The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1864-07-08
President LincOln's Acceptance.

The committee of the Baltimore conven-
ton, to notify the candidates of their nomi-
nation, addressed a long letter to the Presi-
dent, dated on the 18th, week after the
convention. The President took ten days to
consider it, and his reply, which is brief but
sufficient, is dated on the 9th. He accepts
the nomination and approves the platform,
with the single significant explanation that
he nterprets the Monroe doctrine resolution
SO as to make it consistent with the position
taken by Secretary Seward in the Mexican
affair. This is sensible and sagacious, and
shows that the President chooses to consider
his cabinet unit, all hints of friend and foe
Notwithstanding. The committee not only
notified the President of his nomination, bat
furnished him with synopsis of the plat
form, thus -
Whether those resolutions express the ma
tional gratitude to our soldiers and sailors
or the Rational scorn of compromise with
rebels, and consequent dishonOr ; or the pat
rlotic duty of union and success; whether
they approve The proclamation of emancipa-
ton, the constitutional amendm ct, the en-
ployment If former slaves as Union soldiers,
or the solemn obligation Of the government
promptly to redress the wrongs of every sol
der of the Union, of whatever color or race;
whether they declare the inviolabiIity OF the
nation, or offer the national hospitality to the
oppressed of every land, or urge the union
by railroad of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans;
v'ether they recommend public economy
and vigorous taxation, or assert the fixed pop.
ular opposition TO the establishment by arm
ed force of foreign monarchies in the imme-
date neighborhood of the United States. OF
declare that those only are worthy of official
trust who approve unreservedly the views
and policy indicated in the resoluti0ns-they
were equally hailed with the heartiness OF
profound conviction.
The reply of the President was as follows
| EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, June
q, lS64.-Hon. William Dennison and 9th
ers, a committee of the Union National Con
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Your letter of the l4,f
inst, formally notifying me that | have been
nominated by the convention your represent
for the presidency of the United States for
four years from the 4th of March next, ha:
been received. The nomination is grateful,
accepted, as the resolutions of the convention
called the platform-are heartily approved
While the resolution in regard to the sup
planting of republican government upon the
western continent is fully concurred IN, Their,
might be misunderstanding were not to sa,
that the position of the government in rela
ton to the action of France in Mexico, al
assumed through the state department ant
Endorsed by the convention, among the meas
ures and acts of the executive, will be faith
fully maintained SO long as the state of fact.
shall leave that position permanent and ap
plicable.
am especially gratiied that the soldier
and the seaman were not forgotten By ths
convention, as they forever must and will b,
remembered by the grateful country fo
whose salvation they devote their lives.
Thanking you for the kind and comml i
mentary terms in which you have communi
Gated the nomination and other proceeding
of the convention, subscribe myself YOU
obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.