Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-09-01

ii necessary LOT Tue Socu Oi the cauSe.-
That my own self-respect would not per
NIT me 10 ask or strive for a nomination
That it was the duty of the people tC
nominate such individual as would mos
efficiently carry forward the great re-
formation now in progress, and l would
leave the matter with them silently sub
mitling it TO the people whose interests
and honor were most concerned. / con-
cured with them that my position before
the Nation would not permit me to de-
cline nomination if rendered me, and ]
proposed avoiding responsibility in the
matter, leaving that responsibility where
where it naturally rests.
wished to place myself on the record
that l might be understood before and
after the nomination. l desired to say to
the Slave Holders, did nos voluntarily
withdraw from the contest, that the peo-
pie selected better and an abler man
to aid in carrying forward the great
subject which now absorbs the popular
mind; that he in the fall tide of ambi-
tious manhood will lend greater energy
to the cause than l can; am l right? { A
general response in the Affirmative. In
that feeling and object 1 heartily agree.
In that selection l feel myself thousand
times more honored than l could have
been by refusal to be candidate. 1
have no interest aside from this cause.
l have no honor separated from that of
our district and of mankind; with this
cause 1 would stand or fall and you hav-
ing selected an agent who will lend it a
more efficientsuppor! than could, / shall
feel more anxious to sustain him than to
be sustained.
want to say to my friend Mr.. H, }
and to you that this fight is not yet ended.
There are difficult passes TO be taken,
and hard contested fields vet 20 be won.
and from the position which the people
Of this district have occupied in the fight,
the eye of the nation will be upon my
successor! This district has occupied
higher position than any other in the
land, and your acts and your represen-
tative's acts are marked.
l would not presume 10 advise him,
but were TO volunteer single caution,
l would charge him to maintain that
platform which he himself aided in form
ing al Philadelphia. Let no modi6ca.
ton be interpolated; regard it as the faith
delivered to the Republican Saints, to be
maintained in all its dignity.
Fellow citizens: Our friend will now
enter new sphere of political action;
trials and difficulties await him, severe
labor, incessant toll will be his portion,
and when he returns to you after four or
FIVE years service, their effect upon his
physical constitution will be perceptible.
Encourage, cheer and support him. Let
him never look back to find assailants at
home for doing his duty in Congress
May God preserve him from the annoy
ance to which many of the Pioneers of
our cause have been subjected. If in any
thing he errs, or fails, let his error or
failure be treated kindly and candidly.
l assure him that shall do whatever /
may be able TO render his political du-
ties pleasant, and to encourage him in
maintaining truth and justice.
And now a word at parting. Nearly
forty years of political association have
attached me to my fellow citizens of this
District.
l know the feelings which have ami
mated you, and l believe you have hear
tily sustained me in my course. Some
of my old Wing friends are here, who
long ago fought with me in the ranks Of
that party, and then awhile against me
when 1 left it. You were honest in SO
doing, and so was l. Since then there
has been other divisions. Some have ac-
ted with the American Organization and
1 could not go with them in that You
no doubt were honest in that, and so
was / and l believe l Vas a little the
most so. Others still are Anti Slavery
men who with me have borne the bur
den and heat of the day, and now all TO-
gether with mutual good will we can
look in each others faces and admit that
we all have been sincere, and that all are
earnest and hearty in carrying on the
work of the Republican party.
l leave you with lighter heart than
ever before. 1t seems pleasant to lay
aside the load. The quiet joys and graf
ifestions Of social life are cow before me.
The pleasures of home now seen within
my reach. l have often longed for them
before, and now they beckon me on.
/ shall serve out my lime and then de-
liver over my Office to my friend here.
l will say further that whatever l can do
to sustain your action to day shall be
most cheerfully done, and tender to
you whatever service may be able to
render in this campaign. Twill do all in