Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-02-15
Prom ne Bosiea Afis'.
AN rArIIpliN'S LETTER.

MIX. NAisiibiI y - III 'f+'f'
/ The letter from the Hon John {. calhoun oo
clining 10 recognize the validity OF the bah'"O''
I,ocofoco Convention and which letter has pee
anticipated for some weeks past--hhs come AZ ''s'
In the shane of an Address TO his political iHeno'
and supporters. We received IL BY our mail papers
Yesterday. II is John C. Calhoun oil oreT.
We publish the conclusion Of the letter, when
contains the cis Of the matter, dives'ed oil the long
tissue OF meta physical refinement.
"IIavinc NOW assigned my reasons for refusing to
permit nv name TO 90 before The BIilimore Coh'eh-
lion, Il rests with you who have placed before 'ne
people and assenicd 10 abide ny consen'"n larry
constituted, 10 determine what course you viii pur'
sue
BE YOUR decision what it may, shal! be content:
Bu, regard !, as due TO the occasion. to you and
myself 90 declare, that under no circumstances
whatever shall support any candidate ""o j. OPP
posed to free trade. and III favor "l the FfoeoH'e
policy, or whose prominent and inluental hiehos
and supporters are. hold the p"ilcy 10 oe a"",''e'
name for monopoly aud plumber, and TO lc 'hot-
ouohly an,,.republican and federal an lis character
also hold that so long the duties are 50 aid as
To be in fac, bounes 20 one portion OF the conmu-
uiiy while they operate as oppressive taxes OF he
other there can lie no hope that tie Government
con be reformed, or that its expenditures VIII oe
reduced TO the proper standard
!.
erwise Of my course, would be practically. to de-
clare that | regard the protective policy TO be an
open question, 50 far rs party is tont efned: whch
I would consider, an nv part, virtual abandon
ment Of the cause oI Free Trade. Thai can never
be- have done and suffered TOO much for u, when
it's friends were few and feeble, To albanian II now
now when the auspices everywhere, on THIS and
the other side of The Atlantic, proclaim the approach
ing downfall Of Protection, and the permanent tn
umph Of Free Trade. ]. who upheld 1t against mo-
no,oiy and plunder in the worst al times and biav-
ed the menacts OF Administration and Opposition
when backed but by single Siae-wi not-can-
not abandon the glorious cause now, when It's ban
ner waves in proud triumph over the metropolis oil
the CONNIE rcial world. No, shall maintain immo-
vably the ground have so long occupied, until ]
have witnessed its great and final victory, It shall
please the Disposer of events TO spare my lille so
long. II will be, indeed, vIcToRy--ibe harbinger
of new and brighter aud higher civilization.
Much less, still. can | give my support TO any
candidate who shall give his aid or c0unenance TO
the agitation OF abolition in Congress or elsewhere;
or whose prominent and influential friends and sup
porlers shall. ] doubt the sincerity of any man,
who declares he is aboonist, whilst, at the
same time. he aids or counlenances The agitation oil
The question, be his pretext what it may. IL we
have a right 10 our slaves, we have right TO hold
them in peace and quiet the Constitution guar
antees the one, it guarantees the other; and il it
forbids one from being attacked, it equally foIbds
he other Indeed, the one stands 10 the other
means TO end, and is avowed by the abolition
sis and on the plainest principles of morals, ifthe
md be prohibited, the means Of eecting it also
)f tie two regard the deuded fanatic far less
,uil,y and dangerous than he who, for party or po
iiical purposes, aids or counenances him, in what
e knows is intended to do that which he acknowl-
dees to be forbidden by the Constitution.
1t is time that an end should be put to this sys-
EN- of plumber and agitation. They have been
'orne long enough. They are kindred measures,
md hostile far at least, portion Of the Un
on is concerned. While the tariff takes from us
he proceeds of our labor, abolition strikes at The
abor itself. The one robs Us Of our income, while
he other aims at destroying the source from which
hat income is derived. it is impossible for us to
stand patiently much longer, under their double OPP
raiion, without being Impoverished and rnined.
JOHN c.. CALHOUN"