Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-06-30

ACCEPIANCE OF THE NoM1N,r
we publish below the letters of n iIoNS
Fierce and Col. William R. Kim WI rfahkn
nomination for Presidency and ". eP'lng the
nese letters are all that we could have ba1ency
20 De- 1en Pierce says, 81 accept the nn neo Them
upon the platform adopted by the CorxoS'. NATION
because this is expected of me as c,,s;, On' not
because the principles 1t embraces cOuonng but
6afton of my judgment; and with ,bon 1 me apprO.
can safely say there hos been no ovord ~ OeleVe
rye I" c0'9'tcf' But to the correspondence ny
Concord, June - ,o
'S,: a Nau0nai convention of the do I009'
iirrPuoilcan Pally' which met in Bamoro M,Iocratc
candidate for the high trust of Presidoaed You as,
Ted States. '''ueht Of the Uni
We have been delegated to acouaiDt ~.
nomination. and earnestly to request E Oa with The
accept it. Persuaded, as we are Una n,a' You will
should not De pursued by an unchastened nls Office
1t can never be refused by dutifuI ambition
The circumstances under which va" .
sented for the canvass of your coun,ru VIII be et
Pitious to the interests which the conns are pro-
trusts to our federal Union and must be en-
your own fame. NC doSpcousto
You come before the people wi,hoD, H.
of personal wishes, and free from .T me Impulse
tations. You identified with no MI selfish expec.
tionsHwhich have recently disturbed " Inc distrac.
whilst you are known to be faithful to ,S Country
tion-to all its guarantees and comnro,a we consttu-
will be free to exert your tried abitiea & You
path of duty. in protecting that repose WI mi!nn the
ENJOY ana IN giving efhcacy and control to noaappy
dina principles that have ALREADY nose car.
ty which has selected you as its esSar The par
that regard the security and prosperity Of h
country, and the paramount power of ito ule Whole
dssolubly associated with the perpetutv oS D. as In
and religious liberties. u our civil
The convention did not pretermit the du,v oe
Grating those principles and you will find ~ VI fel
nenty set forth in the resolutions II sd nel Prom
these we respectfully invite your attention 10
1t is firmly believed that to YOUR talents
otsm the security of our holy Union, viii r.; paul
banded and expanding interests, NAV be % us e1'
ed, and that amid all the pers which NAV TGs'
consttutioh you Will nave the heart to love and ,b
arm to defend it. 0"u lie
With congratulations to you and the conr,,u
this demonstration of its exalted regard and the Upon
riot hopes that cluster it, We have tho to o PAT
be, with all respect, your fellow-cItizens "O'
J. S. BARBOUR
]. THOMPSON.
AhPHEUS FELCH
PIERRE SOULE
To Hon. FRANKLIN PIERCE, of New HamnaLi..
CoNcoBD, IN. h. June II. 1880
GENTLEMEN: | have the honor TO acknowI"I
your personal kindness in presenting to me bio Js
your letter officially informing me of my nomination
by the Democratic National Convention, as cand'
date for the presidency of the United States.
The surprise with which Ireceived the intelIioaDo.
OF the nomination was not unmngled with nsinfn
solciude, and yet it is proper for me to say that tho
manner in which il was conferred was peculiarly graf
flying. The delegation from New Hampshire. with
all the glow OF State pride and all the warmth of PEI
sonal regard, would not have submitted nv name IN
the convention, nor would they have cast voefo me-
under circumstances other shan those which occurred
shall always cherish with pride and gratitude the
recollection of the fact that the voice which first mr.
nounced for me-and pronounced alone-came from
the mother ofStates-a pride and gratitude rising far
above any consequences that betde me personally
May not regard it as a fact pointing 10 the over.
threw of sectional eaousies, and looking 10 the peren
NAL life and vigor of Union cemebted by the blood
OF those who have passed to their reward-a Union
wonderful in its formation, boundess in its hopes,
amazing in its destiny / accept the nomination,
relying upon abiding devotion to the interests, the
honor, and the glory of whole country, but be.
yond and above all, upon Power superior 10 all hu.
man might-a Power which, from the first gun Of the
revolution, in every crisis through which we have
passed, in every hour of our acknowledged peril
when the dark clouds have shut down around u.s. has
interposed, as if to battle human wisdom outmarch
human forecast, and bring out of darkness the rain
bow of promise. Weak myself, faith and hope re-
pose there in security. l accept the nomination upon
the platform adopted by the convention, not because
this is expected of me as candidate, but because
the principles it embraces command the appreciation
of my judgment; and with them believe can safely
say there has been word ofmy life in conflict.
l have only TO tender my grateful acknowledge
ments to you, gentlemen, to the convention Of which
you were members, and TO the people of our common
country.
l am, with the highest respect. your most obedent
servant, FRANK. PIERCE.
To Hon. ]. S. BARBOUR, ]. THOMPSON, ALPHEUs
FELCH, PIERRE SoULE.
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1852.
SIR The democratic republican party, which met
in convention at Baltimore the first of June, nomina-
led you as its candidate in the ensuing election for
The elevated office of Vice President Of the United
States. The duty of communicating tito you has been
assigned US, and we respectfully ask you to accept it,
The length of your public life, and the virtue and
ability which have characterized it, make you known
o the whole country, and give both the Union and
he States the acceptable assurance that TO you may
De we'll conded all the responsibilities OF this hgh
rust, whether they be immediate or contingent. Inc
oreign and intestine trials through which our country
las passed while you in its service Fave PToVeG
hat in every difficulty you were wise, temperate anG
irm. Your labors have eminently tended to guard
he RIGHTS of the States, and to protect The INTEGRITY