The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-07-07
Van Buren'S Letter.
LlNprSwALp, JUNE 90, 1913.

tENTLEMEN - nave received your KIM
letter with feelings of no ordinary character.
1t comes from the Representatives of body
Of men,who possess unsurpassed claims up
on my respect and gratitude. My reception
10y the lion-hcaited Democracy of your
great city, after my defeat of 1910, was
marked by circumstances, and displayed a
depth Of friendship, which can never for
get. 1t made impressions upon my heart
which are as vivid now as they were then,
and which will never lose their hold upon
my affections until that heart ceases TO beat
II is not in my nature to decline compli
ance with any request which snch men are
capable Of making, except for reasons of
the strongest character, and which they
themselves will, on further consideration
approve. The determination announced in
1914, in my letter to the New York com
mittce, advising my friends TO unite in the
support Of Mr. Polk, to regard my future
life as forever closed, was made upon the
most mature reflections, and with an inilex-
IDLE determination to adhere TO to theend. |
beg of you TO do me the Justice to believe,
that it was in no degree influenced by that
spirit of resentment which political disap-
pointments are so apt to engendcr in the best
regulated minds. Having been defeated
during a highly excited, and as the result
has Shoyu. an uuso,Iud state of the mlblic
mind. for adhcriur to a financial policy
which | believed 10 be right, the Democrat
10 n,sses everywhere as soon as il became
cyiJont ,hat tha country had recovered de-.
Iusions of the day, resolved, with extraor-
binary unanimity, that the policy which had
been so successfully decried should be vim
lirntpi. and thp iuSfire of ihn ppOulc Illus
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fail 10 occur n mo ,bo, ,ho ci,cn,r,t,rco.
hv vLich VOC s,,rro,'ndo1 nraso,,nS ,Lo
occasion had Ionr Je.ireJ iYhen I coulI
retro IRON, nnhI,c GCo cors;.,on,ly ,,,i,,,
what was dro a. ,ho no,,,,rw 20 ,nn fr;o,'a'
and =, nv o,yn self If, resn"c, r. omIraccd !,
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the nroSor, ,,,y ,ninI hoe m, Tor a rno;no,,
wavercd in regard o,be de,ormir a,inn tben
announced. a. an carly ne,iod nth a nrcs.
emf canvass. and bcfore tho Democrat;c
mind could no REGARDED as HAVING t,l,on
onv,bing lilo dis,;nct diroc,io, ~ ror,r'
enco I'm i,s candida,. e.ori,med INV ,ss-
CLINTON in This regari in n letter to q worth,
citizen of penrsyIyania which basb.en .y.
tensivclv nublisIcd and in many othors
With which il wosnot doomed necess,rx, IN
trouble the public. A friendly annlca,o;n
from our delegates ia the National Conven.
tiou. for tho autho,ity ,nusc INV uo,no nc n
candidate if they conid un1,r nrnner circum.
stances. made i ne Won onnrnr 10 bo il, cnr.
med. INV unnlenson, dn,ics IN ,eTnsc INV
consentto their doing ca under any rircuur.
stances Whatsoever Having inns assum.
ed and So lone occunied This 0o>ition- J,rus,
IN your rriend, hin nd nos, irdul,onc.,o Lo
excused far reneating NV INTERCHANGEABLE do
termination never ogoin 10 be n candidate
for nublic Office. The fact of INV HAVING
LONG ,ince retired from uuhlic Igc' with ,hr
tacit onprobo,ion Of INV friends. .;ves mo
rich, 70 cav so. If whilst in The nol,;caI
foil wiIl;nc ,o roceive bonor and ,dvnnca
mont n, ,ba b,nds or my ,,o,;,ic,l rriorJ,
I did NOT show myself ot ali times ready 10
obey. without REGARD TO nersonnl consrm,en.
ces' their calls ~ nests Of Ii,irul,v. hilsl
10 mall o MYSELF understood hy t,1se ,h"r,
Twas mosi anyiouc IN serve
The consideration "a which had aavor.
ted, are NOT entitled IN tho came con,ro,I;n,
inllnenc. in regard IN Tho rcmoin;ro snhioc,
of your letter Wh,tovcr ,yomI he nv,
urefercnces in such matter. on ordinary NC.
rasiops I cool ,hotIco NOT urdnr cxi.t
inc circumstancrs rcrnsc IN crmr,v with
yonr request. withnu, DANG inius,icc IN nv
Democratic friends in This state. I Shall
,berrrore "iyc yon NV nnrcscrvcd o,in;on.
unon thc Sne>,;ons towbich Won have caii.
c1 NV attention ,rI in JoinG en- I Shan on.
dcovcr IN obsoryc I'm, rosn.ct and cnnr,csv
towards tbe conflicting views off Other:
vbichi, has ol,y,yy heen INV ctnnr,c,
,ico ana wl;cb ;,is rn,y ,H,rr th,n eycr
opnronrio,c +, INV nosi,ion.
Ia Two The doincs oC n Democratic
NotionsI Conven,ion ~ claim upou ,he sun.
ror,. or,b, lo,,,o,ro,,, ,C,,,, S,,to ~. H.