Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
The DisuniNists Unmaslking-
Preparatiug for Violence.
Correspondence Of lbagTribune.

Ht ~ IiuuHS'
WAsHNfor, Thursday, July IT,.
In tne course o. b sprech, this morning, Mr.
fooTE, you Will osesse, alluded to the Pur-
poses oil The isupaaisis in very strong Ian
guage' charging then Nth not desiring peace,
but sword--Dsulon instead of Union, by
whatever means. lid iibt pretend to give the
exact words OF accnal i6n, but the drift Of them
merely.
In this connection H.. Foote alluded to the
Fourth OF July desesalions, in South Carolina,
which | telegraphed % complained of in letters
to Mr.. Clay--thus onfrmng my statement--
But have alludeda the speech of Mr.. Foote,
but for the purpose stating the most startling
and fearful incldel of the day. 1t is this -
While | was shdibq IN the lobby OF
the House, tbs nrning, my attention was
suddenly arrested b. All conversation betweea
Representative fronSnhth Carolina, wearing a
peculiarly chivalos name (which can give,
if necessary, hereafrNhd stranger, who seem
ed to be constitdht. The following dia-
ogue, IN substance@ upon my ear:
C0nstituent.--Hos ktands the case as TO our
rights ?
Representative. -Eob eless The enemies oil
our institution are eOwing stronger and strong
er every dav, as themeent votes show. No JUS
tice is to be expected from them. All Is hope
less, am sorry TO tell you
Constituents WIN You be able to effect nc
arrangement that wlgve peace?
Representative. -No! sir; we have ceased t.
act with reference tolany such expectations. =
All we can hope for is to put ourselves on the
defensive, and TO use such parliamentary mdchin
cry as zoe can arail ourselves Of!
ConstIuem.-You asonsh and pain me.
hope the case is not 30 threatening as well al
hopeless
Representatives. assure you that there is no
q day that arms are n6t brought into thlS cham
Der (M)
have stated this conversation carefully, ant
with full sense of theresponsiblity | have in
Cured thereby, and, as | need not tell you, witt
a disposition to take bick anything which m,
ear has not caught distinctly. | cannot say lCh
were those represented as aCearing arms, an
hence | have rufrainad from comment con
TESS myself appalled, Smd l think it is tim
that the true attitude 4h purposes of the partie
to the great question ot the day should be un
derstood. If any .Mdy&ern man has so far for
gotten his positional duty, as to put on thes
weapons of death, file people of the Mort
should be aware Of i Feeling that the high
minded and frank r4 representative from Sout
Carolina, to whom refer, would shrink from
charge upon Northern men Gf he meant then
in private, that he wprd not make openly.
shall send printed do?y of this letter to hin
and await his pleasure reasonable time. ID
will find me at No. Az .Noorc's Union HouS
where anything he maysee fit to say will be re
ceived. In the mean lime, shall not breath
his name to anybody whatever, reserving tt
right to give his name, hereafter, in connectic
with whatever comments may feel called upc
to make upon matter which has, | comics
taken in connection with certain other occu
rences, given me a little concern, because e:
citing the fear that Mr.. Clingman had goo
deal more of "methsId in his madness" thu
many hare ss 5 5 for when o, be maj
session, of bloody purpose on the part of biz
self and confederates