The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-09-05
Ltr Letter OF Charles Francis Adams accepting
the ETee-SoI Nomination.
g Iotlc tonw Of ,le atIOnal FIse5OiI Contention

The Letter OF Charles Francis Adams accepting
the ETee-Sol N domination.
& To ',e omu pee Of he Naonal FIeeSOl Convention
s' '''''''''' ,l sSg " August q. 1873.
Cen,ncai have Just received your ofl3sl letter ap-
psng tta great honor done BE- be Convention
winch on ff resent m nominating me a. " ad 10
soliciting my accordance OF the nouIinatiqD m t l
In reply, pCsgat 10 say that d Bad pa ~ Di a
ny expectation 70 be able to act ~ ne 'sl Gaa H.
one Of the hgmbt, bur not OF the ea earnest am 4e
voted servants OF the great cause - "iC ". aie 1
the noble rapsuf of the great State 81 ONO TO whom
in yonr ieffa .on asn ain aude. to call upon most
rnex,ecdy 10 Iy,af To- stand in the front ranks OF the
contest since It Is therwiH unequivocalg expressed that
should be their candidate tor the second office n ne Lnon
not the man 10 refuse TO acknowledge the oDHgaon
or shrink by a moments hesitation from tns post, moi
les Vi duty than Of honor 10 when ,neS aSsisl me-
- The Fathers OF the Republic nuursG IN e HIN sGdgo
practical example America the excellence OF tte cher
Seorns9t commenced in l776 and carried forward in
az l7sl ss OF more than half century has bOmewne
existence of an adverse influence, nCautouSy adn4tted at
Ethe outset, which has thus lar done much 10 gualiy vi
IL r ti m 80 NJ ygliad Tgts and nriviIeged sss, has
@ by degrees, shown Itself to be wide dlyergesey 9es
only choice now left 10 the people OF the ktsrd ohm
,ag 10 a5apdoa lie pncipsS II, tneiI Tiers
stared The alternative clearly e HE North AmTcag
sanfneni 0 The 1e Fundamental dolnes
OF the Declaration Of Regret It as we ma We
can ~ @ , ,is nor ~ the issue made up lo US Not
I ~, ,i III Sitcai truth, al moment, whenVery
Guoyn rni of 6nan duty would seem g demand theom
.H,T Iept of il over the minds OF free people
MN ~ Ieeiings have read again and again. theIat
6 a. %ariYies iad down by the Buffalo Convention i
' " tl iroaIEf return to the path OF the revoluuORy
a. me- era Of advance in the theory OF tree deo |
Uacy ,4 ,, l;virc .rtsc,nist ,,ripcinles in u, |
49, ~ he United States-the one which sheteRltst
~ ,oVer OF human force, and the other which qras
Su'5, from human and human sympathY o
N La.s who have confidence in the capacity OF n4nDr
r ogernrnent II must be Of great satistaGpHo
$50 t,gt the period when the last OF these principle vi
Isnb ip the |uited States. sraplIy approaching.
tf HE aIne time would be angst 10 accompany 10
irg with inv feelings Of acHuORy Il-wll tOwasle
i,iiyiluaI members Of the iOsne side The slavehkhg
s.iiou OF the Union merits our sympathy, even wblts
80 i've DoIrv meets with the tanest resistance u lie
ti,5 may vet come when those wbOnOw regard the diaA
I'm. rS the Bual0 platform ynUciye assault updhgT
t interests viii construe they rahe to be the pfrv-
Ron of tgeir M hest moral and political nights Ours pot
S,nre with geographically deinet secOno Of count no
9TH orraptzed communities OF men It's sugglelSus
fai1 nripes of nestma0le value every and-Ot Aera
,I,nlsafIap wherever society Is esjaOtneds n
,ress with us the synonTme ON OF hat eAteIqn Of
t%a ,,raa'st blessings which good goN snn7m NICER
rIv e eznected to infer upon the AmaniaCe. iUCh
.,a Ra rs approach, so much to " gOei map to
,. rs III an chose who may now regard Rs potendmbh4I
ug but injury to themselves "a
am Gentlemen with sentiments o. W gRatest pct,
Won, nt,,jirni servant CHARLES FASds AMI