Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1864-09-09

ORAS0F, N. J September s, 1854.
GENTLEMEN: / have the honor to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your letter informing me Of
my nomination, by the Democratic National
Convention, recently assembled at Chicago, as
their candidate at tho next election for Presi
dent of the United States.
II Is unnecessary 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 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 government
over the region which once owned our flag Is
Incompatible with the peace, the power, and
the happiness of the people.
The preservation OF our Union was the sole
ayowed object for which the war was COM
menced. 1t should have been conducted for
that object only, and in accordance with those
principles which took occasion TO declare
when 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.
ercise Of spirit Of conciliation and compro
mise. To restore and preserve 1t the sam,
spirit must prevail in our councils and in thC
hearts Of the people. The re-establishment o
the Union in all its integrity is and must con
tinue to be the Indispensable condition In an.
settlement. 30 soon as II is clear, or evei
probable, that our present adversaries ar
ready for peace upon the basis of the Union
we should exhaust all the resources of states
mAnship practised by civilized nations an
taught Oy the traditions of the American peo
pie, consistent with the honor and interests o
the country, to secure such peace, re-establis
the Union, and guarantee for the future tn
constitutional rights OF every State. The Uniol
Is the one condi ion Of peacej we ask no more
Let me add what doubt not was, althoug
uneXpressed, the sentiment of the convention
as 1t is of the people they represent, that whei
any one State Is willing 10 return 10 the Union
1t should be received at once, with full guar
anty Of all It's constitutional rights.
II frank, earnest, and persistent effort Il
obtain these objects should fail, the resposibll
ity for ulterior consequences will fall upol
those who remain in arms against the Union
but the Union must be preserved at all hazards
could not look in the face of my gallan
comrades Of the army and navy, who have sui
Vived so many bloody battles, and tell theI
that their labors and the sacrifice of so man
Of our slain and wounded brethren had been
vain; that we had abandoned that Union fc
which we have so often periled our lives.
vast majority Of our people, whether in Il
army and navy or at home, would, as woult
hail with Lnbounded JOY the permanent resto
alton Of peace, on the basis OF the Union, undC
the Constitution, without the efiusion Of al
other drop of blood. But no peace can be pc
manent without union.
As TO the other subjects presented In the res
lutions Of the convention, need only say th
should seek In the Constitution Of the U mite
States, and the laws framed In accordan
Herewith, the rule Of my duty and the limit