Classified_ad

To tho "RcpubüciiuB of the Fourth Uongresftiona) Dia? triot : Tho primary meetings nlrendy held in t'jis oounty foreshadow a result, whiob, aincu the developmenta of the past few d&T8i has ii ■ t been anexpooted by me. Cauotües have böön liold horriè ly in most of the tüwns without tho usu.tl notico, and indend without notioo at all to ray friends. In all, mouey has been laviskly spent to secure ray dofoat, and in the township of Kalamnzoo the eaucus h.is been carried by Deinocrutic votes through the most Büamdees frand and outrage. AgainBt suoh msana I bave not been Sble suojogafully to contend. There is no statute Uw which governs tlio oaaoua :m;l no outrage upon it tan bo légally punished. It is a oomparativeiy small matter whother I go to Oongreës, bui. it is a question oí' tho tirst importarme to tho people whether Congrossmon aix to be solected in-tbia way. In viaW of Üii'sn oiroumstanoes, an1 of the evident faot tluit there 13 to bn no !nit oxpression of the people, I can not i longei to ivi.iiü a tfandidate for the Bepublioan notnination for Congi ss in thia ilistriot, and 1 theroforortirel'ruiu ntbst To the friencK wbo havo rtood eo g:illanÜy by me, not only in this struggie i.i.t liiroughsn mtiny politicitl trials n !ho I return heartfelt thuu!;s. constancy and their unboug-ht efforts have deserved success. Théir personal regard and devotion I prizo abovo iny politioal honors. Hut 1 can not cemfont longer to imx their generons good will. ltiatruo tinit n mnjority of tho county l-.tis not lieon made to declare against ino, but I. can not ask my friends in tho reniahnng tofrns to contend furthor against auch moans. I am satisfied that undor tho dospotic influOiio which duw doiuinates in tho Kepublican party of Michigan, and whicU strikes down with monoy and patronage and fraud overy man who will not oboy its behests, furthtr effort on my virt ia usilesa. The wrong to me is not so grcat :if, it is to the poople, and it will bo tor thcm to find a roraedy. Chas. S. May. Kalamazoo, June 24, 1872.