Year: 1875

Washington, May 29.-Charles p.
Lincoln, of Mississippi, has been APP
pointed United States Consul at Cam
ton, China.


President Grant has written the fol-
lowing letter to Gen. Harry White,
president of the recent Pennsylvania
State Republican Convention:


Washington, May %, 1875.


Dear Sir:-A short time subsequent
I to the Presidential election of 1872, the
press, a portion of it hostile to the
Republican party, and particularly so
to the Administration, started n cry
of Cesarism and Third Term, calling
Justify for me to define my position on
the latter subject. l believed it be-
meath the dignity of the Office which
l have been twice called to fill, to ans
wer the question before the subject
should be presented by competent
authority TO make the nomination, or
by body of such dignity and author
| ity as would not make the reply a fair
| subject of ridicule. In fact l have
| been surprised that so uany sensible
| persons in the Republican party
should permit their enemy to force
upon them and the party an issue
which cannot add strength to the
party no matter how met but body
of dignity and with the authority Of
n convention to make nominations for
State officers for the second State in
mi
question, deem it not improper that
1 should speak. In the first place, l
| never sought the second nor even the
| first nomination. To the first l
was called from a life position, one
created by Congress expressly for me,
for supposed services rendered to the
Bepublic. The position was vacated.
liked it. 1t would have been
most agreeable to me to have retained
it until such time us Congress might
have consented to my retirement with
the rank and a portion of the EN- slu-
ments l so much needed, to home
where the remainder of my days might
| be spent in peace and in the enjoy
ment of domestic quiet, retired from
the cares which have oppressed me
constantly for fourteen years; but, 1
was made to believe that the public
| good called me to make the sacrifice.
! Without seeking Office for the second
| term, the nomination was rendered
me unanimously by the delegates of
all the states and Territories, selected
hut ha r
sent their whole number, for the pur-
pose of making nomination. l can
not say that | was not pleased at this
and the overwhelming endorsement
of their action received at the election
| following. But it must be remembered
that all sacrifices except that of COM
fort had been made in accepting the
| first term then, too, such fire OF
personal abuse and SANDER as had been
kept up for four years, notwithstand-
ing the conscientious performance of
my duties to the best of my under
standing, though, admit, in the light
of subsequent events, many times
subject to fair criticism. This
endorsement from the people, who
alone govern republics, was a gratifi


cation that it is only human to have
appreciated and enjoyed. Now, for
the third term, l do not want it any
more than I did the first 1 would
not write or utter word to change
the will of the people in expressing
and having their choice. The question
of the number of terms allowed one
executive, can only come up fairly in
the shape of a proposition to amend
the constitution shape In which all