Letter From Hon. John F. Farnsworth

St. Ohables, III., Aug. 6, 1872. Daniel BLuparJ, Esq., Secrotary of tho Illinois Be! Statu Central Coinmitteo : Dear Sir : Upon returning home from a month's absenoe, I find your letter of Jnly llth, stating that the Coininittee had directod you to Buk my aid during tho present oanvass, and doiiring that I fhould fill such appointmenta to spaak ai the Couuuitteo might mako tor me, etc. In spito of my love for tho Republican party (whioh I helpod to oroate,) and for the personal and politioal friends who still oling to its organization and support its.noruinee, scmo of whom ar ou your State ticket, I oan not persuade myself to aocept tho invitation of the Gommittee, and labor for the re-election of President Onoi It is convUtion of long standing in my ruind, whioh has oonstantly grown and strengthencd, until I can not divest xnyself of it, that hi re-eleotion, with a oontinuance of the present Adminiitration and its policy for another four yeara, would not be for the highest good of the Republio. Prior to the Philadelphia Convention I did not hesitate to express the hope, whenevor conversad with upon the subject, that soine other Bopublioan might receive the nomination for President. After that convention was held, however, and until the aotion of the Baltïmore Convention made it certain that the support of snother Eepublican would not result in, not hazard, the defeat of both, I did not feel justifled in pronounoing against tho votion of the formar coaveution. But now the oase is diffarent. Grooley or Grant will be eleoted next President of the United States. Under these circumstanoes, and with theia alternativos, I oan not hositate, but must follow my convictions. The advocates of tho ro-election of General Grant objeot to Mr. Greele ƒ beoausc he is supported by Domoorata and formei rebels. But he wat, like Grant, nominatcd by Kopublioms ; the Demócrata and rebels did not put him in the field ; had nothing to do with naming him as a candidate, and they would have supported almost any other capable llepublican who was honeBtly and sincerly in favor of the needed roforms in this Government, had' he been brought out by. tho Ropublican Oouvention at Cincinuati inBtead of Mr. Greeley. Tojtny miud, the tact that tho former rebels of the South and the Democratie party support him is the most gratify ing spectnole that hag been presented tinco the war ; for it shows that they accept the verdict of the war, and uro willing to abido by it and by its legitímate resulta, only asking, in return, honesty in tho adminiBtratiou of the gOTrnmont, and the same rights of self-government whioh the oitizens of the Northorn States enjoy. If the eleotion of Mr. Greeley will bring poace, good order, and fraternal good-will in the South, it is certainly a "xonsumniation devoutly to be wished." I think it will. The most intelligent people of the South, and those most interestad in the proservation of good order there, say it will. A large and intelligent portion of the Bepublican, and the entire Detnocratio party, of the Northern States, eay it will have that effect. The prfesent Administration haa failed in this ; and is tli tro any promise, in its oontinu'ince for another four yeara, of a better reault ? ItiB-now soren years since th termination of the war, nd what do we seo ? The advocates of the ro-eloction of President Grant aro fightisg the battles over again, repeutiug tho same oíd, stale dennnciations, and thrsatecing to " han Jeff Davis on a sour applo-tree." In my opinión, it is high time we should give our cttention to the issues which concern the present and future wolfara of the oountry. Mr. Groeley is a true type of the eelfduoatod, nelf-made American. With Chase, and Surnner, and Hale, and Julian, and mauy other apostUs of the autislftvery cause (who are now, I am glad to see, ia favor of his eloction), ho helped to form the Kepublican party. From these aaen I reoeived almost my first letsons in politics, and I have 1bs distrust of ray own judgment in this matter, from the faot thftt I aui still in their company. Mr. Greeley is thoroughly familiar with tho history of our country, politioal, industrial, oduoatioual, and lügiglativo. He haa been successful in his own busiïrem. lis education nud profesion did not inatill any of th olements of uristoarucy. They wero easentially Bepublioau in their influenoe. He is oont'sssedly the chiet' journalist in America ; and it does seem to me as though that pzofossion is quite as good a pruparatory sjhool för the Presidency, eipeciully in time of peace, as an elucat;on ata military aoademy, and the profession of anus. A 10 would not prefer the oouncil or advico of Hora.ce t-truoley upon a political qnestion tó that of' sny one of the ?voat militnry chiefs of the country 'i Who ia a moro competent juígú of the statesmen and and statt;sjr.iiahip of the country than he? I will not oomparo. The friunds of the present Adminiatration, it sooms to me, are indiecroot in inns. Thero uto innny reasons why thero shóuld b a chango of Administïation. i have boou a meüiber of Congress thirtt ei years ; and truth compela nio to say that during that period, there Iirs been the most wHfttuf.il and oxtravagaut nsooi' tho public t::or.cy, and tha least aooounttbility of t.l'om. who havo disturbad itduriu tho present Administiation. There can he no geuuine ciHl service reform under tki Adminntration. The fsoblo apparent tïorke whicb havo bon raudo in that direution ara a stnnding joke, in Washington, among the ohief friends of the Administration, nnd havo only incroased the inethodB cf "how not to do it." Indeed, whon thoy declaro that the AdminiHtnvtion. is in fuvor of thig muchneoded reform, it is dono with a wiuk of one eye ut "the griinness of tha joke. Therii ihóura bo a ohangs of adminisIration order to arrest the tendency to Federaüpui and centralization, whithor th!s one in rapidly hastening. It hag been argued, and I hare reoentf' seen it repeated in the lottor of the 'Itn Jamea i. Blaine to Mr. Bumnor, that thcro in danger thafc th Oongress thut will be brought into power with the eleotion of Mr. üroeluy wlll rofuso to logialate to enforoe the ïhirteonth, Pourteonth and Fiftcoiiih Amendments of tho Constitution, &o. ; and thut, without suoh legiglatiou, " thy (tho amendments) are but aounding bmss and tinkling oymbals to tho colored man," &o. If those aniondmeutt depend upon ncts of OocgregR to givo thcia foroo and yitality, then indeed aro they " an soüiiding bras and tinkling oymbali ; " for what one Congross doee the next one may undo. ïhe vory reason for thoii being imbeddcd in tho Constitution is, that they may be beyond the reaoh of CongTeeses or Btate Legislatures. They are enforood by ihe Courte, preoisoly as an aot of Congiew ia enforoed. Besides, in ovory one of the Constitutiona of the Ilsbel States are provisions soouring to tha people of those Sttee the game rightg which aro guaruntecd by those amaiidinenti. If tho people of Illinois must rely upon lawi onaoted by Kepresentatires from Missisiippi, Georgia, and Mastaohusotts, for the enjoyment of thoir rigfitd ; 01 if th poopl of TeiVg and California are to depend upon Oongressmen from Illinois and Ponnsylvania, then their rights are held by very feebleand unoertftin tonure. No ; tho nearer we gat to popular sovereignty the betteT. The law-mnkers ond courti, and tho people for whom the lsws and courts are provided, should be neor eaeh othor, - Bhould be all ono poople. I thank tho Committee, and yourself, for the invitation extended to mo. I would gladly have ccopted it, or refrained froni taking any part in the oonTass, could I have feit it consistent with my duty to do bo, I know how intolerant and tyraanioal i paity long vredded to power beoomoi. As the old Pro-1Tory party would not tolerite independenoe of thonght, or ipeech, or action, o it is now. Evory Eepublioan who Tefuges hi support to Gront is personally aasailcd and donounoed. Oharles Sumner has been twioe strtoken down in tho United State Sonate. The flrst time the blow was struik by Preston S. Brooks, because he denounced tho SlayeOligarohy. The seoond time - I need not say who strook tho blow ; it is fresh in the recollection of the people With Kind personal regards to the Comraittoe and youruelf, I ni reapootfully, feo., JonN F. Farksworth.