The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-06-25

dent.l l would add, Mr. President, that
it would be the pleasure of the Committee
to communicated you, within a few days,
through one of its most accomplished mem
bets, Mr. Curtis of New York. by letter,
more at length the circumstances under
which you have been placed in nomination
for the Presidency.
PRESIDENT LTNCoLS's REPLY.
The President said
Nh CHAIRMAN AND GENTLElEN OF THE
COMMITTEE: l will neither conceal my graf
i6eation nor restrain the expression of my
gratitude that the Union people, through
their Convention, in the continued effort TO
save and advance the nation, have deemed
ne not unworthy to remain in my present
position. 81 know no reason TO doubt that
| ehall accept the nomination rendered, and
! yet, perhaps 1 should not declare definitely
before reading and considering what is call
| ed the platform. / will say now, however,
/ that l approve the declaration in favor of so
amending the Constitution as to prohibit
slavery throughout the Nation. When the
people in revolt, with the hundred days ex-
pic;L notice that they could. within those !
/ days resume their allegiance without the
overthrow of their institutions, and that
they could not resume it afteruard, elected |
TO stand out, such an amendment of the
Constitution as is now proposed became a
! fitting and necessary conclusion TO the final
success of the Union cause. Such alone
can meet and cover all cavils. now per-
ceive its importance, and embrace it. In
the Joint names of Liberty and Union let Us
labor TO give il legal form and practical effect
At the conclusion Of the Presidents
speech, the Committee offered their person
al congratulations.
TIE NATIOEAL LEAGUE.
! The members Of the National Union
fLeague called upon the President this after
noon. The Chairman of the deputation
spoke to the President as follows:
ADDRESS OF THE LEAGUE.
Ma PRESIDENT: have the pleasure OF
the Union Leagues of the loyal States to
congratulate you upon your denomination,
and TO assure you that we will not fail at the
polls to give you the support that your ser
vices in past so highly deserve. We feel
honored in doing this /; for We are assured
that we are aiding in re, electng to the
. proud position Of President Of the United
States one SO highly worthy Of it-one
among not the least of whose claims is that
= be was the emancipation of four millions Of
bondmen.
PRESIDENT LINCoLN's REPLY.
The President replied as follows:
GENTLEMEN: can only say in response
to the remarks OF your Chairman, sup
pose, that am very grateful fer the renew
5 ed confidence which has been accorded to
r me, both by the Convention and by the Ma
e tioilal League. I am not insensible at all
; to the personal compliment there is in this
. yet do not allow myself to believe That
d any but small portion of 1t is to be appro-
e priated as a personal compliment to me
y THE Convention and the nation, | am as
a sured, are alike animated by q higher view
II of the interests of the country for the pres
u ent and the great future, and that part l arc
le entitled to appropriate as a compliment Is
g only that which I may lay hold of as being
y the opinion of the Convention and of the
IS League, that am not entirely unworthy t.
be instructed with the place have occupied
IS for the last three years. I have not permit
20 ted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that l an
1t the best man in the country; but L am re
re minded in this connection OF a story of a
e. old Dutch farmer who remarked TO a com
?. panion once that ''it was not best to swa
ay HORSES when crossing streams
n The prolonged laughter which followe
all this characteristic remark should have bee
es heard. It was tumuluuous.
ABRAHAM IN THE DARK ON CONVENTION DAY
The Presidents reception of the news {
his nomination is said to have been in th
WISE Al 25 O'clock yesterday dispatcht
were sent to him by different persons, al
h. nouncing his denomination, but he was al
:. sent from the White House, and did not 81
H. them. Two hours afterward, ignorant OF b
own nomi nation, he called at the War of1c
~ and accidentally saw dispatch, there, al
nouncing the nomination of Johnson fl
- Vice President. The President expresse
'eH dis surprise at the curious action ofthe Co
vention; expressed the opinion that it hi
got the cart before the horse. He was ask
gu by an opeI ator if he had not seen dispat
"a: a. announcing his own nomination. On I
~: ~ plying that he had not, he was inform
itu that such dispatch had been sent hi
~ Upon returning to the Executive Mansi
tJ the President found the dispatches REFER
Suo to announcing his denomination at b
.nt past two.
7n WHAT AEDT JOHNSON WILL WRITE.
~, In reply TO an oficious suggestion ma
Ons to Mr.. Lincoln, to apprise Andy johnson
80 the policy of writing radical letter ofacc'
:. lance. he said that was wholly uDneces
H. ~. His reply was sure to be radical enou
81 to satisfy the most radical. To another,
President is said to have remarked, do
20 be concerned sir, when Andy Johnson Y
GU last here he said, If it was necessary to c
4 in ~ on the war for thirty years, he was
~, IL. carrying it on
t Of j. II Hunt, Esq. OF. Lyon county, wa
title The city yesterday. He reports the CT
sup looking well. and the prospect good 70
tion large yield Of everything except wiz
ates. @heat-Bhich latter article Is failure