Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-09-17
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the letter of General MCCLELLAN accept.
ing the Chicago nomination -
ORANGE, N. j., Sept 8, ls64.-Gen.
tlemcn 81 have the honor 10 acknowl-
edge the receipt Of your letter informing
me Of my nomination by. the Democratic
National Convention, recently assembled
at Chicago, as their candidate al the
next election for President Of the United
States.
1t is Unnecessary for me to say to you
that this nomination comes to me un-
sought
am happy to know that when the
nomination was made the record of my
publiclife was kept in view.
The eff CT Of long and varied service in
the army during the war and peace has
been TO strengthen and make indellible in
my mind aud hart the love and reverence
or the Union, Constitution, laws and Gag
OF our country impressed upon me iu early
youth.
These feeling have thus far guided the
course Of my life, and must continue to do
30 TO lis end.
Tue existence Of more than one Gov
ernmen, over the region which once own
ed our hag,is incompatible with the peace
the power and the happiness Of the peo
pie.
The preservation OF our Union was the
sole ayowed object for which the war was
commenced, and it should have been con-
Quoted in accordance with those principles
which took occasion 10 declare when in
active service. Thus conducted the work
of reconciliation would have been easy.
apd we might have reaped the benefits OF
our many victories on the land and the
sea.
The Union was originally formed by the
exercise Of a spirit Of Cancellation and
compromise, and TO restore aud preserve
it the same spirit must prevail in our ooun-
ellis aud in the hearts of the people. The
re-establisment Of the Union in all its in
tegrity is and must continue to be the in
dispensable condition in any settlement
So soon as it is clear, or even probable
that our present adversaries are read =
Tor peace upon the basis of tbs Union, we
should exhibit all the resources OF states
manship practiced by civilized nations
and taught by the traditions ottho Amer
ican people, consistent with the honor and
Interests OF the country, to secure such
peace, re establish the Union aud guaran-
tee for the future the conditional rights OF
every State. The Union is the one condi-
ton Of peace, and We ask no more.
Let me add what doubt not was, al
though unexpr essed, the sentiment Of the
Convention as it is of the people they rep.
resent, that when any one State is willing
! to return to the Union it should be receiy.
ed at once with full guaranty Of all it.
constitutional rights. If frank, earnes,
and pers lslent effort to obtain these oh.
jects should fail, the responsibility for ul.
terror consequences will fall upon those
who remain in arms against the Uuiou
but the Union must be preserved at all
hazards.
l could not look in the face Of my gall
ant comrades Of the army and navy, who
have survived so many bloody battles, and
tell them that their labors and the sacr-
nee of SO many of our slainand wounded
brethren had been in vain that we had
abandoned that Union for which we have
SO often perlled our lives.
A vast majority of our peple, whether
in the army and navy or at home, would
as | would, hail with unbounded Joy th'
permanent rcstortion Of peace, Oh the ba
sis of The Union under the Constitution
without the effusion Of another drop o
blood, but no peace can be permanen
without Union.
AS to the other subjects presented il
the resolutions OF the Convention, | nee,
only say that | should seek in the Consti
tuition OF the Unitod States, and tho law
| framed in accordance herewith, the rul
of my duty and the limitations of execu
tive power, endeavoring to restore econo
my in pubic expenditure, re establish tn
supremacy of law, and by the operatio,
Of a more vigorous nationality, resum,
our commanding position among the ma
tions of the earth.
! The condition Of our finances, the de
probation of the paper money, and the
burdens thereby imposed on labor ant
capital, show the necessity OF a return tc
a sound financial sy stem, while the right.
of citizens and the rights Of States, and
the binding authority of law over the
President,the army.a and the pople, are sub