The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1860-07-18
acceptance Of Hon. John G. Breckin.
ridee Of the Nomination for the Pres

a,.-Iam directed BY vote Of the Dem
"a. National Convention, to inform you
80 von have been this day unanimously
nominated by Il as the candidate OF the Dem
o.rat;c narty for the Office Of President Of he
TTn;,ad states and in their behalf request you
N accent the nomination. l beg leave at the
came time to inclose to you copy Of the
reoolut;ons adopted by the Convention, as the
,,oI;t;caI DIatform on which the party stands.
have the honor to be- very respectfully,
C. CUSHING, President
Hon. J. C.. BRECKIERIDGE.
WAsHINaroN, July 6, 1850.
Dear SRI have your letter OF the Z3d
nlt bv which am officially informed Of my
nowination for the office Of President OF the
Tn;ted States. By the Democratic National
Convention lately assembled at Baltimore.
The c;rcumstancepO this nomination Will
;,,o,;fv me in referring to its personal aspect
have not sought, nor desired TO be placed
hee,re the country for the office OF President
When nv name was presented 10 the
Convention at Charleston it was Withdrawn
bv a friend. in obedience to my expressed
,S;shez NV views had not changed when the
r,oTveDt;oD re-assembled at Baltimore, and
S,hen heard of the differences which occur
81 there. INV indisposition to be connected
rrom;pentlV with the canvass, was confirm
al and expressed TO many friends. 90,
without discussing the occurrences which
,roceded the nominations, and which are, or
roon will be. well understood by the country,
have only to say that l approved, as just
and necessary for the preservation Of the p$
t;onal organization, and the sacred right OF
renresentation, the action of the Convention
over which you continued TO preside, and thus
approving it and having resolved to sustain H.
| feel that it does not become me TO select the
position shall occupy, nor to shrink rom
the responsibilities Of the post to which nave
been assigned. Accordingly, accept the
nomination from sense Of public duty; and
as think, uninfuenced in any degree by the
allurements Of ambition
I avail myself Of this occasion to say that
the confidence in my personal and public
character implied by the action of the Con-
| vention. will always be gratefully remember
ed: and it is but just also to my own feelings
| IN express nv qualification at the association
of INV name with that Of my friend General
Lane. a patriot and soldier, whose great SER
vices in the field and in council entitle him TO
| the gratitude and confidence Of his country
men.
The resolutions adopted by the Convention
have NV cordial approval. They are Just to
| all parts of the Union, TO all our citizens, ma
| tive and naturalized, and they form noble
poiicy for any Administration.
The questions touching the right OF persons
| and uroperty which have Of late been much
discussed, find in these resolutions constitu-
tional solution Our Union is coniederacy
of equal sovereign States, for the purposes
enumerated in the Federal Constitution
| Whatever the common Government holds IN
trust for all the States must be enjoyed equal
lv by each. 1t controls the Territories IN
trust for all the States. Nothing less than
sovereignty can destroy or impair the rights o.
persons or property. The Territorial Gov
ernments are subordinate and temporary, and
not sovereign; hence they cannot destroy or
| impair the rights of persons or property
While they continue to be Territories they are
under the control of Congress, but the Con-
stitution nowhere confers on any branch of
the Federal Government the power to dis
eliminate against the rights Of the States OF
the property Of their citizens in the Terrific
ries. Il follows that the citizens OF all the
States NAV enter the Territories Of the Union
with their property, Of whatever kind and
enioy it during the territorial condition, with
out let or hindrance, either by Congress or by
the subordinate Territorial Governments.
These principles flow directly from the alb
sence of sovereignty in the Territorial Gov
ernments, and from the equality, which is ard
ever has been the vital principle Of our con-
stitutional Union. They have been settled
legislatively, settled iudicially, and are sns-
tanned by right and reason. They rest on the
rock Of the Constitution. They will preserve
the Constitutionr-they will preserve the
Union.
It is idle to attempt to smother these great
issues, or 10 misrepresent them by the use Of
partisan phrases, which are misleading and
delusive. The people will look beneath such
expressions as Intervention" Congressional
Slave Code" and the like, and will penetrate
to the real questions involved. The friends
Of Constitutional equality do not and never
did demand q Congressional Slave Code"
nor any other code in regard to property in
the Territories. They hold the doctrine Of
non-intervention by Congress, or by ferTi-
torial Legislature, either TO establish or pro-
hibit sIayerS: but they assert Fortified by the
highest judicial tribunal in the Union) the
plain duty Of the Federal Government, in all
its departments, TO secure, when necessary, to
the citizens OF all the States, the enjoyment Of
their property in the common Territories.-
The only logical answer to this would seem to
be to claim sovereign power for the Terrific
ries, or to deny that the Constitution recog-
niZes property in the services Of negro slaves
or to deny that such property can exist.
memorable logic, which works its steady
way through clouds and passion, compels the
country to meet the issue. There is no eva
sive middle ground Already the signs null
tiply Of fanatical and growing party, which
denies that under the Constitution, or by any
other law, slave property can exist; and ulti-
mately the struggle must come between this
party and the National Democracy, sustained
BY all the other conservative elements in the
| Union.
think it viii be impossible for candid
mind TO discover hostility to the Union or a
faint of sectonalism in the resolutions adopted
BY the Convention The Constitution and the
Union repose on the equality Of the States
which lies like a broad foundation underneath
our whole political structure As construe
them, the resolutions simply assert this equal.
ity. They demand nothing for anv State or
section that is not cheerfnily conceded to all
the rest. 1t is we'll to remember that the
chief disorders which have afflicted our coun-
try have grown out Of the violation of State
equailty; and that as long as this great prin-
cple has been respected, we have been bless
60 with harmony and peace. Nor will il be
easy to persuade the country that resolutions
are sectional which command the support of
majority of the States, and are approved
by the bone and body Of the old Democracy.
and by vast mass OF conservative opinion
everywhere, without regard to party.
II mas been necessary more than once in
our history to pause and solemnly assert the
true character Of this Government A men,
oanle instance occurred in the struggle which
ended in the civil revolution Of $500. The
Republicans Of that day, like the Democracy
OF this, were stigmatized as disunionists, but
they nobly conducted the contest under the
Constitution, and saved our political system.
ny hike constitutional struggle, it is intend
ca now to assert and establish the equality Of
the States, as the only basis Of Union and
peace. When this object so national, so con-
stitutaonal, so just shall be accomplished, the
last cloud viii disappear from the American
sAl, ana with common hands and hearts the
states and the people viii unite to develop the
resources OF the whole country, to bind il to-
gether with the bonds of intercourse and
brotherhood, aud to impel il onward in its
great career. The Constitution and the
Equality Of the States These are symbols
OF Everlasting Union. Let these Be- the Tal-
lying cries Of the people.
trust that this canvass will be conducted
without Izncor, and that temperate arguments
WIN take the place Of hot words and passion
s.e accusations. Above all, l venture hum
oly 70 hope that Divine Providence, to whom
we owe our origin, our growth, and all our
prosperity, viii continue to protect our be-
loved country against all danger, foreign and
domestic.
am, with great respect, your friend,
JOHN G. BRECKENRIDGE.
Hon. G. CUsHISG, President Of the Nation
a Democratic Convention.
THE BEST BEYOND A QUESTION,
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