The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-07-13
Judge Douglas Letter of Ac.
Cept2 nee.


" ASiilNGioN, June -, 1850.
GESTLEMEN In accordance with the
verbal assurance which gave you when
you placed in my hands the authentic ey-
idence of my nomination for the Presiden.
CIV by the National Convention of the
Democratic party, | now send you my
formal acceptance. Upon careful ex-
animation of the platform Of principles
adopted at Charleston, and lie affirmed at
Baltimore with an additional resolution,
which is in perfect harmony with the 9TH
ers, fnl it to be faithful embodiment
OF the time honored principles of the Dem
ocratic party, as the same were proclaim
ed and understood 10y all parties in the
! Presidential contests of 164S, 1852 and
| 1886
Upon looking into the proceedings of
the Convention also | find that the nomi-
nation was made with great unanimity in
the presence and with the concurrence of
more than two-thirds of the whole number
of delegates, aud in exact concordance
with the long established usages of the
party. My intlexible purpose not TO be
candidate. nor accept the nomination I'M
| der any contingency, except as the regular
/ nominee Of the National Democratic party,
and in that case only upon the condition
/ that the usages as well IS the principles of
the party should be strictly adhered to,
had been proclaimed for a long time and
/ become well known to the country
! These conditions having all been complied
with by the free and voluntary action of
| the Democratic masses and their faithful
|
! reference, or procurement on my part, |
feel bound in honor aud duty to accept
the nomination.
In taking this step, I am not unminI-
full Of the responsibilities it imposes, but,
with firm reliance upon Divine Provi-
dence, have the faith that the people
will comprehend the true nature Of the
issues involved, and eventually maintain
the right. The peace of the country and
the perpetuity OF the Union have been put
IL Jeopardy by attempts to interfere with,
and to control the domestic affairs Of the
people in the Territories through the
agency of the Federal Government If
tie power and the duty Of Federal inter
ference is % be conceded, two hostile sec
lional parties must be The inevitable result,
the one intaming the passions and ambi-
ton Of the North, and the other of the
South, and each struggling TO use Federal
power and authority Tor ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
of It's 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 estab-
lisled in tins country by the American
! Il. Loo =
! publican system. During tie memora-
bic period Of our political history when
the advocates Of Federal intervention upon
the subject Of slavery in tho Territories
had well nigh precipitatcd the country
into reyolution,' the Northern interyen-
tonists demanding the Willmot Proviso
for the prohibition Of slavery, and the
Southern in.eryentionists, then few in
number and without siage representa-
tive in either House Of Congress, insisted
upon Congressional legislation for the
protection Of slavery, in opposition to the
wishes Of the people in either case, it viii
be Remembered TIA. It repaired al the
wisdom, poher a,j i.Gt.l., Of a lar,
and Webster and 2 Cass, SUPPORTED hy
the conservative and rs.:i tic lnca Of The
Wing and Democratic parties Of that day,
to devise and cary out line Of policy
2 which would restore peace to the country
4 and stability to the Union.
The essential living principle Of that
policy as applied il tie legislation If $50
b was, and now IS, non interrrnfioa By Coz
e gyesS actM alaDery IN tie I.aritories, The
fair application Of this just and equitable
principle restored harmony and fraternity
D to a distracted country. five now de
part from that wise and lust policy which
:, produced these happy results and permit
! the country to be again distracted, if pre-
/ cipitated into revolution by a sectional
contest between pro-siayery, and anti
. slavery nventonists, where Shall we looI,
e for another Clay, another Webster or
another Cass to pilot the ship OF State
r over the breakers into haven Of peace
; and safety.
The Constitution must be maintained III