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Domestic News
June 24, 1880
Rocky Mountain Husbandman
Great Falls, Diamond City, White Sulphur Springs, Cascade County, Broadwater County, Meagher County, Montana
What is this article about?
Horatio Seymour sends a dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer declining any potential nomination at the Cincinnati convention, citing inability to perform duties, and requests his name not be presented.
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CHICAGO, June 19.-The Cincinnati Enquirer this morning says the editor has received a personal dispatch from Horatio Seymour, and that it violates no confidence in printing the following extract: "I cannot accept the nomination, if it is made, under any circumstances. I am not able to do the duties of any office. I hope my name will not be presented at Cincinnati. I have never said that I would accept the nomination, nor have I knowingly intimated that I would. Rely upon you to set me right with the delegates."
What sub-type of article is it?
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Horatio Seymour
Cincinnati Convention
Democratic Nomination
Political Decline
What entities or persons were involved?
Horatio Seymour
Where did it happen?
Cincinnati
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Cincinnati
Event Date
June 19
Key Persons
Horatio Seymour
Outcome
seymour declines nomination due to inability to perform duties.
Event Details
The Cincinnati Enquirer received and published a personal dispatch from Horatio Seymour stating he cannot accept the nomination under any circumstances, hopes his name will not be presented, and has never indicated acceptance.