Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1864-09-02
Mr.. Blaine's Letter Of Ac-
ceptance.

The following patriotic letter of ae-
ceptance is worth the careful perusal ot
every man i'll the State. 1t state. VIII
remarkable clearness and precision the
ponder.
AUGUSTA. AUG. Goth, 1864.
GEN. j. r. BACHELOR:
Dear SIR: am in receipt of your ia
y6r formally advising me that on the 10Th
inst, the Union Convention Of the Third
District unanimously nominated me for
reelection as Representative in Congress.
For THE generous action, as well as for the
cordial manner attending t. and the very
complimentary phrase in which it ia con
veyed, am under profound ohllgatiors,-
1t is far easier for me to find the inspiring
cause for such favor and such unauimity
in the personal partiahty of friends, than
in any merits or services which may just
claim as my own.
In nominating me as Union candidate
and pledgng me to no other platform, you
place me on the precise ground | desire to
occupy. The controlling and absorbing
issue before the American people is
whether the Federal Union shall be saved
or lost. In comparison with that, all other
issues and controversies are subordinate.
and Untitled to consideration Just in the
degree that they may influence the end
which Washington declared to be 1.-THE pri-
mary object of patriotic desire To
carried on, now in the fourth year of its
duration, and the resources of the country,
both in men and money, have been freely
expended in support OF it. This war was
not matter of choice with the Govern
ment, unless it was prepared to surrender
its power over one half of its territory
and incur all the hazards of anarchy
throughout the other lMlf 1t wa. begun
by those who sought to overthrow the Fed
eral authority. 1t should be ended the
very day that authority is recognized and
reestabished throughout its rlghttul do
main.
The desire for peace after the suiferings
and trials of the past three years is nat
ural. Springing from the very instincts OF
humanity it Is irrepressible. The danger
to he avoided is that in aiming to attain
peace We shall be deceived by the shadow
anu thuo idli W sctuft sic eubsluHCt--
Peace ON the basis of disunion is de
fusion. 1t is no peace at all. 1t is but
the beginning OF war-mOre wastetul, more
destructive, more cruel then we have thus
far experienced. Those who cry for the
immediate cessation of the war; are the
best advocates of its endless continuance
They mean peace by the recognition of Re-
bel Independence, and Rebel independence
is absolutely incompatible with peace.
Among the cherished errors of those
who are willing to acknowledge the South
ern Confederacy as the basis of peace, the
most fatal is that which assumes the CON
tinued union, harmony and power of the
loyal States. This cannot be. Confer
tons and strifes without number would at
once spring up. The Border States would
be conyulsed with fierce contest as to
which section they would adhere to- The
Pacific slope, to escape the dangers and
constant ENVIRONMENTS which it could
neither control nor avoid, would naturally
seek for independence and the North
West, il it did not follow the example,
would demand such reconstruction Of
the Government OF the remaining States
as would make our further connection
Herewith undesirable if not absolutely
intolerable. In short, disunion upon the
line OF the reyolted States would involve
the total and spec j disintegration of the
Federal Government, and we would find
ourselves launched on "a sea Of trouble"