New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-19
Letter from MIR. Collier.

WILLIAM hEICHUMs J
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Letter from MIR. Collier.
By the following letter it will be seen that Hon.
JOHN A. COLLIER uaequic0cally declines being d
candidate for Governor at the approaching Elec-
ton. We announce this determination with less
regret since it is the absurd custom in this State
that candidates shall be excluded, by fictitious
delicacy, from any participation in the canvass
and MIR. Collier is L man who cannot well be
spared from the stump in such contest as is be
fore US. The Wing cause will, care sure, have
the benefit of his most ardent, untlrlng efforts
and, having chosen the position OF private in
the ranks, he will set an example in the discharge
of its duties right worthy of imitation Ed.
To the Editors Of The Nenc- York Tribune.
GENTLEMEN: The partial kindness of friends
in different parts of the State, has induced them
10 present my name, among the number of those
to be offered 10 the Wing Nominating Conven
ton, as a candidate for the Office of Governor
an honor which no one could more highly appre
ciate, and which is the more gratifying, and only
gratifying, from the consciousness that it was un.
sought.
Immediately after the result of the Convention
at Baltimore, l endeavored TO impress upon oul
Wing friends every where the Importance of har
monlous concert aud unanlmlty in our own State,
and IN that spirit took the earliest opportunity To
say, and particularly to The known personal friend
of MILLARs FILLMORE, that should not consent
to let my name be presented to the State Conven-
ton as his competitor, but that if he desired, OF
was willing to accept, the nomination for Cover
nor, was decidedly for him; nor was it until
after he was understood TO have declined, that
consented that my name should in any way be
presented az candidate So far as the wishes
of the Wing party have been expressed through
our leading journals, think the predominant feel
ing seems clearly to point to MIR. FILLMORE as the
favorite candidate, and it seems to be understood
BY them, and is now fairly to be inferred from Mr..
FILLMoRE's silence, and confirmed by facts moi
before the public, that he will not withhold his
assent, if the Wing party shall press him TO
cept the nomination. By suffering my name 10
stand, therefore, am put, unwlngly, in the posi-
ton of a competitor with Mr.. FILLMORE for this
high place nor can claim any merit for now
voluntarily declining, in advance, an honor
which is not likely to be rendered to me by the
Convention. But having observed that the sub
ject of our respective claims is still discussed, in
some quarters, and in temper and spirit in which
do not participate, aud TO which do not intend
to be party, and under the hope that it may tend
to secure more harmony and unanimity in the
Wing ranks, have concluded to withdraw my
name altogether from the list of candidates-iully
sensible that am indebted much more 10 the
parnaIty OF personal friendship than 10 any merits
of my own, for being thought worthy Of this high
place.
tbs due alike to myself and to that circle o
me by their flattering and coniding support, 70
say, that have not taken this step without due
and full consideration, and upan consultation
with some of the most prominent, hIgh-mnded,
and honorable members OF the Wing party, who,
upon view OF the whole ground, have united
with me in the opinion, that It's due alike 10 my
own position, to my self respect, and 10 the high
interests of the party under whose banners a!n
proud to be enrolled, that my name should b
withdrawn, as is now uneqmvocally and unaitera-
bly, done "a step attended with no personal re-
greet but on the contrary in perfect accordance,
under the circumstances, with my private wishes
and feelings just sense Of proprety, and my
cherished relations with the Wing party.
To those who have signi6ed their kind prefer
ences for my neme, and in such highly flattering
terms, tender my most sincere and grateful
acknowledgements. May l not ask of them the
further favor, that. generously rehquishing ana
forgetting all their personal preferences, they viii
now, in this most trying ard important crisis.
unite with me Ia a vigorous, untiIing, ana
magnammous effort to elect the Wing tcket-,hc
,chole Wing tlcket-upon whomsoever the choice
of the Convention shall ultimately fall
For myself, desire it to be understood, tina,
INV humble services in furtherance of this high
object, are entirely at the disposal of the Wing
party, and the more willingly, because, having ne
longer any personal interest in the contest, my
motives may perhaps be more justly appreciated
JOHN A COLLIER
a,tor House. Neg York. June IS. 1874
NJ The MERCER COUNTY WIG has just beer
started at Mercer, Pa. by John B. Butler, to TAX
the place of the Mercer Luminary, which ha
gone over to Political Abolition.