The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-12-09
Reply OF Coll ead.dsn 10 gen. Houston.

IONS letter to Col Gadsden now lay before our read
ers his reply to Gen Houston
From the Columbia Is c) Telegraph
CHARLESTON, Is Co 10th Nov, 1919
SIR You have presumed on private note to make
the text OF popular appeal Ii is difficult penetrate
your motive, unless IN having failed 10 reconcile your
constituents TO the betrayal OF their trusts YOU have
found il necessary IN your extremites to eas yourself
on their sympathies No one is so web skilled your
self in these expedients and iew with more success
have extored from The compassionate feelings Of tie
heart that iorbeaance for faults committed which
serner Judgment had passed the sentence Of oondemna
My letter was for your private by way OF feprooi
and reference was made in i to one OF previous date,
which you acknowledged TO have received but DID not
answer. 1t had Official connexion with The address
the resolutions OF the South Carolina Convention, which
had been sentt you in common with many other ndi-
yidnals in Texas. These documents, as 0bcia, you
have failed to notice. excepting in those sweeping denun
cations common OF late with those uaabe 10 dsefedh
statements or refue argumenstdi they isefe the eba
lions OF South Carolina natiiers and disualoniSts
That convention composed unfortunately OF
Union and nullifeIs and The Hon Judge Huger was
the presiding officer majority Of the members, il is
believed Of the old Union party OF this State and
more harmonious action on the proceedings made pab
lie has rarely been witnessed in any body that bad as
Ii there any dissent TO the action had, II the
part of those who estimate The value of the Union
much you do but who both the address and
resolutions too temperate Tor the dangers with winch
the southern States threatened. make reference
TO this fact to dsabuse your mind Of the error into which
you have been purposey betrayed by the ghod ~ naat
fcatiOn and TO satisfy the good people Of IeAas, hav
ing common with those OF the South, that both
the address and the resolutions OF the South CAROLINA
Convention Were as heartily responded 10 IRON uhon
from nuihers Indeed in this State there Is but
one opinion the question exciting the county and
i the same unan,my prevailed 10 the o,nes s'4se p
cease and the North, In proper respect Tor The shts
of the South would soon remove all cause OF dssaus,
faction That Union, for which you Affect so great
devotion, would be perpetuaiednot by lis romance hui
by each party to observing good tam 70 al 30 long,
however as The ambition and selfish RIGHTEOUSNESS OF
lnnlti scan he m a.
natcs to keep up dssenson and divide US al home we
have hope OF justice being awarded IRON abroad
Our resids mil not be sacred do not protect them
ourselves. III the Union therefore is endangered It Is
the work OF political asprants tor place. sepenis IN The
garden OF Eden, whispering disrus IN The ears OF con-
hiding people towards those who would awaken them TO
the dangers which threaten We have adVerled 10 ihe
practice of the tories OF the revolution denounng the
wings as rebels and dsuRoas when they inst directed
the attention OF the people the aggresslons oil the mother
country .r.#fa
But to return 10 my private letter 1t was written on
the impulse OF the moment, immediately alter the peIusa
OF your address to your constituents and IN which with
no measured LAM uage you Illuminated your anathemas
against the meeting OF me southern members al
ngton; against the address against those who haa
signed and against all who had yielded to us state
and lis arguments You suddenly iralernized with
Col Benton with him literally extracted from Adams
diary and diverted the minds Of your constituents Ion
an examination OF the truths in the southern address, IN
renewed personal toray on the character and damning
designs of the writer, and OF all who concurTed with
him at this important crisis. My early associations with
you, the person OF Gen Jackson, had made me Ia
which, in their subsequent influence on the events OF the
past, have become history; and these al yar
ance with the new relations and positions you were as
suming felt the friendly obligation 81 refreshing Your
memory lest you should be committed into those incon-
sisiencies you deemed so repreheusbie in others.
This explains my reference 10 diary and records as
reliable as those OF Mr. Adams and which designed
for your prtpafe profit The responsibility, however, OF
making my private letter public is on you, as Involving
the necessity my part to the my stery which
seems to cloud the reference. In treating my letter
official you suddenly lose sight OF It's character IN mar
rahve Of private history The public can ee no interest
"old field school-house, or AT the "Unlted States b
tary Academy As you assert the latter however IN re
laton TO my self, and with the design Of making TO
appear "a beneficiary educated the public bounty
give the denial and refer 10 the records OF The institution
that the public may Judge towhat extent your memory
may be relied in the other statements OF your address
| | was under no obligations TO General jackson. Our
good Offices equal and reciprocal IN our respective
relations towards each Other OF which you were not ~
norant II the General volunteered to have me advanced
10 higher commission in the general staff than that oc
cupied in his military family, you well knew thai ioI
feed that place. you did subordinate agency az ne
Cherokee nation BY Inc vindicve feelings OF the
then opponents to Gen. Jackson, your allies, tmos
conspicuous among the number was Col. Benton1 who
feeling their inability strike him direct deemed The
verest blow they could nfict would be and througha
personal friend. My friendly relations therefore, with
General Jackson rather misfortune, so lar his
! kind designs defeated. Unlike many who were
timd and distrusul OF General Jacksons temper. and
who resored TO subseruieney as the test Of trend
shin I invariably asserted my independence; and it,
in aef,ng and thinking for myself Il forced CO
operate with others, between whom and the General
breach had been made by intrigue and design IN resist
ing the assumptions Of power the proclamation anu tue
force bill, had the proud satisfaction TO know thar il
did not affect, the day oil his death, the friendly and
personal relations between Your authority Tor my
having deserted him, and uniting with his reyers "a
about as much TO be relied your assertion as TO
the place of my education. was in General jackson's
confidence 10 the day of his DEATH and was pleased TO
find myself again in position 10 cooperate with him
and Mr.. Calhoun Texan annexation, while Colonel
Benton your ally, was roaring like mad buffalo
against The denouDcIng as political plumber any
attempt extend the boundary beyond the Nueces and
who would have defeated the whole negotiation II he
could and with other motive than that II bad been
originated and conducted under the auspices OF Mr. CAL
houn, and with the OF General Jackson
There was alarming apprehension that restoration Oh
harmony between these two distinguished individuals
(who should for the public good never have peen es-
ranged from each otherD might develop ihe lhrgues
which had contributed TO IL, and which, iot lhe fePua-
lion Of many in popular favor, IL was important
shoud he en,ombed with the General. As living wit
meas NJ the fact IL not coadjuor, justice 10 individuals
and the truth Of history should inspire you 10 dscao-
sure had not the occasion TO make hasiy visit 10
General jackson his TO extort at the hour
when all are ready 10 accord mercy forgiveness "ot
having only coqueted with Great Brian" What was
then Your estimation OF that Union, taround which you
would cast the chain OF romantic oye,) when you were
negotiating for Texas dependency oil the BRUSH
realm you best explain lido not speculate on this
fact received my information from the lips oil your
own ambassador | was present at his hrst interview
with Mr. Polk on his return from England aud well do
1 remember the emphatic ntroductionWcll, MT Fresi-
dent Houston and myself did all we could 10 defeat an
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