New-York daily tribune., 1844-08-05
THE TRIBUNE.
The Grounds on which Polk Is Supported.
LETTER FROM GEN. JAMES HAMILTON.
OswIcHxE BEsD,

OswIcHxE Brsp.
Russell County. Ala July .. le@5
Gentlemen-The mailof yesterday brought me
vour kind invitation TO attend a mass meeting oi
the Democracy of Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia
and Mississippi, on the llth instant, at Media
vid's Mills, Madison county.
Having retired from the strife OF party pohtIcs,
nothing but the vital importance of the Annexa-
ton Question has induced me to take the small
est interest in the present struggle.
As, however, the defeat election OF Mcssrs
Polk and Dallas cannot but have controlling in
fuence on the final solution Of this question, and,
believe, on others OF eminent value TO the best
interests in the country, have no hesitation to
declare that, in common with yourselves, will
most cordially support the Democratic nomina
ton made at Baltimore, both by my vote and
opinions, no va!ueless they may be-
With the highest personal esteem Tor MIR. Clay,
and a warm admiration of his genus and ability,
must confess, three months since, would have
been willing for one, that The South should have
acquesced in his election, although our lnterpre
tations of the Constitution arc very much at va
nance, trusting to those generous impulses, under
the influence of which the Missouri and Tanff
compromises were consum mated, and under a be-
lief that he would see that, in minority we are,
we should have fair play IN reference 10 our great
Q0m6Stc QucSilOOJ OuL nc IldS COIlt Out SD StioiS
" in advance against our interests, and believe
against the best interests Of the whole Union, Oh
the side of the Anti Slavery Disunonis,s, that 1t
leaves no man, who entertans the opinions 90
Of the public policy of the country, any other
alternative but to vote against HIM.
cannot but deeply regret the fatal mistake
this gentleman has committed, for even It ne is
elected, his administration must break down un-
der a most disastrous excitement throughout the
whole country, in less than two years, In the face
Of the heavy current of public opinion, which
will be setting in favor of the measure, to which
have referred, vastly augmented by the known
factof his being principally responsible for lis de-
feat on grounds at variance with an enlightened
and humane policy. In one word, he has played
a strong hand against his own section OF the
Union, on behalf of the most dangerous, atrocous
party, that has ever risen upin our country-our
frantic Aboi,ionists, who are IN close affiliated
alliance with the still more frantic Abolitionlsts
of Great Britain.
With these feelings and opinions, gentlemen,
should have been happy, if circumstances had
permitted me, to have been with you; as it is, |
must in conclusion unite my wishes to what,
am sure, must be yours, that that liberty and hap
piness which it was the consecrated object of our
Union to protect and render eternal, may be pro-
NOTED by the struggle in which VIC are engaged,
and in which, if victory bring renown, defeat will
entail no dishonor.
Irepaip sensmsn with much e''eem ysy IsfPefgly' a
Ms.,rs j G. Thompson and c. c. Clay Jr Cor Secs OF De
mocratc Association of Madison Co