COMMENT AND REVIEW
me sincere in my profound thanks, and that with the highest appreciation of all your intended kindness, I hope I may submit, without offense, how impossible it is for me to accept the honors which you propose and which you and others so bountifully mean to shower upon me.
I am, dear Governor, I assure you, under a mountain of obligation, and remain,
Most sincerely yours,
The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker,
Philadelphia, Pa.
My dear Governor:
Of course I do not expect that you remember me, but I had the pleasure of meeting you here and at Harrisburg.
It seems to be that a public official who has served the commonwealth wisely and conscientiously as you have, must feel a rankling and resentment at the unjust ridicule and criticism that has been your share to suffer.
The late Judge Searle of Montrose told me the last time I ever saw him alive that in fifty years Pennypacker would be regarded as the greatest of our governors.
I am not asking for anything, not even a reply, but think it more fitting, at this season, to express to you my appreciation of your services as an official and citizen, than to eulogize you after your death.
Sincerely,