It having been charged in various quarters that
f.iov. Ford made all the appointments devolving
upon him by the constitution and laws uf the late
with an eye to his elevation to the I'.S. senate at
the expiiatioli of his present term of office, several
cili.ens of Fulton county, desirous of know ing the
trulli or falsity of the charge, thought tho mailer
of sullicieiit importance to address the governor a
communication on the subject, to which he availed
himself of thu earliest opportunity to reply. The
correspondence is given below. The governor, as
might have been expected, meets the charge with
an unqualified denial.
Li wtsrowy, Sept. 2", IS II.
Tn hit Here, 'levy Thumus Find:
We, the undersigned, democratic cili.ens of
l.ewistown, feeling a deep interest in all that miiv
alfeet Us in a political point of view, have heard
with regret that you are, while holding the cilice
of governor, making nil the appointments devolv
ing on you by the coiislitutnu. ami laws of the
s'ate w ilh lelcn'iice to your election to n, seat in
tho I'liilcd States senate when your present term
ol office sh ill expire. If such is not the fact, name
ly, thai you am not a candidate for a sent in the
l.'nileil Stales senate, we think the publication of
tlie laet would tie salislactory to your Ineiids.
We have the honor to be, dear sir,
Yours, most lespeclfullv,
s. eV II. i: VAX'S,
J. SOI.OMnX,
x. ni:.iJi.i:s.
Nriiixiit'i:i.u, Oct. I, IS I'l.
ilnittcvicn fn answer to vour favor ol'lhe I'tith
of September lust, I have the honor to reply that
i nave not men, nm nut now, and will not lie, a
candidate for a seal in the I'niled Males M-nale.
