[January 16, 1885.]
. . . My re-election
to the Senate for the fifth time is unprecedented in the history of Ohio, and
for this I am indebted to the difficulty of selecting from among younger men of
equal claims and calibre. . . .
I also feel that it
is the highest point of my political life, for if I live to the end of my term
I shall be seventy years old. I have had enough of the contentions of political
life and wish now to take a tranquil and moderate course, which, indeed, is the
best for the country, now that we have no great, exciting questions to decide.
The view expressed in my speech (a well-printed copy of which I will try to
send you) is my sincere view of the situation. The dangers before us are
election frauds and labor difficulties. These will be local at the beginning,
but may involve the whole country.
SOURCE: Rachel
Sherman Thorndike, Editor, The Sherman Letters: Correspondence Between
General and Senator Sherman from 1837 to 1891, p. 366-7
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