The primitive Republican., 1851-10-09

faithfully unite with them, Ia maintaining
The principles which they proclaimed IS IS.
scn,lal t9 the preparation Of he Union-
AN unwilling 60 believe that the great MA.
l'rty Of those WHO are ranged uhdet tlic
Etlnla:d Of the Constitutional Union party.
ar, not acsuated b. thcsame Jus and libagal
'9lrit--I VIII not permit myself to think
tho' the proscriptive spirit 50 very strikingly
exhibited by the Richmond fraction of that
great lrty, Is characteristic Of their associ.
otes. Consider for moment what IT IS they
have done, apart from thecalumny Of which
they intended that should be the victim
The ms. distinguished citizen Of their coun-
ty-oae who has served them with eminent
ability, aul 4 fidelity which no man will call
IL qn's+ion-Tho has stronger hold on the
affections Of their people, and Of those OF
the Ssa'a at large, certainly than any other
man in Richmond, probably than any other
man in tha Ssa.c-who would justly occupy
On elevated position in any assembly ef the
S.l @, or cf The Uniou--a man, the purity
Of whose private life is beautifully illustrat-
ciin his public conducs-alike (in the better
sense Il that celebrated phraso) "without
fa1r aul without reproach without fear,
but to DO wrong and without the reproach
Of doing gi--.his man too has been political
J. o-ra-.saj, 50 far as twas in the power Of
tus n1niaating Convention of Richmand to
La1jsl him from pablic service.
lis crime was q refusal to vote in opposi;
ton q bis conriction Of right in the election
oC Gsas,or 10 Congrcss--to alix by lis
vote ,.' e,igma Of disunion upon q man,
wh1s' d-yotion TO the Union, he had known
from lis childhood This election may, or
mty r.s ylcur at tLe next session Of the
La-sutnr, If tie latest precedent in the
election %. tie sumo individual be followed
j. v.l gHt. There are moreover many other
sU.'.e.st tlc legislative action, in which Rich
ugnt yas a common interest with other parts
q tea STATE, excluding from our considera-
tm A-ir Own peculiar interests, in which
tA. r.jgctsl in l,yilual would be their most
ClcinAt u preventative. 1t is no disparage-
H.osto the actual nominees, to assert (they
vag.i themselves admit his higher qualiG-
cti9ns-and yet because they choose to pre-
fgr charge, which he knows to be ground
less, and which have Showed to be without
even q plausible foundation, against an indi-
v.duA vino they understand IS 10 be q can
Gida.e. without any authority for that un-
der Tua.ov. this one consideration is made
70 override all others, and the sentence Of
political o'racism is pronounced-without
cau.. aa appeal 60 the people Of Richmond,
N'a.4-r-yctse that sentence, but they know
tAa5 .4isa9r-al will not be made. Isit pre-
tended ,la. the.rparp3se was to advance this
laJiF.sca. t9 q seat in the Senate Of the u.
STATE. .a ~ stead! They know or might
have known, that even with my acquies-
cauas LIE would not accept it. His crime
thaa Is refusal to believe, or to act as if he
did believe, what be knows to be untrue. Is
tA.s n2.r.a'ism, or pro5cription-idelity to
the psblic or personal hostility?
/ hsra cauo. Ny purpose in this address
has been not to enter into the present con-
tcs'-no. to engage in the discussion of the
dis'rae.inr questions, which have in myjudg-
mcnt been very unnecessarily brought into
jt-5as 20 defend my personal character
Idz .Iis.ai station with which you have hon
orci ne, is highly gratifying manifestation
Of the confidence Of free, intelligent, and
pIrl'lc people, aud [ value it accordingly
bat incidentally more valuable to me, than
any oiiac which the State, oT the Union can
baalow,. is ,hat conscious integrity, which
under every vicissitude of fortune, has been
the a,lace Of my life If q faithful and
jealous y.nriication of your rights, is deemed
inconsistent with your interests, | can retire
fr5m official station, without other regret than
that whica arises from the lesson which it
viii impart to the future representative Of
Georgia, in the councils Of the Union But
the consciousness of having done my whole
duty to you, and to the country at large,
throughout this distracting controversy is
mine, irTeyocably mine OF that, no man
may deprive me. / will defend it with my
latest breath, as the richest legacy which
can bcs.ow upon my children, and with an
unwayering determination, God prospering
my c.Iagts) to preserve ii for them. A no.
bic hearted son of Erin, refuring to the
memory Of his grandsire, and prospcetively
to the fortunes Of his child, thus gave vent
TO his feelings:
Gle dying bcqueaih'd to his son good name,
Whieh unsulied descended TO meu--
For ny child I've preserved il unblemish'd by
shame,
halh s'll from a SPOT shall be free
That feeling is mine. Associated with it is
The sentiment of ardent gratitude, with
which subscribe myself
respectfully and gratefully, your fellow
citizen,
JNO. MACPHERSON BERRIEN.
Rockingham, IIabersham, Co. Sept. IS, 1851.