The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-06
McClellan's Letter Of Accept.
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ORANGE. New Jersey, Septemb

ORANGE, New Jersey, September 8.
GENTLEMEN: have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter informing me Of my NOM
ination by the Democratic National Convention,
recently assembled at Chicago, as their candidate
ut the next election for President Of the United
States.
It is unnecessary for me to say to you that this
nomination comes to me unsOught. ...i-E.H
I am happy know that when the nomination
was made the record Of my public life was kept in
view.
The effect Of long and varied service in the
army during war and peace, has been to strengthen
and make indelible in my mind and heart the love
and reverence for the Union, Constitution, laws,
and Gag of our country, impressed upon me in
carly youth.
These feelings have thus far guided the course
Of my life and must continue to do go to Its end.
The existence Of more than one government ovs or
the region which once owned our flag is incompat-
IDLE with the peace, the power, and the happiness
of the people
The preservation of our Union was the sole
avowed object for which the war was commenced.
1t should have been conducted for that object only
and In accordance with those principles which I
took occasion to declare when in active service.
Thus conducted, the work of reconciliation would
aave been easy, and We might have reaped the
benefits of our many victories on land and sea
The Union was originally formed by the exer-
cise of spirit of Cancellation and compromise
To restore and preserve it, the same spirit must
prevail in our councils, and in the hearts of the
people 81. -,
The re-establishment of the Union in all its in
tegrity is and must continue to be- the indspensa-
bic condition in any settlement. So soon as it is
clear, or even probable, that present adverse
les are ready for peace, upon tho basis Of the
MON, We should exhaust all the resources of
-atssmanship practiced by civilized nations, and
arrwht hot H. IS ~ -
onsistent with the honor and interests of the coun
try, to secure such peace, re-establish the Union
and guarantee for the future the constitutional
rights Of every State The Union is the one con.
dition of peaoe-we ask no more.
Let me add what doubt not was, althoue oh IN
expressed, the sentiment of the convention as it
IL of the people they represent that when any one
State Is willing to return to the Union it shopld he
received at once with fun guarantee Of all its
constitutional rights.
fla frank earnest and persistent effort to OBJ.
tain those objects should fall the responsibility for
Interior consequences will fall upon those who re-
main in arms against the Union. But the UniCn
must be preserved at all hazards.
could not look in the face of my galant comrades
OF the army and navy who have survived 30 many
,oody battles, and tell them that their labors and
the sacrifice of so many Of our slain and wounded
brethren had been In vain; that we had abandoned
that Union for which we have so often periled our
ives. -
vast majority of our people, whether in the !
army and navy or at home, would, as I would, |
hal With uabounded joy the permanent restora- |
ton OF peace on tho basis Of the Union under the
Constitution, without the effusion of another drop
OF blood. But no peace can be permanent without
Union.
As to the ether subjects presented in the resolu-
tions Of the Convention, I need only, saw that /
should seek in the Constitution of the United States
End the laws framed in accordance Herewith the
rule of my duty, and the limitations of executive
1ower; endeayor to restore economy in public ex-
Isnditnre. re-estatlsh the supremacy of Law. and
BY the operation Ola more vigorous nationality
resume our commanding position among the ma,
6ons of the earth.
The cohdit on Of our 'fnanees, the depreciation
Of the paper money, and the burdens thereby i'm
posed on labor and capital, show the necessity of
return to sound financial system while the rights
Of citizens and the rights of States, andthe bind
ing authority Of law over President. army, and