Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-03-01

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. TUESDAY, MARCH I, 1912.


lne only conservative principles, the only safeguard
against the encfnachment Of Federal power, ana lii
Only pTcventives Of Gsunon have heard Won con
tehu slrehGorsly Tor strict construction of the Con
stuon, ana have heard you inveirh against that ati
tuoihous construction ~ Inch found in Constitution
warrant and JHsthcaon for the doctrines OF The Pro
ciamat'on Your opinions, | Understood them, hat
less tendency to produce dissolution Of The Union
than those commonly entertained by the. State RlIh
P"nucahs OF virginia, lnasmuch they contained al
additional protection aganst Federal mlsrue in snbsti
tnting sGlilication for Secession: or in other words
they provided another remedy before recourse haG
70 secession aud dsunion You never did express Oh,
opinion IN the many excited and protrac ted discussions
yon hcid IA my presence, that the time had arrived
when the Unian should he dissolved; ond-I viii
you a Judge fuckers, al the very time lien the
versation between Mr. Bots and yourself, is said I,
| have occurred
deeni 1t proper as was of the students of vii
lam aud Mary College, at the time adrer,ed to,to vim
dIcHte yon from the charge Of UNDERWRITING those stu
dents N the principles OF d,snnion. You often hela
w'th them Conversations, both public and private nuc
I ' venture ~ sfm tina. no: enc can be o;ind who
VIII declare that he heard from YOU nught which
tended 10 disunion. With respect To the charge That
you were m The habit Of intoxicating disunio doctrines
IN the city Of Williamsburg, have only 10 say that
during residence Of five years in TINT place,
have never before heard you charged with any such
lhinG, and ! would he amazed IL any citizen If that
place could y found 10 sustain the Charge. In fine
have never heard you advocate recommend an IN
qualified dissolution OF the Unon and have never be-
tore heard you charged hv friend or foe with man.
tanning any such doctrines.
am, SIR, yours, respectfully,
w w. CRUMp.
Hon A. r. Upshur.
RIcHuu.D, Feb. If, 1872.
Dear Judge: Your letter under date Of the I2t INST
rs 1T hand and in answer have say, that, in the
year 1850, think, you and myself were gong from
Williamsburg 10 take the steamboat Tor this place
When the boat 10 the wharf for US, and We col
on board, Mr. Phip Harrison was there and told me
that he vas On his way To Williamsburg 10 attend your
court remarked 10 HIM that you had adjourned your
court, and was on your way TO Richmond. Mr.. lar-
F'snn appeared vexrd n; your having adjourned your
court before he got there, and said you ought to b. i'm
pcached and removed from the bench; thar instead Of
attending IL your judicial duties you going about
the country preaching your hellsh doctrines Of Multi
fca,ion DID not think any thing of VI Harrison )
strong language III relation 10 Null ica,ion. knew
he thought the greatest Of all political ereses, aud
believed there yeas no difference between !, aud dis
unrcn
Last winter, when your spoken Of in con
neXcn wh the Office OF United States Senator, Nr.
HARRISON 10 and SAID that you MI lit for
the place, that you were dsunon!si, which did not
surprise At all: did even ask Inn why lie
thought So, because knew lie thought Notification and
disuninn the | concluded he only alluded
your beng Naier. SAID 10 Mr.. Harrison, that IT
You were nominated for the oIicc Of Senator, that
would I'll! the House that goa Nuief, and state
al your opinions fully and fairly. Mr. Harrison and my
self parted heard more oil his objections | men
toned the conversation 70 several ocu friends, and they
agreed with IN the opinion that Mr.. Harrison mcant
nothing more than that yen were Nu!cr. have
always considered, Mr. Harrison belonging 10 The old
Federal party, md do not reenbe. ever to have
Of that Il nhly respectable and intcrcn, party,
rho did not think. ike Mr. Harrison, that Nulitica.
ton and dsunon one and the same. The ground
taken by those IN The Virginia Legislature IN l19S,
against the adoption Of tie resolutions OF John aylor,
Esq, was that they would inevitably lead to disunIon.
The Republicans of that dav thought dfiere ntv as
they do nos. They were right them and 50 hlnh
they now
You also ask me 10 say whether | have had m op.
Fornnitv Of knowing your political opinions. | ave.
We have been acquainted for about Ten years, and
have during that iime conyersed frequently about ali
the political questions which have been asiiatcd.
have heard your opinions frequently, IN private and in
company, and | have always heard yon contend that
yours the true conservative principles Of the
Constitution. ] never sew but one NGlliler who was
disuaion.st remember that you, he and myself
were together: discussing various subjects
about and measures, when lie SAID Multi
cation would do very well in ordinary eases, but
that he thought that the time for dsunon had ar
rived. You At entered into an argument Wh
him, TO show hm the error of his opinion. Iou con-
tended that dSnnGn must inevitably be succeeded by
war which you seemed 10 deprecale more than any
thing except To be plundered Of our property lber
ty have aways heard you contend, that sooner thnn
see great central Government built up the ruins
Of the Constitution and The rights and liberty Of the
people destroyed, you would disunIon You con- |
tended that, such case, dlsunon would be prnper,
because there could be M longer rational hope Of
roht or Justice from the Federal rulers You said that
when such an event happened, the Government had
failed to be what it intended 10 be by its Trainers,
ard that it had virtually dissolved itself
hare uiynn as briefly "A | could such information
as YOU ask Of me am afraid that have crowded SO
much ,ogethsr, tia, you would hardly understand it.
In haste, am very truly your friend
JNO. NJ GREGORY. /
If sir IIa really thou why i:d
not mention tat ground VI nircac!mrn VS. much
str.r one than N, doctrines al Qualification"
WAsnIxGroy, Feb. IL, 1912
Gentlemen You will perceive by the certificate Of
Mr. Edward ". Johnston appended to the late publ
cation of Mr. Bolts, that he represents disu
nionis,, in consequence of supposed connection, in
principIc in design, mud IN counscs, with the Nuca
lion movement in South Carolina. | the first 10
defend your principles before the people Of Virginia,
mon tie ground that they were conservative Of the
| mon Was right III tins, was |, while thought
that was vnd,ca!ing the true principles oil the Con-
s,iiut,on eaiGg the designs ui men who were anxious
10 destroy IL
Mr. Johnston says, in effect that in The habit
of inetchnnIng opinions with the Mobilization party
in South Carolina. DOeshe SFeak HE hnth IN his;
lie says, also, that when services were desired a.
4 writer Tor he Southern Review, il "rcpoftcd
among ny Use friends South Carolina, that
went beyond Qualification, and disun!onlst de
ermined 10 devote my future e TO that cause. Is
his frue' Which of you ever heard such rumor
BY which OF YOU will The truth Of h!s settlement Be
sustained;
To such Of you $ know the fact, (nnd think can
confidently refer to Mr. Calhoun and Mr. Preston)
ppeal, say if not actually selected 10 conduct tic
Southern Rerie,r
Mr. Johnston claims to have been yonr confidential
rgan Be pleased 10 say whether he is justified in the
general statement he has given, or not.
IA early reply viii obge yours very respec'fnlly,
A. P. UPSHUR $
Nessrs J. c. Calhoun W. c. Preston, K. b Rhen, G
~ Butler, w Thompson, T. w. Prckens, r. c. Cad
veil | L. Holmes T D. Sumter, $. III. Butler.
WAsuISGToS, Feb il, lSl2.