The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1868-07-28

/ AG-sfAN sfftHFT. A-NNE.
M ''rItEo~s HEaSrty" Ar TnE REFumIcaSs.
| The folloving is a copy q Blairs batter 81 ae.
oeptznce u the democratic nomination for vice
| President, which was received at Washington.
/ Tuesday
Cen. Georges Morgan. chairman 81 tho commit.
1 tee d the national democrats convention -
Goueral take the earliest Opportunity u TO
plying 10 yonr letter, notifying lse 81 ny nomina-
,ioa foe e-Prcsident Of tho United States, by
the national democratic caasennon, recently held
10 the city Of New York | accept without hosila.
ton the nomination rendered In manner W
gratifying, Aad give ygu and tie committee my
thanks for tho very kind aud complimentary Ian
gnAge In which you have conveyed 10 nae the d
eision 81 the convention.
/ / have carefully read the resolutions adopted
by the convention. and ntoat cordially concur in
every priaciple and sentiment they announce. Ny
opinions upon al the great questions, which dis
eriminate the great eontcnding parties, have
been freely expressed on all suitable occasions.
and do not deem il necessary at THE time to re-
iterate them. Tho issues upon which the contest
turns arc clear. and cannot be obscurod OF dis
torted by the sophistries Of our adyorsaries -
They all resolve themselves into tAe Old and ovor
recurring struggle Of few men 10 absorb the po-
litical power o. the nation. This effort, under
every conceivable disguse, has always character
lied the opponents Of the democratic party, but
at uo time has the attempt assumed a shape 80
open and daring as in this contest. The adyer.
saries Of { RE aud constitutional government, in
defiance Of the express language u the copstitu
ton, have erected military dospotism in ten II
the states Of Tho Union, have taken from tho pres
ident the power vested in him, and the supreme
court Of its jurisdiction. The right Of trial b. jury
and the great writ Of right, the heabas corpus,
shields Of safety for every citizen, aud which
have doscoded 10 us from the earliest tradition
Of our ancestors, and which our revolutionary
fathers struggled TO sccure to their posterity for
ever, in the fundamental charter OF our liberties,
have boon ruthlossly trAmpled under foot by tue
fragment Of a Congress. Whole states aud com
munitios Of the people Of our race have boon at
tainted, convicted, condemned and deprived Of
their rights as citzens without prvsenhncnt or
trial, or Witnesses but by the con gresrional On
actment Of expost fActo laws, aud in defiance Of
the constitutional prohibition, denying even TO
fnll and luyal Congress the authority 10 pass any
bill Of Sttaiuder or ex-post faeto laws Tho same
usurping authority has substituted as electors
In place Of men Of our own race, thus illegally at
tainted and DISTINGUISHED, IA host Of ignorant ne
groes, who are supported in idlenoss with tho
public money aud combined together 10 strip the
white race OF their birthright through the man
sgement Of the freedmens buroaus and the ON
issaries Of conspirators in other states and to
complete the oppression, the military power Of
the nation has been placed at their disposal, in
order to make this barbarian supreme.
The military loader under whose prestige this
usurpating Congress has taken refuge since tie
condemnation Of their schemes By the FREQ peo-
pie Of the North in the elections Of the last year
and whom they have selected ar their candidate
10 shcld themselves from the result Of their own
NickednesH and crime, has announced his accep-
taneo Of the nomination, and his willingness to
maintain their usurpations over eight millions Of
white people at Tho south, fixed 10 the earth with
bic bsyonetn. He crclaims, Let us have peace
peace reigns in Warsaw" was the announcement
which her@lded the doom Of the liberties If ma
ton. The empire Is peace" exclaimed Bona
parte, when freedom sad its defenders expired
to which Grant invites as ia The peace u depot
ism and death Thoso who seek 70 restore the
constitution b. executing tho viii Of the people,
condemning the reconstruction acts, already
pronounced in tho elections n last year, and
which win, | am convinced, be stiil more en-
phaticaliy expressed BY thc election 81 the demo
cratic candidate az president u the United SsAtos
are denounced as revoiutionists by the partizans
OF this yindietiye Congress. Negro suffrage,
which the popular vote Of New York New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut and
other states has condemned as expressly against
the letter Of the constitution. must stand because
their scnaiora and representative have willed it
II the people shall again condemn Theses atrocious
measures BY the election af the democratic can
didate for president, they must no, be disturbed.
although they have been decided 10 DO unconsti-
tuliOnai by the supreme court and although the
presidnnt has sworn TO maintain and support the
constitution. The will Of fraction o. Congress,
reinforced with its partisan emssariea, sent 10
the south aud supported there by the soiaicry--
must stApd against the Eiil o. the people and the
decision u Tbs supreme court, and the solemn
cath o. The president 10 maintain and support Che
constitution. II v revolutionary to erecutc the
viii u The people. II il revolutionary 70 erceute
the Judgment u the supreme court. ], Il reyo-
dictionary in the president TO keep inyiointe his
oAti to sustAin The consultation. This false cun-
ssrarsion u sho vital principle u COR government
ia the iast rassrt 81 those uhn waald have thoir
arbitrary reconssraesisn swAy and sspercs,ls our
tifas-heDered ipstitueons- The naiioh viii s&y
The eonstiia,ioa must BE- restored, aud tho win a
the people again Preyail. The appeal 70 The
peaceful ballot 10 attain this end IL not war. 10
sos FtvolHisos. They mAks war and reYolutien
Who Atsemps 70 arrest tlsin quiet mode u pattiss
As'ds military eespotsssa and tias usnrpaaass a
fragment u Congress. asserting shsalute
poser ever thai bsuign syss4m u regulated I'D
srtg lsfsa BY car fathers. THE mnsi be aiiamea
- tabs isz s0ars@ 1his b the oniy Rad 70 peace
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saxdsaatAs sad nsi win the slsetian ~ EAht nbAi
cd wsrsis#, ~Aoae haFoaets are noe q The thrnAta
IL saghi milIious II people in tho saush, 10 eoss-
PEI thsm u saPpsFs hun - = candidate far the
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aisen rsrs Of seiai-bafh@roas nsea- ksp%swerzisa
Il trnth or nadaessy sf Hsafcpr~sestatsoa can en-
essd sAas stieA balls slis candidate m srms As
10 sagei II pascs.
gazas veFv respectfully,
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