Litchfield enquirer., 1864-09-15
Geteral Aelus.
GEN ,MC'CLELLAN-S LETTER.
He Accepts the Nomination and
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] ..., ORANGE, N. J., Sept. 8, 1884. Ge'1Ien'en ;-l have the honor to acknowf edge the receipt of your letter, Informing lle oi my nomination by the Democratic National Convention, recently held at Chicago, as their | candidate at the next election for President of the United States. l 1t is unnecessary for me to say to von tbat this nomination comes to me unsoueht | am happy to know that when the nomina. ton was made, the record of my public life was kept in view.
 | The effect of long and varied services in the army during war and peace, has been to strengthen and make indelble in my mind and heart, the love and reverence for the Uuion Constitution, Laws, and Flag of our country, impressed upon me in early youth.
 These feelings have thus tas guided the course of my life, and must continue to 60 30 to it's 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 tue people. ss~- a2, l The preservation of the Union was the sole avo"ed object for which the war. was com menced. 1t should have been conducted for that object only and in accordance with those principles which 1 took occasion to declare when m active servicc..
 Thus conducted the work of reconciliation would have been easy, and We might have reapcd the benefits of our many victories on land and sea.
 The Union was originally formed by the exercise of spirit of consolidation and con- promise. Torestore and preserve it, the same spirit must prevail ill our councils and ill the hearts of the people.
 | The re-estabshment of the Union in all it's integrity, is, and must continue to be, the in dispensable condition in any settlement, So soon as it is clear and probable that our pres ent adversareS are ready for peace, upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practiced by civil ized natlous, and taught by the traditions of the American people, consistent with the honor and interests of the country, to socurec such peace, re establish the Union, and guarantee for the future the constitutional rights of every State. The Union is the one condition of peace-we ask no more
 Let me add what doubt not was, although uneXpressed, 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 1t should be recelved at once, with fu!l guar antee of all its constitutional rights, If frank earnest and persistent effort to ob tain those oh jects shuulI fail. the respollsDitv V for superior consequences will ial upon those who remain in arms against the Union. But the Union must b preserved at all hazards. I coald not look in the face of my gallant comrades of tue army and navy, who have sur vived so marry bIoty battles. and tell them that their lobors anA the sacr:e of so many of our slain a.d wounded brethren nad Geer in vain; that We had abandoned that U3.ion for which we have often ieltle:i our lives.
 A vast maj j"riiY ot our people, whether in the army and navy ur at honn, would, as would, hail with unbpunde> y ii" peruIrnent restoration of rraca. on the Oasis "f the Union under the Consl!; utlon without Ih'. eifilsion of another drop oi bo'l l'At, no pcate cln be permanent withnut Ct1i1I.
 As to the other su"i ,'cls presented in the resolutions of th.. G.',reii!ion, ne <. un'y say that 1 should seek. III The Consruniyn of the United States, uA tl4 !,Ws tFl,llei iA accord auce t!erewlh. iilc ruie of my lH'Y and the limitations of Executive power; r!,.ieayor to restore econoTy in rabIic eXpenjiIure, re- establish the supra macy of law, and by the op. eraton of d moro rigorous nationality, resume our commanding position among the nations oi the earth.
 The condition of our finances, the deprecia ton of the paper HoHcy, and the burdens thereby imposed on labor and capital, show the necessity oi a return tn 9 soGn'i fnancal sys tenn: while the nights of ciiz"n; and tn, |righ!s of States and the binding authority of Iw over President, Army and people, 1T subjects of no less ria! importance in war th2i in peace.
 Believing that the views here expressed ar' those Of the Convention and the peorle vol represent, acesi'L the nomination. l raaz the weight of tle responsibility to be borne should sbe people ratify yoar eAof'e.
 Conscious of my own Weakness. can onl. seek ferveutly the guidance of the Raer of tn, Universe and relying upon His all powerful aid, do aiy best to restore union and peace to suffering people, and to establish and guar' their liberties and rights.
 am, Gentlemen, ve"y respectfully, yoar obe dient servant,
 GEORGE B. Nc CLELLAN. Hon. HoRArIo SEYMOUR and others, Com
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