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March 12, 1831
Richmond Enquirer
Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia
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In January 1831, fifty-two members of the Ohio Legislature wrote to President Andrew Jackson, expressing approval of his administration and urging his re-election to continue reforms. Jackson replied on February 9, 1831, from Washington, gratefully accepting the request despite his preference to retire.
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The following is the letter addressed to the President, by fifty-two members of the Ohio Legislature, with his reply:
To his Excellency ANDREW JACKSON,
President of the United States.
The undersigned, with their fellow-citizens of Ohio, have seen with much satisfaction the administration of the general government restored to correct constitutional principles. Your course as the chief magistrate of the nation, observant of those principles, and firm in adherence to them, we assure you is approved by a majority of the people of Ohio, although accident has given a different appearance.
But it is not sufficient for your own glory, or the permanent interest of our common country, that the administration of the general government should, through your agency, have been restored to soundness in principle, it is necessary that the salutary direction now given, should be continued, that the blessings of our free institutions may be fully developed; and to accomplish this, no measure is more important than your re-election, because, from no other measure can we calculate to secure all the advantages which have been gained, by the victory achieved; we, therefore, in behalf of the majority of the citizens of Ohio, (whose wishes we believe we represent) solicit you to be again a candidate for the Presidency. Respectfully yours.
Here follow the names of the Fifty-two administration members of the General Assembly.
Columbus, Jan. 1831.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 9th, 1831.
GENTLEMEN:
Your communication of January last was received a few days since. I am truly grateful for an expression of feeling and sentiment so kind and indulgent, as that which it conveys in behalf of the principles which it is my object to promote in conducting the administration of the general government. To carry with me into retirement such an evidence of the approbation of my fellow-citizens at the close of the four years for which they had elected me President, was the highest mark of my ambition; and one, which, if I were so fortunate as to reach, I had never anticipated would subject me to any future calls in the service of my country.
The desired amendment of the constitution, so as to give to the people a direct vote in the choice of the President, and limit his term of office to one of four or six years, with other public considerations, afforded me a ground on which I thought that my own anxious wishes to retire could be indulged without disappointing the expectations of my friends, or conflicting with any public interest. Considering, however, the numerous declarations which I have received from large portions of my countrymen, in various quarters, that my continuance in office another term is necessary to their harmonious and successful co-operation, for the complete accomplishment of those measures of improvement and reform which have been commenced under my administration; I feel it to be my duty to yield my personal wishes to their solicitations.
I pray you, gentlemen, to accept this expression of my gratitude for the favorable manner in which you have communicated your views on this occasion; and believe me, with great sincerity, your friend and very obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Messrs. Thomas Rigdon, John Cochran, and others.
To his Excellency ANDREW JACKSON,
President of the United States.
The undersigned, with their fellow-citizens of Ohio, have seen with much satisfaction the administration of the general government restored to correct constitutional principles. Your course as the chief magistrate of the nation, observant of those principles, and firm in adherence to them, we assure you is approved by a majority of the people of Ohio, although accident has given a different appearance.
But it is not sufficient for your own glory, or the permanent interest of our common country, that the administration of the general government should, through your agency, have been restored to soundness in principle, it is necessary that the salutary direction now given, should be continued, that the blessings of our free institutions may be fully developed; and to accomplish this, no measure is more important than your re-election, because, from no other measure can we calculate to secure all the advantages which have been gained, by the victory achieved; we, therefore, in behalf of the majority of the citizens of Ohio, (whose wishes we believe we represent) solicit you to be again a candidate for the Presidency. Respectfully yours.
Here follow the names of the Fifty-two administration members of the General Assembly.
Columbus, Jan. 1831.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 9th, 1831.
GENTLEMEN:
Your communication of January last was received a few days since. I am truly grateful for an expression of feeling and sentiment so kind and indulgent, as that which it conveys in behalf of the principles which it is my object to promote in conducting the administration of the general government. To carry with me into retirement such an evidence of the approbation of my fellow-citizens at the close of the four years for which they had elected me President, was the highest mark of my ambition; and one, which, if I were so fortunate as to reach, I had never anticipated would subject me to any future calls in the service of my country.
The desired amendment of the constitution, so as to give to the people a direct vote in the choice of the President, and limit his term of office to one of four or six years, with other public considerations, afforded me a ground on which I thought that my own anxious wishes to retire could be indulged without disappointing the expectations of my friends, or conflicting with any public interest. Considering, however, the numerous declarations which I have received from large portions of my countrymen, in various quarters, that my continuance in office another term is necessary to their harmonious and successful co-operation, for the complete accomplishment of those measures of improvement and reform which have been commenced under my administration; I feel it to be my duty to yield my personal wishes to their solicitations.
I pray you, gentlemen, to accept this expression of my gratitude for the favorable manner in which you have communicated your views on this occasion; and believe me, with great sincerity, your friend and very obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Messrs. Thomas Rigdon, John Cochran, and others.
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Andrew Jackson
Ohio Legislature
Re Election
Constitutional Principles
1831
What entities or persons were involved?
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Rigdon
John Cochran
Where did it happen?
Ohio
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Ohio
Event Date
January 1831
Key Persons
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Rigdon
John Cochran
Outcome
andrew jackson agrees to seek re-election despite personal wishes to retire.
Event Details
Fifty-two members of the Ohio Legislature express satisfaction with Jackson's administration and urge his re-election to continue constitutional principles and reforms. Jackson replies gratefully, yielding to solicitations from supporters including this group.