Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-08-26
HON. THOMAS ALLEN.
His Response to the Call to Be.
xcOme a Candidate for
the Senate.

GENTLEMEN:-I thank you for the
very complimentary terms in which
you have thought fit to call upon me
to become q candidate for the United
States Senate.
am happy to have you say that /
am identified "with the growth and
prosperity of the State and of the
West" part of which / am and upon
which I do, indeed greatly depend.
This is far more grateful and accepta-
BILE to me than if you had intimated
that "a man is considered fit for poll
tics who has failed at every other
trade" And infer from your mode of
putting it that you are, as men of judg-
ment and business capacity, in favor
of selecting public servant on terms
similar to those upon which you base
your selection of a man to put at the
head of some department of your pri-
vate affairs. In this case you go a lit
tie further, and demand public spirit,
experience, long Identification with the
growing interests of the State and
West, and that honesty and ability
which command 1.-THE confidence of all
classes"
These words of yours, thus connect
ing my name and the station referred
to, are so fiattering and assuring, and
the post itself, when properly filled, so
highly honorable. that, poor as am in
in the powers of solicitation, 1 feel that
I ought not to refuse the candidacy you
suggest. In any event, my relations
to you will not be materially changed,
nor my desire to be useful at all abat-
ed.
Z. think we may congratulate our
selves that we have a candidate for the
who is one of our own per-
sonal friends and neighbors of unex-
ceptional character, of excellent good
sense, of undoubted patriotism and bet
ter acquainted with our country than
most men through his life at stations
in all its parts. With Congress act
ing in harmony with him and hose
laws he will execute, we may reasona-
bly, expect economy in administration |
a nd reform i'm political morals to rea-
lie unity in fact and in feeling WITH
out mere sectional hatred and aDimQs(l
ity, and why not a possible advan0<int
the science of government as adapted |
to the peculiarities of this greaxrepub- |
lie, which an hundred years>of expert |
ence and growth demand? Then the |
continued peace and prosperity of the
whole country ought to be assured, and |
the life of the republic prolonged anu
invigorated.
For ourselves, by persistent effort |
we have achieved certain results in |
the great commercial struggles of the
times which are commanding na,ional
but the battle is not over. |
Missouri has participated in
the material progress of the last dec |
AIDE, and profited by it, as shown in her
growth in wealth and population, it
has become, i'm view of the vast combi- |
nations going on, matter of the grav-
est concern as to whether she will be-
able to advance with equal steps in fu-
ture, or hold the position she has
reached. / can see that you, therefore, |
have many reasons social, political,
commercial, industrial and |
local as well as well as national, to in
terest yourselves in the States repre- |
in the national councils; and
while doubling my own powers, deem |
it great honor to be pointed out by |
you as capable AMI worthy to serve in
this connection. Among so many rep /
and diversified interests as
gather at the national capital you can |
only expect diligent and conscientious |
attention, and the application of sound !
principles and enlightened judgment |
to the various questions as they will
arise. Such of these quail |
tiles as possess will he subject to the |
of the people of Missouri.
Though at present fully occupied |
with important affairs, I yield to your
request so far, therefore, as to autho-
rize my name to be announced as a |
for the United States Sem
ate. / have the honor to be, your ODE |
dent servant, THOS. ALLEN.
r. J. Lakeland, Esq, and others.