Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-06-13
MIR. Tilden's Letter of De-
clinatiOn.
A MOST DESTRUCTIVE FLOOD IN
THE ALLEGHANY VALLEY.
No Foundation for the Reports About
the Cleveland Banks.
ApErrEHcY OF s2o,ooo,ooo N UNION
PACIFIC SINKING FUNDS.
TIE Passage c: tie River and Earber
Bill BY the House.

ESPECIAL 10 TIE sEs1ISEL-l

| 1deu- Letter OF Deefinatfoh'
New YORK, June 12.-The following
| Communication from Tilden has been giTer
| to the Associated Press:
NEW YORK. june 10.-To Daniel Man
| ming, Chairman Of the Democratic Stat'
Committee OF New York: I'm my letter @
| June IS, 80, addressed to the delegste'
from New York 10 the National Conven
ton, 1 said: Having now borne faithfully
nv full share Of labor and care in the pub
lie service, and wearing The marks Oh III
burdens, / desire nothing 30 much as ar
honorable discharge. i wish to lay dowI
the honors and tolls Of even q quasi party
leadership, and seek repose in private life
In renouncing the denomination Tor fht
Presidency, l do so with no doubt in 10Y
mind as to the State Of New York or thf
United States, but because | believe it Is 3
remuneration of the reelection TO tnt
Presidency. To those who think my re-
c-ommendation and reelection IndisPens-
able, to the efsctual vindication OF the
right Of the people 70 elect their rulers
violated in my person, | have accorded a.
long a reserve TO my decision a. possible
but / cannot overcome my repugnance tc
enter into q new engagement, which IN
wolves four years Of ce2seless toll. Inc
dignity OF a Presidential Office is above
merely personal ambition, but it creates
in me no Illusion. Its value is it's great
power for the good OF the country as
said four years ago in accepting the nom
:--. H----r, a. T IC fhcrcfCFd from
fresh experience, how great the difference
10 between gliding through an official
routine and working out reform systems
and policies, il is impossible for me &c
contemplate what need be done in the
federal administration, without an anxious
| sense OF the difficulties Of the under taking.
II summoned by the SURFACES Of my
countrymen to attempt this work 1 shall
endeavor, with Gods help, to be the eff
Glen. instrument Of their will. Such a
work of renovation, after many years OF
misruIe, such reforms Of systems and
policies, to which / would c~heerfully have
sacrificed all that remained to me OF
health and life, is now, / fear, beyond my
strength" Ny purpose to withdraw from
further public service, n the grounds OF
il were all at that time unknown TO you
and others, and when at Cincinnati, though
respecting my wishes yourselves, you com
muuicated to me al appeal from many
valued friends to relinauish that purpose,
| reiterated my determination uncondi-
sionally. In the four years which have
since elapsed, nothing has occurred 70
weaken, but everything to strengthen the
considerations which induced my with
drawal from public life. To all who have
addressed me on the subject, my intention
has beer frankly communicated. Several
Of my most confidential friends, under
the sanction Of their wi names, have
publicly stated my determination to be-
irrevocable. That l have occasion now &c
consider the question, is an event
over which / have no responsible
ity. The appeals that have been
made to me by the Democratic
masses, with apparent unanimityl
to serve them once more, ID entitled 10 tht
most deferential consideration, and would
inspire 8 disposition TO do anything de-
sired Of me, il it were consistent with my
Judgment OF duty. / believe that there ii
no fundamentally in human society &c
potential in its influences upon mankind,
for good or evil, as the governmental ma
chinery for administering justice, making
the execution of the laws. Not all the
eleemosynary institutions Of private beney
olence to which philanthropists may de-
vote their lives are so fruitful in benefit:
as the rescue and preservation Of the ma
chinery from perversions that make il thu
instrument Of conspiracy, fraud and crime
against the most sacred rights and inter
ests Of the people. Fifty years a. a private
citizen, never contemplating an Official
career, l have devoted at least as much
thought and effort to the duty Of infiuenc.
ing Alright the action Of the Government
institutions Of the country, an 70 all other
objects. / have never accepted official ser.
vice except for a brief period for q special
| purpose, and only when occasion seemed
TO require from me that sacrifice Of private
| preferences to the public welfare. / IN
dertook the State administration Of New
York because 1t vas supposed that in thai
way only could the executive power be ar
rayed on the side Of reforms, to which, al
a private citizen, | had given three years
OF my life. / accepted the nomination oi
the Presidency in 1876 because Of the gen.
eral conviction that my candidacy would
best present the issue OF reform which tht
Democratic majority Of the people desired
worked out in the Federal Government, al
il had been in the State of New York. ]
bDiAOfcA AZ 1 heAohiCIEtn ChDb6n bHCn W
| ~renovate the administration OF the Gov.
eminent OF the United States, and at the
close of my term to hand over the great
trust to q Successor faithful to the same
policy. Though anxious to seek repose in
private life, / nevertheless acted upon the
idea that every power is a trust and in.
wolves a duty. In my reply to the address
of the committee communicating my nom.
nation. i depicted the dlffcuItiea Of this
undertaking, and likened my feelings to
those Of a soldier entering battle. Twenty
years Of continuous INSTRUMENTATION,
under the demoralizing influences oil
intestine war and bad finance, have infect
ed the whole Government system Of the
United States with cancerous growths,
false constructions, corrupt practices,
Powerful classes have acquired pecuniary
interest in official abuses. and the moral
standard Of the people has been impaired.
To redress these evils Is a work of great diff
Guilty and labor, and cannot be accom-
plished without the most energetic and
efficient personal action on the part of the