Year: 1864

New YORK, June II. 1864.
Hon. A5raham Lincoln:


sSrR.-The National Union Convention wh;o,,
assembled in Baltimore on June I, Is64 . ba.
instructed us to inform you that you were nom.
mated with enthusiastic unanimity for the
Presidency of the United States for four years
from the 4th of March next.


The resolutions of the Convention which we
have already had the pleasure of placing in
your hands, are a full and clear statement of
the principles which inspired its acticn, and
which. as we believe, the great body of Union
ther those resolutions express the national
gratitude to our soldiers and sailors
or the national scOrn of compromise
with rebels and consequent dishOnor
or the patriotic duty of union and success:
whether they approve the Proclamation of
Emancipation, the constitutional amendment,
the employment of former slaves as Union SOL
diers or the solemn obligations Of the govern
ment promptly to redress the wrongs Of every
soldier of the Union, of whatever color or
race; whether they declare the inviolability of
the pledged faith of the nation, or offer the ma
tional hospitality to the oppressed of every
land, or urge the union by railroad of the At
lantic and Pacific oceans; whether they re-
commend public economy and vigorous taxa
ton, or assert the fixed popular opposition to
the establishment by armed force of foreign
monarchies in the immediate neighborhood of
the United States, or declare that those only
are worthy of official trust who approve unre-
servedly the views and policy indicated in the
resolutions-they were equally hailed with the
heartness of profound conviction.


Believing with you, sir, that this is the peo-
pies war for the maintenance offs government
which you have justly described as "of the
people, by the people, for the people," we are
very sure that you will be glad to know, not
only from the resolutions themselves, but from
nrth xrrsfI
which they were adopted, how warm is the
popular welcome of every meas ure in the pros.
ecution OF the war, which is as vigorous. un-
mistakable and unfaltering as the national pur-
pose itself No right, for instance, is so pre.
cious and sacred to the American heart as that
of personal liberty. Its violation is regarded
with just, instant and universal jealousy. Yet,
In this hour of peril every faithful citizen con-
cedes that, for the sake of national existence
and the common welfare, individuals may, as
the Constitution provides in case of rebellion.
be sometimes summarily constrained, asking
only with painful anxiety that in every instance
and to the least detail, that absolutely aecesa-
ry power shall not be hastily or unwisely en-
ercscd.


We tsilove. sir that shc honest vii of tie
Union men OF the country was never more t.I,
ly represented than in this convention. Their
purpose we believe to be the overthrow of
armed rebels in the field, and the security of
permanent peace and union by liberty and ius-
tice under the Constitution. That these re-
suits are to be achieved amid cruel perplexities,
they are fully aware. That they are to be
reached only through cordial unanimity of
counsel, is undeniable That good men nav
sometimes differ as to the means and the time.
they know. That in the conduct ofall human
affairs the highest duty is to determine in the
angry conflict of passion, how much good may
be practically accomplished, is their sincere
persuasion. They have watched your official
fhn~o fN~n with a.
and amid the bitter taunts of eager friends and
the fierce denunciation of enemies, now NOV
ing too fast for some, now too slowly for 9TH
ers, they have seen you throughout this tre-
mendous contest patient, sagacious, faithful,
just leaning upon the heart of the great mass
of the people, and satisfied to be moved bv its
mighty pulsations


1t is for this reason that, long before the
Convention met, the popular instinct had
plainly indicated you as its candidate; and the
Convention, therefore, merely recorded the
popular will. Your character and career prove
your answering fidelity to the cardinal prin-
cpals of American liberty and of the Ameri-
can Constitution. In the name of that liberty
and Constitution, sir, we earnestly request
your acceptance of this nomination: reverent.
iy commanding our beloved country, and you,
its Chief Magistrate, with all its brave sons
VINO, on sea and land, are faithfully defending
the good old American cause of equal rights,
to the blessing of Almighty God.


We are, sir, very respectfully, your friends
and fellow citizens,


WIN. DENNIsON, Chairman.