Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1871 — He Will Retire. [ARTICLE]

He Will Retire.

Vice—President Colfax has tnought proper to r eiterate his determination to retire from the labors -ot public life at the expiration of his present term of office. We , feel somewhat at a loss in regard to this matter and would like to have some person who is .posted give us more-light'on the subject, because you see while at Lincoln,' Nebraska, only a few days ago we heard a gentleman who had previously occupied twenty minutes in convincing a public meeting that he was Mr. Colfax's confidential friend, intimate companion, private adviser, etc., nominate him for the Presidency. While we would gladly vote for Mr. Colfax for that position, and have no doubt as to his fitness, still wc think it is time this little affair was definitely settled.— If the letters published dll the New York Independent and Indianapolis Jovrnal read as they mean, if Mr. Colfax really thinks President Grant should be renominated, if lie really baa decided to retire from political life hinfself, then, as we know he respects the feelings of, his friends and party and has a decent regard for the proprieties of life, let him go to this indiscreet, assuming and officious neighbor and arrange that in future he shall confine himself exclusively to the i pathology of his subject, telling, if - lie must, the number, nature, quantity and appearance of the ex : cretions of a public officer within a given period of time, but don’t let him again outrage propriety by claiming for that officer the nomination to a higher position for no better reason than a fancied peculiarity of their savor. 1 ■ r:" I’The next annual reunion of the 87th liuh Vols. will be held fit South Bend on the llftb and 20th. of ffept ember.