The southern press., 1850-10-03
From the .4rkansas Gazette.
Interesting Letter from Gen. C0c.

Interesting Letter from Gen. C0c.
We give place, with pleasure, to the following
correspondence; Jgua ,rlel Haicd
WAsHrNGroN, Aug oath, 1850.
Messrs EpIToRs: heard few days since of
the death Of Levin III Coe. Many knew him,
his fine mind, his unselfsh and intrepid nature
tiis loss is incalculabe his death heard announced
with depth OF pain had not expected to expe-
renee for one so much stranger to myself.
In turning over my papers this evening, | lay
my hand upon a letter Of his which now enclose
II is not inappropriate that it should be given TO
the public II is voice, patriotic and manly
voice, as It were from the tomb.
IL is the answer Of the noble and the single
hearted, TO the many letters published with such
pains to break down the spirits Of the South
| through opinions of broken down politicians and
hungry expectans, grasplng at every invitation or
permission TO cast themselves at any cost once
more INTO the broad and corrupt, but To them en-
| We'd political arena.
! II all men had spoken as he speaks who snp-
poses the North would have refused us equal rights
IN our common territory? As 1t is, we are almost
certain to be excluded. Who supposes California
would have been admitted with our territory
South Of Sc. 80 embraced in III And that all our
| territory would have been left subject to Mexican
emancipation laws, and TO the intrigues of govern
ment officials and army oficers' But as it is, our
doom Is sealed IN my opinion on all these points.
| We have thanks to give for it to many; but none
such az Levin n. Coe, are in that rank. Poster
! ity will reap the fruit aud in twenty-five wears
their verdict will be egible the nsignifcance Of
Southern power and the loss Of Southern rights
and the insecurity of Southern property
Compromise indeed Mr.. Clay himself declared
IN my hearing, and at his seat in open Senate,
that gare all TO The North, and the compromise to
the South, was as he expressed it. that il ao,ced
the South TO sare her honor Honor is something to
nakedness, but nakedness is not honorable BY
Mr.. Clay's own written declaration, he is for
emancipation in Kentucky Ia slave State) and by
his own emphatic speech this session, no earthly
power can force his consent TO any step which
shall extend slavery over foot of new territory
So he is against the extension of slavery, where
| it is not how and he is for its abrogation where
it now is. Could an abolltionist go further than
goes Mr. Clayi And yet we shout out for Mr..
Clay's Compromise. Your friend,
MEMPHIS, Feb. l2, 1850.
| Dear Sir am just in receipt Of a copy of your
ADDRESS to the citizens of Arkansas. - | should
do injustice to my own feelings if ] were not
promptly to advise you that fully and cordially
approve all your views and sentiments contained
therein. The subject you speak of Is one have
watched long and anxiously. Would to God
every son of the South would speak promptly and
speak as you have done. Much as | desire the
continued union Of the States, ! am no blind dew
otee. | cannot buy its continuance at the cost of
|
| better to crush the hydra of abolition before it
grows strong enough to destroy us. The Mis-
souri, Compromise, it is falsely called, told fear
| fully against the South. 1t was stab that sunk
deep into our vitals The old political fornicator
who was the author of it, and whose face is still
to the North for the presidency, has, see, intro
I duced what he calls new compromise project.
There is nothing of ofcompromse in il TO say there
is is a base fraud. II is plain offer to deliver
US, bound hand and foot, upon the altar Of North
ern fanaticsm, our necks barred for the knife.
You deal justly with those who cast opprobriun,
| upon US by disclaimng against African slavery as
an evil in the abstract 1t is no business Of the
people of the North whether this be right or wrong.
| White slavery exists at the North--black at tile
South. We might, with truth, retort that ours is
| far the more mild. The doctrine of non nterven-
ton as shadowed forth by Mr.. Clay dom suit the
! times or the emergency. ltmight have answered
before Missouri was admitted, not since. That
compromise forced upon us, as an Interpolation
! upon the Constitution produced effects that must
be looked to-. 1t ordered that slavery should not
go North Of 36o 30 The statesmen Of that day
who submitted to this, must render fearful reckon
ing to poserity. But to blame them now will not
remedy the evil. Our object is self preservation
for the future, and, in attempting this, have as
| best we can to remedy the blundering Of the past.
The South should demand in absolute terms:
1st Efficienta tand sure means for the recovery OF
our fugitive slaves 3D. No further agitation of
the States Sd. That all territory south Of 36o go
shall be slave territory and slave States. This, of
course involves the rejection of the pretended con-
stioution Of California. a
If these be not conceded to us, we have but one
course to pursue--meet the crisis as becomes men,
We act the part of fools let the chains forging
for us, be fastened upon us link by link We are
better able now to maintain 5 uthern rights and
Southern honor, than children will be 20 years
hence, when borne to earth by the accumulated
wrongs we may have submitted to. r.
T. A confscation of all debts owing the North by
| southern States and people, and free trade to us
with the world d,would soon cause even the fanatics
to confess that the Union with the South which
their aggressions had broken, was Of value to the
North Very respectfully,
a8A aP'a@ L. II. COE.
| AN EccENTR'c OLD BAcHELo WE find in the
New Orleans Picayune OF the 10Th instant a letter
dated Woodbridge, N. j., July 5th, in which we
find the following singular account of an eccentric
old bachelor - son s n, o,,-...
| An old bachelor has lately died in this place.
| leaving fortune Of 900 From what we learn of
him he must be one Of the most eccentric and curl
I Gus chaps that ever lived His clot esupon being
taken off were separately folded in paper and were
never allowed the sight of the brush, silk kand
kerchief answering every purpose. F3 6W
/ Should he be in the road and spy wagon i'm
the distance he would for his life for fear that
| tbaf n speck of dust should chance IN fy upon