North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-09-14

store to our country Union, peace and Con
| stitutionat liberty. .f..a. ... -...- ...
We have the honor to be, r ...H
-. Your obedient servants,
HoRArIn SEYMOUR, Chairman, ana others.
General McClelIan's Letter ofAccepiance,
.-. ORANGE, New Jersey,
-.. ss September s, 1864
GESrLEmrN: have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter informing me of my nomination.
by the Democratic National Convention, re
Gently assembled at Chicago, as their candi
date at 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.
am happy to know that when the nom
nation was made the record Of my public
HE was kept in VIEW.
The effect Of long and varied service in the
army during war and peace has been to
strengthen and make indetb!e in my mind
aud heart the love and reverence for the
Union, Consttution, laws, and hlg OF our
Country, impressed or me in early youth,
These feelings have thus far guided the
course Of my life, and must continue TO do
so to its emo. .... ......
The existence of more than one government
over the region which once owned our tag is
Incompatible with the peace, the power and
and the bafpness of he people.
The preservation Of our Union was the
sole ayowed object for which the war was
commenced. 1t should have blen conducted
for that object only, and IN accvI d6nce with
those principles which took occasion to de-
clare when in active service.
Thus conducted, the work of reconcilia ton
would have been easy, anu we might have
reaped the benefits of our many victories on
land aud sea. .-....E .. ....- ..-. -....r
The Union was originally formed 10y the
exercise of spirit of conclliaIon and com
promise. To restore and preserve it, the
same spirit must prevail in our councils, and
in the hearts OF the people.
The re-es,ablshment Of the Union in all
its integrity is, and must continue To be, tht.
indispensable condition. of any ,ettlsmr5,
So soon as it Is clear, or. even prulabte, that
our prcscnl NdverSarIca are ready iur peace,
upon the bas is Of the Union, We should *
halst all the rtsaurcts OF craftsmanship prac-
ticed by civilized nations, and taugh 10y the
traditions Of the American people, consist
ent with the honor and interests of the
country, 60 .ecure such peacs, re-estabiish
the Union <pd guarantee Tor the !utnre the
constitutional rights of every state. The
The Union is the me cIniition Of peace
We ask no mu'e. ..r ......r
Let me add what doubt not was although,
une1prtssed, the sentiment of the eouven-
ton. as it is cf the people they represent,
that when any one state is willing to return
to the Uuion, tt sh0ulu be received at once,
with full guarantees Of al It's c,nslItu-
tional rights. ,a- .-f.su..-a . ..,s..-.,-s
If frank earnest, and persistent effort to
obtain those objects should faiI the reSponsi.
billty for ulterlor Consequences will fall upon
those Who remain, in arms against the Union.
But the U nion mnst be preserved at all haz,
ards. ,----s. .t z..r.....,, t..,.-..-... -.
| could not lonk in the face Of my g..,,,ant
comrades of the army AM navy, who have
survived SO many. bloody battles. p and tell
them that Their iabnrS and the sacrifice Of 81
many o. our slain and wounded brethreh had
been in VAN; that we had abandoned that
| Union fer which we have so ofteo periled our
lives. ..#s..ss r.... g.. ...
vast majority of our people, whether in
the army and Uavy or at h me, would, as |
would, hail with unbounded joy the perma
nent restoration Of peace, on the basis of the
Union under the Conslitut ioE. without the
effusi9n Of another drop Of bio I'd. -e Bu %
peace can te permanent without Union.
A TO the other subjects presented in the
resolutions Of the convnntlon. need only sa
that should seek, in the G institution of the
United States and the laws framed in aecor
dance Herewith, the rule of my duty, and
the Limitations oflmy exrcut I've power en-
deavor to restore economy IN public expendi.
ture, re-establish the supremacy of law, and,
by the operation Of more vigorous national
ity, resume our commanding position among
the nations OF the earth. aw.g f-.-rr-l asf
The condition of olrE fin spces, the; ;dtpreciay
ton of the paper money, and the burdens
thereby imposed on labor ana capital, show
the necessity of a return to a sound financial
System while the lights Of citizens and the