The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-06-04

to all those who, lately in arms
against the United States, are now
frankly and honestly co operating
in restoring peace and establishing
a truly free Government. During
the last three years countless indi-
cations of the peoples choice for
the next President have been con-
verging upon yourself. Having
made its statement of principles and
purposes, the Convention deliber
ately and formally, State by State,
Territory by Territory, recorded
the will of its constituents, and
unanimously nominated you for
President Of the United States, fol
lowing the work by tumultuous and
long continued manifestations Of
Joy, pride and confidence. We
know you will be faithful to the
Constitution and the laws, and to
the sympathies and principles that
you are called to represent. We
know that you will not seek to en-
force upon the unwilling represen-
tatives of the people any policy of
your own devising, for you have
said that ''The will of the people is
the law of the land" The records
of this war, and of your subsequent
fidelity, afford the evidence that the
nation can safely and wisely place
YOU in the chair of Washington
and Lincoln. In behalf of the Con-
vention, we tender you its nomina-
ton for President, and solicit its
acceptance. We can give you no
higher proof of our gratitude for
your past or our confidence in your
future. We propose to elect you.
To which the great general re-
piled like statesman as follows:
Mr.. President, and gentlemen of
the National Union Convention: l
will endeavor, in very short time,
to write you, accepting the trust
you have conferred upon me. Ap-
plause. Expressing my gratitude
for the confidence you have placed
in me, / will now say but little oral
ly, and that is to thank you for the
unanimity with which you have Sc
lected me as candidate for the
Presidential office. 1 can say, in
addition, that I looked on during
the proceedings at Chicago, with a
great deal of interest, and am graft
fed with the harmony and the unity
which seemed to have governed the
deliberations of the Convention. i
chosen to fill the high office fol
which you have selected me, l will
give to it's duties the same energy,
the same spirit and the same viii
that I have given to the perform
ance Of all the duties which have
deyolved on me heretofore. Wheth
er l shall be able to perform these
duties to your entire satisfaction
time will determine. You have
truly said in the course of your ad
dress that shall have no policy 0
my own to interpose against the
will of the people.
AS the General concluded hi:
speech, there was long continued
applause
General Hawley then addressed
speaker Colfax saying: "You have
heard our declaration Of principles
at Chicago, and, therefore I neet
not repeat them. You are aware
that numerous candidates for th1
Vice Presidency were presented
They were all loved and respected
and your selection was brought
about by the good will and friend
ship entertained for yourself. 1ol
are known to the American people
by fourteen years Of public service
We know you came from the peo
pie, and without false pretense, yor
are faithful to principle. The Con
vention tenders you the nomination
for Vice President, and asks you
acceptancs. Applause.
To this Mr. Colfax replied:
Mr.. PRESIDENT HAwLEY AM
GENTLEMEN History has already
proclaimed that the victories Of th,
party you represent during the re
cent war always give increased hope
and confidence to the nation, while
its reverses and defeats ever in
creased the national peril 1t is nc
light tribute, therefore, to the mil
lions of Republicans in the forty
two States and Territories repre-
sented in the Chicago Convention
that our organization has been sc
inseperably interviewer with the
best interests of the republic, that
the triumphs and reverses of the
one have been the triumphs and re-
verses Of the other. Since the Gen
eral of our armies, with his heroic
followers crushed the rebellion, the
carrying out of its policy, that 10y
atty should govern what loyalty
preserved, has been worthy of its
honored record in the war. Cor
daily agreeing with the platform
adopted by its National Conven-
ton and the resolutions thereto at
tached, 1 accept the nomination with
which 1 have been honored, and
will hereafter communicate that ac-
ceptance to you in the more formal
manner that usage requires.