Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-07-22

General Frank BIair's Letter Ace.ptin.
the Ns0inaeien for Vice President

The DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.
General Frank Biair's Letter Accepting
the Nsofnssien for Vice President.
OMAHA. NEBRASKA. July II. 1851,
General George W. Morgan, on rtrpar Comnitte,
Ndf,onal Democrutic COnp,attoA.
G.nkKAL: L take the earliest OPPORTUNITY
ofreplyipe to your letter, notifying me OF NV
nominsaoa Tor Vice President of he United
S'stes by the National Democratic Con ven tiou,
recently held in the city of New York
accept without hesitation the nominatioa
rendered IN manner 50 gratifying. aud give
YOU and the COMMITTEE my thanks for tue y.ry
kind and complimentary Language in whtcn
Convention
have carefully read the resolutions adopted
by the Convention. and most cordially conc ur
nounce.
by opinion upon all of the questions which
Disc lminaie the great contaudiug parties m w
b~en freely expressed on all sui able occasions,
ana do not deem it nee .ssary at this tIma TO
rtiterate them.
The issues upon which the contest turns ar
clear, and cannot be ooscured or distorted by
the sophistries of our adversaries. They all
resolve themselves INTO the old and eyel-rr-
newing struggle of few men to absorb the po-
litical power Of the nation. This effort, under
every conceivable name and disguise, has
always characterized the opponents OF the
democratic party. but At no time has the at
tempt assumed shape so open and daring as
in this contest. The adversaries of free aud
constitutional government, in defiaEce OF the.
express language of the Constitution, have
erected a military despotism in ten of the States
of the Union. have taken from the President
the powers vested in him by the supreme law,
and have deprived the Supreme Court of its
jurisdiction. The right of trial by Jury, aud
the great writ Of right the habeas corpus
shields OF safety for every citizen, and which
nave descended to from the earliest
traditions of our ancestors, aud which
our Revolutionary fathers sought to
secure TO their posterity forever in the
fundamental charter OF our Iiberties-haye
been ruthlessly trampied under foot BY the
fragment of q Congress. Whole States and
communities of people of our own race ha We
been attiinted, convicted. condemned, and de-
prlved OF their rights as citizens, without pre-
sentiment, or trial, or witnesses. but by Con-
gresslonai enactment OF sr post f1cto laws and
In defiance Of the constitutional prob lbltiou de.
ny1ng even to a full and legal Congress the
authority to pass any bill of attsinser or err post
Tdcto law. The same usurping authority has
substituted as electors in place of the men of
our own race, thus illegally att1iuted and dis
franchised host of ignorant negroes, who are
supported liz idleness with the public money
and combined together to strip the white race
OF their brthright through the manage of
Freedmens Bureaus and the emissaries of con-
oppression, the military power OF the nation
has been placed At their disposal, in order 10
make this barbarism supreme.
Inc military leader under whose prestige this
usurplng Congress has taken refuge since the
condemnation OF their schemes by the free poo
pie of the North in the elections Of the lastynar
ana whom they have selected IA their c1uu:-
date to shield themselves from ths re-,It of
their own wickedness ard crime, rs, an
nounced his acceptalce OF the nomination. M
his Willingness to maintain their UsuT~r-5y.,.
Srrr eight miilicr5 OF "hi'e people II tne
South, fixed to he earth with his bayoret.
He e&c'G!u-s: "Det us have peace" "peace
relFDc n Ndr5sw.' WIS the announcement
which heraided The doom OF the liberties OF
Be- aFta Vh,n craejom and itE defenders
tNIH'0 ".dcr Tic sharp edge Of h'z sword.
Ih9 ne-ce 20 which Grant invites US is the
peace OF DE-, poo. "A and death.
Those w1o seek 10 restore the Constitution
~ eNecuti-T ..' will Of the people coniemuing
the recon truct'0u acts. already pronounced in
the electio- 81 rlst year, end which will. l am
convinced. p. still more emphatically px-
pressed b. t'Ie Lection ofthe Democratic candI-
date as tn ITcsident OF the United States, are
denounced a. Eevolutionists by the partisans of
this vindctiye Congress. Negro suffrage
which the popular vote Of New York, NV
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Goa
necticut and other States have condemned as
expressly against the letter of the Consultation,
must stand, because their Senators and Repre-.
sentatives have willed 1t. Ii the people shall
again condemn these atrocious measures by the
election OF the Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent, they must not be disturbed, although
decided TO be unconstitutional by the Supreme
Court, and although the President Is sworn TO
MAINTAIN and support the Constitution. The
Will OF A traction of 4 Congress, reinforced
with Its partisan emissaries sent to the South
and supported there by the soldiery must
stand against the will of the people aud the
decision OF the Supreme Court, and the solemn
oath OF the President TO maintain and support
the Constitution.
Tits revolutionary 10 execute the will of the
people 1t Is evolutionary TO execute tina
judgment OF the Supreme Court 1t is revolu-
tIonary in the President TO keep lnyiolate his
Oth TO" sustain the Constitution. This false
construction OF the vital principle of our Gov
eminent is the last resort of those who would
have their arbitrary reconstruction sway aud
supersede our time honored institutions The
nation Will say the Constitution must be re.
stored, and the will of the people again pre-
vail. The appeal To the peaceful ballot to attain
this end is not war. is not revolution. They
make war and revolution who attempt to arrest
this quiet mode Of putting aside military des-
potism and the usurpations of a fragment of a
Congress, asserting absolute power over that
benign system of regulated liberty left us by
our fathers. This must be allowed to take its
course. I his is the only road to peace. 1t will
come with the election of the Democratic can.
didate, and not with the election of that mailed
warrior, whose bay onets are ow at the throats
OF eight millions OF people in the South. to
compel them to support him as candidate for
the Presidency. and to submit to the domino
ton OF an alien race of semi bar barous men
No peryerson OF truth or audacity OF r.isrep-
resentation can exceed that which halls this
candidate in arms as an angel of peace.
am, very respectfully. your most obedipn Mt
servant. FRANK p. BLAIR