The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-06-21

| publican Party, we withhold our sup
port from the Chicago ticket.
TILDEN'S PATRIOTIC LETTER
The Reasons Given for. His
/ Withdrawal.
New YORK, June 1.-THE follow
ing communication from Samuel j.
TiIden has been given the Associated
Press:
New York, June TO-
To Daniel Nanniag, Chairman Of
The Democratic State Committed
of Nev York.
In my letter of June IS, 1880, adj
dressed to the delegates from the
State of New York to the Democratic
National Convention / said, "Haying
now borne faithfully my full share
of labor and care in the public SER
vice, and bearing the marks Of its
burdens, | desire nothing 50 much
as an honorable discharge. | 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 the State
Of New York, or of the United States.
| believe that it isl remuneration Of
reelection to the Presidency. To
those who think my denomination
and reelection indispensable to an
| efectual yindication Of the right Of
| the people to elect their rulers, vic
lated in my person, / have accorded
as long q reserve of ray decision as
possible. But | cannot overcome
my repugnance to entering into
new engagement which involves four
years Of ceaseless toll. The dignity
Of the Presidential office is above q
merely
PERSONAL AMBITION.
But it creates in me no illusion.
Its value is as a great power for the
good of the country. | said four
years ago, in accepting the nomina
tion: knowing MS | do, therefore,
from fresh experience, how great the
difference is in gliding through an
official routine 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 under
taking. If [ am summoned by the
choice Of ny countrymen to attempt
this work, / shall endeayor with
Gods help to be the efficient instru
lnent of their will Such work of
renovation after many
YEARS OF MIsRuLE,
such reform of systems and poll
cies to which would cheerfully have
sacrificed all that remained to me OF
health and life is now | fear beyond
my strength. Ny purpose to with
draw from further public service and
the grounds Of it were at that time
well known to You and to others, and
when at Cincinnati, though respect
ing my wishes yourself, you commu-
nicated to me an appeal from many
friends to relinquish that purpose,
reiterated my determination uncon-
ditionally. In the four years which
have since elapsed nothing has oc-
Cured to weaken, but everything to
strengthen, the consideration which
induced my withdrawal from public
life. TO all who have addressed me
on the subject my intention has been
frankly communicated. Several of
my most confidential friends, under
the sanction of their own names,
have publicly stated my determine
tion to be irrevocable. That | have
occasion now to consider the ques-
ton is on, event for which | have no
responsibility. The appeal made to
me by the Democratic masses with
such apparent unanmity to serve
them once more is entitled to most
deferential consideration and would
inspire disposition to do anything
desired of me, if it were consistent
with my Judgment of duty. be-
lieve that there is no instrumentality
in human society so potential in its
influence on mankind, for good or evil, !
as the governmental machinery for
administering justice and making
and executing laws. Not all the
ELEEMosYNARY INSTITUTIONS
of benevolence to which philanthro-
phists may devote their lives, are so
fruitful in benefits as the rescue and
preservation of this machinery from
the perversions that make it the in
strument of conspiracy, fraud and
crime against the most sacred rights
and interests of the people. For fifty |
years as private citizen, never con-
templating an official career, / have
devoted at least as much thought |
and effort to the
DUTY OF INFLUENCING
the action of the governmental in
situations of my country as to all |
other objects: / have never accepted |
official service except for brief per-
iod for a special purpose and only
when occasion seemed to require from
me that sacrifice of private prefer
ences to the public welfare. l I'M
dertook the State administration of |
New York because it was supposed |
that in that way only could the ex-