Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-10-08
A LETTER FROM GOV. REEDFR ON
THE APPROACHING ELECTION OF
PRESIDENT AND THE CAKDI'
DATES.
New YoRK CRY, S,pi. 1S, 1886.

To The Editor of the Epening Post;
Gen;lemen-The letter of your CORES
pohdcnt H., and your editorial comments
upon it of the 10Th inst, seem in COM
mon courtesy to demand reply, Your
correspondent does not err in saying that
desire the success OF the Republican
party and The election of their candidate,
and that | am ready 10 contribute any
honorable effort to bring it about. This
is not the result of any preference as to
men, but in spite of it. With Colonel
Fremont / am unacquainted. have
never seen him, direcr or indirect, verbal
or written. On the other hand, my feel
ings of friendship and admiration for Mr..
Buchanan, as a man, are of no ordinary
character, and are strengthened by years
Of friendly intimacy and reciprocal acts
OF kindness, uninterrupted to this lime
by single misunderstanding or unpleas-
ant feeling; and would al any tine de-
fend him promptly, and indignantly.
against personal attacks upon his reputa.
ton. believe him 10 be a man of dis
,inguished ability, of high integrity and
valuable experience. He is surrounded
too, in Pennsylvania, by many political
friends, whom personally ] love and es-
,eem, TO whom am united by ties of long
cherished political and social intimacy,
and the loss OF whose friendship should
regard as great calamity. For more
than quarter CT century have stead
lily labored with the Democratic party,
and never doubted that | should do SO
during my life. For years hive exert
ed myself 10 bring about NJ. Buchanan's
nomination. la 1548 and 1882 ! was
one of those who carried Tor him the del
egates of our district, and was his zeal
Gus and ardent supporter. On each &C.
casion was in the National Convention
as one of his delegates.
These ties are exceedingly strong and
hard to sever, especially with one who
is naturally of conservative cast, and
slow to change old habits of thought and
action; and | have resisted for months the
convictions thar were urging me to Ely
present declaration. / have diligently
sought reasons an arguments Ia save
myselfthe pain of breaking up old asso-
Citations and alternating myself from my
old friends, but all in vain. My love of
country and hatred of oppression, would
moi allow my feelings and inclinaiions
either 10 delude my judgment or still my
conscience, and / am compelled to forfeit
my self-resrect by committing what be-
liove to be palpably wrong, or else enrol
myself in opposition to the Democratic
party.
| see no reasonable hope of justice and
sympathy for the people of Kansas in the
success of The Democracy. In lis ranks,
and with the power TO control IFS action,
are fund the border ruffians Of Missouri,
and their accoinplices at The South, who
have irampled upon the Constitution and
all the esseniiIl principles # our Gov
eminent, robbed Kansas OF its civil iibrr-
iy aud right of suffrage, laid waste It's
territory with FIRE and sword, anL repu-
dated even civil;z ltion its.lf
, In IFS platform find the enunciaiion
Of principles which would pat the rope
about the necks Of men for exercising the
constitutional right Of petitioning Con-
gress, for Safe Government, or redress
Of grievances far worse than those which
led 10 the war of the Revolution, and a