Washington telegraph., 1850-07-03
LETTER FROM GEN. TAYLOR


President he sent the following:
WASHINGTON, May l3, 1850.
SIR. have to acknowledge your ia
vor Of the 9th inst. covering the proceed
ings of meeting held at Cazenovia OF
the 1th inst, to express concurrence il
the speech of Mr.. Duer, in support of th
line of policy recommended by the Ex
ecutive on the subject of slavery. I an
deeply indebted 10 the citiyens of Gaze.
nova for the expression of confidence
and esteem which this occasion has elicit
ed, and for the approval which they have
given to the course of their able Repre-.
sentative in Congress.
L am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant. 4. TAYLOR
II. A. COOLIDGE, Esq. Cazenovia n. Y.
The letter of Mr.. Duer is rather longer.
The following is the gist of it:
shall oppose now, as always, and in
such manner as may seem to me under
the circumstances most wise and practi-
CAL the extension of slavery TO free terri:
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shall not seek to take away or impair any
constitutional right which the South may
possess. No member of Congress has
amy business, in his official capacity, to
intermeddle with slavery within the
States, and it is his sworn duty faithfully
to execute every provision of the consti-
tuition. Upon these points | can consent
to no Interpolation in the Wing creed.
am content with the work of ,he patri-
OTIS and sages of the Revolution. The
party to which l belong is constitution
al and not an abolition party. Under
the constitution we have prospered. The
sun never shone on twenty-three millions
of people enjoying an equal amount OF
physical comfort, of liberty without dis
order, and OF moral and intellectual cul-
ture. Who will pull out one ofthe stones
on which this edilice rests? Who dare
place in hazard this great sum of human
happiness? 1t is in defence of the con-
stitutioE that the Wing party has hithsr-
to rallied; it can be rallied under no 9TH
er. They who are not content with this
must seek other alliance.
| desire an end in one way or another
to the sectional strife that dislurbs us.
If we can live in peace under the Union,
let us do so; if not, let us know it? Tho
six or seven States may not be able to
dissolve the Confederacy, they may make
it intoerable. 1t is time that there
should be frank and perfect understan-
ding, a reconciliation, or else that we
prepare our minds for a separation. IL
the North will not con6ne its hostility to
slavery within the pale of the constitu-
ton it is certain we cannot live together.
Nor, on the other hand, can there be sta
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persist in ef)rts to make it subsidiary to
the increase of slavery. Northern opin-
ion on this point is too strong and too res
olute ever to be vanquished; it may, very
likely, be defeated for time, but i'll the
end it will crush every combination that
may array itself against it. 1t may be a
fatal day when that happens. We want
not a truce, but peace. 1t is not enough
that present difficulties may be arranged;
we require security for the future. We
must understand each other:
BEAUTIFUL AND AFFECTING INCIDENT.
The Paris correspondent of the ST. Louis
Republican, in late letter, says:
A Young man recently made his es-
cape from the galleys at Toulouse. He
was strong and vigorous, and soon mada
his way across the country aud escaped
pursuit He arrived the next morning
before cottage in an open field, and
stopped to beg something 20 eat and con-
cealment while he reposed little. But
he found the inmates of the cottage in
the greatest distress. Four little chill
dren sat trembling in a corner, their
mother was weeping aud tearing her
hair and the father walking the floor in
agony The galley slave asked what
was the matter, aud the father replied
that they were that morning to be turned
out Of doors because they could not pay
their rent. "You see me driven to des-
pair" said the father, "my wife and lit
tie children without food or shelter, and l
without the means to provide any for
them" The convict listened to this tale
with tears and sympathy, and then said:
II will give you the means. l have but
Just escaped from the galleys; whoever
secures and takes back an escaped prls-
oner is entitled to a reward of fifty
francs. How mucl, does your rent a
mount to-" "Forty francs,'' answered
the father. "Well," said the other, "put
a cord around my body. will follow you
to the city, they will recognise me, and
you will get fifty francs for bringing me
back" "No never" Exclaimed the as
tonished listener, "my children should
starve dozen times before / would do
so base thing"
The generous young man insisted, and
declared at last, that he would go and give
himself up, if the father would not con-
sent to take him. After long struggle
the latter yielded, and taking his preser-
yer by the arm, led him to the city and
to the mayors office. Every body was
surprised that a little man like the father