Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-24
enabling men holding tho machinery Of
government to continue and perpotuate

enabling men holding the machinery Of
government to continue and perpotuatc
their power.
twas my opinion 10 1876 that tho on :
position attempting to change the admins.
eration needed to include at least two.tbirds
OF the voters OF the opening of the canvass
III order to retain their majority at the clcos
tlon. 1t after such obstacles had been
overcome and majority Of the people had
voted to change tho administration of their
government, the mon in office could still
procure false count founded upon frauds.
perjury and forgeries, furnishing protcxt,
OF documentary evidence on which to base,
that falso count, and if suoh a transaotion
were not only successful, but If otter tho
allotments of its benefits were made to ;ts
contrivers, abettors and apologists by tho
chief beneficiary Of the transactoins it
were condoned by tho people, practical
destruction of elections by the peonlo
would bavo been accomplished,
The failure to install the candidates,
chosen by the people, a contingency copse
quent upon no act or omission of mino and
beyond my control, has thus left rne for
tho last three years and until now, when
the Democratic party, by its delegates in
National Convention assembled, shall choose
now leader, the invo}lctary but necessary.
representative Of this momentous issue, ~,
such denied tho immunitics of p,iyate life.
without the powers conferred by public
station, subject to unceasing falschoods and
and calumnies from partisans of an admin
istration laborlng in vain to justify its exis..
tence.
tho bfSiicd bfii saafss tie supiene ssus beYdro
the people for their decision next Novem-
ber, whether this shall be government by
The sovereign people through elections, or q
government by discarded servants holding
over by force and fraud, and havo with.
held no sacrifices and neglected no oppor..
tunity to uphold, orgnnizc and consolidate
against the enemies Of representative ipsti.
tutions tho great party which alone, under
God, can cffectualIy resist their overthrow.
Having now borne faithfully my full
share Of labor and care in the public SER
vice and wearing marks of it's burtheos, i
desire nothing SO rhuch as an honorable
discharge. wish to lay down the hoDors,
and tolls of even quasi party leadership.
aud to seek the reposc Of private life.
IN renoaneing renomination for the
Presidency DO so With no doubt in nv
mind as to the vote Of the State of New
York or Of the United States, but because
! believe it is a Remuneration Of Q re cleo.
ton to the Presidency. re those who
thiuk my nomination aud recollection
indispensable to an cffectuaf vipdcaton of
the right Of the people TO elect their rulers
violated in my person, I have accorded as
long reserve Of my decision as possible,
but cannot overcome my rcpugnancc to
enter into new engagement which involves
four years Of ceaselcss toll. The dignity
of the Presidential Office ia above merely,
personal ambition, but it creates in me no
illusion Its value is as a great power for
good to th, conutry. said four years oco
ir accepting thc no,nna:ion, "kuowiug us
do ,heI, iorc from fresh experience how
great tbs difference is between gliding
through an official routine and working out
reform of systems and poitics,it is inn.
possible for mo to contemplate what needs
to be done in the Federal administration
without an anxious scnse OF tho difficulties
of the undertaking. If summoned by tho
! sulIragcs OF my countryucn to attcmpt this:
work, | shall cndcavor, with Gods help,
to be an efficient instrument of their
will"
Such work Of renovation after many
years of misrulc, such a reform cg systems 8
and policies 10 which l would chccrful'y
have sacrificed all that remained to mo IF
health and life, is now fear, beyond my
strength.
With unfcigncd thanks for The honore
bestowed upon me, with o heart swelling
with emotions Of gratitude to the Drmo.-
cratic masses for tho support which they
have given TO the cause [ represent, ana
their confidence in every emergency.
| remain, your fellow citizen,
SAM u Ell j. TILDEN.