Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-12

BY Associated Press.
New York, June 1.-The follow
ing communication from Samuel j.
Tilden has been given to the Associated
Press:
NEW YORK, June 10, 1881.
To Daniel Manning, Chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Convention of New York:
In my letter of June the 18th, 1880,
addressed to the delegates from the
state of New York to the Democratic
national convention, / said:
Having now borne faithfully my full share
Of labor we apa care tbe In 'he Puoc serViee
burdens, 1 desire nothing so much
as an honorable discharge. I wish 10 lay
down the honors and tolls OF even quasi
party leadership and TO seek the repose OF
priyute life In renounclng the renomina
lion for the presidency do so with no doubt
Ia my mind rs to the vote of the state of
New York or of the United States,
but because believe that 1t Is a
remuneration OF reelection to the presidency.
TO those who think my denomination and
reelection Indispensable to}an efficient vlndl-
cation of the right of the people 10 elect their
az long a reserve on my decision us possible,
but | cannot overcome my repugnance TO
enter anow Into an engagemeHh which In
nifty OF the presidential office Is above mere
ly personal ambition, but 1t creates in me no
u
10 the country. said this Tour years ago IN
accepting the nomination. Knowing as do
therefore, from fresh expeEiepce, how great
the difference Is between gliding through an
officiat routine and working out the form o.
systems am politics, 1t isimpossibIe for ms
to contemplate what needs tobe done In the
federal ad administration without an anxious
sense of the difficulties OF the undertaking.
summonedby the sutirages oimy countrymer
Gods help to be the efficient instrument o
their viii.
Such work of renovation
after many years of misrule, sucl
as the form of systems and pol
icies to which I would cheerful,
have sacrificed all that remains to m,
of health and life, is now, / fear, be
You'd my strength. My purpose t
Withdraw from further public ser
vice and the grounds of
were at THAT time wei
known to you and Others
and when. In Cincinnati. though
respecting my wishes yourself, yol
communicated to me an appeal iron
may valuable friends to relinquis
that purpose, l reiterated my d.
termination Internationally. In tn
four years which have since elapse
4 nothing has occurred to weaken bu
everything to strengthen the consider
atoms which induced my withdraws
from public life. To all who have az
dressed me on the subject my inter
ton has been frankly communicated
Several of my most confidentii
friends under the san .tion Of the
names have publfshed my determin,
ton to be ifreversible. That I ha,
occasion now to consider the questio
Is an event for which I have L
responsibility. The appeal made
me by the Democratic masses, viii
apparent unanimity, to serve the
once mere, is entitled to the mo
defcrentiai consideration to do an
thing desired Of me If 1t were col
sistent with my Judgment Of tn
duty. believe there Is q
fundamentally In human socie
30 potent 10 its influences upon ma
kind for good or evil NJ the COVER
tice and for making and executii
laws. Not all the eleemosynary inst
tutions Of private coudolence to Will,
philanthrOpists may devote their liv
are SO fruitful in their benefits as Il
rescue and preservation OF this machi
cry from the perversions that make
the instrument of conspiracy, frau
and crime against the sacred righ
and interests Of the peopl
For fifty years, as . private oitize
never contemplating an official c
reer, have devoted st least ~ mu,
thought aud effort 70 the duty Of
fluencing Alright the action OF the 80
ernmentAl institrtlons Of my countr
~ tOall other subjects. / have nevers
cepted official service except for
brIef ptriOd for > special purp0se, q
only when the occasion seam
to require from NE II
hhcrtflce o. pgtYAte prefereu(
n the l,pbllc welfare. / undeytoOk I
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