The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-09-25
From the Boston Atlas.
HON. ABBOTT LAWRENCE.

HON. Abbott Law HENCE.
1t is with mingled feelings of disappointment and
regret that submit TO readers the following lei
ter from the distinguished Representative to Congress
from this district only announcing his determine
ton not 10 be candidate for reelection but resign
ing the seat which he at present fills with SO much
credit to himself and so much to the advantage and
honor of his constituents II is of deep dis
appointment to us that his health is not sufficiently
restored to justify him in again undertaking his
duous duties at Washington. We regret most deeply
that to be deprived of the judgment and iniu
Of one in the Council Of the Nation, whose
weight Of character has never failed be strongly felt
there even when overborne by the strength Of party
opposition. We regret, too, that who has stood
up often and courageously in the halls of Con
gress, with hopeless, but not that account the
less determined minority, is now to be deprived Of
that intrinsic satisfaction which every true patriot
must derive from returning to the Halls Of Congress,
when no longer in the possession of the reckless Janis
sares of power-when no longer polluted by the in
trigues and niquity Of party subserviencyand when
HONEST MEN have resumed their legitimate ascen-
dancy.
Mr. Lawrence will carry with him in the walks Of
private life to which he great ornament he
has been in public the respect and esteem Of political
opponcnts-the honor and regard of his associates,
and the love and gratitude of his constituents. He
can look back upon his course in Congress with the
unmixed satisfaction Of one who well knows that in
every thing he has been guided solely by of
duty and the dictates of conscience His many friends
remember with unmingled pleasure the honor
which his services have gained for him, and refiec-
lively for his district And the whole Union will not
soon forget that in Abbott Lawrence that have lost
public servant whose abors for the exclusive
benefit of dstrct-whose wishes were for the self
sh advancement of section but for the wei
fare Of the whole country.
BosroN, Sept ls, 1910.
Dear Sir--ln consequence Of protracted l-health,
feel myself compelled to resign my in Congress
had hoped until recently TO have avoided this alter
native and 10 have recovered sufficient strength to be
able to perform my Congressional duties the ensuing
session. My medical counsellors, however, have
unanimously advised not TO attempt any Legislative
duties for the present | regret exceedingly on my
account that am obliged to take such step at
this particular moment, when WE who have been in
minority for twelve years. about to realize that
change in the Administration of the Government for
which we have been so zealously contending and
confess | should like to retain the Office with which
the people have honored me- until that change shall
have been fully consummate-that this event is GER
tain TO take place have little doubt believe that
the majority of the people convinced that the pre-
sent Executive and his immediate predecessor, have
not administered the Government in accordance with
the principles upon which it founded, and that
opinions have been expressed and measures adopted
that have proved essentially detrimental to the prospe
rty of the people, and nimical TO the very existence
| of our civil institutions | reoiced that
about to be relieved from the noxious views of theo
| rists, many Of whom have taken up the repudated
doctrines and principles Of political European specua
tors and have attempted to apply them to us
had hoped to have remained in public life long
enough to have taken part in the settlement of few
prominent questions; among them are those concern
ing-the Currency-the TarifI-Internal Improve
ments-and the Public Lands--all of which demand
| the early and serious attention of Congress. Yet
however agreeable it might be to personally to
present the people of this district feel that should
be doing them injustice to retain my seat without
the prospect of being able to perform ALL the duties
which incumbent upon their representative. l
therefore not only feel bound to resign my seat but
decline being candidate for election to the twenty
seventh Congress- and respectfully request that you
will communicate this determination TO the members
of the Convention.
cannot close this note without expressing through
YOU to the people of this district my grateful acknow
Judgments for the high confidence they have reposed
in me- and the support have at all times received at
their hands in the discharge of my official duties |
avail myself also OF this occasion TO say that the kind
sympathy expressed for me during long and DANCE
rous Illness will never cease to be remembered with
| the most sincere gratitude.
have the honor to remain, dear cir, with the high
est respect, your friend and obedient servant
ABBOTT LAWRENCE
PHniP MaRRETT, Esq.
| Chairman Of the County Convention.
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