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BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.



MeClellan's Acceptance.
NEW York, Sept. 8.-The Committee APP
pointed by the Chicago Convention to no.
tifv en-. Mcclellan Of his nomination met
this r5orrinS at the st. Nicholas Hotel
NearlE alt the members of the Committee
were PRESENT
hotel and proceeded in carriages to the
house of Gen. Mcclellan, on 3lst street,
where they were received by the General
After tho ceremony Of introduction and
brief interview, the committee presented
to Gen. Mcclellan copy of the proceed
ings Of the Chicago Convention, and let
The General accepted the nomination, and
his letter to that effect will probably be for
mallv presented to the Committee this
evening. Besides the COMMITTEES. . large
number OF prominent gentlemen visited
Gen. Mcclellan to-day, among whom were
Augustus Belmont, Peter Cagger, Dean
Richmond and others.
Letter o. Accepssnees
ORANGE, N. J., Sept. Gentlemen:-I
have the honor to acknowledge the receipt
of your letter informing me Of my nomi.
yention, recently assembled at Chicago, a.
their candidate, at the next election, for
President of the United Ssates. 1t is un-
necessary for me to say to you that this
nomination comes to me unsought. am
happy to know that when the nomination
was made, the record ofmy 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 indeltble 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
continue to do sonntil its end. The ex-
istence Of more than one Government,
over the region which once owned our nag.
is Incompatible with the peace, the power
and the happiness Of the people.
The preservation of our Union was the
sole avowed object for which the war was
carried. It should have been conducted
with these principles which took occa-
sion once to declare in active service, thus
conducted, the work Of reconciliation
would have been easy and we might have
reaped the benefits OF our many victories
on land and sea.
The Union was originally formed by the
exercise of aspirit Of conciliation and con-
promise. To restore and preserve it the
same spirit must prevail in our counsels,
and in the hearts of the:people, the re-es-
tablishment Of the Union, in all its integ-
rity, must continue to be the Indispensable
condition in any settlement. SO soon rs It
is clear, or even probable that our present
adversaries are ready for peace, upon the
basis Of the Union, We should exhaust all
the resources Of craftsmanship practiced
by civilized nations, and taught by the
traditions Of the American people, consiS.
ent with the honor and interests OF the.
country.
To secure such peace, re-establish the
Union and guarantee for the future the
Constitutional rights Of every State in the
Union, Is the one condition Of peace. We
ask no more.
Let me add what I doubt not was, al
though unexpressed, the sentiment Of the
Convention, - it il Of the people they
represent that when any State Is willing TO
return to the Union ii should be received
at once with full guarantee Of all its Con-
stitutional rights.
II frank, earnest and persistent effort
to obtain those objects should fail, the re-
sponsibilitv for Interior consequences will
fall upon those who remain in arms against
the Union, but the Union inastbe preserved
1T all hazards. -
could not look in the face of my GAL
liant coulrades Of the army and navy, who
tell them that their labors and the sacrifice
o. so many Of our slain and
wounded brethren had been in vain, and
that We had abandoned that Union for
which we have so often perilled our lives.
vast majority OF our people who when
in army and navy or at home, would, as
would, hail with unbounded Joy the per.
manent restoration Of peace on the basis Of
the Union under the Constitution without
the effusion of another drop Of blood
but no peace CAM be permanent without
union as to the other subjects presented In
the resolutions of the convention so nObly.
ssy Ishould seek in the Constitution Of
the United States and tue lava framed in
accordance Herewith, the rule of nv duty
and the limitation of Executive power, en-.
deavor to restore economy in public ex-
penditures, re-establish the supremacy Of
law. and by the operation of more vigor.
Gus nationality, resume our commanding
poeition among the malone of the earth.
The condition of our finances, the depre-
citation OF the paper money and the bur.
dens thereby imposed on labor and capital
show the necessity Of . return to q sound
financial system, while the right Of citizens
to me rights Of States and the binding au.
thority Of law over President and people,
are subjects OF not less importance in war
than in peace.
. Believing that the views here expressed
are those OF the convention, and the people
you represent, I.accept the nomiD alton. I
realize the weight of the responsibility to
be borne, and should the people ratify
your choice, conscious OF my own weak
ness, I can only seek frequently the i
guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, aud
relying on His au-powerful aid, to do my
best to restore Union and peace to a suffer-
Ing people, and to establish aud guard their
liberties and rights. - ~
am. gentlemen, very respectfully, your
obedient servant, GEO. b. McCLELLAN.
hon. HoRATIo SEYMOUR aud others
Committee.
War Bulletin.
WAR DEPARTMEST, WASHINGTON, Sept.
Z. 1880 2. Mo. Gen. DIR, New York
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