Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-10-28
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LETTER FROM \ NEW CONVERT.

We copy from the kanawha Republican the snbion.
ed Letter Of James II. Ferguson. Esq dist .uguishe
Lawyer IN Wayne county, and very recently one Of III
leading l.ocotoeo orators in Northwestern Virginia
which he gives the most satisfactory reasons TOR abandon
ln% the locooco ranks, and enlstins under the " his
lag. There yet time for Others to tol9tc has cranpi
-as we believe MANY would do. IL they possessed tn
moral irmness to avow change Read Mr. Ferguson
etter-and .folloe his example;
WAYNE ell Oct 5. 1911
Sir: Your letter of the 2llh of September, aeeninp,.
MED by resolution OF the executive committee at Tia
Clay Tub al kanaWha county, requesting me IL com
haneair, IN any mode thai might oest suit my eunyc
nlenee, the leading canSfs which have impellrd nae +
renounee the support OF the Polk pary oame daily Il
hand.
Although am well satisfied that the canses wi iea
operated upon my mind, viii moi he sufficiently sirono
10 satisfy many Nrh Whom have htni,fore acted | do
aol consider this a sui,teat To induce me to de.
cline compliance with your eTnesf and therefore avail
myself ct this mode Of communicating 10 yon sir. add
through y"n 10 The committee over which you pf,sie
the information desired.
The great leading cause which induced me L. abans
don the support q Mr.. Polk and come 4, that of NJ
Clay s, that alter thorough and complete eyamIp,
lion n The entire ground occupied by the two prca DO
hra part'es became convinced that the pfineircs
and measures advocated by Mr.. Clay were these hich
characterized the old Republican party FROM Us ear,
organization down 10 themenorable period of sS2 and
thai upon the triumph Of those principles depended the
peace. happiness and prosperity u1 the pelpIe Of TIM,
country These principles are,
LIST Tariff tor revenue, with Discrimination fr
the uroloctien Of American Ind1srrv .r,..r,, .I'i
,lrsrfIoIon '
2a1. national bank, under proper limitations aud re-
stfelions.
3rd. An equitable distribution Of Tie proceeds Of the
4lb. .jusl li.nIalIo,s and ,sst.,i,,.,, '. ,.
tive powers '''e 'N''"
| snail consider Of these several f,sis in tic 81, ia
which they are sf,Irl aud ,n,l.v,r - - III
casons 10 which have arrived bv tn, a, mn, ~ IT,
inas Of the fathers ,f line Rsn,,hl -, .l,l ~ Wv
The first t,,,tiT ,c, n,sssJ In, ,l, ,,, &c.,,
passed the llepsp of g,.,r.s. ,,,,ss, -, H
NAV i7So ,ithoni = d,y51,5, aa ,6 vac ION, o'
day l,ovinr in fine same ,,.,, ,IsIil ~ vac
blI declares II In Inc .. \ hill Il, ,,i - " WIS
nnr nj oov ornament Gr Tho Ii.I, = t ava 'a 9uP
United States and the rnco,r,',,,,,, and =; Wv
manufactures" TIN, bill was hr3,,l,, G,,ari I'D
ted G,r nv the Rrnuhl,,,u Aj,I;s,. - .i W
proved by President \, ashp,,,, ,I, F,tl,, -, t,I
lty " -. NN0''
Dorinr the administration Of Gene,,I V,asbia,,o,,
three her larilI bills were r,sss1 all ;,,7 ~ u.s.
duties levied by the act of ESQ Wv
II IS urped that Tins proves unllin,r az H., l,; Ia
WED bytbese several acts ,ye,a an At -, ,aIi On
per cent Il, sifh as usa ib,s ,t,,,,,,,,, -. -
that care not whether they n.re ,i,,yo ,r HI 81 49,
cent Tn. preamble ia HE 6r.t ,,i .l,,,,. ~, H.
purposes for " Eeh it was passcd IN bayo.lo. e. ,i
announcement and prolectIun ut ,,,nnf,,ra. .i,r,
principa Of prpec5p is ,hersr,re ,,,,,i,. .l.i,,I
whether the duties leved thereby ,,e, M r m r,
President \yashpqtop IN his ess,e If ,b -, - n
ceihor 1906 holds the li,Ilov,ipp ,ne,,a,e.
sGonores, have rennatedly and not ,yitIoo, s,,ess
directed thtir attention To tie announcement Of f
laclnres The object is or too much consequences ma, II,
iusfe continuance Of their efforts in every way which
shall arpaar ellailpD
Dnrlnr the administration Mr. Ic.rs,n two thrift
acts were passed Increasing the duties On npnrs bait, Of
which receive ed his approval And in bjs second animal
messare 10 Congress he saws ss'To cultivate resen and
maintain commerce and nay1a ion in all he,r lI,Inn
terprzee to foster our fisheries as nurseries of paysaon
tles adap,ed 10 our circumstances these. fellow CHI
zens are the landmarks by which We ,re ~ ,,1 mr.,
selves in all our proceedings" Apain in his Letter to
BENJAMIN Austin of Boston in 1916 he sa,s .s\No
must now Mace our manufacturers by the side of tho me-
renlluralisls The former question is now snnnressp
or rather assumes new form The Grand inquiry now
is shall we make our own comforts or 90 without them
at The viii Of a foreign nation He thqrecte who il
now anans, domestic manufactures must be for redncin,
Ms either To dependence nnon than n,Iin or he caheJ
in skins and live like beasls in dens and cayerns lam
nrond 10 saw thai am nal one of these Exnereure has
iapob, me thai manufactures are pnw as NECESSARY to
OH, ndeprndence as Il, cur epntor,'
These are but few f The many nassares that moht
he onoted from the v.titioas If JaG9rsnn ia slo,,
his position ueon his orea onestion And is ,yorlbv
Of remark thai This letter IN Mr. Aosiio was written in
1916 about the timn Of the p,ssa,e Of the bjg nrotee
tive arjT Of that y4or ,yljc, was The occa.,n noh,
of e5linu If firth
NJ, Ni,dis,n s,cceoded NJ, Un,,rs,o n tho Pr
,,ono,, ~ t.,, ,l,,,,,, saa, lie !, n., =; H. -.