Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-07-15
ABINGDON, July 4th, 1870.

~ wv N@N'tvfo " INC IHgtRtQn.
GENELEMEN-Permit me through
your columns, to respond TO n c9Il
made upon me in the last issue of
your paper, TO announce myscl. n
candidate for Congress.
am not sufficiently educated or
framed IN the art or mystery of dema-
gogishl TO nlIect that the solicitations
OF "NidRy friends, - or the Dublic
generally, that / should offer for a scat
IN the United States Congress. hnVo
been so general and importlnate tbot
could not resist thcm,1yet / nvow Sim
cere qualification Mt this opporfpniiv
% respond ut once and GENERALLY to
those who have addressed me bv j9tter
ana otherwise on this subject.
AT tue recent Courts, i'm each of the
several counties, besides Washington.
III which | practice law, number of
solld men-haying Il stake in society
and deep interest I'm the Government
have approached me with reference
to the Congressional election la. st,1b n
manner az to awaken in me tho livpli-
est qualification at their confidence
and esteem; and when, in addition To
these, / consider the hearty exprcss-
ions of favor and oncouragement.
which | have received from my own
countymen, my heart is filled with
sense of their Partially and good will
to which, more than to any merit of
my own, ascribe their desire to add
to my humble life public honors and
distinction.
The gentlemen who address to mo
the letter, published by you last week
make allusion to what they are pleas
ed to call "the services rendered hy
ma in r,tpptifre f,xr NN.If.t ALL
in tho political campaign of last wear.
If, indeed, my efforts thus made were
of any service l was amply repaid by
the plaudit of wcll-done, with which
the people greeted me ut the time.
The result CT my experience in that
little round was to teach me, that the
people are not only just, but always
ana promptly generous, in acllnowl-
edging public service howevar slight,
and in bestowing n full need of praise
upon every effort, however humble,
when made TO promote the ends of
of sound government and wholesome
laws.
/ have less desire than may be sup
posed by many, to attempt the
slippery paths of ambition, but
shall always holl myself in readiness
in the future, az | have done in the
past without a.y expectation of Office,
TO render any service, public or private,
within my power, to thepeople among
whom live.
In reference to the Convention pro-
posed to be held at Marion on the 2Sth
ins'. to nominate a candidate for Con-
gress, | have only to say that, no one
can question the purity or patriotism
or motive Of the citizens of Smyth
and the other counties who have called
it, and no tair-mindtd man IAN pre-
judge that il will act unfairly, much
less uptly,-therefore L annouce
myself a candidate, subject TO It's de-
cision. If it tenders to me tho nomi-
nation | will accept it, and if it does
not nominate me, | will exert every
honorable effort in my power, coosist-
ent with my professional engagements,
to elect the man who is nominated.
Thanking my friends again for their
good VII and confidence, | close with
the hopo that they and | may live
30 see the right of self-govcrnment
strengthened and finally confirmed in
the hands of the people of the States
respectively, and n Union, according
to the Constitution, thus restored and
reestablished, from which shall de-
scehd, like gentle dew from heaven,
upon all is people of every name and
kind, the manifold blessings intended
by the great fathers and foundcr3 Of
American freedom. Yours sc.
janis ". HUNES.