Holly Springs gazette., 1841-10-28
LETTERS FROM UNION JACK.
No. /.
COUNCIL BLUFF, July Is, l841.
|To Mr. CLAY.


H. Iadiress you not as politician. whig party
IT, of any solt; but American statesman whose
H. mind filed and whose heart is warmed with notions
H. n oygnneuas who loves his country, is to It's
D. constitution who knows his duty, and will fail to act well
~ part salesman and patriot In the great national dra-
You have been ready all times to maintain abroad the
m and dignity your countryand you ha We ever stood
ill., 6n tie great champion of Southern and Western inter
hom and far as the Navy may support the one,
aace the other wish to call only yoaf attention. but
attention Of every freeman South and the West
certain measures connected with the Navy, that near
anIsloaId be dear them.
through you call their the monopoly
which has hhe Decn enjoyed by few Atlantic States, of all
local a anag6s be derived from the Navv-such the
eabehment of Dock Yards-the building of shps-she
opening OF rendezvous-and the annual disbursement of mil
s Of the public treasury &c wish call their at
en - the TACT that both the South and the West possesses
advantages and afford facilities for national Depos. Dock
Yards and other National establishments second impor
others in the Union wish also show that
such Establishments only required by the of
Tie South and the Wesbut that speedy location of them
absolutely demanded for the welfare safety and honor of
Virginia established at her own expense Navy Yard
GospoT and 1900 ceded the United States.
don that the General Government should maintain there
Navy Yard forever In this acquired the only
bung Navy yard which to this day is Possessed t. the
South Of Mason s. Dxons line
In colonial times said that not so much hob nail
should be Manufactured this side of the In later
years aud with regard the Navy has been proclaimed
IN efcct-or the policy has been practically carried out
scuppeT nal pump tack shall De furnished to
the Navy at the South
Does vessel of The West India squadron have sheet OF
coPqerrpped from her botom2 she to the Moth
have nailed Do few oysters fsten themselvs hert?
TO the north to ha We them scraped
becomes few hands short by death and dseton2 she egts
huHd eds Of able bodied lottrn9 the streets OF Mo
bile AID New Orleans and passes by others IN Charleston
on her way the North to snip CT men Dees she
want repairs Of any kind2 she is TO the north to have
them DONE The time of her expires he hastens TO
the North Pay them off and discharge them tat they
Too may spend their money at the right place Shipping
Orleans wod supply the whole Wtstlnda squadron with
aoie bodied and good tail fellow vhonhe
summer peStence destroys those cities rendezvous al
Natchez Louisville Cincinnati and St LOUIS wond ttnSh
the same squadfon with ample number OF andsmen,
nes apPrtncesand boys who be paid oil at the South
spend their money the Southand thus save the time
anu expense OF those frequent trips 10 the North Why
SnoGd not Pensacola be provided with all the facilities OF
building and repairne2 That she not but lustr.
aoh oil Tue hobHa vassalage which. this day. Tar
ne navy concerned the South required render the
North
FROM Virginia TO New-Hampshire more than hum
millions OF dollars out Of the public treasury have been
dSbured for The Navy since warnever n cent In the
nes and Il we except palry Pensacola.
10 the South Proud of the Navy aud mindful of the
NATIONAL dignity and honor mlrnur from the West
mas oeen raised agains. this partial distribution Of the public
But times have changed By the revolution which the
powers ol steam ctcng the means of ma at;me war
a't 'ne MISSISSIPPI boamen will be the Navy in the next
@ va, "ha' our hafoehead seamen in the lat And.
= ne yeoman OF the West less brave and patriotic, the
less loyal and true than their brethren at Nouh
a - tney should De excluded from the Navyshut from
lis honors 10 war, and lis benefits in peace2 49,
oeseech your attention 10 this subject hope show
na Jusce othe est well as The veal of all The
require that certain Naval establishments and means
81 Oenee should be connected with the waters Nss
succeed IN doing this, further hope that you will
- up ine subject IN your capacity American
ieslsiator-not upon party grounds sectional IN
out upon the broad grounds of the necessities the ho
nor and welfare of the State 8 q
slihen, beg to cali your attention to the Scraps pab
shed from time time in the Southern Literary Messtn
gsI: rom the "Lucky-Bag Of Harry Bluff" That writer
IseS the establishment oF