Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-06-01
.SDceches Of Acccpt0Mce.

The Committee of the Soldiers and
Sailors Convention called on Gen.
Grant on the afternoon of the Goth ult.,
and presented him with a copy of the
platform of their principles. Col. Henry
G. Altman addressed the General, who
spoke in reply as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Soldiers and Sailors
COnUcntion. / will say, while it was
never desire of mine TO be a candidate
for political office, it affords me great
qualification to feel that have the sup
port of those who were with me in the
war If did not feel that | had the
confidence of those, 7 would feel less
DESTROYS of accepting the position. The
acceptance of the Office is not n matter
of choice but of duty; and hoping that,
| having accepted the nomination, shall
receive your aid until next November,
! must thank you, gentlemen, for the
honor you have conferred upon me.
In the evening the Committee of the
Republican Convention presented Gen.
Grant and Mr.. Colfax with record of
proceedings and informed them of their
nominations. At the conclusion of Gen
Hawley's speech, Gen. Grant replied as
follows:
"Mr. President and Gentlemen Of the
National Union Contention Il will en-
deavor in very short time to write you
a letter accepting the trust you have
imposed upon me. Applause. EX-
pressing my gratitude for the confidence
you have placed in me, ! will now say
but a little orally, and that is to thank
you for the unanimity with which you
have selected me as your candidate for
the presidential office.
] can say in addition that looked on
during the progress of the proceedings
at Chicago with great deal of interest,
and am gratified with the harmony and
unanimity which seem to have govern
ed the deliberations of the convention.
If chosen to fill the high office for which
you have selected me, l will give to its
duties the same energy, the same spirit
and the same will that [ have given to
the performance of all the duties which
have devolved on me heretofore.
Whether | shall be able to perform these
duties to your entire satisfaction time
will determine. You have truly said in
the course of your address that | shall
have no policy my own to Interfere with
the will of the people.
AS the General concluded his speech
tDtIc W It's upDlduScs
General Hawley then briefly addres.
sed Mr.. ColfaX, who replied:
Mr.. President HuWley and Gentle
men: History has already proclaimed
that the victories of the party you rep
resent during the recent war always
gave increased hope and confidence tC
the nation, while its reverses and de-
: feats have ever increased the national
, peril. 1t is no light tribute, therefore
to the millions Of Republicans in the
forty-two States and territories repres
ented in the Chicago Convention thai
: our organization has been so inseparably
interviewer with the best interest of the
Republic, that the triumphs and rever
ses of one have been the triumphs ant
rcverses of the other.
Since the general of our armies, viii
his heroic followers, has crushed the re
bellion, the keynote of its policy, tina
"loyalty should govern what loyalt.
preserved" has been worthy of its hon
Ored record in war. Cordially agreeing
! with the platform adopted by the Ma
, tional Convention and resolutions there
to attached, | accept the nomination
with which | have been hOnored, AM
will hereafter communicate that accep
lance to you in the more formal name
that usage requires.