We of the State of
New York, of the chosen of the Lord, who are desirous of sustaining the
administration of President Johnson, etc., are looking around for candidates for
state offices this fall.
And now to the
point. I have no doubt a nearly, if not entirely, unanimous nomination for the
office of Secretary of State (the head of the ticket) can be secured you. I now
think the nomination can be secured by acclamation; but certainly it can be
secured so as to be, or appear to be, entirely unsought after by you,—if you
desire it. I came from Saratoga yesterday, where together with Belden I talked
with several of our friends. To-day, Watson, of Cayuga county, has been here.
He is present at this writing and would be most happy to honor you. Therefore
you see my judgment is not mere speculation. I believe, also, that you know
enough of me to have a fair opinion of my discernment in political matters.
The question now is,
What do you desire in the matter? Please write me fully, that your friends may
act advisedly. I hardly know whether to advise you or not, but it must be
obvious to you that for your own good, if you intend to come back to this
State, the sooner you mix in State politics the better, and there can hardly be
a better or more propitious way of entering than as a military
"Hero," and before all the military heroes have retired to civil
life, and have become your rivals for civic honors.
SOURCE: New York
(State). Monuments Commission for the Battlefields of Gettysburg and
Chattanooga, In Memoriam: Henry Warner
Slocum, 1826-1894, p. 103
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