Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-09-16
to-day, among them Auguste Belmont,
Peter Cagger, Dean Richmond, and 9TH

to-day, among them Auguste Belmont
Peter Cagger, Dean Richmond, and 9th
ers.
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE PoTo
MAC, Sept. 6.-RumOrs have been preva
lent for two days past that a part o
Early's troops had arrived in our front
and were massing on our left flank, ne
cessitating another struggle for posses
sion of the Weldon Railroad, and prep
arations were made to receive them, bu
thus far, with the exception of few
guerrlllas, no enemy has appeared in
that direction.
ORANGE, N. j., Sept. S.-Gentlenaen
l. nave the honor to acknowledge the re-
ceipt of your letter informing me of nv
nomination by the National Democratic
Convention recently assembled at Chi
cago, as their candidate at the next elec.
ton for President of the United States
1t Is unnecessary for me to say to YOU
that this nomination comes to me un.
sought. | am happy toknow that when
the nomination was made my public
life was kent in view. The effect of long
and varied Service in the army during
war and peace has been to strengthen
and make indellible in my mind and
heart the love and reverence for the
Union, constitution, laws and flag OF
our country impressed upon me iu my
early youth. These feelings thus far
have guided the course of my life, and
! must continue to do so until its close
The existence of more than one govern
ment over the region which once owned
our flag is incompatible with the peace,
the hover and the happiness of the peo-
lple. 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
L took occasion tOdeclare when in active
service. Thus conducted, the work of
reconstruction would have been easy
and we might have reaped the benefits
of our many victories on land and sea.
The Union wac originally formed by the
exercise of spirit Of concilliation and
compromise. TO restore and preserve it
the same spirit must prevail in our coun-
ellis and in the hearts of the people,
| The re-eStablishment of the Union in
all its integrity is and must continue to
| be the indispensable condition in any
settlement, SO soon as it is clear or even
| probable that our present adversaries are
ready for peace upon the basis of the
Union. We should exhaust all the re-
sources OF craftsmanship practiced by
| civilized nations and taught by the ira
dltlons OF the American people, consist
ent with the honor and interests of the
country to secure such peace. Re-estab-
llsh the Unin and guarantee for the fu-
ture the constitutional rights of every
state the Union is the one condition Of
peace; we ask no more. Let me add
what | doubt not was, although uneX-
pressed, the sentiments of the conven-
ton, as it is OF tho people they repre-
sent, that when any State is willing to
return to the Union it should be receiv-
ed at once, with full guarantee
of all its Constitutional rights. If a
frank, earnest and persistent effort to
obtain these objects should fail, the re-
sponsibility for ulterior consequences
will fall upon those who remain in
arms against the Union. But the Union
must be preserved, at all hazards
could not look in the face of my gallant
comradss of the army and navy, who
have survived so many bloody 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 perilled our
yes s yast ass m9PhatTa m Pa armv Hf an and raw Savy
would hail with unbounded JOY the per-
manent restoration of peace on the basis
of the Union under the Constitution,
without the effuson of another drop of
blood. But no peace can be permanent
without union.
AS to the other subjects presented in
the resolutions of the Convention, | say
| should seek in the Constitution of the
United States and the laws formed in
ACCORDANCE Herewith. The rule of my
duty. and the limitations of executive
power will be to restore economy in pub
lie expenditures, the re-establishment of
the supremacy of law, and by the opera
ton of more vigorous nationality re-
sumo our commanding position among
the Nations of the Earth. The condi-
ton of our finances, the depreciation of
paper money and the burdens thereby
imposed on labor and capital show the
necessity of a return toa sound financial
system, while the rights of citizens and
the rights of States and the binding au-
thority of law over the President, the
Army and the Republic are subjects of
no less Importance in war than in peace.
Believing that the views here express
ed are those of the Convention and the
people you represent, l accept the NOM
ination. 1 realize the weight of the re-
spensbility to be borne; and should the
people ratify your choice, conscious of
my own weakness, I can only seek fer
vently the guidance of the Ruler of the
Universe, and relying on His all-power-
full aid, will do my best to restore union
and peace to the suffering people and to
establish and guard their liberties and
rights.
am, gentlemen, most respectfully
Your Ob't serv't,
GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
To Hon. H. SEYMOUR, and others of
the Committee.
Especial to the n y. Herald
LEETowN, VA, Sept 10-S P. M.-The
enemy attacked one brigade of AYerills