Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1859-01-08
Hon. John Letcher'S Letter Of Accep-
lance.
WAsu1NoroN. D. c. Dec "a 1853

WASHINGTON, d. G., Dec "a, 1858.
GENTLEMEN IL received your letter Of
the 9th inst, informing me, that at
Convention Of the Democratic State Rights
Republican Party, which recently assem-
bled IN the city Of Petersburg" was mo
minated as their candidate for the Office of
Governor of Virginia" With a grateful
appreciation Of the honor thus conferred up
on me by my Democratic fellow citizens.
through their Representatives, in Conyen-
ton assembled, accept the nomination.
On the subject of National politics. it is
hardly necessary for me to say more than
that have been identified with the :. Dem
ocratic State Rights Republican party. }"
from my youth to the present time. Hon
estly convinced that the principles of the
party are sound, national, and conservative
and satisfied that its maintenance and sue
cess are essential to the preservation of the
States, have uniformly advocated its mea-
sures and policy, bcth as a private citizen
ana Representative of the people
Wy views en- the subject Of State Inter-
MAI improvements were communicated to
,ae Corvention, prior to my nomination, by
! Mr, Garland, Of Culpeper county, and it is
clue to him and myself, that should here
reiterate them. I have ever advocated lib
eral and enlightened policy, believing such
improvements indispensable to the develop
ment Of the wealth and resources of the
State, and to the advancement Of the pros
perity Of the people. I desire. therefore,
to see the leading lines now in progress,
pushed as rapidly as practicable, to compile
ton. Lateral lines, will follow the compile
ton Of the main lines in proper time, as the
necessities Of the several localities shall re-
quire their construction. In granting rights
Of way, or in projecting new improvements
some regard should be had to the genera
system which the State had adopted
These views will be faithfully and fairly
carried out.
My, speeches delivered in Congress, ane
my letters of last summer to the Editor o
"The South explain my position on the
Slavery question; but to avoid all misap
prehension, state in language, distinc
and emphatic, that regard the institution
of domestic slavery, existing in Virginia
and the other Slaveholding States, morally
socially and politically, right. I trust tina
I will be found as ready to defend the insti
tuition, and to resist all encroachments up
on it, as any man in the Commonwealth
In doing this, | will be defending and pro
tecting my own interests and property, a
well as the interests and property Of m.
ellow-c citizens. ~
# If the people Of Virginia shall elect m
to the position for which I have been nom
mated, by those whom you have the homo
to represent, / pledge myself to faithful
and impartial discharge of the duties of tn
o flee, with reference. solely, to the ad
vancement Of the prosperity-the protec
ion Of the rights and the preservation Q
the interests, institutions and honor of on
noble old Commonwealth
For the polite terms in which you hav
communicated the action Of the Convention
accept my thanks. I am truly, your fel
low citizen, JOHN LETCHER.
JAMES BARBOUR, JAS. G. PAXTON, NAT
TYLER, A. G.. PENDLEToN, JNo. BRAN
| NON, Esqrs., Committee.