, 1880-03-08
MR. WAsHRuRNE AND THE PRESIDENCY.
The following letter Of tho Hon. L. u.
WAsllburne to james 11allett, ESD, written

Tho following letter OF tho lion. L. Il.
Wasliburne to James 1Iallett, Esq, written
several weeks ago, has Just been made public:
CHICAGO. Fcb. II, 1sso.-James HaEe,t, Esq-
Ny DEAn Fir: haye just seen in tta rapcrs \
rrupoyo holding d nlrcting to-lnorrow night to
rrssacSey It saeh be IL tio i fot, i i 1os eoe so
l,as double value as o,ning from my old con.
stltmcnts and friends, who for nino successive
aid ovoioh whoa has ' oaiieao nv iceiest ne!
gratitude. I must huwcycr. through yuu, bcx
Of thonto, dcsist from nny such notion. i ca,i,
candidate for Tresdont Gen: Gr,lnt ts my slrst,
l9,st .n1 only stolss Thnktng ny lrIe.i,ls ioi
unit, h. u. W4aIDUnkE.
The above is q reitcrntIon In writing of
wlsat Mr.. Washburno has frequently ttc-
clarcd verbally, and simply amounts to tl,Ia:
~ 1Ie wants Grant nominated. {9) 1Io will
nut, under my circumstances, be a candidate
agntnst lin.
But suppose Con. Grant Is not candidate,
or shall beforo the Chicago Convention, or
during tllat Convention, Withdraw his name;
In Tint case Mr.. Washburne is "a FREQ to sup
port any otllor candidate, and as FREQ to be-
come candidate himself, rs Is my other cIti-
LElA VI AAC 1kNFUUlAEs 4AO EllUlkt 1}lAhlIlE Lu
represent him nj refusing tho nomination, OF
refusing tho use Of his name In the Conycn-
tlUil rs q cantsltluto for tho nomination In case
Gen. Grant shall 1laye withdrawn or other
wise ceased to le a candidate, Is gross in
Justice to afr. Washburne, md Is wholly un-
warranted hy the facts.
THO attempt 10 pnt him in this false posi-
tfon Is doing III Injustice TO tic friends Of
Gen. Qrnnt, tho majority Of whom, In case
urant ba no longer candidate. will un-
doubtedly prefer Wnshburne to any of tho
other gentlemen who have been named. We
lave IN question that Gen. Grant himself,
Should he ccaau to be n candidate, will greatly
rejoice 1t tie Convention shalt nominate Ills
old friend and supporter NYasIlburnc.
To represent tllat Mr.. Wasltburne will not
permit Ills name TO ta used in the Col,yetl-
t!on, 1t. ease that Of Gen. Grant is withdrawn,
Is TO represent that his friendship aud his ntl-
intratIon for Grnnt will bo transferred to
Ilalnc, or ConklIng, Or Sherman, or Ed
muntls. That thts Is not true is shown by
his letter, In which he declares that he Is
"for Grant first last aud ali the time" But
Grant no longer candidate will so chnnge
tho situation of ailairs TINT Mr.. Washburne
will not 10 ut liberty to refuse the full per-
mission for the use ot hts name In the Con-
yentlon for the nomination.
1t IL not at MI certain that Gen. Grant will
permit llfs name to DO used tn the Conycn.
tion rs a candidate. When hu returns to thls
country from Mexico aud discovers That
among tho Keputltcana of seycral stotcs
there Is such IN overwhelming objection to n
third turn for anv man TINT whn1a dc,eo7,.
ttons t,ayo been elected directly hv the nro.
ple to vote pgait,st d tlir.l term: tj,at il, the
great RepublIcnn Stnte. of Pennsylvania n
lurgs body OF tl,u Delegates instructed In nm.
posy u third turm have bean. by tha skillfn,
1nanllulations of tin "machi,,e. y co,u,uonded