, 1876-03-13

Il to nova sy6s sfncs hare hetn familiar with
stAtecraft. Tho Idea has obtained that no great
amount ot tsonss sse 70 h te the soon.
or this notion Is exploded tho bc&tef II Will oe
for tho Commonwealth, snd hence l am nsgea
forward BY This l.exosablc necessity to oticr my
eervices e The people lave ~ nsves nGa fa ANY my
nerer will unlots publish my fitness And will
ingueea to become n public servant And tho
only difference botwcon mSeo!f and rho other
whilo sisey employ Indifferent wEitors, at tho i'm
nInent peril Of English s5ntar, 10 blo" tholre.
Dy this method my trumpet gavos forth no I'M
certain mounds.
It said tho Georges are all running this
ycar. will not atop hero to combat this rnmor.
My nhmo Ia George Washington slinshanks.
and II there la anything In D nano tho first part
Of Il in this centennial year will EtVo no M I'M
1etun which tho lastor part will not by any
Judgment Of my trionds III naming, ms after tho
Father Of His Country, as we'll aa to crafty my
wifs with few yeara' Residence kt tho Capital.
Tho oln saying that tho moht brilliant Rlanya
die in infancy ts 80 trno universally That wo may
oatoom It q nloufnful law;. howoscr, in my owu
caso wo aoa nt lesst ono example which Ia MI cx-
ccption to this trntl. and TOT which can navot DO
too thankful to tho fatos which hold tho destiny
OF all within their hands. So without vanity !
nature, tho friendly fatea, aud long appllcatlon'
1now rotses4 qualifications which 1t ls no uls-
paragomont to my competitors for rroforment 10
aAy TINT they Gao scarcely appsoestE .ess ~
ovou they posscbB, tloy can worry along II
elected, and by strain which 10 worry iaooflona
on their mental functions they can barely pull
through respectfully. but thoy cannot 10 r1-
peetoi to illuminate tho 6tnto administration
with anything like conspicuous Bucccaas Ibis Ia
/ hayo now alluded to my mental qualifications,
and now tho Commonwealth which propose to
I Sfr lar Snr,H nff1Nf u ~
nv moral status ills Is little moro difficult to
tiolipcale Not hut that am sufficiently moral
for all practical purposes; but It has often becti
remarked that whoro the meutnl faculties ara
Tic moral facnltles aro not veil balanced. low
ever, from this Inv, Nko that nbovo. I am an
honorable exception. am influential IN Sab
ba.l,-sohools, and tho childrcn. particularly tho
little girls, eocm to think as much OF mo rs thoy
do Of their iathera Somehow my personal
magnetism seems very active; but Thilc hm
q temperance man, hnyc como frionaa who arc
brewers, md, ~ beor Is a healthy Beverage,
do sometimes taho glass, but HAS nover
yot observation-disclosures. ! was no7er drunk In
ny life hut once. Yet I suppose my Sabbath.
school friends will think mo little Inconsistent.
hut, when they have atudicd metaphysics. and
can comprehend atl tho mighty underlying
pnsps Of m,ns nsao IT,. ana 'noS
I am peaccablo man, was mover In war, and
nayor killed anybody that know OF. am worry
patriotic, however, mud II my country had called
mo into tho service as Major, OF Colonel, or Con
oral, I should havo considered It my duty to
march to tho tontod field. I an tho only man in
my ward that has no military title. I'm iust
| plain George Washington sl!rnahanks, ca'i-
didato for Secretary OF State At tao GU
suing election. by reason OF his great
1ueniat qualifications and rare moral lltness. I
am tho only citizen In this part Of tho State who
has norer before wanted to run for otticn, hui
nv numerous friends hayo importuned me- &c
earnestly that my beloved State was sutrotinf
| greatly becauso OF my foolish discrimination ts
remain In private Life. aud particularly at ths
oarnost solicitation Of my vito and my ahlt
| lIenceforth l am candidate for Secretary O
State, and, thanking tho teemlng millions o
this mighty stata for tho kindly manuer in whict
thoy will rocoiyo my namo, subscribe myself
truly thine.
| GEonar WASHINGTON S11M8nAxKs.