The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-19
DOMESTIC.
John LANGDON.

hC COpicS VI the iettGT OF
the General Republican Committee to the
venerable John Langdon, announcing the
determination of the Republican party to
support him as Vice-President, together
with the Patriots reply thereto:
10 the Hon. John Lansdon Of .Hcwr,fyamf,-
shire.
We are directed by the General Com
mittee of Correspondence appointed. by the
Republican Members of Congress, at their
meeting held on the 18th Nav, for the pur-
pose of recommending to their fellow citi-
zens suitable persons to fill the Offices of
President & Vice-rrcsident of the u. States
for the term of years from the Sd day of
March next; to inform you that. a large
majority of that meeting have recomm ended
you for the office of Vice-President of the
us. 49,.
his Recommendation is the result of
deep conviction that unanimity, not only in
our Councils, but in the nation, is indispensi-
BILE TO the success Of the measures which
the government has adopted, and intends to
adopt, for the vindication of the national
rights and Interests against the iawleSs ag-
gressions of foreign nations.
In this awful period Of arms and calami-
ties, whom the whole system of nature ap-
pears 70 be convused, the republic has
right to the service of its citizens. When
ehS iisheiSi' CdliSI uDOn TO Gx-
change the garments of peace for the habi-
iments of war, there is peculiar fitness in
your presiding over the deliberations of the
Senate of the u. S.
Having felt the throes. wliSh preceded
our national eXistence--ministered to the
wants and weaknesses of our national infan-
cy--and participated largely in forming our
national constitution which is the admrati-
:, OF the wise and good in other nations, &
the object of the most ardent attachment in
this; you will, we confidently trust, attend
10 the Cal or your countrymen, and by
your exertions secure to the remotest pos
terity the blessings which that constitution
faithfully administered is calculated to con-
fer.
We cannot but hope that the motives
which influenced your fellow citizens to re-
quire your services at this time, will furnish
you with additional Inducements to comply
with their wishes. tr
With sentiments of the highest respect,
we subscribe ourselves, your fellow citi-
zens. t'.t 't
sSisned BY tse subcommittee.
Mr.. LANGDON's ANSWER.
Gentlemen, ~
= BY the mail last evening, had the no.
nor of relieving your letter Of the 22d inst
which informs me that at a meeting of the
Republican Members Of Congrcss;I was re-
commended to the office cf Vice-Presidcnt of
the Y. S.. This mark Of attention and con-
fidence shewn ME by honorable gentlemen
demands my most grateful acknowledge
nenss: wrote the hons Mr.. Rnggold the
day before yesterday, giving some farther
reasorsThy could not consent to be bro't
forward as a candidate foi. Vice President
or the L. s., to which beg leave to add,
that ! am now II years of age. my faculties
b!unted, have lived the last forty years of
my Lite in the whirlwind of politics, and am
longing for the sweets of retirement. 1 am
therefore under the painful necessity of de.
Ginning hehonorablc offer of my friends of
being brought forward as Candidate for
the office of Vice-President of the u. S.
My advanced age forbids my undertaking
long jOurDies and renders me incapable OF
performing ,he duties Of the important sta
tion OF Nice-President with any advantage
to our beloved country, or honor Co myself
To launch again into the ocean of politics
at my time Of life appears to me highly i'm
proper, therefore am assured that my
honorable friends will forgive me Cor decli-
ming To accept their kind offer.
have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your obliged humble servant,
JOHN LANGDON,
Honorable
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