Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-07-10
Gen. ScOtt's Letter Of Acceptance.
Washington, June "A, 1852.


SIR:-I have had the honor to receive from
your hands the official notice of my unanimous
nomination as the Wing candidate for the Of
fee of President of the United States togeth-
er with copy of the resolutions passed by
the convention, expressing their opinions up
on some of the most prominent questions Of
of Nationa. policy.
The great conferred by nu
merous, intelligent and patriotic body. repre-
senting millions of my countrymen-sinks
deepinto my heart; and remembering the
very eminent names which were before the
Convention in am;cable competition with my
own.I am made to feel oppressively the weight
of responsibility belonging to my new position.
Not having written word to procure this
distinction, / lost not moment after it had
been conferred in addressing letter to one
of your members, to signify what would be, at
the proper time, the substance of my reply
to the Convention; and | now have the homer
to repeat in more formal manner, as the oc-
casion justly demands, that acceptithe nom
ination with the resolutions annexed.
The political principles and measures laid
down in the resolutions are so broad, that
there is little left for me to add therefore
barely suggest in this place. that should l. BY
the partiality ef my countrymen, be elevated
to the Chief Magissracy of the Union, shall
be ready, in cnnnecton with Congress, to rec
ommend or approve of measures in regard
to management of the public domain, SO as to
secure an early settlement Of the same, favor
ably to actual settlers, but consistent, never
theless, with due regard to the equal rights
of the whole American people in that vast ma
tional inheritence; and also to recommend or
approve ofa single alteration in our Naturaliza-
ton laws suggested By my military experience,
VIZ: giving all foreigners the right ofcitizenship
who shall faithfully serve, in time Of war; one
year on board of our public ships or in our
land forces-regulaF or volunteer-on their
receiving an honorable discharge from the
service.
In regard to the general policy of the ad-
ministration, if elected, should, Of course,
look among those who may approve that pol
icy for the agents to carry it into execution !:
and should seek to cultivate harmony and
fraternal sentiments throughout the whole
Nhlg party, without attempting to reduce its
members by prescription, to exact uniformity
to my views. But l should at the same time
be rigorous in regard to qualifications for Of
fee, retaining and appointing no one either de-
icient in capacity or integrity, or in devotion
TO Liberty. to the Constitution and the Union
Convinced that harmony or good will between
the different quarters of our broad country is
essential to the present and future interests
Of the Republic. and with devotion that can
know no South and no North, should ne-
ther eountenance nor tolerate any sedtion,
disorder, faction or resistance to the law of
the Union. on any pretext in any part ofthe
land, and should carry into the civil admin
istration this one principle of military conduct
obedience to the Legislative and judicial de-
partments of Government, each in its condi-
tional sphere, saving only in respect to the
Legislature, the possible resort to the veto
power. always to be most cautiously exercis-
ed and under the strictest restraints and me-
cessities. -..s----
Finally, for my strict adherence to the prin-
ciples of the Whig party. as expressed in the
resolutions Of the Convention, and herein sug-
gested. with sincere and earnest purpose. to
advance the greatness and happiness of the
Republic, and thus to cherish and ncourage
the cause of constitutional liberty throughout
the world, avoiding every act and thought
that might involve our country in an unjust
and unnecessary war, or impair the faith of
treaties, and discountenancing ali political ag-
tation injurious to the interests Of society and
dangerous to the Union, can offer no other
pledge or guaranty than the known incidents
of long public life, now undergoing the Sc
verest examination.
Feeling myself highly fortunate in my nsso-
ciate on the ticket, and with lively sense of
my obligation to the Convention, and to your
personal courtesies,
have the honor to remain. sir, with great
esteem, your obedient servant ....
WINFIELD SCOTT.
To the Hon. J. 6. Chapman, President of the
Wing National Convention.