Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1860-07-14

nomination.
beg leave, at the same time, to enclose
to you copy of the resolutions adopted
by the Convention as the political platform
on which the party stands.
have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
G. CUSHING, President.
Hon. j. G. BRECKINRIDGE.
WASHINGTON CRY, June &c, 1860.
DEAR SIR:-I have your letter of the
23d inst, by which l am officially inform
ed Of my nomination for the Office Of Pres
ident of the United States by the Demo
cratic National Convention, lately assem-
blcd at Baltimore.
Tho circumstances of this nomill alton
will justify me referring to its PERSONAL as,
pcct.
have not sought nor desired to be
placed before the country for thc Office Of
President. Wh.n my name was present
ed to the Convention at Charleston, it was
withdrawn hy friend in obedience to my
expressed wisheS. My views had not chang
cd when .hc Convention rcassemblcd at Bal
timore; and when | heard of the differ
cnces which occurred there, my irdisposi-
ton to be connected prominently with the
canvass was confirmed, and expressed to
many friends.
Without discussing the occurrences which
preceded the nominations, and which are
or soon will be well understood by the
country, | have only to say that approve
as just, and necessary to the. preservation on
of the national organization, and the sa
cred right OF representation, the action Of
the Convention over which you continued
to preside; and thus approving it, and
having resolved to sustain it, feel that it
does not bccoms me to sci .ct the position |
shall occupy, nor to shrink from the re-
sponsiblitcs of the post to which | have
been assigned. Accordingly, / accept the
nomination from sense of public duty
sud lis | think, influenced in any degree
by the alluremcnts of ambition.
avail myself Of this occa ion to say that
the confidence in my personal and public
character implied by the action OF the
Convention, will always be gratefully re-
ncmbercd 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 General Lane, parrot and Il
soldier, whose great services in the field
and i'll council cntitlc him to the gratitude
and confidence of his countrymcn
The resolutions adopted by the Convcn-
ton have my cordial approval. They are
just to all part, Of the Union--to all our
citizens, native and naturalized-and they
form nobl; policy for any Administra-
ton.
The question touching the rights of per.
son and property, which have of late been
much discussed, find in these resolutions a
constitutional solution. Our Union is a
contedcracy of equal sovereign States, for
the purposes enumerated III the Federal
Constitution. Whatever the common Gov
crnment holds in trust for all the States
must be enjoyed equally by each. 1t
controls the Territories in trust for all the
States. Nothing less than sovereignty can
destroy or impair the rights of persons or
property. The Territorial Governments
are subordinate and temporary and not
sovereign; hence they cannot destroy or
impair the rights of persons or property.
nudnr tho vonr "omtro, ~ nFrri o''Gs .aey
Constitution nowhere confcrs on any branch
OF the FEDERAL Government the power to dis
crlmlnate against the rights of the St.tes
or the property of their citizens in the Ter.
rltories. 1t follows that the citizens of all
iTnior % w;th may tyo;n in'ep .no ierrltorles oi the
t;nd ."d "i'I an;a;. .noii property Oh Whatever
cond;tinm w'iiI5nt S - u. uutin I'll the territorial
hv Con%r,.S ~otv p', .t .t' VI hnerahce' either
t9riaI GavSTnmOrt Un ~ Tue s0'ofoi""'e Terri
Tb.So m r; nrinn;nl"s nHo.s' a a,,. ,;.e ,
absence If snvarain. nU" u; u'tIe a. rom tnG
GoverpmentS and FROM th tho 'no hGtris1tial
States TnJoaS L tLo, ''n 'ne e'laai,'y Oh ,he
onuaIit IeIo mLioI .n'y ~ are essential to tha'
v;taI nSn";aIn "nIn IS -, anu ever mas peen, the
Tbsv noip.o hano .. our constitutional Union,
;ndioiam "'en H se'''cu ieglSlatiVely, settled
SON ri S6r "n" noat are sustained ,L py right rea-