Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-07-19

sscErT<ScE pF-rHE soNNAfIos FoK the
:. Julv 9.-Tho letterof az

Of the nomination for President has just
been made public. 1t is in answer to the
ielldymg lets from Herr paiss Qystipg;
Baltimore. Nd, June %, 1860.
Sir:--I am directed by vote of the
Dehfoemtic N tional Convention to inform
fyou that You have been this day unani-
fmonsly nominated By -it-ss-the candidate
OF the Democratic party for the Office, of
President ofthe United States. and in its be-
hal: to request you to accept the nominaf
tion. ..-.f -. - =,
beg leave. at the same time. to enclose
to you a copy. Of the resolutions adopted
by the Convention as the, political .platior M
On On WHICH Ifl thG party stands. Il have, the
honor TO be- =. .i,eJ sJl MOI ,.nif1oo +
Ia ~ Very respectfully, s4eeig1aau, T
/, - n,,e-r G. CUSHING, President.
Hon, J. c. BREckrsRrpsE. : r. f,7oe@- ,
p wasunlssdoroos CRY, g. June Jla &c. 1860.
DEAR SIR: have your letter Of the 23d
inst, by which am officially Informed of
my nomination for the office of President
of the United States by tho Dem ecratic Ma
ltioual Convention, lately assembled at BAL
timore. '''''''n' Nv" ''',,'''s
The circumstances Of this nomination
will justify me in referring to its personal
aspect.
have not sought nor desired to be
placed before the country for the office of
President. When my name was presented
to the Convention at Charleston, it was
withdrew by a friend in obedience to my
expressed wishes. My views had not
changed when the Convention re-asscm-
bled at Baltimore; and when / heard of the
differences which occurred there. my indis-
position to, be connccscd prominently with
the canvass was confirmed, and expressed
I to many friends. ... 600,
Without discussing the occurrences pre-
ceding the nominations, and which are or
soon will be understood by the country,
1 have only to say that approve, rs just,
and ncscessary to the preservation OF the
national organization. and the sacred right
of representation, the action of the Conven-
ton over which you continued to preside;
and thus approving ofitoapd having re-
solved to sustain it, ] feel that it does not
become me to select the position shall
occupy. nor to shrink from the response
bIities of the post which have been as
| signed. Accordingly, / accept the nomi-
nation from sense Of public duty, and, as
1 think. uninauenced in any degree by the
allurements Of ambition. r,
avail myself of this occasion to say
that the confidence inn personal and pub
lie character, implied by the action of the
Convention. will always be gratefully re-
membered; and it is but just, also, to my
own feelings. to express my qualification
at the association of my name with that Of
my friend, Gen. Lane, a patriot and sol.
dier, whose great services in the field and
in council entitle him to the gratitude and
confidence OF his countrymcn.
The resolutions adopted by the Conven-
ton have my cordial approval. They are
Just to all parts Of the union-to all oul
citizens. native and aturalized-and they
form noble policy for any Administers
ton.
The question touching the rights of per
son and property. which have of late been
much discussed, find in these resolutions
constitutional solution. Our Union is q
confederacy of equal sovereign States. fo
the purposes enumerated in the Fedora
Constitution. Whatever the common
Government holds in trust for all the State.
must be enjoyed equally by each. 1t con
trolls the Territories In trust for all tn,
States. Nothing less than sovereignty
can destroy or impair the rights of per
sons or property. The Territorial Gov
ernments are subordinate and temporary
; and not sovereign; hence they cam OF de
stroy or impair the rights of persons o.
property. While they continue to be Ter
ritories they are under the control of Con
gress, but the Constitution nowhere con
icrs on any branch of the Federal Govern
ment the power to discriminate against tn,
rights of the States, or the property o
their citizens in the Territories. 1t follows
that the citizens of all the States may en-
ter the Territories of the Union with thei
property of whatever kind. aud enjoy il
during the Territorial condition. without
let or hinirance, either by Congress oil
by the subordinatc Territorial Govern
ments. .s, ef~ -fffr =
: These principles flow directly from the
absence Of sovereignty in the Territorial
Z Governments. and from the equality Of the
I States. Indeed, they are essential to tina,
equality which j., and ever has been. the
! vital principle OF our constitutional Union
4 They have been settled hgislatively, set
4 tied juIicially, anil are sustained by righI
reason. They rest on the rock OF the Con
] stitution., They will preserve the Con-
! stitution-they will preserve the Union.
j 1t is idle to attempt to smother thes'
great issues, or to misrepresent them BY
the use Of partisan phrases. which are mis-
leading anil decisive. Tbs people viii
\ look beneath such expressions as inter
vcntion, - Congressional slave code. 'ant
!, the like. and ,wali pcnetrateit to, the rea
/ questions involwd.n The friends of con
stitutionsl equality DO not. and newer did
demand ssQongressioual slave code. !
nor any other code in regard to property
4 inthe Territories n,lhey hold the doctrin
}, ofnop intervention by Congress, or by,
J, | Territorial Legislature, either. to establish
f or prohibit slavery; but they assert {forti
i fed by the highest judicial tribunal in thu
u Union) the plain duty of the. Fedora
j Government, in all its departments, to- Sc