LETTER • J- e OF OHIO, TO His CONSTiTUENTS, AMERICAN ORGAN, PRINT. 1856. TO MY C:ONSTITUENTS. Willioiit stojipifij to cin|nirc, v. hcilier it rnav not be wholly iiiiiitcessary, 1 desire to niiiiouiici; jmblichj, \vh;i' I iiave upon all (.ccatioiis lnTcloforc t-ti\d jirivfitely, to those with whom 1 have conversed on tli? subject, that I shall not in imy evtni be a caiididaK; for re-eli ction (o the oliice now held by nic. And lor the very liberal' snpport which you yave nie, when a can- didate for your suffrage heretofore, [)erniit nu' now to return you n:y most grateful acknowledi^'menls, and to express tint unly rey.ret that 1 iiuvo, thai my ability to disch^uire llie high duties of that olSce, is not more commen- surate with the lib(;rali(y of that su; port. In my course as your rt!presen- lative, 1 liave doubtless failed to "satisfy some, perhaps many, of my consti- tuents, but while I would regret surli an occyrVence, I must claim for my- self in that behalf, an honesty of purpose, the exercise of my best judgment, and a sincere belief that I was acting in accordance with what was ex- ])ected of me, by a large majority of those wlio contr/juted to my eloctioii". 1 knoio tliat 1 have not erred as to my purpose, and the promptings of my judgment, but I may possibly have misconceived the expectati<.ns of my supporters. Without knowing this, however, and believing «ithf'rwise, I iiave no apologies to make, no excuse to give, no regrets to express. The record is made, I abide by it — with nothmg to add, nothing to al»ate — Upon the close of my term i shall settle down in the ])eacerul, quiet, and to me, agreeable pursuit of my profession, from wliicii I trust I shall not soon again cither desiro, or be temjited to ^llay. Jl" I had ever doubted, the experience of the last few months has fully satisfied mo, that my um- hition to obtain oflice and position, greatly exceeds my taste to enjoy them, when attained : and if there were no other motive to restrain and curb me, this would be (juite adcfpiale. There are other considerations, how- ever, to^rr me in this determination, <|uile suliicient of themselves, but they are of a j)rivate [)ersonal nature. Tln-y com* ni me and those dearer lo mo than the vaultings of my political ambition, and it ib unnecessary tJKtrefore that they should bu given to the public. Having said this much, I ought possibly to dismiss iIm: subject; but occu- pying still as I do, a public station, and awav from liiose with whuin in days past, I have co-opesated politically, I cannot suller the occasion to pass without adding a word or tw(« in relatinn to the approaching Presi- dential electi'.Mi. A\u\ ha\ing aiin<;nncee hopes »if the all-poweruil opposition element to the present dynasty of terror and disgrace, seemed to be concentrated in one man, and he, ton, pre-eminent ill ability and learning, virtue and patriotism, r.pe in age and experience, V ilh admini.'^trative powers unsurpassed, " with a mind made up, if elected, h(! would reform the Government, and rest the executive jiovver on the great principles of the Consliiution, or fall in the atlemj)t." No one need speak of the mingled hoj)es and fears Ahicii |)revailed while this conven- tion progressed with its busitiess. There were tho^e, who from the first despaired that any good could come out of an assembly instigated, managed and controlled by the men who were its master-spirits. But there were others who, though desponiiing, hoped on. The result of that convention ir. known to lh<^ country. ^Vhh the announcement of the nomination of Fremont, as it spread with lightning rapidity over the land, expired the last hope that lingered around the Philadelphia Convention. "\\'hat a fall! Judge McLean, with all his age, learning an»J expericncp, hi.s fame, fiis stern integrity — the hopes of quiet, peace, purity, safety and glory to the <-ounlry, concentrated in him — rejected ! And a man, whose only merit, so far as history records it, is in the fact, that he was born in South Caro- lina, crossed the Rocky Mountains, subsisted on frogs, lizzards, snakes and grasshoppers, and captured a woolly horse, chosen as the person to control the destinies of this great nation! And this too by the cool, de- liberate intellectual men of New England and the North ! ! But what shall we do? if Judge McLean had been nominated, no one could h-ave hesi-. tated. Nor can I now hesitate to lake position. As warmly and as stead- ily as I have heretofore opposed the Democratic party, and as bitterly as I denounce the Cincinnati platform now, with my respect for the ability, au-e and experience of Mr. Buchanan, and with my contempt for the claims of Fremont, and the arrant folly — to use no harsher term — of those who dic' tnie.d his nomination, if I were compelled this day to choose between them I should vote for Mr. Buchanan. But happily we are relieved from this dilemma. There is still another candidate in the field — a gentleman also of eminent ability, of experience, and of integrity; Union loving, fearless in the discharge of^public duly, watchful of the rights of all and regardless ofiU)ne; — one who could, even in these times, administer this government with the same scrupulous care for the constitutional rights and guaranties of the people in all parts of the country, as it was administered by the early Presidents : — an Executive in the truest acceptation of that term, who will WQwXxax pnhey the will of the people as expressed through their representa- tives, or fail fearlessly to execute that will when so expressed. — The noblest Roman of them all ; I am for him. The prospect of the nomination of McLean, upon whom perhaps more of the opposition element to the Ad- ministration might have been concentrated, owing to a prejudice existing against Mr. Fillmore in the minds of the J9ar fxce/Ze^i/ Republicans, because forsooth he fearlessly executed a law passed by Congress and held to be constitutional by the highest judicial tribunal of the country, and against which not even a still small voice was heard in the Republican Convention ; the claims of Mr. Fillmore have been for a time to some extent eclipsed in the North, but even as the brightest star in the firmament is the more bril- liant as it emerges from beneath the cloud, under which for a while it has been hidden, so now with the claims of Millard Fillmore. He may not perhaps obtain the support of the ultra dis-unionists of the North, as we know he will not the fire-ealing, slave propaganda dis-uniotiists of the South ; but his merits entitle him to the undivided su|)port of the Union loving, peaceable, orderly, discreet American patriots everywhere — North, South, East and West — and he will receive it. It may be, that in these times there cannot be found enough with strong nerves and brave hearts to elect such a man, but it is better to fight under him, bearing aloft as lie dors llie flajT oi !ii< . ^uiilry, inscribed upon it, " Tlie Ainprican Union/' " Tliii Constitulion,"' 'The; Band of American hearts." and fculi'er defeat, than to join in achievMiv a victory, the shouts over whicli may come back to mini^le wiiii ll'.e s ..' and discordant notes (>f the country's knoll. O. F. RIOORE. AV A??iii.\GTON Crrv, J.'nc :^\, IbJiJ. viJUClJLAk. Tlic u:i(!orsigiic(l, Members ofthc National Executive Committekoi.' 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