Letter of Acceptance : Springfield, Ill., May 23, 1860. [Selections from] The Lincoln memorial: album-immortelles. Original life pictures, with autographs, from the hands and hearts of eminent Americans and Europeans, contemporaries of the great martyr to liberty, Abraham Lincoln. Together with extracts from his speeches, letters and sayings. Collected and ed. by Osborn H. Oldroyd. With an introduction by Matthew Simpson ... and a sketch of the patriot's life by Hon. Issac N. Arnold.
148 LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Springfield, III., May 23, 1860.
"Hon. Geo. Ashmun,
"President of the Republican National Convention."
Sir—I accept the nomination tendered me by the Convention over which you presided, and of which I am formally apprised in the letter of yourself and others, acting as a committee of the Convention for that purpose.
"The declaration of principles and sentiments which accompanies your letter meets my approval; and it shall be my care not to violate nor disregard it in any part.
"Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the Convention ; to the rights of all States and Territories, and the people of the nation; to the inviolability of the Constitution, and to the perpetual union, harmony and prosperity of all, I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the Convention.
"Your obliged friend and fellow-citizen,
Abraham Lincoln
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148 LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE.
Springfield, III., May 23, 1860.
"Hon. Geo. Ashmun,
"President of the Republican National Convention."
Sir—I accept the nomination tendered me by the Convention over which you presided, and of which I am formally apprised in the letter of yourself and others, acting as a committee of the Convention for that purpose.
"The declaration of principles and sentiments which accompanies your letter meets my approval; and it shall be my care not to violate nor disregard it in any part.
"Imploring the assistance of Divine Providence, and with due regard to the views and feelings of all who were represented in the Convention ; to the rights of all States and Territories, and the people of the nation; to the inviolability of the Constitution, and to the perpetual union, harmony and prosperity of all, I am most happy to co-operate for the practical success of the principles declared by the Convention.
"Your obliged friend and fellow-citizen,
Abraham Lincoln
