CHAPTER XLVII.

MY PARTICIPATION IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1884. Again Talked of as a Republican Candidate for the Presidency--I Have No Desire for the Nomination--Blaine the Natural Candidate of the Party--My Belief that Arthur Would be Defeated if Nominated-- Speech at Washington, D. C., for Blaine and Logan--Opening of the Ohio Campaign at Ashland--Success of the Republican State Ticket in October--Speeches in Boston, Springfield, Mass., New York and Brooklyn--Address to Business Men in Faneuil Hall--Success of the National Democratic Ticket--Arthur's Annual Message to Congress-- Secretary McCulloch's Recommendations Concerning the Further Coinage of Silver Dollars--Statement of My Views at This Time--Statue to the Memory of General Lafayette--Controversy Between General Sherman and Jefferson Davis.