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THE PREsIDENCY-EDw. BATES.
From the Missouri Republican.
JEFFERSON CRY, January II, 1855.


JEFFERSON CRY, January IL, 1855.
-- take great pleasure in making the col
umns of the Republican the medium for the
publication OF the correspondence which is
appended to this article. ... .,.
1t was very proper on the part of The gen.
tlemen who addressed Mr.. Bates, TO inquire
whether lie was willing that his name should
60 before tie Wing caucus. There was
=, eminent propriety in it. Mr.. Bates has al
ways been regarded as the head of the Wing
Party in Missouri. Whenever counsel was
wanted, that o! Mr.. Bates was sought, and
he always gave it with a disinerestedness
which was impressed upon the face Of it,
Whenever aid was sought, on die stump or
with bis pen, these sacrifices were freely
made and were Of great value. Ithas been,
{. in some sort, our province, and, we will add,
our pleasure, 10 witness the cheerfulness
4, and alacrity with which Mr.. Bates always
G met any drafts upon his time by his Wing
friends; and for This we have always admired
him. When labor was 10 be performed, he
was ready to do it. When Offices and honors
were placed within his reach, he has uni
formly declined them. There were many
d. persons who did not knew Mr.. Bates init
mate.Y who expressed surprise that he
should have declined the Cabinet appoint
ment rendered 10 him by Mr.. Fillmore
Such Offices had bee sought for. under other
administrations nay. scrambled lur--and
it did seem extraordinary, that he should
decline this honor under such 4 President
nseslr. Fillmore, and associated with such
Cabinet rs he, with great judgment, called
nround him, few men at this day could be
found 10 adopt The course which he did
But Mr.. Bates did not hesitate. He declr-
ed the Office preferring the quiet of his own
home, and the association Of old friends. to
the cares and porpexities, although clothed
with great power, of Office at Washington.
Other offices have been place al lis dispo-
sal and declined and this correspondence dis
closes the confidence which old political
friends reposed in him. and to which they
were willing TO give more substantial char
ac'er. Mr.. Bates, it will be noted. when
spoken Of in cornexion with the office of
Senator, promptly declined it, for reasons
satisfactory to himself, but which would
hardly have Influenced other more ambitious
men. There are many who. with less pros
poets Of success, and less pretensions, would
eagerly have stretched out their arms 10
grasp it, but know Mr.. Bates well enough
Ginning nomination, would have been scr,i-
pulously regarded as unalterable
Dropping for tie time tie style Of letter
writer, we propose to address the people on
somewhat different topic, but one which
may well be considered now, willie the
public mind is uncommitted and The mere
traders in politics DO not see their way clear
enough 10 determine what they shall do.
Mr., Bates is in retirement, except 50 far
as the performance Of duties for which he
was educated, and which the people hay,
committed to his hands, may be concerned
He is not politician, in the modern sense
OF that word and therefore lis nomination
for the Presidency ough. TO be still more
satisfactory TO the honest and well meaning
voters ofthe Union. But, though Mr.. Bate.
be not politician, he is better known, an(
more acccptably known, to nneteen-twen
tieths Of the people, than any Oh all of thu
wurn-out and hackneyed politicians whose
names have been before the country rn
thirty odd years IN connection with publ,
affairs. From the time that, selected by tn
Partially Of friends who knew his worth
lie presided over the Chicago Convention
and at the close made q speech which cleo
trifed the whole country, his name ha
been as familiar as household words
and we may add, the synonym for patrio
tism, true love of the Union, and unninch
ing integrity. AT 10 time, has his nam
been withdrawn from public contemplation
and this i shown in his call % the Cabinc
by NJ. Fillmore, and the consideration
which is paid 10 him whenever he quits hi
retirement and goes abroad. Such ma
we propose TO the people for The Presdenc,
Gt the next election.
We put forward Mr. Bates for man,
reasons. some Of which may be briefly state!
He is not, as we have before observed,
politician, and therefore he is Independent
Of, and can keep clear from, ali cliQucs, ant
cabals, ard sectional associations. engcn
dered and fostered At Washington. But, mor
than ths, he will hot have to learn, if elec
ted, the principles upon which he viii carr,
on the Government: he viii not have to ge
them made up for him when he gets (
Washington. His principles have becon
by the maturity Of his judgment, settled con
NctioEs, and they never can be change
unless that iuagmeu. should undergo
change. We are not left in doubt as TO hi
views upon the questions which are likc
10 be prominent in the next election. He i
in favor OF the Improvement Of our River
and Harbors, and appropriations by Congress
for this purpose, and this without rererenc
to their locality. whether they be in III
North or TIE South, or the centre of the Tn
ion. lie has no constitutional scrupes whic
will lead him to thwart the action of Cor
gress on such bill; and he viii not onl
sanction, bu, he will recommend and advocai
such action. A Western man, imbued wit
all the liberally'and intelligence which cha,
acterizcs the Western people, lie will N
rest satisfied with appropriations for the in
provement of the great rivers of our vale,
but he will sustain such a system as Coz
gress may at any time adopt. He is {
record on this question.
Then, again. he is the earnest advoca
for the construction of Railroad to come