The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1884-06-19
Samuel j Tisssan VIII not be Il
Candidate.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REa1srEn7

NEW DIRK, June ~, 1904.
To Daniel Manning, Chairman Demo
cratic State Committee of New
York:
''In my letter Of June 18th, 1880,
| addressed TO delegates from the State
of New York to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention | said;
"Iaving now borne faithfully my
full share Of the labor and care in
public seryice,and wearing the marks
Of its burdens, ! desire nothing so
much as an honorable discharge. l
wish to lay down the honors and tolls
Of even quasi party leadership, and
to seek the repose Of private life.
"In renouncing a denomination for
the Presidency do so with no doubt
in my mind as to the vote Of New
York or of the United States, but be-
cause / believe that it is a .enuncia-
ton of election to the Presidency.
To those who think my denomination
and election indispensable to any
efectual yiudioat!on Of the right Of
the people to elect their rulers,yiolat-
ing my person, l have accorded as
long reserve on my decision as
possible, but | cannot overcome my
repugnance to enter into a new en-
gagement which involves four wears
Of ceaseless toll. The dignity Of the
Presidential Office is above merely
personal ambition, but it creates in
me no illusion, Its value is a great
power for good to the country. l
said four years ago in accepting the
nomination.;
"Knowing as | do, therefore, from
fresh experienoe,how great the differ
enoe is between gliding through an
official reform, and working out re-
form of system and policies, it is i'm
possible for me to contemplate what
needs to be done in the Federal Adj
ministration without an anxious sense
of the difficulties Of the undertaking.
If summoned by the suGrages Of my
countrymen to attempt this work, /
shall endeavor, with Gods help, to
he the efficient instrument Of their
will
"Such work OF renovation after
many years of misrule, such reform
of the systems and policies to which
| would cheerfully have sacrificed al!
that remained to me of health and
life is now fear beyond my
strength"
Ny purpose to withdraw from fur
ther public service, and the grounds
of it were at that time we'll known to
YOU and to others, and when at Gin
cinnati, you communicated to me an
appeal from many valued friends to
relinquish that purpose, l reiterated
my determination unconditionally.
In the years which have since elapsed,
nothing has occurred to weaken, but
everything to strengthen the consid-
erations which induced my withdrawal
from public life. To all who have
addressed me on the subject, my in
tention has been frankly communi-
Gated. Several Of my most eonhden-
tial friends, under sanction Of their
own names, have publicly stated my
determination to be ireversIble.
That ! have occasion now to consider
the question is an event fer which I
have no responsibility. The appeal
made to me by the Democratic mas
ses with apparent unanlnity to serve
them once more is entitled to the
most defereutial consideration, and
would inspire a disposition to do any,
thing desired Of me if it were con-
sistent with my Judgment Of duty. I
believe there is no instrumentdllty in
human society so potential in its in
auence on mankind. for good or evil,
as the go, ernmental machinery for
administering justice and for making
and executing laws. Not all the
elemosynay institutions, or private
benevolence to which philanthroplstS
may devote their lives, are so fruitful
in benefits as the rescue and preserya-
ton Of this machinery from peryer-
sions that make it instrumental in
conspiracy, fraud, and crime against
the most sacred rights and interests
Of the people. For fifty years as a
private citizen, never contemplating
an official career, ! have devoted at
least as much thought and effort to
the duty of influencing a right action
of the governmental institutions of
my country as to all other objects.
! have never accepted official service
except for brief period for Il special
purpose, and only when the occasion
seemed to require from me that sacri-
fee of private preferences to public
welfare. l undertook the State ad-
ministration of New York because it
was supposed that in that way only
could executive power be arrayed on
the side of reforms to which as a pri-
vate citizen | had given three years
of my life,
l accepted the nomination for the
Presidency in 1875, because of the
general conviction that my candidacy
would best present the issue of reform
which the Democratic majority Vi the
people desired to have worked out III
the Federal Government, as it had
been in the State of New York.
| believed that l had strength
enough then to renovate the admins
tration of the Government Of the
United States, and at the close of my
term to hand over great trust to ii
successor faithful to the same policy,
Though anxious to seek the repose
Of private life, | nevertheless acted
upon that idea that every power is a
trust that involves duty. In reply to
an address of the committee commu-
nicating my nomination, depicted
l