Gazette and sentinel., 1860-07-21
WAsHINGroN. July 6. 1860.

WAsHISGrON, July 6, 1860.
Sri have your letter Of the 23d
ult.. by which | am officially informed
Of my nomination for the office of Pre-
s;tcnt Of the United States, by the De-
mocratic National convention lately as
semblcd at Baltimore.
The circumstance of this nomination.
will Justify me in referring to Its per-
sonal aspect.
have not sought, O desired 10 be
placed before the country for the Office
of President. When my name was
presented to the Convention at Charles
ton it was withdrawn by a friend, IN
obedience to my expressed wishes. MY
( views had not changed when the Con
yention r~e-assembled at Baltimore, and
when ! heard Of the differences which
occurred there, my in~disposition to be
connected prominently with the cam
vass. was confirmed, and expressed to
many friends.
Without discussing the occurrences
which preceded the nominations, and
which are, or soon will be, well under
stood by the country, have only tosay
that | i approved, as Jxst seapscessar3
for the preservation of tH6 trstiohal or
c~anization, and the sacred right OF rep
resentation, the action Of the conven-
ton over whss4 9eu-toftssssgt te;9re-
side. and thus approving h.fst hfrrng
resolved to sustaixit, | feel thatt does
not become me to select the position l
shall occupy, nor to shrink froGthe
responsibilities of the. post to which !
have been assigned. Aycordlhgly; j
accept the nomination from-.'a Sense OF
public duty; and, as / think, uninHsSn
ced in any degree by the alluremeNsoa
|, ambition.
/ avail myself of this occasion to say
,r.s,at the co~nfidence'm ny personal ant
: public CHARACTER, implied by the actor
of the convention, will always be CRATE
:, fully remembered and it is but JUS
e also to my own feelings to express m.
qualification at the association OF m.
: name with thatof my friend Gen. Lane
a patriot and soldier, whose great SCI
vices in the field and in council entltl
d him to the gratitude and confidence
es his c~ountrymen.
J The resolutions adopted by the col
vention have my cordial approval
They are Just to all parts Of the IL
ID to all our citizens, native and natura
- lied, and they form a noble policy Il
q. anv Administration.
u The questions touching the rights
IS. persons and property which have OF la
been much discussed, find in these re
- olutions a constitutional solution. O'
Union is a confederacy OF equal sove
eign States. for the purposes enumer
&C. ted in the Federal Constitution. VIVA
&C. ever the common government holds
Ia trust for ali the States, must be enloy'
~ equally by each. II controls the ter
Tor tories in trust for all the States. Not
rs inc less than sovereignty can destr'
'e- or impair the rights of persons or pi
re- nertv, The Territorial Governmer
lie. ase subordinate and temporary, and n
sovereigns; hence they can not destr
or impair the rights OF persons or p
p.rty. While they continue to be I
iritories they are under tine control
Congress-. but the Constitution nowh'
c~onfers on any branch of the Fede
,eir Government the power to discrimin;
against the rights of the States or
property Of their citizens IN the terFi
ries Ii follows that the citizens OF
but the States may enter the territories
the Union with their property, of WI
ever kind, and enjoy it during the tie
fed torial condition, without let or !
! sore idgarce, either by Congress OF by