New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1860-07-20
Judge Douglas Letter, Of Ac,
a7?ao3 an ceptance. ,.o-, ~.,
WASHINGTON June o7th is

UENTLEMEN.--ln accordance wit
the verbal assurance which I gave 70,
when you placed in my hands the AZ
thentic evidence Of my nomination 70
the Presidency by the National Conven
tlon Of the Democratic party, / now sen
you my formal acceptance. Upon
careful examination Of the platform 0
principles adopted at Charleston, AM
re-affrlued at Baltimore with an addi
1 tional resolution, which is in persec
harmony with the others, Z find it to b,
a faithful embodiment of the time honor
ned priciples, of the Democratic. party
as the same were proclaimed and under.
stood, by all parties i'll the Presidential
contests of 1913, 1852, and 1856.
Upon looking, into the proceedings Of
the Convention; also I find that the
nomination was inads with great una
nimityginathe pressence and with the
concurrence of mere than wo-thirds of
the whole number Of delegates and in
exact concordance with the long estab-
lished .usages Of the party. My 'inaex-
ible purpose not to be candidate, nor,
accept the nomination under any continl
gency, exceptas the regular nominee Of
the National Democratic party, and in
that case only upon the, condition that
the usages, as we'll as the principles Of
the party, should be strictly adhered to,
had been proclaimed for a long time,
and become we'll known to the country.
These conditions having all been com
piled with, by the free. and voluntary
action of the Democratic masses and
their faithful representatives, without
any agency, interference or procure
ment on my part, l feel bound in honor
and duty to accept the nomination.
In taking this step, [ am net 'unmind-
full Of the responsibilities it imposes,
hats with firm reliance upon Divine
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 in jeopardy by attempts
to interfere with, asa to tocontrolthe do |
mestic affairs of the people in thea Ter
ritories through the agency Of the, Fed I
eral Government. . # the power and the
duty Of Federal interference is to be
conceded, two hostile, sectional parties
must be the inevitable result, the one, |
the passions and ambition Of
the North, and the other Of the South,
and each struggling to use Federal
power and authority for the ,aeggrandizc-1
meat of it's own section, at the expensel
Of the equal rights Of the other, and 10
derogation Of those Fundamental princi-
pies Of sclf-government which were firm
ly established in this country BY the
Amcricansrevolution, as the basis Of cur
Republican SYSTEM. During the mean |
orable period of our political history
when the advocates of Federal interven-
tion upon the subject Of slavery in the
Territories, had we'll nigh "precipitated
The icountry into revolution ? the North
ern intorventionists demanding the Will
mot, Provisoo for the prohibition Of sla- |
very, and the Southern interyentionists
then, few in number, and without a sin
gle representative in either House Of
Congress, insisted upon Congressional
legislation for the protection Of slavery.
in opposition to the wishes Of the people
in either casc.rit will be remembered
that itrequired all the wisdom, powor,
and influence, of q Clay, . Webster and
: Cass, supported by the, conservative
and patriotic men of the Wing, and
Democratic parties Of that day, to devise
and carry out q line Of policy which
would restore peace to the country, and
stability to the Uhionsol cad asm
/, The essential liyingiprinciple Of thai
policy, as applied ip the legislature isllaa, Of
1850 was, and now is, ,son-interventio's
by Congress, Nth slavery IN TIE Ter
|ritories. The fair application Of this
Isnsfl and nnuitahla nrineiinla l,.astnrad