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MIR FOSTERS LETTER.


lnterogatoiies got up by them TO defeat
an election of Senators 10 Congress du,
ring the present session OF the LegisIa.
ture in that State:
NASHVILLE, Oct. %, lS4l.
Messrs Samuel THrney, J. p. Hard.
Wicke, and others.
Gentlemen:
have to acknowledge your
letter Of the 18th inst. propoundino for
my consideration suudrv grave questions
oFPublic policy, and requiring me to en-
Tighten your minds Ivy a "fuII and satis
factory" reply, or in the opposite alter
r natlve, leaving me- to anticipate the indie
finite postponencnt Of an election which
involves The sacred rights Of the people
OF Tennessee 10 the principal counsels
OF the nation, and is imperaively en-
jolued by the letter Of the Constitution
may lament, gentlemen, but | fear
cannot relieve The anxietes which
seem 10 emharrass our movements, and
threaten to disappoint the public expec
tatlor, by retarding The execution Of
great and imporlanr dury. TO promise
otherwise, would be to speak against the
"lIghs before me-" and to labor against
hope itself. For wears past it has been
my lot to struggle in warfare where. as
the country will bear me witness,
scorned alike to stoop 10 COncealment or
beg for quarters. Daring that eventluI
conflict, in the length and iorvcncy Of
tho repeated interviews | had the honor
OF holding with same Of you, and in the
lrequem opportunities you all had OF
readlug and hearing my sentiments, |
en- teavored TO proclaim nv opinions and
declare my political associations. lfaf.
ter all this, we do not yet sufficiently
understand each other, il must certainly
be the result Of MC0Tigibie da'IaeSS some
where; aud as make II point never to
be outdonG in manners, ! musI, suppose
as a matter Of poIlencss, take The fault
TO myself, and secure you egainst an im.
puIalioD winch would wound the pride ol
your constituents and d"rogale from the
dignity Of the Senatorial gown. Bot ex
cuse me now, gentlemen, if you please.
Fruitesslabor Is apt to discourage fur
ther tells, no matter where the Diff ul.
~ lies, and | feel myself compelled, iH
all due humility to docliG3 The expIana
tIons | have hitherto failed to impress
upon yonr InteIects. Nevertheless, BY
your leave, gentlemen, may tender my
profound acknowledgements for the dis.
interested candor which dictated your
communication, and in behalf Of my own
imbeciity, impore that charity would
be the last to impGaCh or assail.
A word or two more, genlIem"n, in all
good soherness, shall close what have to
say on the present occasion. They are
called for by considerations altogether
foreign to my political creed, whatever it
may be, and cannot be omitted by any
one who feels that office cun never be
honorobly held unless ii be honorabIy
sought and honorabIy obtained.
Considering that we are unccmpromi-
sing political adversarIos-Ior such to
mo Won will admit, are the whole thir
teen Of The sell constituted and august IN
quest am now addressIng-y ou have
decentIy yelled but byrdly excused an
extraordinary liberty by the elevated
position you have been pleased to assign
me. II remains to no seen whether |
stand alone before patriotic nqulsillon,
or who It is, friend or foe, that shares
with mo the honors Of your scrutiny
You doubtless know of some who have
placed themselves sIealhiIy, If not pub.
liCly, in the category you have imposed
upon me. as am bound 10 believe that
YOU arc "all--All honorable men," trust
YOU will not have failed TO visit these
with simiur Something's! Although some
of them may bo at the botlom-the very
bottom Of your cOunscls--the sacred Of
fee you have honorahIy and voluntarily
assumed, will not excuse the le0st par
tmlty. They should be held on high
as an, SO that Ias' and eqlal expo
sure mny warn the public OF their men.
NlIU tHdhtI' WiIt 'uhy hHlNlNluH w ~ All hN
times tho steel 1t may have 10 oncouu
ter
Whether or no shall bo candidate
for one OF the vacant s0ats IN tie Senate
OF the Unitrd States, now at the disposal
of The Legislature of Tennessee, may de
pend upon more uncertainties lhnn the
contingencies of life itself, | will on
that score at leost, cndeayor TO measure
my ambition by tho desires OF those
whose political fortunes good or bod
suit me- infinitely better than yours; md
whist | am free to admlt that majority
of those friends my comm md my name,
can declare IN equal lrankness, that
poor aud humble AZ | am, NY enemies
possess neither power To deter, nor
wealth or houUrs enough to purchase me.
The cIosencss and icrCtness OF the con.
test may warm my courage and sllmu'
tate my rxerlions, but the PRIDE oI sur