Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1868-07-31
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
General Frank RIair's Letter Accepting
the Nomination for Vice-President.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Jnlv !


Gen. George w. Morgan, Chairman Commute.
National Democratic COnCenttOlt
GENERAL : I take the earliest opportunity ,
replying to your letter, notifying Mo OF my moan.
nation for Vlce-Presdent of the United States b.
the National Democratic Convention, recently he'll
ii the city of New York.
accept without hesitation the nomination ten
Tered III a manner SO gratifying, and give you auj
the committee my thanks tor the very Kind AND
complimentary language III which yOu have con
yed to me the decision of the Convention.
have carefully read the resolutions adopted ty
the Convention, and most cordially concnr III ever
principle AID sentiment they announce.
My opinion upon all OF the questions which dis.
riminate the great couteuding parties hav been
freely expressed on all suitable occasions aud
to not deem it necessary at this time to relleratc
them.
The issues upon which the con:nst turns are
clear, and cannot be obscured or die pred by the
:rphlstrles II our adversarit s. hey al resolve
themselves into the old ana ever-reuewing .trug.
10 OF d few men to absorb the political power Of
he natlon. THIS SfUIt, under every conceivable
Iame and disguise has always characterized The
opponents OF The Democ alto party, but at no luo
mas the attempt aSsumeP shape 80 open aud
iarlnB as in this contest he advrr-.sT~e Of &C
md consul utiona government, i'll Getlal &c of IN"
"Xpress language of tie CONSTITUTIONS, have c &C.
| ed military despOtlsm III ten Of the states q
he Union, have taken Fl ON the residt ut the pow
| ers vested in him by the SUPP enc law, aud lay,
deprived the Supreme COuIl OF its iUrlsdc lob
Che right of trial by jury, and the great VIII, d.
rlght, the habeas corpus shields sAtet} .u.
very citizen, and which have de nd. Il TO u-
rom the earliest traditions of Oui ancestors AID
which our Revolutionary father sought TO secure
| their pOSterlty forever III the tuuNHm u q!
charter Of our hOerties-hGVo been ruth r.-.g
| Crampled under foot by the fragment Of Il oa-
| ress. Whole States and com nuhltlcs people
| Of our own race have been attained CJnycteI.
| tpndemued, aid derive Of their rIsE,s as ej.-
zens, without presentmen', tIIal, or wf'n, ~.
| ut by Congressional enactment Of er pas ta,,
Jaws, and in defiance OF til" COnatItu iOutt wuhl.
| n I'm Il,
he an hority to pass any bill Of atl,lndcr o. ,r
| post fQctO law. The same usurpiug authority his
ibs,l' uted as electors IN place Of tae men ~ oar
[ wa race, thus illegally att med auu uI-'IaH.
| chised, host Of gnOrant negroes, vino alr u
ported in idleuess with tho public mpu"y, AND
| combined together to str the waite race + ltur
| bI1thright, through the manrr -tut o. I rri-
men 8 Blu eaus and the emlssaric- 81 cons 4Ia' Ia
! in other States and t, COmplUre the opIIC-sIru,
| he military pc" er Of the ratl,I ht- lee" place.
at their disposal, II order TO make this bo.b.nsH
! supreme.
Ihe mill airy leader uLlar whose prestige t, D..
| usurping torgress has taken r,iu-e sircc the
cOndeu nation of their echGu es 10y the fCD poo.
pie OF the north IN the elections of the lus year.
| and whom hey have eelectvd as their nGI.slt
20 shie d themselves from the result Of tn II own
| wickedness and crime has announced his scoop
| lance of the nomination, and lis Willingness to
| MAINTAIN their usurpatlOnS over eight ElI!uu O..
hlte PEG 10 at the sOnth, fixed 10 the earth VII!
| his bayonets. He eXclaims, Let as haye peace.
peace relgns in Warsaw, was the HnnOurc. mcnt
WHICH uOOu OI llle IlD ILltS q .i+'
ton. The Empire is peace" exclaimed Bona
parte when freedom and It's defenders CXpuoi
under the sharp edge OF his sword. The pearcta
| which Grant invites us is the peace Of despoIsm
and death.
! Those who seek to restore the Constitution bv
| executing the will Of tho people condemnIng the
| reconstruction acts, already pronounced ID the
| elections OF last year, and which Will, L AN con
| viEced, be still more emphaticaly Expressed uy
| the election Of the Democratic ctncidato az 'al
| President Of the United States, are denounced 49,
revOiutiOnsts by the partlzans of this Vi adjective
| Congress. Negro suffrage, which The pOpula1
| vote of New York, New Jersey, Pennsy ly,uil,
Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, aud other State
have condemned as expressly against tho Letter
| of the Constitution, must stand, because then
Senators. and Representatives have willed it..
IT the people shall again condemn these atro.
cious measures by the election Of the Dcmocra"
candidate for President, theJ must not be dir
turbed, although decided to be unconstitutional
the Supreme Court, and although the President IL
| sworn to maintain and support the Constitutions
The will of q fraction Of Congress, rciui0Tc. d
with it's partisan emissaries sent to the Soul
and supported there by the sOldery, must 81 an
against the will 5of the people and the decision "
| the Supreme Court, and the solemn oath OftAe
| President to maintain and support the CUasti.U.
| ton.
1t is revolutionary to execute tho will OF the
people! 1t Is revolutionary to execute the iua@-
ment of the Supreme Court! 1t il revolutions.
IN the President to keep inviolate his oath To
tain the Constitution This false construction o
| the vital principle of our Government is the la
resOrI Vi InOse WHO WOulO nave tnclr afDI1l!
| reconstruction sway aud supcrsede our time
honored institutions. The nation will say the Con.
stitution must be restored, and the will of the pco
| pie again prevail. The appeal to the peaceful
ballot to attain this end Is not war; IL not rcyoH
| ton. They make war and revolution who A.
| tempt to arrest this quiet mode of putting aside
military despotism aud the usurpatons Of fftg-
| ment of Congress, asserting absolute pDNr.
over that benign system of regulated HOery ~.
us by cur fathers This must be al 0 we'd ~ taa1
| it's course. This is the only road to peace
will come with the election of the Democratic can.
| dldate, and not with tho election OF hat maII'.
warrior, whose bsyonets are now at the thro".
OF eight millions Of people in the South, to com
| pei them to support him a candidate for u.
| Pr sidency, and to submit to the dominatlon oil
| an alien race OF semi barbarous men. No P.r'rE-
sion of truth or audacity OF misrepresentaton can
excl ed that which halls this candidate in aims q
an angel of peace.
am, very respectfully,
Your most obedien servant,
FRANK BLAIR