The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-21
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Il jeStioIl TO a third term. d kind OF m
Elisaisrsunal opinion that II Maid be a Ky
rigi:t But he @uHid not accept a third
term himself. fIe did not hesitate to
say that he deenlsd il patsiotla not TO
he issued what is known IN history AS.
ms III If reweli address, in " hich he.
said 81
The period for new election of q
citizen to administer tho executive gov
ernment OF the United States being not
far distant. ana the time actually arr
rived when your thong hts must be en-
ployed IN designating the person who
Is to be clothed with that important
trust, II appears to me proper. espe-;
cially as It may conduce to q more dis
tfnct expression Of the public voice,
that Il should now apprise you OF the
resolution have formed. to decline
Ssing considered among the number
| those out OF whom choice Is to
! made.
II beg you, at the same time to do
mo the Justice to be assured that this
resolution has not been taken without
q strict regard to all the considerations
appertaining to the resolution which
binds dutiful citizen to his country.
and that In withdrawing the tender of
service which silence In my situation
might imply. I am influenced by no
dfmunition Of zeal for your future In
eerest. no deficiency of grateful respect
FOR your past kindness, but am sup
ported by full conviction that the
step Is compatible with both 81
The acceptance of, and continuance
hitherto in. the office to which your
suffrages have twice called me, have
peen q uniform sacrifice of inclination
to the opinion Of duty, and to defer
ence to what appeared to be your de-
sire. I constantly hoped that 1t would
have been much earlier In my power,
consistently with motives which was
not at liberty to disregard, to return
to the retirement from which had
been reluctantly drawn. The strength
OF my inclination TO do this. previous
70 the last election. had even led to the
preparation Of an address to declare
It to you but mature reflection on the
then perplexed and critical posture Of
our affairs with foreign nations, and
the unanimous advice OF persons en-
abandon the idea.
rejoice that the state of your con-
| Germs, eXternad as we'll as internal, no
| longer renders the pursuit of inclina-
ton incompatible with the sentiment
of duty or prosperity: and am persuad-
l.
for my services. that in the present cir
cumstances Of our country you will not
d1saproVe my determination to retire.
SIhe impressions with which / first
undertook the arduous trust were ex-
| planned on the proper occasion. In the
| discharge of this trust. will only say
that have, with good Intentions. con-
| tributed towards the organization and
! administration OF the government the
best exertions OF which very fallible
4 r rrV,1 ant ~
| scious. in the outset, or the inferiority
! OF my qualifications, experience in my
| own eyes, perhaps still more in the
| eyes OF others. has strengthened the
| motives to diffidence of myself; and
! every day the increasing weight of
l wears admonishes me more and more
| that the shade OF retirement Is as nee
| essary to me as it will he welcome
Satisfied that IL any peculiar circum-
4 stances have given peculiar value to
my services, they We're temporary,
have the consolation to believe that
! while choice and prudence invite me tc
| quit the political scene, patriotism does
! not forbid 1t.
1 In looking forward to the moment
which Is intended to terminate the ca
| reer of my public life, my feelings dc
| not permit me to suspend the deep ac-
acknowledgements OF that debt of graft
| tude which owe to my beloved coun
| try for the many honors which 1t has
conferred upon me; still more for the
| ssteadfast confidence with which it has
supported me; and for the opportuni
| ties / have thence enjoyed of manifest
ing my invoilable attachment. by serv-
| ices and persevering, though in useful
1 ness unequal to my zeal. II benefits
| have resulted to our country from these
| services, let 1t always be remembered
4 to your praise; and as an instructive
I example In our annals that, under cir
4 cunlstances in which the passions--agi
| tated in every direction--were liable tc
4 nlislead, amidst appearances sometime.
4 dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often
! discouraging. in situations in which not
| infrequently want of success has coun-
| tenanced the spirit of criticism-the
| constancy Of your support was the es-
sential prop of the efforts and guar
| antee Of the plans by which they were
1 effected.
/ Profoundly penetrated by this idea.
shall carry it with me to the grave as
| strong Indictment to unceasing vows
that heaven may continue to you the
| choicest tokens of it's beneficience; that
| your union and brotherly affection my
be perpetual; that the free constitution
| which is the work Of your hands, ma,
| be sacredly maintained: that it's adj
| ministration in every department may
| be stamped with wisdom and virtue:
that, in time, the happiness of the peo-
| pie of these states under the auspices
| OF liberty, may be made complete by sc
| careful a preservation and SO prudent a
use of this blessing, as will acquire t.
| them the glory Of recommending it tc
| the applause, the affection and adop-
| ton OF every nation which Is yet q
| stranger to it.
Here. perhaps. ought to stop; bu,
4 sol1citude for your welfare, which can.
not end but with my life, and the ap
| prehension Of danger natural to tina,
/ solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like
the present. to offer Tor your solemn
| contemplation, and to recommend te
| your frequent review, some sentiments
| which are the result of much reflection
| OF no tnconsiderable observation: and
which appear to me all important to the
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