Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-06-27
REPLY OF MIR. WEBSTER.

/ washington, june " lSoO.
| GrNrLrMEN: Your friendly and acceptable let or Of
April wna received
II is true. gentlemen. that have made fl RI In TIC
Senato tp alay he spirit Of sectional sfe, which ha.
Threatened tho obstruction Of our t'nt,n;" and snch sf
fis stnll continue u make, earnestly aud with hat,
ever ability ssess under deep conviction that that
ap Of sectional sre.' if not checked, will ere long
drive the country into amennbc and disastrous condi-
ton u IA exceedingly io be regretted that any part of
the public press 10 the State in which you reside.
elsewhere. should discourage. and as often doe' de-
nonncc, all attempts al reconciliation and pcaee and
should contribute. by lis daily eusns, To promote III
Wi, resentment. and angry concss. bstwaen the Noh
and the South That all this is done by PARTON o tho
prese. both North and SOUTH 10 but too true. Tie
ducrs Of hese presses would TO have Lost all
of common country, all sentiments of patriotism, Ua@
less there may be- Iaiiioisn in Those local i,rngs, 10
which he great father ofhis country atiectooatsly
admonished never indulge. That the conductura
OF these presses mistake the opinions Of The ops TO
very considerable extent. id,uM Mt but while they
are 80 active aud % jealous, who tell how FAR
how fs' iheir sentiments may sp'eadl
is longer p he doubcd that there persons both
in The n 7 h and in the South. who opposed The
existence oft present Cons uton Of Tho United Sta es
and would gladly see il brought To an end. Some in
both extremes openly avow his wsh and others c,nceal
1t under very thin disguses Nesenhslrs., the great
body of the People, Norh and South. firmly attached
p the Union their heats are for il, and with it, and
they will doleod II against open attempts fr its aver
throw. This is my decided oplnon. Tie Unon, thers.
,
this spirit o seoriona strife be eec'nally rebuked,
will produce infinite miscies, by embara sing the CIV
ernmeu thwariing and defeating useful g saton. and
increasing, more and more feelings Of discrd aud aiena
ton W hp does not see, already, ihe alarming c,nse-
quences provoked aud produced by these dssensions p
We are in The seventh month Of the session uf Cum
gress and what has been done Even the ordinary an
nual appropriation bills have not been brough forward,
or advanced single stage They are at least four monhs
behind he proper time. Il has at last become indispns
bly, necessary. it TO ne, that Of and in
telligrnce who really lovefs Of their country and ito
Union, should open their eyes to the state Of hings-
here will be- there must be. II ~ in the nature 0f iugs
that there should be, some shock, crssa,ion in tho
of the Government some disrepuiahle irsQu.
nrily. mi far ahead, unless the 90 men Of the
try in all us parts. will themselves The perfrn-
ance Of the duties which this exgency demlnds
While SO many persons and 80 many pre- IN the
North maintain snch loud and bitter complaints against
the South aud while so many persons aud many pres
ses in the South utter conpi IS eqnay ond aud bitter
against the Nurh, neither the Nth the South states,
definitely and preciey. any aciua grievance, such as
could justify, in any reasonable mans opinion the
distant idea Of dlsunon For the par these mutual
complaints are general, inleermnate, at red 10 angry
Terms, but placed no specific groand In the speech
to which your letter refers, have mentioned what
think to be real ground Of mutual reciprocal complaint
hut beyond all these. there is kept up general cry f
party against the other, that its rights invaded, its hon
neu ed its chaacle assalrd and its just pat
in political power denied. Sagacious cannot but
suspect from all this that more is intended than Is av"w
ed and that there lies at the bottom purpose of the sep
aration OF the ST for avowed dsavowedo
for grievances redresed unredressed. This pup DO
it remembered, do not consider prevailing large
ses, but of its existence Among the Ertremsfs both
Sides cannot enleTtiin question.
In The speech to which you refer, il my purposA
among ether ,hngs, to show that peacrable sson 81,
States from the rest, peaceatle paraiion Of
them all. among the mos, improbable Of imaginable
events that Nature, The seas, the gnfs, the lakes aud
the rivers, bound together by tres nearly npss bic
be br ken that could make any plan Of sscessun
separation Satisfactory to hers, and. IN Il an ALL
that man could discern any thing likely TO arise y
any State, from secession sp,a,n, no, fraughi with
political evil of every description, and every degree =
And ptwhs anding he influence and the opinions Of
which have spoken, believe that the sentiments of the
great mass Of ulhern with my own. Many
have contemplated separation probabl. result
certainly have desired, and do desire hut far
have observed, when the question is put dir. city ma
10 Tho people, Notwithstanding whaever certain presses
and certain politicians 10 the contrary, the pel- of
The South i'll for The Union, by Immense maj ,lilir~
Wherever there is truly American heart, the love nf
The Unn is entwined in It's nmost ibres Il or DUTY
to and applaud this popular feeling respect
aud to take that, by DENIAL of jusc
by unnecessary discussion of exciting bu, shrsc<
qnss ions by no threat or usnscs. TO interfere rh ,rhat
does not belong 10 u.s. do not weaken that si,achm nj