Gen. Banks Declares For Greeley

BoSTOff, August 1. - The rumors of tho dcfection of Gen. lianks trom the support of Gmiit and Wilaon aru conflnuud by tLe 'ollowiug letter : BdiTOJf; July 31, 1872. Mï Dear BUI- ï havo the honor to leknowlt'dge by this note, iu aduition to our conversatiou to-day, tho result ot your nvitation to addross the citize&a et Lynn on Thursday ovoning to support the reoleotion ot' Gen. Grant and tho policy of lis adininistration. No invitutioii oould lave groator weight with me from imy art of tho country, nor from nny portion of iny f'ellow oitizens, aud it fiv mtrreat pleasure to assure you that nothing ouM bo addod to your suggestioiis 88 i epresontativo of the eitizonsof Lynn to nduuo me to accede to your request. Thoir kindness to me niany years oitioo is a continuing life-romeinbrance, andnothng would give nio greator Mtisfactíon han to renow my aaaoóstions with them ; 5ut I nm not in tiocord with them with egard to tho PreñdentíaJ canvass. Against my wishes and uiy porsonal inerests I nm compellud to believe and to ay that tho perpetuation of the pmsent lolicy of the QpVernment is not to the idvatituge of tho country, and that it will lot tend to establish its truest good nnd irosperity, not to promote the interest! ot ny c'.assof citizens Xo porsonal feeling f any forin or character enters into this udgment. It is in view of general principies and jublic interest alone that I nm led tothis onclugion. Tho uniting of tho massea f tho poople of uil partios, soctions and aces in support of the grand result of u: -;ir is indispensable to tho permanent gtablishment of a general rooognition of ;hoso resulta. It can bo secured by no thor raoHiis. "We shall all be forced to his conclusión sooner or later. ïliis uni ed action upon thia basis has been the lope of my lifo. I fervently desired it uring the war and in tho reconstruction f States subsequent to the war. I believo ; is now tendcred in good faith in the omination of Mr. Greeley, nnd, for ono, can'ï reject it. It was what I desired. ts consummation, although sudden and tnrtliug, does not alarm me. My duty O myself nnl my country requires me to ive him my support. I can not advoate before your friends a different courte, vhich neithcr my judgment nor my Jioart ppTOVea. It grieres nio deeply to st)ma:o myself in thought or act from uny f thoso with whom I have been so long ssociated, and to whom I uní so greatly idobted ; but I believe the result wiU jus ify my action, give to the country thal mace and prosperity which is the object f all our labor, and Beoure to evory citizen he civil and political equality and freeom whioh wurt won by tho sacrifico of so ntny Uves", Accept the assurances of my asting friendship and estoom and beliovo ne youre, etc, N. P. BANKS, 'o James S. Lewis, Esq., Lynn.