The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-29
Letter firm Judge Dates,..His Opinions On
the Political Ous>fins,s Of sAo 1>~y-

we copy from the st, Louis Democrat
the following letter from the Hon. +.
Bates in reply to certain interrogatories
propounded by Missouri delegates to the
Chicago Convention and which in their
judgment "invo!ve all the issues pend.
ing between the two political parties of
the country"
To Messrs. r. L. Foy, Editor Of the
Missouri Democrat; DR.. Bern,us,
Ed''or ofMe An.eiyer, and other gen,
hemcE
sIns:-B. Gran Brown, Esq. rs
President Of the Missouri State Couven.
ton, which sat in St. Louis, on the 10th
of this month, has officially made known
to me the proceedings of that body, al d
by them am enabled 10 know some Of
you as Delegates to the Chicago Conven-
t,on,, representing the Republican party
Of Missouri.
| have received your letter PROFOUND
ing to me certain questions, 1seyen in
number which you suppose will cover
most, If not all the grounds of coutroy.r.
sy In the approaching Presidential elcc.
ton
With pleasure / will answer YOUR
questions. But before doing so, allow
me to glance at the peculiar cireumstan-
ces in which | am placed, and the
strangeness of the fact that mere pri.
vate man, am called upon to make avov.
ais and explanations, with any view to
take me from the shades of private life
and place me at the head of the nation.
came to this frontier in my youth. and
settled in St. Louis when it was VILLAGE
All my manhood has been spent in Miss
ouri, and during all this time | have fol-
lowed profession which left my charac.
ter and conduct open to the observation
of society. Aud while it has been nv
habit freely to express ny opin-
ion Of public measures and public men,
the people of Missouri, of all parties, will
bear me witness that | have never. obtru-
sively, thrust myself forward in pursuit
OF official honors have held no politi
cal Office, and sought none, for more than
twenty five years.
Under these circumstances, | confess
the qualification which | feel in rcceiy-
ing the manifestations of the respect and
and confidence of my fellow citizens
First, the Opposition members of the
Missouri Legislature declared their pref
erence for me as candidate then fol-
lowed my nomination by a Convention
of all the elements of the On.
position, in this State; aud now, the Re.
publicans Of Missouri, in their separate
Convention, just held in St. Louis, have
reafhrmed the nomination, and proposed.
by their delegates, to present me to the
Convention, soon to be held at
Chicago, as candidate for the first Office
in the nation. These various demopstra.
lions, in my own State, are doubly graf.
flying to me because they afford the
strongest proof that my name has been
pat forward only in spirit of harmony
md peace, and with the hope of prevent. /
ng all division and controversy amono
hose, who, for their own safety and the .
public good, ought to be united in their
ction.
For all this am deeply grateful. and
IS far as concerns me personally. mus,
leclare, in simple truth, that if the move
nent 90 no farther, and produce no M.
'ona' results, still | am paid and over.
'ald. for life Of labor, and for vb,tcvor (
I jealous ctfor: and patient watcLiuc I +
avg Lse" able t. bcstow il srrpor, Of = ),