Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-09-14
Gen. McClellan's Letter of Ac-
ceptance.
Tie don't want to understand plain English
Would have probably preferred the Peace
Resolution in Dutch or Irish Talks Of war
as if peace men were SkunkS, whose votes
be DENT wants. sound on Slavery. sc.

GENTLEMEN nave the honor to &C
knowledge the receipt of your letter 10
forming me Of my nomination by the
Democratic National Convention, recently
assembled at Chicago, as their candidate 1t
the next election for President of the
United States.
1t is unnecessary for me to say to you
that this nomination comes to me unsought
L am happy to know that when the nom
ination was made the record Of my public
life was kept in view.
The effect of long and varied service in
the army, during war and peace, has been
to strengthen and make indelible in my
mind and heart the love and reverence for
the Union, Constitution, laws, and flag of
our country impressed upon me in early
youth.
These feelings have thus far guided the
course of my life, and must continue to do
SO to its end
The existence Of more than one govern.
ment over the region which once owned
our flag Is incompatible with the peace,
the power, and the happiness of the peo
pie.
The preservation Of our Union was the
sole avOwed object for which the war Was
commenced. and it should have been con
Quoted IN accordance with those principles,
which L took occasion to declare when In
active service.
Thus conducted, the work of reconcilia-
tion would have been easy, and we might
have reaped the benefits Of our many vic
tories on land and sea
The Union Was originally formed by the
exercise of a spirit OF Cancellation and com
promise. and to restore aud preserve it the
same spirit must prevail in our councils
and in the hearts of the people The re.
establishment of the Union in all its integ
rity is, and must continue tC be, the inds
pensable condition in any settlement.
SO soon as 1t is clear or even probable
that our present adversaries are ready for
peace upon the basis of the Union, we
should exhibit all the resources of states
manship practiced by civilized nations and
taught by the traditions OF the American
people, consistent with the honor and in
teress of the country, to secure such peace,
re establish the Union, and guarantee for
the future the unconditional rights of every
State. The Union is the one condition Of
peace, and we ask no more
Let M add what | doubt not was, al
though unexpTessed, the sentiment of the
Convention, as it is of the people they
represent: that when any one State is
willing to return to the Union it should be
received at once, with full guarantee of
all It's constitutional rights If frank
earnest, and persistent effort to obtain those
objects should fail, the responsibility for
Interior consequences will fall upon those
who remain In arms against the Union,
but the Union must be preserved at all
hazards.
| could not look in the face Of nv esl
liant comrades of the army and navy. who
have survived so many bloody battles, and
tell them that their labors aud the sacri-
flee OF so many OF our slain and wounded
brethren had been in vain-that We had
abandoned that Union for which we have
so often perilled our lives. A vast major
ity of our people, whether in the army and
navy or at home, would, as | would, hail
with unbounded JOY the permanent resto-
ration of peace on the basis of the Union
under the Constitution, without the etfu-
sion of another drop of blood, but 10 peace
can be permanent without Union.