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Mr.. Dayton'S Acceptance of the Nomiaa
tiOn,-He Defines his Position

Immediately after the adjournment of the
Convention, the New>Jersey delegates proceed
ed to Trenton, the residence of VIM. L, Day
ton, the nominee for Vice President. and were
met at the station by a large number of citizens.
A procession was formed, headed by the
Trenton Brass Band, and bearing the national
flag with the names Of Fremont and Dayton
inscribed on its folds, proceeded to Mr.. Day
toms house,
On the arrival of the procession, Mr. Dayton
appeared on the portico, and was received
with immense enthusiasm,
He was addressed by Ed W. Whelplev,
Esq, on behalf Of the delegation.
When the applause that greeted Mr.. Whelp-
ley's remarks had subSided, Mr.. Dayton said
that il was with feelings that he could not
express that he had listened to the announce
ment just made. 1t was to him utterly unex.
pected, The unsolicited honor however, lie
felt and duly appreciated, not on his own &C.
count only, but on behalf Of his State. 1t was
an honor TO Jerseymen. For the last few years,
though engaged in the avocations of private
life, he had been a not inattentive observer of
the course ofevents- He could say with en-
phas!s that his principles had not changed
tie stood now in reference to the gr eat leading
issues of the country as in times past He
held that the constitution protects Slavery
where it is, but carries it nowhere-that in the
language of the day, Freedom is national and
Slavery sectional. He had carefully examined
the platform of principles upon which the nom
nations took place, and to it, and all its parts,
he could give a cheerful ard cordial asSent!--
The repeal Of the Missouri Compromise was,
ia his judgement, most unwarrantable breach
of good faith, pregnant with untold misclef,
and to be remeded by every just aud constitu-
tonal means in our power. Kansas had, as
she deserved, his heartfelt sympathy, Her
citizens and her rights had been trodden down
in manner unexamped in free Government.
Justice to her and to them demanded her ad.
mission as Free State of the Union. 1t was
expedient and proper, too, he said, as a mode
of calming down the exasperated feeling of the
country by terminating itsc,use. The sdmis-
sion of California into the Union as a State
her unprecedented growth--outrunning and
distancng his own most sangune expectations,
seem now to demand increased facility of com.
municaton. A roadway from the West to
the far Vest will be a ligiment binding to the
Union both extremes 1t will tend TO consol-
idate more firmly the lasting union of the
Statss--a Union such as our fathers made,
based on equality Of r,gLt'. It will tend, toe.
to increase the interior commerce of the coun-
try, and to develope still more largely the re-
sources of that magnificent State upon our
Western borders. The improvements of Riv-
ers and Harbors are specially appropriated by
the constitution to the general Government
and, whether our commerce floats upon our
coast, our rivers or lakes, it is due to the lives
of our citizens, as well as their property, that
the Government should provide for their safe
ty. He trusted that the people would lay a.
side all party differences, aud come up manful-
ly to the work--yielding to one another free
dom of conscience, freedom of speech, equality
of rights; but claiming may, eracting-the
same for ourselves.
In conclusion, he added that he had the
honor to know The man selected by the Peo-
ple's Convention as the chief standard bearer
for the ensuing campaign. He was a man Of
great intelligence, enlarged capacity and indo-
mitable energy. The man who had so often
ascended the heights of the Rocky Mountains,
and looked into the then unknown depths Of
the great basin, was the very man to look TO
the heights and sound the depths Of the po-
litical corruption Of the times. He knew, too,
the adversary, Mr.. Buchanan. With him or
with his associate,he could have no personal is
sues Let us, as far as possible, soften the