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Gen. scott,s. letter OF Acceptance.

Gen. ScOtt's. .Lcttcf f0tAccept1mCe. Oh
WAsmNoTos, June "a, ls52.-Sir; l have
had the honor to receive from your hands the
official notice ofmy "unanimous nomination
as the Wing candidate for the office of Pres
ident of the u States,r together with copy
of the resolutions passed by the conven-
ton expressing their opinions upon some Of
the most prominent questions of national
policy.n 'er
This great distinction, conferred by nu-
merous, intelligent and patriotic body, rep
resontng millions of my countrymen, sinks
deep into my heart; and remembering the
very eminent names which were before the
convention in amicable competition with my
own, am made to feel, oppressively, the
weight of responsibility belonging to my
position. ....
Not having written a word to pre- ure TINS
/ distinction, lost not a moment, at;er II hau
been conferred, in addressing a letter to one
of your members to signify what would De-
at the proper time, the substance OF my re-
ply to the convention; and | now have the
| honor to repeat, in more formal manner, as
the occasion Justly demands, that accept
the nomination with the resolutions annexed.
The political principles and measures laid
down in these resolutions are SO broad that
but little is left for me to add. therefore
barely suggest, in this place, that, should |,
| by the partillity otmy CUuntrymen,be elevat-
/ ed to the Chief Magi5iracy of the Union, |
shall be ready, in my connection with Con-
grcss, to recommend or to approve Of mea-
sures in regard to the management of the
public domain SO as to secure an early settle
ment of the same favorable to actual settlers,
but consistent nevertheless with due regard
to the equal rights Of the whole American
people in that vast national inheritance, and
also to recommend or approve of single
alteration in our naturalization laws, sug-
gested by my military experience, viz: CIV
ing to all foreigners the right of citizenship
wbe shall faithfully serve in time ofwar one
year on board of our public ships, or in our
land forces, regular or volunteer,on their re-
ceiving an honorable discharge from the SER
vice.
In regard to the general policy of the ad-
ministrltion, if elected, | should Of course
look among those who may approve that po-
licy for the agents to carry it into execution;
and should seek to cultivate harmony and
fraterna sentiments throughout the Wing
party, without attempting to reduce its mem
bers by prescription to exact conformity to
my own views But | should at the same
time, be rigorous in regard to qualifications
for ofiice-retaining and appointing no one
either defcientin capacity Or integrity, or in
devotion to Liberty, to the Constitution and
the Union.
Convinced that harmony and good VIII
between the different quarters Of our broad
country is essential to the future and pres
ent interests of the Republic, and with a
devotion to those interests that can know no
South and no North, should neither coun-
tcnance nor tolerate any sedition, disorder,
faction or resistance to the law or the Union,
on any prctext in any part of the land and
! should carry into the civil administration
this one principle Of military conduct-obe-
dienco to the legislative and judicial depart
ments of government, each III its constitu-
tional sphere-savng only, in respect to the
Legislature, the possible resort to the veto
power-always to be most cautiously eXer-
ciscd, and under the strictest restraints and
necessities.
Finally, for my strict adherance to the
principles Of the Wing party as expressed
in the resolutions Of the convention, and
herein suggested, with a sincere and earnest
purpose to advance the greatness and hap
pness of the Republic, and thus to cherish
and encourage the cause OF constitutional
liberty throughout the world, avoiding every
act and thought that might involve our
country in an unjust or unnecessary war, or
impair the faith of treaties, and discountcn
ancing all political agitation injurious to the
interest Of society and dangerous to the
Union, can offer no other pledge or guar
antce than the known incidents Of u long
public life, now undergoing the sevcrest cX'
animation.
Feeling myself highly fortunate in my as
sociate on the ticket, and with lively sense
= of my obligations to the convention, and t.
} your personal courtcsies,
= have the honor TO remain, sir, with grea
) esteem, your most obedicnt servant,
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To the Hon. ]. G. CHAPMAN, President o
the Wing National Convention.
, Grahlm's UcIicr Of Acceptance.
WASHINGTON, June "a, 1859.
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