Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1879 — Grant and the Presidency. [ARTICLE]

Grant and the Presidency.

Washington, Aug. 81. The Hon. Etihu B. Washburne, who is summering on the Eastern coast, has recently received a letter from Gen. Grant, saying that those who expect him, upon his return to' the United States, to enter into a Presidential campaign will be greatly mistaken. He says that, in his Presidential term of eight years, he has received whatever honor attaches to the position, and that he does not desire to bo President again, and does not conceive of any possiblo circumstances which could induco him to consent to be a candidate; still, while

all this is true, he-adds that, if it should happen at any time that the Republican party should need him for any purpose, he would not fail to respond.