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Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
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Judge Richardson, aged 71, declines candidacy for Governor of South Carolina, thanking supporters but deeming himself unfit for administrative duties and potential national crisis, referencing General Gadsden's similar refusal. The Columbia Telegraph reports this amid criticism of South Carolina's recent political movements as ill-timed.
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The Columbia Telegraph says:
"We are requested to state that Judge Richardson is not a candidate for the office of Governor of the State of South Carolina, for the following reasons:
"Judge Richardson is sincerely thankful to his friends for suggesting him as deserving of such an honor. But he would be uncandid in saying, after full reflection upon the subject, that he was, at the age of seventy-one years, fit to enter upon a course of administrative duties, and possibly a national crisis—all new to him, and remote from the habits of his mind. Without assuming that he could, as he feels clear he ought not to be elected, Judge R. begs leave to refer to the example of the venerable General Gadsden, who, at the same age, and for similar reasons, declined the office when tendered to him."
We believe the whole country, out of that State, considers the recent movements in South Carolina, designed to produce another crisis, as ill timed, injudicious, and every way to be deprecating. Especially in the South, and more especially in Virginia, do they receive no countenance.
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Judge Richardson thanks friends for suggesting him but, at age 71, feels unfit for administrative duties and potential national crisis, referencing General Gadsden's similar decline. The Columbia Telegraph states he is not a candidate. Recent movements in South Carolina to produce another crisis are viewed as ill-timed and injudicious outside the state, especially in the South and Virginia.