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PRESIDENTS]. CLEVELAND, Grover (1837-1908). Autograph letter signed ("Grover Cleveland") to Henry Watterson, New York, 20 March 1890. 4 pages, 8vo, envelope . "NO MAN DESIRES TO SEE OUR PARTY IN POWER AGAIN MORE THAN I". An excellent letter written during the interval between his two terms as President, in which Cleveland considers the body politic: "You need have no fear of my paying heed to 'fairy tales.' I feel that this is a time for grown men in the Democratic party; and I for one shall strive to strangle any feeling of boyish suspicion or sense of injury...no man desires to see our party in power again more than I. But I want to see it triumph upon the right lines and without the sacrifice of principle and consistency...The evil things in politics are with our opponents; and whatever they may be worth, it is useless for us to strive against our conscience for a winning share of those things." Cleveland candidly discusses his first term performance: "I thought my party and my Country deserved better things at my hands; and that I was the one who suffered most in personal feeling, and perhaps in political fortune, ought to be good proof of my sincerity and freedom from selfish motives." -- BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Autograph letter signed ("James Buchanan") to Albert H. Tracy, Lancaster, [Penn.], 4 November 1844. 1 page, 4to, minor browning to folds . PENNSYLVANIA, THE TARIFF AND THE ELECTION OF 1844. Writing immediately after the Presidential Election of 1844, Buchanan considers Democratic success in his home state and the role of the debate over the protective tariff: "I have always believed that we should carry this State by a fair majority...We had obstacles to surmount greater than has ever existed before in this State; and the greatest of all was the question of the Tariff." Buchanan predicts that "This question is destined to agitate the Country during the next four years" but expresses "great confidence in the prudence & wisdom of James K. Polk." -- JOHNSON, Andrew (1808-1875). Autograph document signed ("Andrew Johnson") as Governor, Nashville, [Tenn.], 14 November 1856. 2 pages, 4to, blue lined paper . PROCLAIMING THE ELECTORS FOR 1856. Andrew Johnson's official proclamation of two electors chosen by Tennessee in 1856. Citing the state's obligation to hold "an election on the first Tuesday in November in the several counties of the State for the purpose of electing twelve electors to vote for President and Vice President of the United States," Johnson proclaims that "William H. Polk & T.G. Honis have received a majority of all the votes polled." -- GARFIELD, James (1831-1881). Autograph letter signed ("J.a. Garfield") to his brother Emett, Washington, 15 February 1866. 2 pages, 4to . "NO TRUCE CAN BE MADE WITH THE SPIRIT OF REBELLION." Congressman Garfield, a former Union general, takes a hard line on Reconstruction: "I am more convinced every month, that no truce can be made with the spirit of rebellion; that to fight it to the death is the only way to conquer it or even to secure its respect. Rebels never respected us so much as in battle & never despise us so much as when we attempt to conciliate. It would be a calamity to the paper to have the support of the mass of KY Disciples. I hope it will handle them with all the courteous severity of truth." -- HAYES, Rutherford B. (1822-1893). Autograph letter signed ("R.B. Hayes") as President, to Mrs. Locke, Washington, 17 September 1878. 1 page, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery . Sending an autograph and recalling a dinner party. -- ARTHUR, Chester A. (1830-1886). Autograph letter signed ("Chester A. Arthur") as President, to Thomas Taylor Washington, 25 July 1884. 2 pages, 8vo, Executive Mansion stationery, envelope with ARTHUR'S FREE FRANK and seal. Arthur sends condolences upon the death of Taylor's wife. Together six items, each with one leaf neatly inlaid to a larger sheet . (6)