Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1841-11-11

=, NASHVILLE, Oct. 81, 1911.
Mossrs. Samuel Turney, j. p. Hardwickc, and
others
Gent!cInen--l have to acknowledge your letter
oil the 18th instant, propounding for my conside.
ration snndry grave questions Of public policy,
ana requiring me to eniIghten your minds by a
,uil ana satisfactory" reply, or in the opposite
alternative, leaving Inc to anticipate the iudef-
mite postponement of an election which involves
the sacred rights Of the people of Tennessee in
the principal counsels Of the nation, and is i'm,
peraIiveIy enjoned by the letter Of the Constitu-
ton.
may lament, gentlemen, but / fear cannot
relieve the anXieties which seem to embarrass
your movements and threaten to disappoint the
pubic expectation, by retarding the execution of
great and important duty. TO promise other.
WISE would be to speak against 'the lights be-
fore me-" and to labor against hope itself For
years past, 1t has been my lot TO STRUGGLE i'm n
warfare where as the country will bear me wit
ness, scorned alike to sto0p to concealnent or
beg for quarters. During that eventfu conflict,
In the length and ferveucy of the repeated utor
views had the honor Of holding with some of
you, and in the frequent opportunities you all had
OF reading and hearing my sentiments, | endeav-
ored TO proclaim my opinions and declare my DO
ltical associations. IT, after all this, we do not
yet sufficiently understand each other, it certainly
must be the result of i8cOyrigiGie dizziness some
where; and as make it point never to be ont,
done In manners, must, suppose, as a matter
OIL poilteness, take the fault to myself, and Sc
cure you against an imputaon Which! would
wound the pride OF your constituents and dero-
gate from the dignity OF the Senatorial GOWN
But excuse me now, gentlemen, if you please
fruItCss labor is apt to discourage further tolls
nomatter where the difficulty lies and feel NV
self compelled, in al! due humility, to decline
the explanations have hitherto failed to impress
upon your intellecls. Nevertheless. bv vour
leave, gentlemen, may tender my profound ac-
Acknowledgements for the DISTINGUISHED candor
which dictated your communication, and in be.
half Of my own imbecty. impIore that charity
would be the last to mpeach assal.
a word OF two more, gentlemen, in all GOOD
soberness, shall close what have to saw on the
present occasion. They are called for by consid-
eratons altogether foreign to my political creed,
whatever it may be, and cannot be omitted by any
one who feels that Office can never be honorably
held, unless it be honorably sought for and hon /
orably obtained.
Considering that we are uncompron,ising polit- |
ical adycrsari s-for such to me you will admit |
are the whole THIETEgN Of the self.consti,utcd /
and august inquest | am now addressinq-vou
have decently yelled jut hardly excused an ex- /
traordinary liberty by the elevated position YOU
nave been pleased to assign 1t remains to
be seen whether stand ALONE before PATRIOT
&c inqulsltion, or who it is, friend or foe, that
shares with me the honors Of your scrutiny. You
doubtless know Of some who have placed them
selves stealthiIy, if not publicly in The category
you have imposed upon inc, and as | am b1und
% believe chat you are 'alI--alI honorable men,
trust you will not have failed to visit them with
imiiar Something's. Although some of them
ray be at the botOm-tho very bottom of your
sacred Office you have noxoRAgLy
nd voluntarily assumed, will net excuse the
asst partiality. They should tic held on high as
am, so that just and equal exposure may ,cuyn
e public Of their men, and enable midday am
ton to scan by times, the steel it may have to
counter.
VI neither or M ! shall be candidate for one
the vacant s~sts in the Senate of the United
9fce, now at The disposal of the Legislature of I
nnSsste, may depend upon more uncertainties a