Show lea TEK ir alio llio ot alin in anil of alin colln cam all n binl critan Crit rii lol iii for llie tak fmc lu alio llio nf anil in alln drw juno H tho following from samuel J has iho As press s y drw to diio democratic acif 11 new lol in my letter ot jiing 1 addressed to the s ironi the mute 0 now york lollio democratic nail il tion I 1 abit having n nv borne faithfully my full share ot and care in tho public and aearl g marks ol 01 Us alii so much as au asli to lay cven bial and to aeria the of life in renouncing tho rc for tho 1 do so with no doubt in iny luied as to tho vote 0 attic stale 0 new york or ot tho united states but because I 1 believe that it Is a 0 ic to abo presidency to those who think iny nomination re and rc indispensable to in effectual vindication 0 atio right ol 01 tha to alcot their rulers violated in my person I 1 have accorded as long a reserve of luy decision as possible but I 1 can bot over conic my repugnance to enter into a mcw engagement lour ot ceaseless toll alio dignity ot the presidential oh aioo Is above ft mere but it creates la me no lilii its value Is aa n garat power tor good to alie country I 1 said lour years ago in accepting alic lion knowing as 1 do therefore from fresh experience how great aliu difference 3 between gilding through an routine and working out the tonn 0 systems aid policies it Is impossible lur mo to what needs to bo don lu tho federal administration without an anxious sense ol 01 tho 0 the undertaking it by the suffrages suf frages of my to attempt this work I 1 shall endeavor with gods help to bo tho efficient instrument of their will such a work of renovation alter many years of misrule such a of systems and policies to I 1 would havo sacrificed all that remains ionic of health and ikc Is bow I 1 fear beyond my strength my purpose to withdraw from further public service nal tho of it were at that time well known to you and others aud when at though respecting my wish yourself you communicated munica ted to anc an appeal from many valued friends to that purpose I 1 reiterated my determination unconditionally tio nally in the tour years which liivi since elapsed hai to weaken but everything to tho considerations which lu ducca my withdrawal froia public life to all who have addressed inu on the subject my intention has been several of my mol confidential friends under the san cllon ol 01 their jovn names have publicly staled my to bo irreversible that I 1 have oc cadon now to consider the question Is an for which 1 have no ilia appeal made to me by tho democratic masses with un to pen e them once more Is entitled to the most deferential and would inspire a disposition to do anything desired of me if it walli iny judgment of duty I 1 there Is no in human so citty so potential lu its upon mankind for good or evil as the goiwin mantal for tho ol 01 justice and for making and executing laws not all alic institutions of private to which philanthropists may devote their lives are bu fruitful lu jt the rescue of this machinery fruin tho iier versions that luke instrument of conspiracy sp iracy fraud and crime against alic most baerer rights and of the people for dikty years as a private citizen cr an career 1 haio doroted at kast k ast us much thought and effort to the duty of aright the action of the of my country as to nil other I 1 have never accepted ben ice except for a brief period for a alir pose and only when alio lou seemed to require from me eliat of private preferences to the public welfare I 1 undertook the slate administration of new york because it wis supposed tint in that way only could tho csc culio gocr bo arrayed ou the tide of tio informs to which as a private I 1 had years ot iny life I 1 accepted alio lor the presidency in of iho general conviction tint my candidacy would best present tho issue of which IHA of tho desired to havo out lu the government ns it had been in iho of new york I 1 believed that I 1 hid strength enough to renovate iho administration of the government of the united stacee anil at tho celoso of my term to liand over tho great trust to a successor faithful to the simo policy loui to seek tho repose of private life I 1 nevertheless upon alic iaci that every duwer Is a trust and involves a duty in reply to aliu address of the committee communicating my I 1 depicted the ot the lag and likened my in engaging lu it to those of a foldier entering battle but I 1 did aut withhold the entire consecration of my powers to twenty years of continuous under the demoralizing in of intestine war aad of bad llna have infected iho whole govern nn antil system of alio llio united states with cancerous growths of feilo construction and corrupt classes havo acquired pecuniary interests in abuses and the moral dards of the have been impaired to redress evils Is a work of great cuilty and labor and can only bo accomplished complis hed with thu most energetic and personal action on the part of the executive of iho lic the canvass and administration which it la that I 1 should undertake would embrace a period of live years nor cau I 1 admit any as to their three years of experience peri ence in the endeavor lu reform tbt municipal government ut the city of new york and two yearn of in renovating renova ting state of niia york have luada mo familiar with the requirements of such a wor at the time tho considerations which induced my IQ ba bouno I 1 ought not to assume ask I 1 haaf no 0 o strength to carry ont to reform abo nil ot alio federal to my own ideal and to alu jiust expectation of allm people as they coald aloud corn the which tho luff would involve libil in my icara and atri ugly I 1 led D my ability to ac objects I 1 am constrained to siy abat I 1 ciu not now assume alic labors ol 01 AH or ol 01 a canvass in nowise that best gilt ot tho occasion and tho gocr be sloped ft incao to coin musicale muni cale an lor bood beyond all to iny enow country loco who would assign such a benall cent to me I 1 am consoled by the reflection that neither alic democratic party nor alio republic for choc that party Is tho best nutce is now or ever can be upon any one man fur successful 1 n jhc thc path 0 a noble having of health and strength I 1 could borrow from the future nud hav log reached the term of capacity for such labors as their welfare now IP mauds I 1 but submit to thu will of goj in my public career forever closed signed J |