Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-08

The Presidency in 1854.
acceptance Of Mr.. Lincoln-Address
of the National Union Committee APP
pointed at Baltimore.
New YORK, June IA, 1854.
Hon. ABRAHAM LINCOLN-Sir: The
National Union Convention, which as
sembled in Baltimore on June 7, 1864,
has instructed us to inform you that you
were nominated with enthusiastic una
nimity for the Presidency of the United
States for four years from the 4th OF
March next.
The resolutions of the Convention,
which we have already had the pleasure
of placing in your hands, are full and
clear statement of the principles which
inspired its action, and which, as we be-
lieve, the great body of Union men in
the country heartily approve. Whether
those resolutions express the national
gratitude to- our soldiers and sailors or
the national scorn of compromise with
rebels, and consequent dishonOr; or the
patriotic duty of union and success
whether they approve the Proclamation
of Emancipation, the constitutional
amendment, the employment of former
I'd DO " loIl SOAulClSy VI tLlC oOlCI1l
obligation of the government promptly
to redress the wrongs of every soldier OF
the Union, of whatever color or race
whether they declare the inviolability
of the pledged faith of the nation, or
offer the national hospitality to the OPP
pressed, of every land, or urge the union
by railroad Of the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans; whether they recommend pub
lie economy and vigorous taxation, or
assert the fixed popular opposition to the
establishment by armed force of foreign
monarchies in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the United States, or declare
that those only are worthy of official
trust who approve unreservedly the
views and policy indicated in the reso-
lutiOns-they were equally hailed with
the heartiness of profound conviction.
Believing with you, sir, that this is
the peoples war, for the maintenance of
a government which you have justly
described as ''of the people, by the peo-
pie, for the people," we are very sure
that you will be glad to know, not only
from the resolutions themselves, but
from the singular harmony and enthu-
siasm with which they were adopted,
how warm is the popular welcome OF
every measure in the prosecution of the
wal, WlllCIl ID Do uuullSUbhdDi6
and unfaltering as the national purpose
itself. No right, for instance, is so pre-
ciOus and sacred to the American heart
as that of personal liberty. Its viola
ton is regarded with just, instant and
universal jealousy. Yet, in this hour OF
peril every faithful citizen comedies
that, for the sake of national existence
and the common welfare, individuals
may, as the Constitution provides in
case of rebellion, be sometimes summa.
rily constrained, asking only with pain
full anxiety that in every instance, and
to the least detail, that absolutely neces-
sary power shall not be hastily or un.
wisely exercised.
We believe, sir, that the honest will OF
the Union men of the country was new.
err more truly represented than in thi:
convention. Their purpose we believe
| to be the overthrow of armed rebels in
the field, and the security of permanent
peace and Union by liberty and justice
under the Constitution. That these re
suits are to be achieved amid cruel per
plexities, they are fully aware. THAI
they are to be reached only through cor
dial unanimity of counsel, is undenia
BILE. That good men may sometime:
differ as to the means and the time
| Cuey KuOW. llltt Cue Ol Ill
human affairs the highest duty is to de.
| how much good may be practically
accomplished, is their sincere persua
sion. They have watched your otIicia
course, therefore, with unfiagging at
tention; and amid the bitter taunts OF
| eager friends and the fierce denuncia-
| ton of enemies, now moving too fast fol
some, now too slowly for others, they
have seen you throughout this tremen.
dous contest patient, sagacious, faithful
just; leaning upon the heart of the great
mass of the people, and satisfied to be
moved by its mighty pulsations.
1t is for this reason that long before
the Convention met, the popular instinct
had plainly indicated you as its candi-
date; and the Convention, therefore
merely recorded the popular will. Youl
character and careerprove your unswerv-
| ing fidelity to the cardinal principles o.
American liberty and of the American
| Constitution. In the name of that lib.
erty and Constitution, sir, we earnestly
request your acceptance of this nomina
ton reverently commanding our be.
loved country, and you, its Chief Mag
| istrate, with all its brave sons who, or
sea and land, are faithfully defending
the good old American cause of equa
rights, to the blessing of Almighty God
We are, sir, very respectfully,
Your friends and fellow citiZens,
VIM. DENNTSON, Ohio Chairman
JOSIAH DRUMMOND, Maine:
THOS. Z. SAWYER, n. Hampshire
BRADLEY BARLOW, Vermont;
A. II. BULLOCK, Sachusetts;
| A. NJ. GAMMELI. Rhode Island:
G. $: BUSHNELL, Connecticut;
G. W. CURTIS. New York;
W. \, NEWELL. New Jersey.
HENRY Johnson, Pennsylvania
y. 3. SMITHERS, Delaware;
w. l.. w. SEABItOOI[, Maryland:
JOHN +. HUME Missouri;
G. w. HIrE, kentucky;
CYRUS NJ. ALLEN, Indiana:
W BUSHNELL, Illinois:
LIP ALEXANDER, Michigan:
AW RANDALL, Wisconsin;
THoMAs s,iMPs6iN, Minnesota;
JOHN BIDWELI. California;;
THOMAS II PEARNE,, Oregon;
G WILDER, Kansas;
~ y n e Rf!ES' f NaHsds:
Is A4 P AT56aA; tSss sbra.Hs;;
VALENTINE DELL, Arkansas;
JOHN NYE, Colorado;
A b SHOEMAKER, Utah.
REPLY OF Mr.. LINCOLN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, June 81, 1864. I
Hon. William Dennison and others, a
Committee of the Union National
Convention:
GENTLEMEN: Your letter of the 14th
inst, formally notifying me that I have
been nominated by the Convention you
represent, for the Presidency of the Uni
ted States for four years from the 4th of
March next, has been received. The
nomination is gratefully accepted, as
the resolutions of the Convention--call-
ed the platform-are heartily approved.
While the resolution in regard to the