Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1847-11-23
sEx,Prrsident IAN Buren'S Letter.
LINbENwALD, Oct. 30. 1s47.

| WY OeaF Or: had the honor, few
Gays since, to receive your friendly letter,
app' ising me ofyoar desire to place nv
name. latter the close ofthe then aeproach.
ingscanVass in Pennsylvania, at the head
OF your paper, as the choice of the ster.
ling democracy! of your district for the
Presidency, and also informing me of
similar disposition among the democrats of
the surrounding districts. di
| The frankness your communication
ana the disinterested motives by which it
has obviously beeh dictated, command my
respect and confidence. Instead, there.
fore, of replying To It through my old and
fast friend in your vicinity as you suggest.
address myself directly to you, and shall
express my feeling and opinion with the
freedom and sincerity which are due 10
the sublect-to my position in regard to
it-and to the respect and gratitude with
which your conduct has inspired me.
l cannot apprehend that what am a
bout to say will induce any one 10 suppose
that | undervalue the honor of the office
with which your favorable estimate of my
capacity and principles has inclined You
once more to connect my name. Every
right minded American citizen must re-
gard an incumbent of the Presidential Of
| flee, possessing the confidence and esteem
of those who raised him to power. and
challenging the respect of all parties
by wise and manly administration of his
trust, as enjoying the highest distinction
knowh to the political institutions.
Nevertheless, assure you that, what.
ever may have been my aspirations at
other periods of my life, have no desire
TO re-occupy that most elevated public
station. have already by the partulity
ofmy countrymen, partaken very Largely
of the enjoyment of public life, whilst /
have not stunned its labor, or been ex.
empt from its inquietudes. The favors
and honors which have been profusely
bestowed on me, by the democracy of the
Union, are, and trust will ever be, pre-
sent to my mind and gratefully impressed
on my heart. Every day more confirmed
in the soundness Of the political opinions
to which have adhered, conscious fhav
ing always done my duty to the people to
the best of my ability, having no heart,
burnings to be allayed,a land no resentments
to be gratified by restoration to power,
and finding my present position entirely
adapted to my taste and disposition. am
sincerity and heartily DESTROYS to wear the
honors and enjoyments of private life un-
interruptediy to the end.
IT, therefore, the support, which you
with whom have not even the pleasure
ola personal acquaintance, have so frank.
ly and honorably rendered me, including,
that not only of the .nfexible and victori
Gus Democracy of your congressional dis
trict, but also the democratic party thro'-
out the Union, and the consequent assn.
rance of success. l could not, consulting
only my own feelings and wishes, hesitate
respectfully and gratefully, but decidedly
to decline it. That any state of things
will hereafter exist in which this indul,
gence of my own preferences would, in
the opinion oil true and faithful frie IDS,
conflict with my duty to the political party
to which my whole life has been devoted
and to which | owe any personal sacri-
flee is in the last degree improbable.
| appreciate and honor your anxious
desire to see the integrity and firmness of
the Democratic party of the Union fully
indicated. As far as the temperate but
steady action of one who is, by his posi-
ton and a just observance of its proprie-
ties debarred from active participation in
partisan conflicts, can aid in restoring its
former efficiency in reminding its former
zeal, and in preserving the high and pure
character for which it has been long and
rapidly distinguished, you may confidently
rely on my cooperation. Whether these
desirable objects can be accomplished,
mainly depends upon the course which is
pursued by the respective friends ofthose
prominent citizens among US who are
made candidates for the Presidency.
Should the capital or the Union, during
the approaching session of Congress, be.
come the rallying point of the partisans,
and not only their attention, but the time
and attention Of those who are charged
with the direction of public affairs, be
devoted to President making instead of
their appropriate duties, we shall have
little to hope in this regard.
But if mere political schemes and in.
trigues. however cunningly devised, and
however profitable they may have hereto
fore appeared, shall in the presen,
emergency give place to the unceasing
vigorous efforts OF all 70 preserve and
protect the bleeding interests and periled
honor of orr country--efforts which can
alone attract the confidence and support
ofthe Democratic masses-the result will
prove far more auspicious.
Scarcely ever has the essential welfare
of the country been in more critical con.
di,ion, or its administration in greater need
of the energetic support of those who
raised it to power. With probable
majority against it in the popular branch
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