The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-05-28

LIE FOLLOWING letter rs addressed Dy uov.
Seward to the Central Republican COMMITTEES
Of New York City, who had invited him to
attend meeting for the ratification Of the
nominations recently made by the Chicago
Convention:
AUBURN, May 81, 1860.
GENrLEMRs-I will not affect 10 conceal
the sensibility with which | have read the
letters in which you and 80 many other re-
spected friends have rendered TO me express
sions Of renewed and enduring confidence.
These letters will remain with me 90 assn
RANGES in future years, that although was
not unwilling to wait even for another age
the vindication of my political principles,
yet that they did nevertheless receive the
generous support Of many good, wise and
patriotic men OF my own time. Such assu-
RANGES, however, made under the oiroumstan-
oss now existing, derive their priceless value
largely from the fact that they steal upon me-
through the channels Of private correspond
enoe and altogether unknown to the world
You will ut once perceive that such express
sions would become painful to me and justly
offensive to the country, IL / should be al
lowed to take them in any public or conven-
tional form OF manifestation. For this rea-
son il il were respectful and consistent for
your own public purposes, would have de-
layed my reply to you until could have bad
an opportunity OF making it verbally, next
week, ON INV way to Washington, after oom-
plotting the arrangements for the repairs upon
my dwelling house here, rendered necessary
by q recent ere. The Same reason determines
me, also, to decline your kind invitation to
attend the meeting in which you propose
some demonstrations OF respect to myself
while 80 iustly considering the nominations
which have inst been rade by the National
Republican Convention Ut Chicago. At the
same time ii 10 your right to have frank and
candid expression OF my own opinion and
sentiments on that important subject. NV
friends know very we'll that while they have
always generously made my promotion to
public trusts their own exclusive care, mine
has only been to execute them faithfully, 90
| AZ to be able at the close OF their assigned
| terms to resign them into the hands OF thu
people without forfeiture Of the public CON.
fdencc. The presentation Of my name tc
the Chicago Convention was their act, not
mine. The disappointment, therefore, j.
theirs, not mine. II may have found then
unprepared. On the other hand | have NJ
sentiment either Of disapr ointment or dis
content; for who, in any possible case could
without presumption, claim that great na
tional party ought to choose him for its can
didate for the FIRST Office in the gift Of th,
American peoplef
| and in the resolutions of the Convention
platform a. satisfactory to me a. il it hat
been framed with my own hands, and in th
candidates adopted by it, eminent and sbl
Republicans with whom have cordially 90
operated In maintaining the principles embed
| led in that excellent creed. Icheerfully Civ
them sincere and earnest support. trust
moreover, that those with whom have labor
ed SO long that common service in pobl
cause has created between them and mysel
relations Of personal friendship unsurpasse
in the experience OF political men, will in
dulge me in confident belief that no sens
of disappointment will be allowed by ther
to hinder or delay, or in any way embarras,
the progress OF that cause to the consumma
sion which is demanded by a patriotic regar
to the safety and welfare of the country an
the best interests of mankind.
WV. H. SEWARD.