Chapter 75

GENERAL DESIRE TO NOMINATE ME FOR GOVERNOR OF OHIO. Death of My Brother Charles--The 46th Congress Convened in Special Session--"Mending Fences" at My Home in Mansfield--Efforts to Put Me Forward as a Candidate for the Governorship of Ohio--Letter to Murat Halstead on the Question of the Presidency, etc.--Result of My Letter to John B. Haskin--Reasons of My Refusal of the Nomination for Governor--Invitation from James G. Blaine to Speak in Maine-- My Speech at Portland--Victory of the Republican Party--My Speech at Steubenville, Ohio--Evidences of Prosperity on Every Hand--Visit to Cincinnati and Return to Washington--Results in Ohio.