Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-08-01
From the Rome Courier-Extrs.
Mai. DOneIsOn's Letter Of Accep-
lance.
TULIP GRovE, July 18th, 1856.

| TULIP Grove, July llth, 1856.
| Sir-Your letter of the 18th inst, informing me
| of my nomination by the American Party of GeOr-
Ola as their candidate for the Vice Presidency of
the United States, has been received, and with it,
the declaration of principles adopted on the same
occasion.
For this mark of respect and honor, beg leave
| to present my grateful acknowledgements. In ac-
cepting this nomination, am but adhering to the
obipation assumed, when yielded to the wishes of
the National American Party which placed me pre-
yiously in nomination for the same office. The
principles avowed by the two conventions are sub
stantialy the same. They are the principles taught
TO us by the Fathers of the Revolution, and if faith
| fully maintained, will make our Constitution and
Union invulnerabe to the assaults of all foes wheth
! er coming to US from foreign land or sprnging up
! in our midst as factionists and traitors.
The people of Georgia have doubtless some res
collection of the support which gave to the Com
promise measures of 1850, as final settlement Of
| the slavery question. strong effort both in the
| North and the South, was made to compel Congress
TO retrace its steps, and the cry was that acques-
cence in those measures was an infamous surrender
of state rights In that crisis, believed that the
| old doctrines Of Democracy might be relied upon
to arrest the dangers resulting from the irritations
| which marked the discussions Of the day, but the
influence which controlled President Pierce satisfied
me that this party had lost its vitality as national
one and that no course was left for the disciples of
Washington, Jefferson and jackson, but to seek in
new organization the aid Of the people in reviV.
ing the ma1ims of the pure days of the Republic,
| and looping off the excrescences which had been
fastened upon our system BY factions and sectional
controversy.
Before the election Of President Pierce, promi-
nent men 10 the South, well the North, blamed
me for insisting that the Democratic party the
safest organization for securing the reforms neces
sary to tranQuilize the public mind, yet these
men now traduce and calumDiate me for not acting
with them when they are VIGOROUSLY in alliance
with those who oppose these reforms They desired
me as an old Jackson Democrat to quit the party
when there was a hope of its being brought back
to its original doctrines, but when the proof became
conclusive that the power Of this party had passed
into the hands Of the freesOiler and nuifer, they
assa me with the bitterest epithets for not sdher
| ing to it.
When endeavored to show that the Democratic
party was more sound than the Wing on the Sec
tonal issues, there was reason to hope that the
disciples of the Nashville Southern Convention and
the Buffalo platform would not gain possession of
the Federal Government Now, it will scarcely be
denied by any candid man that the politicians who
have given dangerous direction to the heresies of
these two schools are not only acting with the Mod
ern Democracy, but really shaping its policy
and dispensing its patronage.
Then, too, lt was a constant TcprOacn 10 me, ae
being uufaithful to the cause Of State-rights and
the cause Of the South that did not denounce in
terms Of unmessured abuse such men as Mr.. Van
Buren, and Mr. Benton Now the fact stares US in
the face that this modern Democracy has made G
nomination for the Presidency which calls forth q
voice of applause and appreciation from Mr.. Van
Buren, and Mr. Benton as loud as was ever heard
in favor Jefferson and Jackson and this too when
it was but yesterday that we were threatened By
| Il LII. Il Al. -.
account OF the dangers to which we were said to
be exposed by the doctrine of the Buffalo platform
1t belongs to the people to say what ought to be
| the judgment on such inconsistency and whether
we should still place power in the hands of those
who have made the Democratic party a compound
of she ians which have srrayed one section Of the
| Union against another. As members Of the Amer.
lean party, and, good citizens, we can only do
our duty, refusing to concur 10 measures that are
fatal 10 the public peace and contributing by all the
legal means in power TO the restoration of those
| old fashioned doctrines which made us so long q
| happy and prosperous people. Under the influence
| of such doctrines, we shall hear more of squat.
ter sovereignty or mob.tFibunals, but may hope to
see Congress performing again its constitutional
duty as the guardian OF the rights Of the South az
well 40 the North in the settlement of our public
lands and 10 the admission of the inhabitants of the
Territories to the sovereign rights Of States, WITH
or without slavery, they may determine for them.
selves, rhen forming STATE constitution.
But IL is not perhaps proper for me to enter into
a discussion Of the causes which have constituted
US, without reference to our sntecedents as Wings
or Democrats, new party. refer 10 them only
in connection with the patriotic declaration Of prin-
! cples made by the Convention at Macon, in order
that you may see bow complete is my concurrence
with them, and how great Is my appreciation Of the
honor 700 have conferred upon me by Associa-
ton of my name with that Of Mr.. Fillmore in the
noble effort TO check the excuses Of party sprii,
aud effect a reformation as important as that Of
1898 and $500. ooce did great injustice TO this
eminent pat lot and statesman, by holding him re-
sponsibIe for What considered attempt 10 merge
the wbis party Of the North into sectional oppo-
sition 70 the rights Of the South; bat when saw
him rise superior such local preu1ices, and pre-.
fer the interests OF the whole country 10 that Of the
section In which be happened to be born, made
all the amend in nv power TO offer, and declared
| publicly long before knew Of the exstence Of the
| American party, that he ought TO be called again
BY the united voice Of the people 10 the chair Of
the Chief Msgistrsey.
am very respectfully,
YoRr obdt servant,
A. J. DoSKLsoE.
Dr.. II. V. n. MILLER, President Of the Convea-