Excerpt from Mr. Benton's Letter to Maj. Gen. Davis, of the State of Mississippi: Declining the Nomination of the Conventional of the That State; Defending the Nomination of Mr. Van Buren for the Presidency; And Recommending Harmon, Concert, and Union, to the Democratic Party of the United States The recommendation for the Vice Presidency of the United States, which the Democratic \convention of your State has done me the honor to make, is, in the highest degree, flattering and honora ble to me, and commands the expression of my deepest gratitude; but, justice to myself, and to our political friends, requires me to say at once, and with the candor, and decision, which rejects all dis guise, and palters with no retraction, that I cannot consent to go upon the list of candidates for the eminent office for which I have been proposed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.