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WAsanoros CHI. july & 1850
Dean S1n: have your letter of the e3a plt..
by which am officially informed Of nv uomi.
nation for the otlic. Of President of the United
States by the Democratic National Convention
lately asssembled at Ha'timore.
The circumstapces of this nomination will ;ua-
tify me iu ,eferrinr to its persoual aspect.
thare rot sourht nor desired to he n1sced
before the county, for the Office Of Fresident.
When mr. name was presented to the Couyeu.
tion at Charleston, it was Withdrawn by afriend
in obedience to my expressed wishes, My
C0&nNFd Convention
reasseubled at Baltimore, and when heard OF
the differences, which occurred there, nv indis.
position to be connected prominently with the
canvass was confirmed and erpreaaef3 to many
friends.
Without discussing the occurrences which
preceded the nomiustious. and wh,ch are or
will be we'll understood by tbe country. I hare
only to ray that approved. as Just and neces-
sary to the preservation of the National orpauj.
zat,on and the sacred right Of representation,
the Convention over which :you continued to
preside; and thus approving it, and having re-
solved TO euttain il, feel that it does not be-
come me to select the poaation shall occupy,
nor to shrink from the responsibilities Of lhc
post to which have been assigned. Accord.
inEfy, accept the nomination from sense Of
public duty, and, as think, uninAuenced in
any degrees by the allurements Of ambition.
I avail myself Of this occasion to say that the
confidence ia my persona! and public character
Implied By the action Of the Convention, will
always be gratefully remembered; and it is but
just. also. 10 my own feelings to express my
grshhcat1o1 At The association OF ny name
with that Of my friend Gen. Lane, patriot and
soldier whose great services j: the field and in
The council entlfle him to the gratitude and
confidence Of bis countrymeu.
The Resolutions adopted by the Convention
hare my cordia! approval. They are just to all
parts Of the Union, to nil our citizens, native
and natural zed, and they form noble policy
for any Administrations.
and property, which have Of late been MECH
discussed, ind IN these resolutions constltu-
tional Solution. our Union is Coufederacy Of
e4ual soverel n states, for the purposes emu
meraten IN the feder1l Constitution. What
ever the common Government holds in trust
for all the States must be enjo Dyed equally BY
each 1t controls tire Territories IN trust Tor all
the States. Nothing less than sovereignty eau
destroy or impair the rights Of persons or prop
erfy. The Territorial Governments are subUr-
dinate and temporary, and NIT sovereign;
hence they CANNOT destroy or impair the rights
Of persons or properly. While they continue
to be Territories they are under the contro! Of
on any branch Of the Federal Government the
power to discriminate against the rights Of the
States or the property Of their citizens in the
Territories. 1t tollows that the citizens of all
the States may enter the Territories Of the
Union with their property, OF whatever kind.
aud epioy it during tie territorial condition
without let or 1ilndrance, either by Congress or
These principles flow directly from the ab-
sence Of soFerelgnty IN the Territorial Govern
menus, ana rom Tue eqaalsF Of the States. In
decd. they are essential to that equality, which
Is, and ever 1a1 been, thc vital principle Of our
const1a'lonai union' ihcs have been settled
leg'saai1sely-ae'tled Jod1elai'y, and are sus-
tanned 81 right reason: They rest On tie rock
oi the Constitut1on-they will preserve the Un-
ion.
II Il idle TO attempt to smother these great
issues, or to misr-present them by the use Of
partisan phrases. which are misleading mud de.
lusIse. The people wall look benea eath sHch e1-
pressions as "lntervention,' Congressional
5lave'Code, and tue ike, and Will penetrate 10
the rea! questions involved. The friends Of
0snH&$tfn11nnA3 nnf Il
demand "Cohgressional s!ave Code. Mor any
other code IL regard to property ia tue Terrific
res. They hold the doctrine OF non-interyen-
t1on b. Congress or by Territorial Leglsla-
ture, either 10 establish or prohibit Slavery !;
but they assert cortliled ny the highest judicial
ttI9uha1 IN tne tnsoa] tae pia'n duty Of the
Federal Government. IN ail its departtncnts, to
secure "hen necessary. TO tne citizens Of oil
the otAtes, tue enjoyment OF Their property in
Tue common 1erfnof1es, ~ rs every where else
*Ha1n us )uf1soicuoo' Inc oniy logical hu-
swer 10 tbs "enlo seem 10 oe 10 e!aim sover"
e'gn power 'or me ael!!a.ofaez, OF 10 deny that
tna Constatat'on 1eeogn1zes properly 10 ina ser
wees o. negro s.a'es' OF 10 oeny that ouch
property can exist
lnexorah1e logic, which works its steady way
through clouds and passion, compels the coun.
try to meet tic issrt. There is no eyasire mid.
die ground. Already The signs multiply Of q
fanasical and growing party, which denies that
under The Constitution or by my other Law,
slsxe property can exist; and ultimately The
struggle must come between this party and the
National Democracy, sustained by all the other
conservative elements in the Union.
think it will be impossible for candid mind
to discover hostility to the Union or taint Of
aectionulism in the resolutions adopted br the
Convention. The Constitution and the Union
.reposa on the equality Of tie htates, which lies
like broad foundation underneath our whole
political atIucture. AZ / construe them, the
resolutions simply assert this equality. They
demand nothing tor any Stute OF section that i
not cheerfnl'y conceded to ail the rest 1t is
well To remember that the chief disorders which
the riaIation OF State equality, and TINT az long
as this great principle nas been respected We
have been blessed with harmony and neace.
Nor viii It be easy to pertuade ,he country Tint
resolutions a1e sectional which command the
support Of msjority Of the States, and are ap-
proved by the bone and body Of tue old Demo-
cracy, and bg q vast mass OF conservative cpiu.
ion everywhere, without regard 10 party.
Ithas bean necessary, mora than once in our
history, to pause and solemply assert the true
character OF this Government L memorable
in the civil revolution Of 1760. The Repuhli-
cans Of that day, like the Democracy Of this,
were BtIgmsa1zed as dsunlonlste, but they no.
bly, conducted the contest under the Constltu-
ton, and saved our potltica system " like
constitutional BtrunQlE it IL iutEbGEd to Asa