early
youth. These feelings have thus far guided the
course of my life, and must continue to do so to
its end. The existence of more thee one government over
the region which once owned oar flag is incompatible with
the peace, the power, and the happicese of the people. The
preserv►tioa of our Union was the sole avowed object for
which the war was commenced. It should have been eon-
ducted for that object only, and in accordant* with those
principles which I took omission to declare when in active
service. Thus conducted, the work of reconciliation would
have bean easy, and we might have reaped the benefits of
our many victories on land and sea. The Union was origi-
nally formed by the exorcise of a spirit of conciliation and
compromise. To restore and preserve it, the same spirit
must prevail in our councils aid in the hearts of the
people. The re-establishment of the Ueioo to all its int*.
gray is, and must continue to be, the ind:rpensable
condition in any settlement. So soon as it is clear
or even probable, that our present advertence are
ready for peace, upon the basis of the Cairo, we should
exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practised by
civilised nations, end taught by the traditions of the Ame-
rican people, consistent with the honour and interests of
the country, to secure such peace, re-establish the Union.
and guarantee for the future the constitutional rights of
every State. The Union is the one condition of peace—we
ask no mare. Let me add, whet I doubt not was, although
unexpressed, the sentiment of the Convention, as it is of
the people they represent, that when say one State is willing
to return to the Union, it should be received at once, with
a full guaranteed all its constitutional rights. If a frank,
garbed, and persistent effort to obtain those objects should
fail, the roopowdbAify for ulterior amompoposo will fall