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Acceptance Of H. J. Jewett

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Day
23
Month
August
Year
1861
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The Ron. H. J. Jkwett- Sir :- I huvo the pleanuro ui unnouucmg your Domioation, bv the Democratie Union Oonvention for tho State of Ohio, ns theii' candidato for tho tifÜuo ot' Uuvernor at t!n' ri:.-::r.;jf tlotion. tlopiog that yoa wil] ncccpt this u- a favor ol the Gonvflintion, and for tho interest of tho Siato íiv.ú country, [ roniain youis with respect, WILLÏAM A. JOIÏN'.-'ONT, S.:ctvt rv oí Sute Oonlral CotnniUtee, Morrow, Obio, Aug. 7, 1S0I. Wm. A ."Vuxsiv, Eso., Secretar y Democratie Ventral : - SlH : J uní in reaeipt of ytuir favor of the 8:h inst., acWising rrie ol my ' nomination liy the Dtiiouratic TJnioh Conventon :is for tho oflk'e ol Govornor at t"e diftuióg election,1' and expffesííng íhe hopi ihat I wop.i!d ca Ci'pt t. linder ordunary oircnnfeiftnceR, to bo nnminated lor rhe highost óffico n the gift of tin peoplo ol the tbird S ato of the Union, by a Convention so numerously át tended aud representing bo largo ond respeclablo ;i propertioa of tho peoplo o; the St'.te, vrould be a mnrk ol iv.-pcct and confidcoeo of vrhich nny'citizen mightwel] teel proud; hut o iew of the extraonjinary and ahirming sluis pi aftairs in which we nro placed, to bi imücated by any con■iderabfe portion oftny fcüow-ciiizenu as a suitíiblu person to disuhargp the dutioa wliich liHlt dovolvu u,m the Ëxoculivo of thia Rute, is ih'e i. honor which thcy coüldconféi" - an tinnor whioh I trust I fully uppreciate, and ono which by nó future aul o! mino-, 1 hope, wijl bo shown to Ikivo boau unwui thüy beutowcd. Without considering. tha causea vvhich lavo preoudod and contributed to tho roboüion now f?"ing on n Home of tlit! fouUiorn tjtutt'd ugainst tho government, or t'no meusurea whicR tliose in chitrgo ol" the governraent raay deern il necossary to take to 8iippre8 the rebellion or prevent iw extüiiaimi, t is, perhaps, proper thatiii tliis commuuication I should stato brieflty ray vtewá upon the great issuo now beforo tho people. In one soolion of the country a rebullion i'.xii-ts, the luw of ilie land i (Hit in defiance- the Uuiori of the States iy norcd - the conUtuiioH Bot ns ie. and nothur, nt onue the ofikpring of an pology for this robcllion, sought to be ubstituted in ns stuad. In t!:u prosacution oí their designs the parlies instigating and loading this rebeliió i btve oized upon thu proptrty. of our overnnwmt, driven ita otticeia ttad soldiers frooa tlieir posta of duty, and by ariued violencu havo souglit to hiuniliatt) our flag aüd to overawe tho governxnent. TlieEü partiea had, n doubt, carefully oaluulatod the chai. ces f suocoss, and, huving no sympathy io uomihon wtth tho great body uf thuir people, deterinined, at all hazards and ut any coetof treasure and of blood, to attempt the exöoution of tlieir unw'we and wicked purposes. U'ith eucli men I have no compromisos to nmkc - to such I have no teniis to offer, other than an uneonditionn] submission to the Union, the cotistitution and the laws, But in my opision t' ; nnirber of thiacla-s is Bmali. Tiio great bod}' ot the poople South aro loyal to the governrnent; their syrn. athies are with it iind for it, if the real nature of tbecontrovT!y was fairly befbre tlie-n, and they wero p rmittcd to act n actordance with ttieir (iwn feelinga and ju dgments. It is tho loyal people of the the South who must sullr the most by the continuante ot hoAtilitu. I nould, therefore, iu justice to thein as well as to ourselves ; f;r the sake of our com mon country ; for the sake of humaoity, undeoeive them. I w$fek] invite them into a nationsl crmvention, where wo might consult and advine together for our comrriou go :d, and bv w se meararea provida ngainst any and every line oí' poüuy which, if psraevered in, mint hesalt in oonoraon ruin. For the restoration of hartnony between the State?, pymputhy smo'ng the peoÍle, and the preservation uf the Fnion, I woi.ld tnake uny roasonableand honorable eotiucsaton, not to tho traitor, but to disurm the traitor, and by by undereeuiiig llie betrayed. In making profiera of peuce and proposing tenns of coneiliation, I wo'd not overlook the fact that therebeüion is in the hands of those who are opposed lo any reaaonable and peaceful odjustment oí present difficullies,8hortoi aubmisëion Ui their policy and an ackowldgment of their independenoe - an awbnow] edgment whioh I trust no oonoiderable nuinber of poople hare been, arfl now, or ever will be piepar-ed to make. I woukl, therefore, in u way weaken tho arm of tho governmentj in no way impair tho efficiency oi our arrny, but, on tho contrary, hs a matter of eeononiy as well as humanity, I would impart vigor and uoergy to both, and with every peace o8er n;r, there should bo the alternativo of war or submiseion. Undur no turenmetancea would I eubmit to a dieeolu'.ion of the Union, I or uomrider tenns of eeparation. Theso aro biielly tlie v.oivs I en'crtain on tho all important quefetion beioro the peoplo 1( elected to tho office of öovernor I c:in only promise that upon tbis and all other quewtions up n which I maj bu called tn act looking to the best interest of the w;iolo peoplo, and avniling myxelf f tho ligh'.s which may than be before me, I will discharge whatever duty may devolve upon me to t!io bv:st of' my n.bi1ity ; and while I would have the betiefit of the expenor.co ■( those who have preceded me, I could not e.tpoct lo escapo altogether tho eonsnre whioh an excited public raiud is prone to v.sit upon those who may represent them in tho management "f intorertts so vast and varied a those oj our State. Vory respectfullv, }. J. Jeweix.

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