Southern telegraph., 1837-05-02

unsement of Jho oa'g Na3ilsla aa-y o
be avflaileN: they received mlfed no
saauten'nce IN theS Smlh, n5rai1they meet
vih ihtt docidal repyohensias frdn he
presses Ia ths S3nih, which they deserved
I cauaol enter upon De discussion q emm-
cipahon Or coIonizaiion, oe ahaliioa oz -
hiioni ] can only express my Deliberate
conviction lhatQf all subjects likely 10 dis
turb the harmony of this Union, ibis IS The
npis' prominent; and / call upon growers of
ca,ton und mastors Of slaves to trace aut
the consequences Of a serious cnnirectatiou
Of the subject Of slavery by the National
G1yenmonlj IN the application ofany Of the
remedies f,r it vel devised, AMI connected
with religious sentiment; a connection re-
Gently alluded to BY MrWohster at n. York,
aud which, if successful, will be monrned
hy f,Wre generations of the South in tears
and in blood.
voted for Mr.. Van Burcn: and to the
measures Of his administration I will extend
my humble support when l believe them to
be right, and when wrong my opposition
a arcso'a'ion to which the moderate and lu-
dicions Of all petsnasions should come, after
having Witnessed the sufferings of the poo-
pie amidst the struggles Of politicians anil
the rccklcssness of partizluship. The Anne
rican People viii wait anil examine his con
duct, and be determined byevperioncc. tho
mother Of wisdom; and if, as nation Jealous
Of their interests anA liberties, thew cannot
rive him crodi', they, as = Just and mognan-
imous people. win not bestow upon him
censure in advance.
thriving thus hlsilv, (For | hava nbthpa
time for aacpriaiIed abreviotion,n) sketch
ed my views oftho position Of the country,
and negatively nv reasons for supporting
the elcciiono of Nc. Nrn Buren,; tbatis, my
reasons far Withholding my humble support
from his competitors. have not time, and
yonwill agree with me that have not space,
to depict the anticipated wisdom and mod
Grafton of his plhlic measures. nor to "rc-
capifula'o his carecr"a as politician.
"It is a COOL divine that follows his own
instructions" Among the minor portions
oftho article, my notice some charges
and destinations, no Otherwise important
than asshowing the Ignorance Of the writer
and his perversion Of truth, when lecturing
m ''probity"--suchhs: "a few months ago
he was a rauenrous and oDen-mouthed
Whig," &c.-"cringing and trucking
around the footstool of Van Burcnsm," (the
throne is at Washington ,)-"th7t snch a
course WIS dictated by the still small voice
Of fhones'y and duty" &c. &c. Now, thoao
assertions are coined from the mint of men
dacity; the insinuations are the effusions of
pnrtiz1n rancor or personal malevolcnce.
He who states that as true which he does
not know to be true, is as rcprchenslc on
the score of vcracitv as he who states that
to be true which he knrws to be false. As
far back as February, 1855 my dotcrmna-
ton was publicly expressed to vote for Mr.
Van Burcn, in case Mr. Clay were not
candidate.
The writer of the letter permits me to
preserve the honor of a gentleman, with the
opostacy of a politician; until he proves or
retracts these charges, neither recognize
IN him regard for the obligations of truth
or the injunctions of honor,
| must (orego my intention to examine
the morris Of his claim to a "signal triumph
realized by the Wings in the election of a
Van Burcnist to the Legislature; claim
which would be ridiculous, if it were not
reprehensibIo. The 'clitcS of both parties
honored INC with their confidence From
the period of my announcement to the day of
the election, had hardly an opportunity of
visiting the various precincts, at a majority
of which | was an utter stranger; at all but
one stranger to a ma ority of the voters.
| feel no modification on account of the re-
suit. If | wero ambitious, which am not,
it would not rlmple a feather in the wings
of my ambition.
THO. J. JOHNSTON.
If the following statement of Mexican
outrages upon the commerce Of the U. S.
be correct, Mexico will have something to
do bcsldes fighting Texans. We would
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