The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1837-11-18
GOV. WOLFS LETTER.
To the editors Of the American Sentinel.
WAsm1NeToN, Oct. 26, 1887,

WARRINGTON, Oct. 70, 1857,
Gentlemen: An article having appeared
in the Sentinel of the 4th inst. on the sub
ject of the next Governor of Pennsylvania,
which has been noticed with appreciation
by other democratic journals, both in and
out of the state, deprecating the selection
of either of the unsuccessful candidates for
that Office in 1895, with view of pressing
their pretensons at the next election, as
being the harbinger of the inevitable defeat
of the party in'3S, lit will not be consider
ed obtrusive in me, ! trust, to quit all appre-
tensions on that score, so far as | am con-
cerned.
AS the avowed q uncompromising friend
Of the democratic party of Pennsylvania, to
which am sincerely attached and to which
owe too heavy debt of gratitude, for con-
fidence bestowed and favors granted, even
for one moment willingly to leopard its
integrity, or to create in the breasts of any
portion of its members the least uneasiness
or alarm for It's supremacy or its safety;
and feeling, as do, the deepest and most
solemn conviction, that upon the success
of the election of democratic governor of
Pennsylvania i'll SO, will depend, in great
measure, the continual preservation, or the
entire prostration of the democratic party of
the state and ofthe Union, | have seen with
regret the introduction of my humble name
upon list Of asprants for the exalted sta
ton of the next gubernatorial election.
My regret arises not from the consdera-
ton that the very mention Of name in
connection with such an office does not add
lustre to it; but because it is known to every
one, In the Iemotest degree conversant with
the politics and the political parties of the
state who does not shut his eyes to the truth,
that the feelings engendered in the contest
of 35 have not yet subsidized; thatth wounds
they inflicted, whether real or imaginary,
are not yet healed; and that the unsuccessful
candidate of that day, who will adventure
upon second heat, in the face of this but
partially smothered feeling, must expect TO
encounter a burst of popular indignation,
which will not fail TO overwhelm him in
confusion and ineflible disgrace, Others
may, if they choose, submit themselves to
such an ordeal-for myself, while express
to those friends who introduced my name,
the gratitude due to them, for the honor
they intended me, l feel myself impelled as
well from proper regard for public feeling
and opinion, and the sense | entertain of
the propriety of removing promptly and
efectually every cause and pretext for un-
| necessary excitement or alarm in relation to
the approaching, contest, as well as from
motives founded in patriotism, as | trust,
and having for their object the union, har-
mony and entire success of the democratic
party, whose principles, in my humble es-
| timation, can alone be relied on as being
truly conservative of the rights, the liber-
ties, and the best interests ofthe people
to disavow and disclaim all intention of be-
coming or being considered candidate for
the Office alluded to, and in order that my
friends and others may be relieved from
all apprehensons and uneasiness on that
subjectyou have any authority to announce
the fact in any way best calculated TO give
it the most speedy publicity.
| have only to add that in taking this
course | am actuated by no other motives
than such as are founded upon an ardent
desire for the welfare and success of the
democracy of my native state: and that in
order to insure this end, selection of can
didate may be made such as will combine
and entirely unite every interest as we'll as
every member of the party in his support.
Very respectfully, gentlemen,
Your friend, and servant,
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