tic, declared:

"The message is brief, but full of wisdom, and deserves the study
of every citizen."

The correspondence of 1871 from the executive office reveals letters
like these:

"I long since, in conversation, announced my wish and purpose to
withdraw from the race for important positions in public affairs. I
meant this announcement to apply both to the office I now hold and
the senatorship. That purpose remains unchanged."

A letter of May 5th, to a distinguished New York journalist, says:

"Your article on the Ohio governorship is of course satisfactory to
me, but you will not object to two corrections. I have not been and
shall not be a candidate for re-nomination. I probably could
without effort have been renominated, but usage and personal
inclination were against it. The more serious error is: You omit to
name the Republican candidate who is nearly certain of the
nomination and election. General Edward F. Noyes, of Cincinnati, a
brave and popular soldier, who lost a leg in the Atlanta campaign;
an eloquent and attractive speaker, and a gentleman of integrity
and purity of character, will, I think, without question, be
nominated. He is the sort of man you would support heartily if you
lived in Ohio."

On the 6th of October, 1871, Governor Hayes delivered the striking
address we give below, on the occasion of the inauguration of the
celebrated Davidson fountain, in Cincinnati. This fountain, in design
and execution, is a work of art of extraordinary merit.

_Fellow-Citizens:_

It is altogether fitting that the citizens of Cincinnati should
feel a deep interest in the occasion which has called together this
large assemblage. It is well to do honor to this noble gift, and to
do honor to the generous giver. This work lends a new charm to the
whole city.

Longfellow's lines in praise of the Catawba that grows on the banks
of the Beautiful River gives to the Catawba a finer flavor, and
renders the Beautiful River still more beautiful. When art and
genius give to us in marble or on canvas the features of those we
admire or love, ever afterward we discover in their faces and in
their characters more to admire and more to love.

This work makes Cincinnati a pleasanter city, her homes more happy,
her aims worthier, and her future brighter.

Bu