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Show IlltLUli IS HL-iT. IN thtso days of ponderous political platforms and weighty letters ot acceptance, ac-ceptance, It Is refreshing, to pco'lo who do not attach much Importance to such documents anyay, since they consider them little more than sonorous generalities and wtll-connsd declamations, declama-tions, t) turn to the directness and brevity of earlier times, Tha simplicity sim-plicity and bluntnias of Abraham Lincoln did not detract from his greatness or his popuhrlty, and in s'lad of waiting two or threo months alter his nomination to tha Presidency, bit letter of acceptaucsbal been com posed and forwarded to tho printer within the week after he was chosen. I'ortorseiiiss and asa moilil that can be followed with pro tit by future aa-plrauts aa-plrauts for high elective bonore, the communication dtsorves to bu pert stunted. stu-nted. Here It la Si niNoriri i (III.), May it, tsdo. Tito lion, tieorgo Ashman, Provident nf tho Itepubllcan National Convention: ' lr I accept tho nuiulnatlon tondered mo by tbo convention over Hblch you proaldod, and of whloh I am formally apprised 111 tbo letter ol jounolf and others acting aa a cotmnlltoo of tbe eon vcutlon for that purpose. "Tho detlaratkn of prluclj les aud son-tliuonts son-tliuonts whlih accompniiloa jour letter uicots my provnl, and It shall bo my euro not to violate or disregard It In any part "Imploring the atslslanoo of divine Provldclico, and with duo regard lu the Views an I fnellnks of all who wero rcpre-sontc rcpre-sontc I In the tons ontlon, to tbo lights of sit tbe states nud territories and people of th nation, to tho Inviolability of tuo Con alllutjou and tbo perpetual unity, harmony har-mony aud prosperity of all, I am most bnppy to m-epcrate for the practical sue ceaa of the prlnclpl -s declared by the convention, lour obliged fri'itd and fellow-cttlvm, AtmaiiAst i.im-O! v " |
