Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-05-16
THE far cONrnIBUToR.
He will be a Candidate for Presi.
dent.

dent.
The hour has arrived. 1 can hesitate
J no longer. The highest interests OF
the nation denandtn L should pre-
sent myself as a candidate for President
of the United States. 1 have waited
for someone else to bring me out, but
in the multitude of candidates no one
seems to have thought of me. And L
don't think very much of myself; but
a man don't want to think much OF him
self to be a candidate for President
now7scdays. If he had any selfregard
at the outset he would think very little
of himself by the time he got through
with the campaign. f1saF
i am one of the peopleTI might say.
one Of the boys. Icame up from OBJ
scurity; and brought up good deal
Of obscurity with me. I never had
any ipolitics-or much else. am
"Liberar' to fault, and ready to re-
cefve votes from any quarter, although
| am not ready to give quarters for
votes, Ia, ~
T. As for platform, suit yourseves,
gentlemen. The lecture platform
would probably suit me as well as any
other. Having stood upon nearly eve
ry platform in the West, it .wenld be
hard for you to get up one that 1 Gould
not stand on. In the absence Ofa plat
form give me four aces and I'll ''stand"
on that. a...,. ~
1 am the special friend of the. labor
ing man. No one likes to see a man
work better than do. In fact, L had
rather see a man work than work my
self. 1 am not only averse to working
more than eight hours, but I am op.
posed to working a single hourI L
shan't even work for my election,
leaving that for the men who want the
offices. !" 'ii ai.ii -
am in favor of paying the natl onal
debt. 1t is in fact the only debt I. am
in favor of paying. And rather than
not see it paid during my administers
tion will pay it out of my own pock-t
ct.
.sfaffAe a1atBes L5f ava service re-
form, I intend to do the civil thing by
the nation if the nation does the civil
thing by me-. Being civil Is SO rare a.
thing nDw-a-days in the varied walks
of life Ito say nothing about the; ruhs)I
that that reforsnis + urgently called for.
h .5i Retrenchrment is my motto. IF you
can't put asretrenchment plank in the
platform put in a board. "a / am ready
to work Without any saiary, bit shall
insist upon, my board laa 5.2's - 4
Lam rather inclined to, Free Trade,
prefeming to feel free to trade where
ever I please. but ifa Tariff plank is
necessary to my election put it in. Il
shallnot get on a Tariff i amt elect
ed .sgls 5la hsie "a S' il,5r 4, Nh ill
: tr.tl - hfeilii Zila Tlt l1lif4 liifiI F.sIIft
h sFiedgeIne asstrongas you please To-
the, Temperance sm en- 8. The. temper
anes plegde won't hurt lne one bit. 81.
: No relative shall hold Office, no mat
ter whose relation he may. be- III shall
FaPpoi mt none but cid bstcs6iesiois ,childIess
widows and orphans. Any man. who
has o relation in the world. need not,
apply foS Office under.~Siaayv .adminis-
tratiop = Z faxea few relatives of my.
ownhholding office nov, but they shall
be promptly yAiekedyout-as, soon as L
ap elected One brother in-law has a
iittfe coal Office On the river, Hemust
give It upsada A. third cousin on my
neighbours side drinks too much occa-
IsioRaIS, ifs1and fssS1and Z gets yss $ Office foot.
l shall give him h6ticet toluit. Another
relation has Iiankering after George
Eilis's "0ffice. y Itlwont do him any
good. You seeiI am determined to re.
tduce the relative" expenses of the
government. IT, .als1l 80
S / engage not TO accept any gift, un-
less it be the highest Office in the gift
of the people. If Il am ever called
sour present Chief Magistrate" it
won't beachief magistrate of presents.
Not being man of commanding pres
ence anyhow, there would probably be
few presents that i could command.
What few natural gifts I may have,