Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-07-11
MIX. DOUGLAS, LETTER OF AC.
CEP'rANCE.

MIR. DOUGLAS LETTER OF AC-
CEPrANCE. a
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1860.
GENrLEMEN:--In accordance with the
verbal assurance which gave you when
You placed in my hands the authentic evi.
dence Of my nomination for the Presidency
by the National Convention of the Demo
cratic party, J now send you my formal &C.
ceptancc. Upon careful examination of
the platform Of principles adopted at Charles
ton and re-atfirned at Baltimore, with an
additional resolution which is in perfect
harmony with the others, find it to be "
faithful embodiment OF the time honored
principles Of the Democratic party, as the
same were proclaimed and understood by
all parties in the Presidential contests of
l848. 1852, and 1885, {E Etr8Gs
Upon looking into the proceedings Of the
Convention also. find that the nomination
was made with great unanimity, in the
presence and with the concurrence of more
THAI two thirds Of the whole number Of del
egates, and in accordance with the long es
tablished usages Of the party. My infexi-
BILE purpose not to be candidate, nor ex-
cept the nomination under any contingency,
except as the regular nominee Of the Nation
al Democratic party, and in that case only
upon the condition that the usages as we'll
as the principles Of the partyshould be strict
" adhered to, had been proclaimed for long
time and become we'll known to the
country. These conditions having all been
complied with by the free and voluntary
action Of the Democratic masses and their
faithful representatives, without any agency,
interference, or procurement, on my part,
feel bound in honor and duty to accept
the nomination. In taking this step, l
am not mindful Of. the responsibilities it
imposes, but with firm reliance upon Divine
Providence have the faith that the people
will comprehend the true nature Of the
issue involved, and eventually maintain
the right. '.
The peace of the country and the perpe-
tuity of the Union have been put in jeopardy
by attempts to interfere with and to control
the domestic affairs Of the people in the
Territories, through the agency of the Fed
Government. If the power and the duty Of
Federal interference is to be conceded, two
hostile sectional parties must be the newt
able rcsult-the one iafiaming the passions
and ambition of the North, and the other
of the South, and each struggling to use the
Fedral power and authority for the aggrand-
iZement ofits own section, at the expense Of
the equal rights Of the other, and in deroga-
ton Of those fundamental principles Of self:
government which were firmly established
in this country by the American Revolution,
as the basis Of our entire republican sys-
tenn.
During the memorable period Of our po-
litical history, when the advocates of Fed
eral intervention upon the subject of Slavery
III the Territories had well nigh "precipita-
ted the country into revolution" the North
ern interventionis,s demanding the Wilmot
P.oviso for the prohibition of Slavery, and
the Southern interventionists, then few in
number, aid without single Representative
in either House Of Congress, insisting upon
Congressional legislation for the protection
of Slavery in opposition to the will of the
people in either case it will be remembered
that it required all the wisdom, power and
influence Of a Clay and Webster and Cass,
supported by tho conservative and patriotic
men Of the Wing and Democratic parties Of
the day ,o'deviSc and carry out line Of pol
icy which would restore peace to the coun-
try aud stability to the Union. The essen
'ial living pricip!e Of tina, policy, as applied
in the legistion Of 1850, was, and now
is non-iuterrention by Congress acith .Slacery
IN tie Territories The fair application Of
this just and equitable principle restored 'lar
lnony an, fraternity to distracted country.
II we now depart from that wise and Just
policy which produced these happy results
permit the country to he again distracted;
t if precipitated into revolution by sectional
contest between Pro Slavery and Ant-Sla-
very interventionists, where shall we look
for another Clay, another Webster, or an
other Cass to pilot the ship Of state over the
breakers into haven Of peace and safety.
The Fedral Union must be preserved
The Constitution must b: maintained in
violate in all its parts. Every right guaran.
teed by the Constitution must be protected
by law and in all cases where legislation is
necessary to its engagement. The judicial
authority as provided in the Constitution
must he sustained, and its decision implicitly
obeyed and faithfully executed. The laws
must be administered and the constituted
authorizes upheld and all unlawful resistance
to these things must be put down with firm
ness, impartialty and fidelity if we expect
10 enjoy and transmit unimpired to our pos
terity, that blessed inheritance which we
have received in trust from the patriots and
|sages of the Revolution.
With sincere thanks for the kind and
agreeable manner in which you have made
known to me the action of the Convention,
have the honor to bc,
Your friend and fellow citizen,
S. A. DOUGLAS.
Hon. WIN. II. Ludlow, Of New York ;
4. P. Dick, of North Carolina; P. G. Wick
Lift, Of Louisiana, and others Of Committee.
HON. A. COGGSWELL.
The following is from the Waseca Home
Vieso, and as it is from Republican sheet of
course it must he reliable
By letter We have just received from the
Chairman of the State Committee, are ad-
vised that the Hon. A. Cosgswell has mott
fed such Chairman that "he no longer con-
siders himself in connection ,oith the Republic
can party."
So the deed is done at last. The integri-
ty Of the man has arisen above party ties
and party fealty. We are not surprised at
this declaration from Mr.. Coggswell. For
II was fi,llv forshad0wed in his sneech be-