Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-26
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A Patrio,lo letter Of Acceptance.l


The following letter accepting their nomina-
tions, has been addressed by the Democratic
candidates for State offices In New York to the
Democratic COMMITTEES of that State . al,aa1ss s.,is
To THE DEMoCRArIe STATE ComMlrrxE: noiaH.
GESrLEMEE-T The undersgn ned acknowledge
receipt Of your communication Of the Igsh inst.,
informing US OF our respective nominations for
the several State Offices to be filed at the ensu.
ing election. ~ VI ~, ~ !. ..s1!s,l !
Permit us to express to your committee, az
the organ Of the Democratic Convention lately
held az tSyracuse,our grateful acknow Judgments
for the honorable posiiions which have been as.
signed Us upon the Democratic State ticket, 5ii5
When; party Organization, whose existence
dates back almost TO the birth Of our own Re.
public, and which for more THAI half century
has guided its progress to power and greatness,
resisting the solicitations Of the ephemeral party
of The hour TO dissolve and cease political action,
moves onward in ia accustomed course, and
tenders Us the Donors aud the responsibilities Of
being its standard beaters, We will not decline
any duty 1t may assign TO Us. '''' 1ylI -,ill5- y
In accepting the honor thus conferred, at a
momentons crisis Ia public affairs, we deem IL
proper TO refer briefly to the present state of our
country and Che duties incumbent On all good
citizens and true patriots. 1.s ..-rse.l
The revolutionary doctrine of secession, so
long and persistently resisted by our party, has
at last eliminated 10 q bloody and destructive
civil war. This war is one OF gigantic pro-
portions. 1t reaches the whole country and
every interest IN It, 1t threatens to overthrow
the government, aud with that TO DESTROY the
last hopes OF man for free Institutions. At
such juncture the Democratic party would be
recreant to itself and unmindful of all Its glo.
rious antecedehts, did 1t not promptly take i.s
stand by the side Of the government, and pledge
all its energies to the support of the executive
power in the maintenance of the Constitution
and the Union. During The present war, some
OF us, as State officers, and all Of us as citizens,
have already, to the best Of our ability, aided
! in the prosecution of the war; and we shall be
proud to contribute In the future cur earnest eff.
forts in sustaining the executive in the proper
exercise OF all such powers as the exigencies of
the crisis may demand % 40 ..s >
At the South the revolutionary doctrine of
the right of secession, aided by fanatcal abo-
litionism at the Moth, has arrayed vast and
powerful armies against the government. If
this resistance to law and constitutionalright be
not put down the government is at an end, and
we are at the mercy Of any ambitious military
leader who can raise an army sufficient to defy
the civil power. .r--ee s
We, therefore, in common with the Demo
cratic masses Of the State, are IN 6auor of cig-
Orously sustaining The Government IN its present
struggle TO maintain The Constitntton, The latus
and The Union, at all hazards, and at am cost Of
blood and treasure.- Nor do we believe that In
order to do this. in tho true spirit Of patriots,
1t is necessary TO disown our fealty to our par.
| ty We believe that our loyal and energetic
action as party In support Of the Gopernme ent
of the peoples choice, will be the best assur-
ance that this warts not wsged to subjugate the
South or destroy its institutions, nor to estab-
lish the political theories of the present party
in power: but solely for the preservation of a
Constitution and an Union, under which all may
be assured Of equal protection and the enjoy
ment of equslrights fz-Essr
|, We are the more confirmed of this view when
we find that the Democratic party of the nation
| has furnished to the Government the larger
portion of the loyal soldiery who are now iu
the ranks of our grand army, ready and will
ing, If need be, to give their lives to the cause
Of their country. ---sgrg
] We will never consent that the Union shall
be dissolved and the government broken up
either to crafty ambitioug secessionists at the
South or abolitionists at the North. The. doc.
trine of the democratic party is now, as IL was
in the days of nullifcation, when our great
democratic leader, Jackson, guided the desti
nies of the nation: "2hs URiOa must and shall
be PRESCRIBED" i.sl 'a a.-oI -1l-a
Inspired with such sentiments, we enter upon
the canvass with the hope that our opinions, az
above expressed, may meet the approval Of all
conservative Union loving citizens who wish to
see the government maintained, lavlees yio-
lence repreased, and peace finally restored to
the whole country, under the constitution, upon
the firm basis Of equal rights to every citizen,
Most respectfully your humble servants, X
d. R. FLOYD JONES, --. 'ra
GEORGE G.. SCOTT, r uvu
MARSHALL B. CHAPLAIN,
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, -,rsisE
-. 4als VAN RENSSELAER, RICHMOND
vE.F JARVIS LORD " -r7i-ls 40
WILLIAM w. WRIGHT, sa ,Jr
WILLIAM G. RHODES.
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