saying that the Vermont
delegation, with two or three exceptions, were ready to vote for
me, but were discontented with the position taken by you, and
doubted whether you desired their vote for me.

"These and many other allegations of similar import, coming one
after the other, led me to believe that you had changed the position
you took in the early part of the canvass, and had come to the
conclusion that it was not wise to nominate me, and that other
arrangements for your future influenced you in changing your opinion.
This impression caused me more pain than anything that has transpired
since the beginning of the contest.

"I assure you I have no regrets over the results of the convention.
Indeed, the moment it was over, I felt a sense of relief that I
had not had for six months.

"The nomination of Garfield is entirely satisfactory to me. The
only shade that rests on this feeling is the fact that Garfield
went there by my selection to represent me and comes from the
convention with the honor that I sought. I will do him the justice
to say that I have seen no evidence that he has contributed to this
result except by his good conduct in the presence of the convention.
I had always looked with great favor upon the contingency that if
I was not nominated after a fair and full trial and Blaine was,
you would be the candidate for the Vice Presidency, and had frequently
said to mutual friends that this was my desire. The contingency
of Garfield's nomination I did not consider, for I supposed that
as he was secure in the Senate for six years, he would not desire
the presidential nomination, but as it has come to him without his
self-seeking it is honorable and right and I have no cause of
complaint. If I believed that he had used the position I gave him
to supplant me, I would consider it dishonorable and would not
support him; but, while such statements have been made to me, I
feel bound to say that I have never seen nor heard from credible
sources any ground for such an imputation, and, therefore, he shall
have my earnest and hearty support.

"There are one or two features of this canvass that leave a painful
impression upon me. The first is that the opposition to me in Ohio
was unreasonable, without cause, either springing from corrupt or
bad motives, or from such trivial causes as would scarcely justify
the pouting of a schoolboy.

"I receive your frank statement with confidence and act upon it,
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