Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1864-09-17
nscLnLEAu AccuPvs THE CHICAGO
W N0rtNATroN. ~
The pllowiug h Gen. McClellan's letter Of
seceptance R
OnASer, N. j., Sept. 8.

The fpllowing Gen. McOlellan's leterof
acceptance VIZ
III OsASoE, N. j., Sept. B.
6kxflmsv :--f have the honor TO &C
knowledge the receipt Of your letter inform
ing me Of my nomination BY the Demo
cratic National Convention. recently as
sembed at Chicago, as their candidate at
the next election for President of the
United StsteslI ri f0lfMfT0H2 LiI
DSR Is unnecessary for NE TO cay TO you
that this nomination. comes 10 me unsought 1
l am happy to know that when the nomina- |
ion was made tie record Of my public life |
was kept ia view. The effect oflong land |
varied service 10 the army. during war aud !
peace, has been to strengthen aud make in
delible in my mind aud heart the love and |
reverence for the Union. Constitution, laws
and Dag OF our country impressed upon me
IN early youth. These feelings have, thus
far guided the course of my life, and must
! CO time TO do so until the end aiF
a. The existence Of more Than one govern
ment over lbe region which once owned our
| flag, is Incompatible with peace, the power
and the happiness OF the people. The pre-
servstion Of onr, u nion was the sole avowed
Object for which the swsrtwas coumenced
II should have been conducted Tor that OBJ.
ject only and in, accordaneeI with those
principles, which Itook occasion to DECLARE
When in .active service, thus conducted, the
work aot reconcl listiou would have been
easy. aud We might have resped the bepe.
hts OF our many victories on land and SEQ.
The Union was . originally pformed in the
exercise Of spirit of conciliatiou and COM
lptomise. To restore ard preserv veo M the
same spirit must prevail IN our eodhcils
and In nstho hearts ofirt people. bs'rhe IRE
estsblishment Of the Union ius alllit oiateg-
} brity mpstu continue "a he induhitsble con
dition to,any setilemen,.og ST. soon as it is
clear or esen probable that ont present ad-
yersaries are ready for peace on; ,ibes basis
ot Union ;, We should exhan't all the re.
sources ot s,atesmanship Practlced BY civil.
tzed natipns and tanght by-the tradftiohs
J of the American people, consistent dwith
: fboBor siid the iatertstissd the conn ny?to 0
isecare such. .ipeace.iire esssblishif flse cUrien
and gnGauiee, for the, fu3ure thewCgps,itu
tiopsl rights pf eveIy State bsbualooa
lnaT The Uqion iis tbe OPS, condition of ,peseej
We ASK kia 20 more Let me add Which i
dosbt not was, although .unexpfessed, The
sentiment " ihe, Convention, as it was Of
the people hey represent, that v henaAy one
b fState ~ilidg 10 oreturn 10 the Ufio6,dit
) fshoaid d'be'feceised ataonce with adfullvgusr
II Ilantce of sil soCoDstiiufionaD rightssGi gni
jhss fraI,kg esrnestipnds rersislentlpeEsen
ishpuld .tEy 10 obtain this olj 'cta andisbonJd
fail the responsibility for . Ibe nl!erioB CON
sequences viii fall npop the one who re
mains i1 the army fighting against the Un-
ion But The Union must be preserved at
sit h'z,rds; 1 could not look ID the face
ofmy gaiieiit ocofnrsdes OF the army and
navy whoh have survived 80 many bloOdy
battles, aud tell them 'thatetheiri labors
and lSe sa4erifce Of ~ many, Of ppr Slsi4 and
wopnded lTethrep had been ip yain; hat
|yr bad abandoned that UpioR for WHICH we
baveyso often 9periled our lives, ,cs vna.1
Iiu A vas; majority of our people, Whether
/ IN ibs alsrmy, or navy, or NJ, home. v opld
hail With nnbpunded joy, The permapsn,
rest losation Of peace on, the basis, ,of, The
Union under the Consultation, without ihe
| tfasion of ,apo,hcr ,drop, ,cf blood; but no
: peace Can be, permanent without Union.
: AS ~ the olber subjects, presented in
the Convention, ] need only say that j
should seek IN the CoDstjtion of the United
I. States aud the laws framed in accorda
| Herewith The rule of INV dntv ond in III.
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