Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1852-02-13

The following is Governor Johnston's
answer to highly complimentary letter
from the Whig members of the Legislature:
PITTSBURGH, January "a, 1852.
10 IHsssTs Walker, Hart, and others Senators and
Representatives. in the GeneraI Assembly.
GENTLEMES A public servant retiring from
the discharge of official duty, ought not to de-
sire higher recompense than that manifested
in the expression of confidence and kindness
from those with whom he has been associated
This rich reward is furnished by YOUR kind let
ter of 10th inst. Your appreciation Of nv public
actions and social conduct in the warm terms
used IN your communication, has filled nv heart
with the deepest feelings of gratitude With
of1lcial lie, dlssever connection without re-
gret, when thus honored with the friendship Of
those, whom long and intimate association, in
council, have afforded me so many reasons TO
love and respect.
In separating, however from cherished per-
sOnal friends, by whose agency had been sus-
/ tanned, IN the performance Of arduOus nd re-
sponslble duties, cannot repress, bv any philos
ophy | possess feeling of sorrow and regret.
In the constitution Of our hearts there is some
! thing which binds us to those with whom we
! nave passed many hours of our life, even if
! they were days of anxiety and toll. How much
stronger the feeling of attachment when we re-
member many moments of happiness and mutu.
! al plcaSuEe. o lne wing members OF the Ie-
gIslature, and permit me TO add, to the citizens
of Harrisburg, am indebted for many evidence
| of kindness, which can never hope to repay,
! unless they will accept my fervent PRAYER and
the single offerings OF my heart for their well
fare and prosperity.
Whatever the future may say OF the late ad-
mlnlstratlon Of our States affairs it will be
hereafter a pleasant reminiscence that during
my term in office | was sustained by The Repre-
sentatIves IN my party, with an unaniInity
which convinced my judgment that the motives
influencing my actions, were appreciated and re-
speCted, even if tuli concurrence of opinion
diG not always exist. 1t was to this steady sup
port OF friends and their good councils and ad-
wees, that my anxious desire for the public good
owed much Of its success.
Conscious that the frailies of humanity az
fully centred in me, as in my neighbors' and
frequently placed by the peculiar action Of par
ties aud their passions, in embarrassing posi-
tons | could not have expected exemption
from censure or freedom from error. Still am
now, IN recurring to the past, aware Of no Off
cial action which | would desire TO change or
modify.
In conclusion, permit me 10 declare that with
the warmest feelings of an honest heart, love
my native Commonwealth, / adore her rugged
mountains, her fruitful valleys, her glorious
rivers. | love her honest people, than whom
there is none earth more willing TO do Justice
to the public servant.
Commenting each Of you TO the holy keeping
OF that Providence, without whose guiding influ-
ence - our wisdom is folly and our works vani-
ty," | beg to bid farewell, with the request
that may retain your attectionate remembrance.
/ have the honor to remain
our friend and fellow-citizen,
WM. F. JOHNSTON