Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-02-14
CONCLUSION OF Mr.. CALHOUN'S
LETTER.

Il regret this, because | sincerely de-
sire TO preserve The harmony ofthe party.
[ had strong hope that the rally alter the
| defeat Of 1910 would be exclusively on
principles. T'hishope was greatly strength
erred by the truly republican stand taken at
the extra session and the earlier portion
| of the succeeding regular sessions. Du-
| ring that period Of rigid adherence Ia
principle, perfect harmony pervaded the
ranks Of the party. beheld it with joy.
| believed the moment highly favorable
for the thorough reformation ofthe Gov
eminent, and the restoration Of the Con-
siiiu,ion. To the Republican party |
locked for the accomplishment of this
srca, work, and accordingly felt the
deepest solci,ude that the stand taken and
the harmony which existed should be
preserved. In order that it should. made
up my mind to waive the objection which
have long entertained TO any intermedi.
a,c body, unknown to the CONSTITUTION,
between the people and the election of
the President. in the hope that The propo-
sed Convention would be so constituted
that might, consistently with my princi-
| pies, give i, my support. In this case
have been disappointed, and. being So,
| arm compelled to decide az have done.
The same motives which lmpelled me to
separate from the administration Of Gen.
jackson in the plentiluds of its power.
and to come 10 the rescue Of MIR. Van
Buren's AT its greatest depression, compels
me now to withhold my name from the
proposed Convention.
Having now assigned my reasons for
refusing to permit my namo TO 60 before
the Baltimore Convention, il rests with
you, who have placed it befor the people,
aud assenled to abide bv Convention
fairly constituted, to determine what
course you will pursue.
Be your decision what il may, shall
be content. But | regard it as due to
the occasion. to you and myself, to declare
that under no circumstance whatever shall
| support any candidate who is opposed
10 free trade, and in favor Of The protec-
tive policy, or whose prominent and influ-
entail friends and supporters are. hold
tho policy to be another name for sys-
tenn OF monopoly und plumber, and to ibe
thoroughly untI-republican aud federal in
its character. also hold that SO long as
the duties are so laid as to be IN fact
bounties 10 one portion Of the community
while they are oppressive to the other,
there can be no hope that the Government
can be reformed, or that its expenditures
will be reduced to the proper standard.
Wero |. Nth the evidences before me.
to say otherwise Of my course, il would
be practically to declare that regard the
protective policy to be an open question.
30 far as the party is concerned; which |
would consider. on my part, virtual a,
abandonment of the cause of free trade
That can never be. | have done and suf-
fered Too much for it, when its friends
were few and feeble to abandon it now
now, when the auspices every where, on
this and the other side of the Atlantic, pro.
claim the approaching downfall of protec-
lion and the permanent triumph Of free
trade. /, who upheld il against monopo.
ly and plumber, in the worst of times, and
braved the menaces of Administration
and Opposition when backed only by a
single State, will not, cannot abandon the
glorious cause now, when its bunner
waves in prout triumph over the metrop.
oils of the commercial world. No. shall
maintain immoveably the ground have
so long occupied, until have witnessed
its great and final victory, if il shall please
the Disposer Of Events to spare my life
so long. II will be, indeed. pictory-
the harbinger of a new. and brighter, aud
higher civilization.
Much less still can / give my support
to any candidate who shall give his aid
or countenance TO the agitation Of sboli-
ton in Congress or elsewhere; or whose !
prominent and influential friends and sup
porte:s shall. | doubt the sincerity Of
any man who declares he is no abolition
isl. whilst at the same time he aids or
countenances the agitation Of The ques-
ton; be this pretcxt what It may. live
have right to our slaves, we have the
right to hoId then, in peace and quiet. ri
the Constitution guarantee the one, it |
guarantees the other and if il forbids the
one from being attacked, it equally for
bids the other. Indeed, the one stands to
the other as means TO an end, and is so
avowed BY the aboliiionists; and. OIL the
plainest principles of morals. if the end
he prohibited, the means Of effec,ing it also
are. Of the two, l regard the deIuded
fanatic far less guilty and dangerous than
nc who, for political or party purposes,
aids or countenances him in what he
knows is intended TO do that which he &C.
knowledges to be forbidden by the Consli.
tu;iOn.
1t is time that an end should be put to
this system of plumber and agiratlon.-l
They have been borne long enough
They are kindred measures. and hostile,
as far at least as one portion of the Uni.
on is concerned. While the tariff lakes