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The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Anti-submission ticket. (search)
Henrico County.--Messrs. Jos. C. Burton, Garland Hanes, James T. Redd.-- Gentlemen: I have received a communication, signed by yourselves and one hundred and seventy-eight other citizens of Henrico county, calling upon me "as one who will truly represent the sentiments of a majority of the people of Henrico," to allow you to use my name as a candidate for Henrico for the Convention. Whilst I have no ambition to be a member of the Convention, I do not feel that I have the right to refuse to comply with a request, made under such circumstances. I therefore consent to your making such use of my name as you may deem proper. I am one of those who are most hopeful of the honorable and final settlement of the questions that now distract the country. Should you elect me, I will devote myself to the earnest effort to secure all our rights as Virginians and as Southern men, and to the preservation of the Union. I would proceed with prudence and deliberation; if