Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-06-11

Washington Hunt, officially informing him
of his nomination by the Union Conven-
ton:
/ DEAR SIR-Oficial information of my
nomination to the Presidency by the Ma
/ tional Union Convention. of which you
were the presiding officer, was commune
Gated TO me by your letter of the llth
/ instant, at Philadelphia, On the eve of my
[ departure with my family for my place OF
residence in Tennessee. and difident ms /
was of nv worthless, did not hesitate TO
! signify nv intention to accept the position
assigned to me by that distinguished and
patriotic body. But for convenience. .ud
under sense of the propriety of acting IN
/ SO grave matter With greater delloera-
( ton, concluded, as informed you at the
+ time By private note, to defer formal
acceptance until after my arrival at home.
, Now that have had all the leisure
could desire for reflection upon the cir
cumstauces under which the nomination
was made, the purity of the motives and
the lofEy- shirt of patriotism by which the
Convention was animated, rs evinced IN
all its proceedings, can appreciate more
Justly the honor done me by the nomina-
lion: and, though it might have been more
fortunate for the country had ii fallen upon
some one of the many distinguished
statesmen whose names were brought to
the notice of the Convention, rather than
myself. I accept it, with all its possible re-
sponsibilities. Whatever may be the is
sue of the ensuing canvass, as for myself
shall ever regard it as proud distinction
one worth lifelong effort to attain
: TO be pronounced worthy to receive ;he
highest Office in the government at
such time as the present. and by such
a convention as that which recently met
in Baltimore convention, far less i'm
posiup by the plumber of its members,
large as it was, than by theirhigh character.
In it were men venerable alike for their
age and their public services, who could
not have been called from their yolun-
tarv retirement from public life but by the
strongest sense of patriotic dutyi others,
though still ia the prime of life, ranking
with the first men of the country by nom
ors and distinctions already acquired in
higf official positions, State and nationals
mary of them statesmen worthy to fill the
hig nest office in the government; still
greater number occupying the highest
ruEk in their respective professional pur-
suits; others distinguished by their intelll-
gence and well earned influence in vari-
Gus walks of priv ate life, and all animated
and united by one spirit and one purpose
the result of strong conviction that
oar political system, under the operation
of complication of disorders, is rapidly
approaching crisis when speedy change
must take place, indicating at in diseases
of the physical body, recovery or death.
The Convention, in discarding the use of
platforms, exncts no pledges from those
whom they deem worthy of the highest
trusts under the government; wisely con-
sidering that the surest guaranty of n
mans future usefulness and fidelity to the
great interests of the country, in any
official station to which he may be chosen,
| is to be found in his past history connec-
ted with the public service. The pledge
| implied in my acceptance of the nomina-
1 ton of the National Onion Convention is,
| that should be elected, will not depart
! from the spirit and tenor of my past course;
| and the obligation to keep this pledge
derives q double force from the considera-
| ton that none is required from me.
ortHl5Rfstt sEuiR.. X08Eylsttsr Sc containing the
/ ha.e been pleased to ascribc to me the
merit of moderation and justice in my
past public career. You have likewise
given me credit for uniform support of
| all wise and bene6cent measures of legis-
lation, for firm resistance to all measures
calculated to engender sectional discord,
and for lifelong devotion to the union,
harmony, and prosperity of these States
Whether your personal partially has led
you to Ovcrstate my merits as public
man or not in your enumeration of them,
you have presented a summvry-a basis OF
all sound American craftsmanship. 1t
may be objected that nothing is said in
this summary, in express terms, of the OBJ
legations imposed by the constitutions; but
| I'D ohc ia
clearly implied, for without due obser-
vance in the conduct of the government, OF
the constitution, its restrictions aud re-
! quirements, fairly interpreted in accor-
dance with its spirit and objects, there can
be no cud to sectional discord-nO SeCuri-
ty for the harmony of the Union.
l have not the vanity TO assume hat in
my past connection with the public ser
vice l have cxemplified the course of a
sound American statesman; but if have
deserved the favorable view tnken of it in
your letter, may hope, by faithful adj
hercnce to the maxims by which l have
heretofore been guided, not altogether to
disappoint the confidence and expectations
of those who have placed me in my pres
ent relation to the public; and if, under
Providence, should be called TO preside
over the affairs of this great country as
the executive chief of the government, the
only further pledge feel called upon to
make is, that to the utmost of my ability,
and with whatever strength of will can
command, all the powers and influence
belonging to my official station shall be
employed aud directed for the promotion
of all the great objects for which the gov
ernment was instituted, but more especial
ly for the maintenance of the constitution
and the Union against all opposing influ-
ences and tendencies.
cannot conclude this letter without
nomination to the second Office under the
government of that emipently gifted and
| distinguished statesman of Massachusetts,,
| Edward EHerptt n rentleman held hv nm,