Year: 1868

| AONtNl Va aNNtlNihCc Oi TIC DtlhoNIatli


nomination for the Presidency:


Urea, NEw YoRK, Aug 4, 'GS.
gents When in the City ofNew York
on the llth ult, in the presence of a vast
multitude, on behalf of the National Dem.
ocratic Convention, you rendered 10 mC
| its unanimous nomination rs their candi
date for the Office of President of the
| United States, stated | had no words
adequate to express my gratitude for the
good will and Kindness which that body
had shown 20 me. Its nomination was
unsought and unexpected. 1t was my
ambition TO take an active part, from
which | am now excluded, in the great
struggle going on for the restoration OF
good government, OF peace and prosper
/ ity to our country, But have been
caught up by the whclming tide which is
bearing us on to n great political change


and find myself unable to resist It's pres
sure.


You have also given me copy Of the
resolutions put forth by the Convention
showing its position upon all the great
questions which now agitatc the country.
AS the presiding officer Of that Conven-
ton, am familiar with their scope and
import As one of its members, | am n
party to their terms. They are i'll accord
with my views, and stand upon them in
the contest upon which we are now en-
tCring, and shall strive to carry them
out III the future wherever | may be
placed, political or private life there
stated | would send you these words of
acceptance in n letter, as is the customary
form. | see no reason, upon reflection,
to change or qualify the terms of my ap-
proyal of the resolutions Of the Conven
ton.


| have delayed the mere formal act OF
communicating to You in writing what
have thus publicly said for the purpose
of seeing what light the action of Con.
grcss would throw upon the interests Of
the country. Its acts since the adjourn
mcnt of the Convention show an alarm
lest change of political power will give
to the people what they ought to have
Il clear statement Of what has been done
with the money drawn from them during
the past eight years.


Thoughtful men feel that there have
been.YgGpgs in the financial management,
WIN nle been kept from the public
KIND =. The Congressional party
has bfhdly allied itself with the military
rectyF upon oirttn Che election 81 TRtdy hsaEtM;
but holds itself in perpetual session, with
the avowed purpose of making such laws
rs it shall see fit, in view of the elections
which will take place within few weeks.
1t did, therefore, not adjourn, but took
a recess to meet again if its partisan in
tcrests shall demand its rcassembling
Never before in the history Of our coun-
try has Congress thus taken menacing
attitude towards its electors. Under its
influence some of the States, organized by
its agents, are proposing to deprive the
people of the right to vote for President
ial Electors. and the first bold steps are
taken to destroy the rights Of suffrage.
1t is not strange, therefore, that the
thoughtful see in such action the proof
that there is with those who shape the
policy Of the Republican party motives
stronger and deeper than the mere wish
to hold political power; that there is a
dread Of some exposure which drives
them on to acts SO desperate and SO i'm
polite. Many Of the ablcst leaders and
Journals Of the Republican party have
openly deplorcd the violence of Congress
sional action, and its tendency to keep
I up discord in our country The great
interests of our Union demand peace and
a return to those International pursuits,
without which we cannot maintain the
faith or honor of our Government The
minds of business men are perpleXcd by
| uncertainties. The hours Of toll Of our
laborcrs are heightened by the increased
costs Of living, made by the direct and
indirect exactions Of the Government.
Our people are harrassed by the frequent
demands of the tax -gatlerer. Without
distinction of party there is a strong feel
ING in favor Of that line Of action which
shall restore order and confidence, and
shall lit OF the burdens which now hin
der and ycx the Industry OF the country
Yet, at this moment, those in power have
! thrown into the Senate chamber and Con
grcssioual hall "A new element Of discord
and violence. Men have been admitted
as Representatives Of some Of the South
ern States with the declaration upon theii
lips that they cannot live in the States
they claim to represent without military
protection These men arc to make
laws for the North as well as The South
These men, who, a few days since, were
seeking as suppliants that Congress
would give them power within their re-
! spcctiyc States, are TO day the controllers
Of the actions Of these bodies,


! Entering them with minds filed with qucs-
/ tions and demands from Congress. we shall
| look upon the states from which they come
as ina condition of civil war, That the ma
/ jority OF their populations, embracing their
| Intelligence, had 10 be treated MS public enc.
mics, armies are to be kept up at the cost OF
| the people Of the North, and that there shall
be no peace and order al the South. save that
which is made by arbitrary power. Every
/ intelligent man knows that they not only
owe their present pOSitlOn- To disorder but