Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1848-09-22


oi The manner IN when selected passages in
some oi my letters Wr'tcn IN Tie freedom and
chtetessh'sa oi u cohIiH'n'al correspondence,
nave pecn c"hnh"n'ca'eh 10 ,ie pubic press
D"' r'Vcn from 'he CONTEXT ana separated from |
sores OF explanatory Iicts ana circumstances
whch arc IN so lar as thia canvass Is conccrn- |
co. HISTORICAL tiey are rs deceptive as though /
tney were poSnVe ito''c"tons. address yon
inns letter To correct inc injustice that has been
zone me- ana inc p"ohc, 10 inc extent that
am an oplect oil interest 10 t"cfn, by This ILL.,
oeTa' process
s'iaIl nov weary you ny an elaborate recital |
OF every lnd'dcnt connected WITH the first pre- !
SrH'at'oh W my h'he Us candidate Tor me
iresuency' was tnen at me mead OF the
american army VI '"r na'Iey o, me hlo "rande'
l was surrounded by WINGS ana Democrats wi
'lau STOOD Dy me III t'e trying hours OF my HE,
and whom 1t was my destiny TO conduct through
scenes OF sun greater tr'n'' NY duty to That
army, and to the Republic whose battles we
were wagng' inrD'ue my assuming a position
o' seeming hoS''lty 10 any P"unn ~ ule brave
'I'en "t.rr my c"ih''laluI-ai VI W'o'i' N'fW
was 'n'S Nv P''' 'P'o.. wv maui ~, I"',cc''-
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?"o" VA" ot'l u'c ,'o,e'io. " r',! '.t"ssIes
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Oh Ioiuca. P'''c peS' was eIn''a'e"t almost 10
uec,a,"''oh VI uncoihPromlsing ehni'y To all
VINO on not subscribe To- It's tcne's. ! was nn'
Wiling TO hazard The eject OF such relationship
towards any OF the soldiers under my command
When IN front OF an enemy common 10 us ALL
II would nave been unjust IN ltscif, ana II was
As repngnant TO my own feelings as II was To
my duy' i wanted UNITY III the army ana lore
pore any art 'nat mig sow the seeds OIL a'srns'
ana d'scofa, us ranks nave not my 'euers,
written at The time, before me, but 'hey are all
OF one IMPORT ana III conformity with Tie views
herein expressed.
Meanwnlie was solicited by my personal
trends am by strangers, by Wings and Demo-
Gratis 10 consent to become candidate. was
nominated ny thc people IN primary assembIages
by "h'gS, Democrats and Natives, III sepa-
rate ana mixed meetings. ! resisted them all,
and continued to do so I'll led to believe that my
> opposition was assuming the aspect OF defiance
of the popular wishes. yielded only When it
looked like presumption forests! longer, and even
the'i shou'4 not have uone so had not the nom
nation been presented to me in a form un-
l'sciy to awaken acrimonv or reproduce the bit
terness OF feeling which attends popular cleo
tionS. say it in sincerity and truth that a part
: of the indictment to my consent was the hope
n that by going into the canvass it would be con-
Quoted with candor II not with kindness. 1t
y mas been no fault of mine that this anticipation
C has proved a vain one.
: After | permitted my elf to be announced
1t for the Presidency, under the circumstances
above noticed, accepted nomination after NOM
nation in the spirit in which they were tender
ed They were made irrespective of parties,
and so acknowledged. No one who joined in
those nominations could have been deceived as
to my political views. From the beginning till
now have declared myself to be a Wing on
all proper occasions With this distinct avow-
al published to the world, did not think that
had right to repe nominations from political
opponents any more than had Il right to re-
fuse the vote of Democrat at the polls and
proclaimed 1t abroad that should not reject
the proicrcd support of any body of my fellow
citizens. This was my position when IN NO.
vcmber last | returned to the United States
long before either of the great divisions OF
the people had held nntlonll convention and
when 1t was thought doubtful II ono OF them
would hold any.
Matters stood IN tins attitude MI sprlng' "hnr
there were so many statements IN circulation
concerning my views upon questions OF nation
al policy, that felt constrained to correct the
errors INTO which the public mind was falling
by more explicit enumeration OF principles
which did III my letter to You IN April last
That letter, and the facts which have detailed
as briefly as proper understanding OF them
would permit, developed my Whoic pos!tloh IN
relation to the Presidency, at the time.
ne Democratic convention met IN Nay ana
composed their tIcKct TO SUIT theW. ms lhey
hid right to DO. me National wing Con
ven'lon met IN June, ana selected me as thcll
candidate accepted the nomnltion with
grati'nae ana WA Piide. was prouh OF Tue
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