The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-09-15
EAsr PAscAeou1A. Sent. 4. 1919.

IE HHH TNHN ~ AQ1Os
Dear Sir: On the 22d day Of April last.
addressed you a letter explaining my view
~ regard to various matters of public poliey
ley my fellow citizens might bo misled BY ii,
many contradictory ind sahaicting statements
gafd 70 them which ppeared in tho Jour
nals. ] now find myself msrspresented anc
misunderstood upon another point Of such in
alaflarce ~ myself personaIly, IL NOT to the
country Al large, as tO claim frornme a.can
did and connected exposition Of my relations
~ the pnblic i regard to the pending Presiden-
lial canvass.
The utmost ingenuity has been expended
npon several letters and detached sentences
otIetters which have recently appeared over
niysignature, TO show tibet | occupy an equiv
ocal attitude towards the various parties into
which the people are divided, and especiaIlN
towards the wing party as represented by the
National Conrent'on which assembled in Phila
.delphia in Juns last. Had these letters and
scraps. of letters been published or construed
in connection with what | have heretofore
said uPos the subject, | should NOT now nave
to complain of the speed with which my an.
swers to isolated questions have been given
up TO the captions criticism Of those who have
been made MY enemies by nomination which
has been rendered To- me without solicitation
or arrangement Of mine, or the manner in
which selected passages in some of my
written in the freedom and cafelessness
Of a confidential correspondence, have been
communicated to the public preas. But riven
from the context, andsseparated from a series
Of explanatory facts and circumstances which
are in 50 faras the canvass is concerned, his
%torical, they are as deceptive as though they
were positive fabrications. / address YOU This
letter to correct the injustice that has been
done me, and the public to the ext nj ,ha,
am an object Of interest to them, by this iIlib-
cral process.
vii! not weary you by an elaborate reel.
ial Of every incident connected with the first
presentation of my name as a candidate for
he presidency. ! was then at the head Of the
. merican armyin the Valley of the Rio Grande.
was surrounded by wings and Democrats
stood lily mein the trying hours Of my life,
md whom it wos my destiny 10 conduct thros
Of still greater trial. My duty to that
irmy, and to the Republic whose battles We
waginr, forbade my assuming a position
i seeming hostility to any portion Of TIE
men under my command--all Of whom
new was a Wing IN principle, for / mado no
.oucealment Of MY political sentiments al pre-
Elections.
Such had been the violence Of party strng.
duriag our presidential elections, that
aeceptoaco Of the nomination under the
q interpretations given to the~lobiigations
70 candidnte presented to the public with
95nglpfy ofPolitieal principles, was . laisa
alfacst 70 9 declaration d upcompramis
6 enmity n all who did not subscribe 10 itsa
NETS, Iwas unwilling 70 hazard The eGsct
I such 9 relationship towards any Of TIE sol-
under myconlnand when IN frontof al
neaay common 70 us ALL II would have been
muslin itself and 4 a. rem gnant 70 my awq
lalinas as i was II ny duiy. / wanted HILL
~ the sfmy, and forebore any act TINT mightl