The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-08-12
General Frank p. BIair's Lettter" of
" Acceptance of the Democratic
s.i Nomination for Vice President of
II. the United States.q sflT .rz5Hr +

OeHefd1 FRANK T. DIdiF I6lt6F v
u Acceptance of the Democratic
l.I Nomination for Vice President O
the. United States.a sflT .n.s;sr
The country, we are sure, will ad
II HIRE Ire the tone and spirit Of the follow
i ing 81 letter ytatteeip Of General Frank P. Blai1
to the fC6mniittee Of the Demcoac3risat
ic Convention. The snappers and
Esnailefst&sill fffd nssdiAiedl5y nj I'm
derstandihg IT, and they Had better
make up their minds to condemn it
in the aggregate, and carefully avoid
coming in contact with it's details OF
fact and argument. We hail it as an
omen of good that, Gen. Blair has
the boldness and manliness. to as
sumo defiant and aggressive atti-
tude toward the, gang of ,conspira-
tors who by their outrageous usurp-
ations have sapped the foundation OF
Government, and are waiting to ac-
complish its overthrow: .............
General George w. Morgan, Chair
man Of he CoD,n,atee or the Ma
u ,H tio,.dE Democratic Convealioae .'ii1
-a- GESERAn-I take the earliest OPP
portnity of replying to your letter
notifying me of my nomination for
Vice President of the United States
by the National Democratic Con
vention recently held in the city of
New York l accept without hesit-
alton the nomination rendered in! a
manner so gratifying, and give you
and the committee my thanks for
the Kind and complimentary Ian:
guage in which you have conveyed
to me the decision of the Conven-
ton. have carefully read the res
olutions adopted by the Convention,
and most cordially concur in every
principle and sentiment they ehun-
ciate. My opinion upon, alliques-
.tions which discriminate the great
contendinding parties, have been
freely expressed on all suitable oc-
casi6ns, and do not deem it neces-
sary at this time to reiterate them.
The issues on which the, contest
turns are clear, and cannot be OBJ
scured or distorted by the soPhist-
1.ies of our adYersaries.. They all
resolve themselves into the old and
recurring struggle ola few imen' to
absorb the political power, Of the
nation. This effort under every
conceivable name and disguise has
always characterized the opponents
of the Democraticipartyi; but at no
time has the attempt assumed SO
open and daring a shape as in this
contest. The adversaries of free
and constitutional government, in
defiance of the express language OF
the Constitution, have erected a mil
itary .despotism in ten of the States
of the Union, have taken from the
President the power vested in him
by the. Supreme law,H and have de-
prived the Supreme Court Of, its. ju-
risdiction. The right of trial by ju-
ryy,, and the great writ Of right, the
habeas corpusAthe shields of safety
for every citizen-which ihaveio de
scended to, US from the earliest ira
ditions of our ancestors, and which i4c;h
our revolutionary fathers fought. to
secure to- their posterity forever in
the fundamental charter of our lib
critics, have beer, ruthlessly trampled
under. foot by the fragment Of 6
Congress, Whole States and. com
munities3of people of our race have
been attainted, convicted, condemn
ed, and deprived of their rights as
citizens without presentment, d o.
trial, OF witness; but by Congress
ional enactment Of ex post facto
laws, but in defiance of the GConsti
tutional prohibition denying to, :
full and legal Congress the authQri
ty to pass any bill of attainder or e1
post 'facto law. %.
The same usurping authority has
substituted as electors in place o.
men of their own race, thus illegally
attainted and. disfranchised, host o:
ignorant negroes, who are supported
in idleness with the public money
and combined together to strip the
white. race of their birthright,
through the management of freed
mans bureaus and emissaries of con
spirators in other States; and to
complete the oppression, the militia
ry power of the nation has been
PLACED at their disposal. In order to
make this barbarism supreme, the
military leader under whose prest-
ige this iusurping Congress has taken
refuge since the condemnation Oh
their schemes by the free Peopls Of
the North, in the elections of the
last year, whom they have selected
as their candidate to shield !. them
selves from the result of their wick
edness and crime, has announced. his
acceptance Of the d, nomination, and
his willingness to maintain their
usurpations over 100000 white peo-
pleiof, the South cfixed to the earth
with This baYonetsenHeo exelaims
3 let us haye peaceiHs 'Peace reignfs
in Warsaw" was the announcement
which heralded the doom Of the lib,
critics of a-nation. "The empire is
neacaD - exclaimed ROnaDarte, when