Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 to Richard Keith Call
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04792 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Hermitage, Tennessee Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1822/08/28 Pagination: 3 p. : address : docket ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm Order a Copy
Advises Call that on what he must do first if he wishes to succeed in politics, including making a good name for himself. Also counsel's him to mend a feud between Captain Easter and Judge Brekenridge. Then explains that he will never run for office, unless the majority of the people demand it, but explains what he would do if elected. "I never have been an applicant for office, I never will, I solicited retirement and to be candid with you I do not expect that, that retirement I have selected for myself, will be disturbed by the...call of a majority of the people. If in this I should be disappointed, I will have to yield (however reluctantly) to the wish of the people, and bestow upon them my best deliberations for their happiness, and the perpetuity of our happy Government...endeavoring to establish a national character upon the pure principles of republican simplicity."
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