Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-07-07
RUTLAND HERALD.
SATURDAY, JULY ., 1864.
Presidential.

letter. 10 resident Llucoiiii uateu 'uho
lam. ,ifaan of the committee |
was william Dennison of Ohio, and |
the member for Vermont was Bradley |
Barlow. The letter gives synopsis of |
the revolutions of the National Conven- !
ton aludes 10 the singular harmony !
and enthusiasm with which they were
adopted, as another indication of the
warm popular welcome with which eve-
~ vigorous and unfaltering measure In
the prosecution of the war is met, and
concludes as follows:
We believe, sir, that the honest will of
the Union men of the country was never
more truly represented than in this Con-
vention. Their purpose we believe to
be the overthrow OF armed rebels in the
field, and the security OF permanent
peace and union, of liberty and JUS
tice under the Constitution. That these
results are to be achieved amid cruel
perplexities, they are fully aware. That
they are to be reached only by cordial
unanimity of counsels, is undeniable.-
That good men may sometimes differ as
to the means and the time, they know.
That in the conduct OF all human affairs
the highest duty is to determine, in the
angry conflict of passion, how much
good may be practically accomplished
In their sincere persuasion. They have
watched your official course, therefore,
with undagging attention and amid
the bitter taunts of eager friends and
the fierce denunciation of enemies, now
moving too fast for some, now too slow
ly for others, they have seen you through
out this tremendous contest patient, sa-
gacious, faithful, just leaning upon the
heart of the great mass of the people,
and satisfied to be moved by its mighty
pulsations.
1t is for this reason that, long before
the Convention met, the popular instinct
had plainly indicated you as its candi-
date; and the Convention, therefore,
merely recorded the popular will. Your
character and career prove your I'M
wavering fidelity to the cardinal prin-
ciples of American Liberty and of the
American Constitution. In the name of
that Liberty and Constitution, sir, we
earnestly request your acceptance of
this nomination reverently commend
ing our beloved country, and you, its
Chief Magistrate, with all its brave sons
who, on sea and land, are faithfully de-
Tending the good old American cause of
equal rights, to the blessing OF Almighty
God, we are, sir, very respectfully, your
friends and fellow citizens.
President Lincoln replies in the fol-
lowing brief and transformations letter,
in which he makes special mention of
two resolutions of the platform the first
relating to the action of the French in
Mexico, and the second to the gratitude
due to the soldiers and seamen in the
Union service. That he should have
singled out the latter resolution for
mention, is particularly characteristic of
the man.
EXECUTIVE MANSION
Washington, June n, 1864.
Hon. WILLIAM DENNIsoN and Others, a
committee of the National Union Con-
northumberland i. Your letter of the
18th inst, formally notifying me that
have been nominated by the Conven-
ton you represent for the Presidency of
the United States for four years from the
4th of March next, has been received.
The nomination is gratefully accepted,
as the resolutions of the Convention
called the Platform-are heartily APP
proved.
While the resolution in regard to the
supplanting of Republican Govern
ment upon the Western Continent is
fully concurred in, there might be mis-
understanding were l not to say that
the position of the Government in rela-
ton to the action of France in Mexico
as assumed through the State depart
ment and Endorsed by the Convention,
among the measures and acts Of the Ex-
ecutive, will be faithfully maintained so
long as the state of the facts shall leave
that position pertinent and applicable.
| am especially gratified that the
soldier and the seaman were not forgot
ten by the Convention, as they forever
must and will be remembered by the
grateful country for whose salvation
they devote their iples.
Thanking you for the kind and COM
plimentary terms in which you have
communicated the nomination and other
proceedings of the Convention | sub
scribe myself
Your obedient servant,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The democratic conventions are still
without principles or anything to show
for them. They are not yet informed as
to whether they are for unconditional
surrender or conditional hostilities for
maintaining the Union by olive-branch
warfare, or insisting upon disunion alb
solutely and unqualifledly. They will
know, possibly, when the Chicago Con
vention is over. Meanwhile, not know
ing what their principles are to be, or
whether they are to have any, the de-
mocratic State conventions lately held
in Wisconsin, Iowa, and Kansas, have
followed the example of other democrat
ic conventions, and adopted no resolu-
tions.a.. Tar@ - 7ry of politics in
this country aIIora another instance OF
a party without even profession of prin-
ciples