Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1856-06-28


MIR. Buchanan's Letter OF Acceptance.
We publish below the letter of the committe,
appointed to notify Mr.. Buchanan of his nomi
nation to the Presidency, and Mr.. Buchanan
reply. The letter of Mr.. Buchanan is charac
terized by all the directness, clearness, and
frankness which have ever distinguished him
as statesman. He leaves nothing to infer
ence or implication as to his position, but
adopts and endorses fully and heartily the plat
form of principles on which he was nominated
In the event of his election, he stands pledged
to make those principles the rule Of his admin
istratiye policy and action. With such guaran-
tees for the faithful maintenance of Demo
cratic doctrines rs we have in his endorsement
of the platform, and in his long public career,
in which he has proved true to every promise,
and in his unexceptionable private life, in
which strict integrity and exemplary virtue
have been conspicuous the Democratic party
enter upon the canvass with entire confidence
of success and of glorious future for the
party and the country:
LANCASTER, June Is, 1856.
SIR: The National Convention of the Demo.
cratic party, which assembled at Cincinnati on
the first Monday in June, unanimously nomi-
mated you as a candidate for the office of Presi-
dent of the United States.
We have been directed by the convention to
convey to you this intelligence, and to request
you, in their name, to accept the nomination
for the exalted trust which the chief magistracy
of the Union imposes.
The convention, founding their action upon
the time-honored principles of the Democratic
party, have announced their views in relation
to the chief questions which engage the public
mind and, while adhering to the truths'of the
past, have manifested the policy of the present
in series of resolutions, to which we invoke
your attention.
The convention feel assured, in rendering to
you this signal proof Of the respect and esteem
of your countrymen, that they truly reflect the
opinion which the people of the United States
entertain of your eminent character and distin-
guished public services. They cherish a pro-
found conviction that your elevation to the
first Office in the Republic will give moral
guarantee to the country that the true princi-
Piles of the Constitution will be asserted and
maintained; that the public tranquility will
he established; that the tumults of faction will
be stilled; that our domestic industry will -four
ish; that our foreign affairs will be conducted
with such wisdom and frmness as to assure the
prosperity of the people at home, while the
interests and honor of our country are wisely
but infexibly maintained in our intercourse
with other nations; and, especially, that your
public experience and the confidence of your
countrymen will enable you to give effect to
Democratic principles, so as to render indisso-
luble the strong bonds of mutual interest and
national glory which unite our Confederacy
and secure the prosperity of our people.
While we offer to the country our sincere
congratulations upon the fortunate auspices of
the future, we tender to you, personally, the
assurances Of the respect and esteem of your
felow-citizens.
JOHN E. WARD,
w. A. RICHARDSON,
HARRY HIBBARD,
w. B. LAWRENCE,
A. G. BROWN,
JNO. l.. MANNING,
JOHN FORSYTH,
w. PRESTON,
j. RANDOLPH TUCKER,
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
Hon. JAMES BUCHANAN.