The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-12-10

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The public call for correspondence between the
editor and his subscribers They shall be gra6ed with
another specimen which has been for some time in
portfolio These things somewhat significant They
cay that ..staws show how the wind blows"
We vainly attered ourselves that past course, II
not our character would have forbidden such attacks
but urasm runs high in certain sections OF the South
that all iberay OF construction is extnguished by the
rabid spirit which il generates II is in vain that we have
been devoted 10 the Jefesonian principles Tor forty
years Of editorial lfe-in vain have carried them
oun vain stood by the South during The Missouri
troversy-defed abolitonism in every FORM though we
predicted the mischefs il might ultimately produce
to the peril Of the Unon-in vain obtained by
our course some friends, and some little moral in
fuence in the South: for no sooner does this
unprecedented storm arise in the South than the
ultra men forget our whole course, and come down
upon US wh suspicious of The most ungenerous and ex-
travsgans description. This is small matter but It is
at the same time significant Of the spirit Of the times.
Let the northern people Judge by this single sign Of
the violence of the tempest, and the dangerous position
in which the Union stands. The tempest does not
drive quite as violently at this moment as at the time
when this correspondence passed Occasionally we re-
ceive letters OF similar description but they have become
fewer and further between. On the contrary we receive
the most cheering and complimentary letters from men
who have the sense to appreciate our course, ard the
kindness TO express their feelings: He
fCopy OF Canton Mississippi, octsbcr TO- ad
= = dressed TO Thomas RitcheJ
CANTON, taiss s.ppi,) September "a. 1850
SIN, You will ease hencelorh after receipt Of this,
discontinue subscriptions to the Washington .Union
newspaper. i sk. ,
columns of the Union for many months past la relation TO
Of sla and the fundamental principles OF
the democratic party, would be FULLY Justified In rens
pay your from the time oil your adoption oil
course because regard such course rs an uet
Of your pledges, and violation OF The con
dition upon which became Subscribers; yet, from
lberay and tenderness your present inn
beetle and condition, (Which would lan
believe renders unconscious OF what you dol we have
been disposed look with pity upon your prostitution OF
the position which you placed by southern inhu'
sdnce those whoso principles you professed, TO
the consultation and establish grand central despot
hitting every principle which, IN the days OF
your intellectual vgor you professor Therefore, nom
feelings of ply will no, refuse 70 pay Tor your paper up
the OF the receipt Of this, (say l6;h scobef) and
you will forward your accounts accordingly, from the time
Of our last payments. respectively up TO that une
Yours, NC,
A. H. HANDY, Va.
DAVID M FULTON,
JOHN MARTIN EL0ER,
VIM. d. HENRY,
E. ID WARD,
JNO. HANDY. .M#
ISAAC II. WHlTEIEAD.e
Mr.. THoaAs RTrcns.
Precisely this number Of subscribers came to US last
night saturday. in one letter from Ohio.