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MIR. Hastings 10 the People.

FELLOW CITIzENS:
Many Of you having favor.
ed me with letters assigning various
reasons for my annunciat,on as a candl.
date for the next Congress, and there
appearing to be a decided sympathy in a
general way to that effect, the reprcsen.
tntive being entirely al the disposal OF
his constituents; IN consequence, my
respectful compliance, as in duty bound.
should no longer be postPonedi ana
with sentiments Of gratitude to you aud
Justice to my own feelings, | present
myself frankly without any rlgmaroIo
circumloculion Of hesitation, demur,
afeclation, or pretence, as a freeman
and your representative should. For
as | have never Withheld from you any
of my thoughts, words or actions poIiii'
cally; have ever committed myself 10
your discretion ia full view without
caution or reserve, for better for worse,
that you might have OIHlighI into my sem
,imenls for condemnation or approval;
submitting every iola CT my representa-
i've being implicitly TO your judgments,
20 enable you clearly and Unde standing
iy 10 retain me in your service or reject
me as you might see fit; all which be
ing nothing more than my duty, | am
equally explicit in the present case 10 do
with me as you will.
Besides, the representative, in such
reference, is in q peculiar condition from
that Of any other individual, being 10
the keeping and al the unqualified dis
posaI oil the Peoples free will, it is Tor
that will only which makes and IN.
makes, al pleasure not his own, TO say
what he shall or shall not become. 1t
would be equally as audacious in him TO
decline that will, as 10 inIrude himself
upon II. 1t is true, as a freeman he has
moi parted with his free will, but the
duty he owes his country as a repre-
sentative will bo a consideration, and it
is for his constituents, who il is to be
supposed, value HIM according to his
conduct and services, 10 decide the pc.
Rod Of impersonadng in him their pow
or under the Constitution.
And now: we are all conscious that
the uncontaminaIed free will Of the PEG
pie which is the supreme depository Of
free government, the representative,
above all others should neither infringe
upon nor disregard, and so sacred do |
hold that free will from the unworthy
arts that are used 10 its violations, that
! cannot help expressing the conviction
that, to counterfeit or inveigle from
the people their free will through the
exercise of whatever undue practices,
may be called treason against free 90
VeInment.
These are my sentiments in brieI
upon this subject, which, with the mos
respectful Difference | submit to you, my
constituents, And | must say further
that TO pretend 10 be apathotical to the
high honor of a denomination, and the
qualification Of being present al the in
slallalion oI u President chosen by the
UNlllOIl uNI u NHO OIlOut "bulu Ut
gro8s aiTeclation; aud to express my
gratitude for the honor you have alrea
dy conferred upon me and the unbound
ed confidence you have roposed in mt
as your representative, might seem su
p%crnuous, Tor you all know | feel then
deeply.
As tho distributing Of our State vii
not be done until tho end Of The month
and the result cannot reach Columblani
county before tho beginning of August
when some 30 thousand others vii
navo 10 be consulted besides the 40 thou
sand Of our own county-going into
this matter might seem premOturej ye
here is no OIternatiye, as the primary
Uceungs, ! see are to be held on the 1911
Aug the formal public acknowledges
ment III my Difference TO your will shOulC
mot be deferred.
Very respectfully,
John HASTINGS.