The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-06-09
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS IN
THE SECOND DISTRICT.

Letter from Hon. James G. MCGTew.
The following letter was written by
Mr.. McGREw, to friend in this city, In
reply to an inquiry whether he was u can
didatc for reelection to Congress, It was
not written for publication, but the gen
tIcman to whom II was addressed, believ-
ing there is nothing in it to forbid its be-
Ing printed, thinks it no more than M act
OF Justice TO Mr.. MCGREw that 1t should be
given TO the public, especially since he
was recently attacked, in an indirect way,
by correspondent in our columns. The
letter Is conceived in spirit befitting IN
honorable and heightened man, such rs all
who know the writer know him To be,
and VIC gladly give it place and commend
1t to our readers in the Second District;
WASHINGTON, June q.
Yours Of the 3D. reached me on Satlr'
day, and now write to answer your IN
quiry.
have, within the last two or three
weeks, signiiicd to two or three oil my
friends my consent that my name might
70 before the District Convention for n
denomination, and that they were ut lib
erty to take such steps us they might
deem proper to let the fact be known. !
do not know that anything has been done
bv them to that end
have during the last three months
received numerous and repeated assur-
unccs. voluntarily given. that it is the
general wish and expectation Of my con-
Slitucnts that he nominated for rc'clec-
ton. and have yielded to what seems
to he the general wish, more from n sense
Of duty, than any desire OF my own, for II
denomination.
do not expect 10 he without 0ppOsl.
tinn. That would he expecting too much,
and there Is already some evidence Of it.
That is right. Those who think me unfit
for, or undcserving Of, the pnsiion-and !
have no doubt there are some SllCll-0ugLt
tomake their opposition, and presume
they will. II they do it in n fair manly
and open way, shall he content, what
ever the result may he,
observe that II correspondent OF the
ISTEILIGEHCER accuses some one, un-
known 10 me, but whom lie suppOses TO
he II friend Of mine. Of desiring that the
District Convention he held IT. PhrkerS.
burg and by the District delegates TO the
State Convention, for the purpose Of Sc.
curing some undue advantage to Inc; ana
he does not hesitate 10 say that the con-
vcniiOn thus held would necessarily be
"a pucked convention" in my interest, and
if i should he nominated by.it, such n)m-
mutton would not express the will Of the
people
Now, | say to you, that know Of no
efforts being made by anybody TO pack the
Convention, either in my interest or that
Of anybody else. have written nor spo-
ken no word or syllable 10 any one Oh the
subject Of the District Convention, where
it should be held or how constituted, nor
will ], except 10 say that | desire that it
shall in all respects be fairly and llon0ra-
biz conducted, and that the nomination
made by It shall fairly express the will
and wishes Of the constituency. | want
no packed convention" for my benefit,
and will not accept nomination, should
receive it, if believe it to have been
unfairly and improperly made
For reasons that | have no time how to
state, have been greatly disinclincd to
allow my name to go before the people
again for their suifragCs, but having done
81, am free to confess, that II would he
very gratifying 10 my feelings TO receive
from the constituency such mark ofthcir
approval as denomination and reelection
would be, but ifmy course has been such
as to make il proper that such approval
should be rwithhcld, Or if it would be in
any way detrimental to the interests of
the people OF the District, the State or the
county, to continue me us tho Representa-
tive OF the district, ! cannot ask that my
feelings or wishes should for moment
weigh with the Convention.
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Sincerely, J. C. MCGKEw.