The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-03-12
From the Washington Union.
Letter frsm Gen. Houston. Of Texas,
go Hen. 4siiu Letcher. Member of
the Virginia CotfFcutiOn.
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favor recently received. and ia reply musI
assure You shut Fealizs oil the sOlieilude
ih-t YOU eould expect me to do in relation
To the Presen. attitude OF our national as
well as uuI sectional a1ams.
In cOnnexion with these | have recently
seen in the public pape,s letter from Gen.
james HamilIOB, Of South Carolina, dated
Retrieve, Crexss,) December Is, 1880, and
addressed to LnugdOn Cheves, containing
some suggestions and sentiments 10 when
Cannot eoiacide.=iihese uTe times of wide
spread ngitalun, aud .uf deepland. eaTnesl
3ieeling uD The part ui many uf oar lelluw-
citizens. and such ideas as these expressed
in the lplloAins extracts from iha letler 0
General Hamilton are likely 10 be pTodncIivt
nf EVIL consequences, however wen meant By
him llsnsme has been long familiar I,
the pC jlIc as snne oI the most ardent aud ac'
I'VE of the champions Of South Carolina n
1.-The times uf ,hs nplIifsatioa, end his late
lrlnc liaiofy admonitons have invested BIZ
llp mons Wth increased influence among tht
moderate and natiunal friends oGlhe country
These suggestions, lharefaTe, il erroneous U
lhastv, should rot be allowed 10 pass by un
auiiceG The object have in view is mol tC
lengage in newspaper contest with thV
General, but merely to intimate to YOU anc
some Othe friends al Richmond, that, as bt
| placed Virginia in The vanguard in his con
i iemplaied movement, il uppeaTs proper iha
!, s'rps sEuuid be taken there to manifest he'
, dissent from the high honor proposed,-
Thrse are lie extrpcts 10 which desire es
pecaily tn invite yeut attention ln many
, q her parlions oi his leuer "pinions ar
lhruwn out VII ch also deem justly O6nox
iiuus To criticism; bu, as these are the most
!, essential, | will conine my observations It
them alone: a
''ln the letter which | addressed to tht
pPople oi Snulh Carolina, | likewise asserted
broadly thar il was unnecessary Tor the Soutl
To incur ike moIaI responsibility Of dlssolVinI
tn, Uuinn; that the fanatics, nbulIIlonists
aud pfnfligale deDagogues OF the n"n slave
holding States would save them the trouble
that even's were travelling quite fast cnoug
inwaid Dis lh,s c6nsummnIion. Have been
falls. prophet? rhsy have journeycd with al
=, unaR'icipated velnclty Since my letter wa
written, has not Vermont, with n her limits
repealed 'he fugitive slave bl9 and has no
q, Massachusetts de fncto annulled II? Ma,
not the cdSms 5RderiS be SAID now to hav'
arisen? VII not Virgini tnow move? VIII
size moi cali n convention Of all the southern
. 5 atfs tn meet at Richmond? Will not eacI
and all ot them respond to the Invocation o
(, this great mud renowned Commonwealth
mother Of so many States?
I, IL believe. as believe in my own exist
I. enc that il Virginia muves, she will save
not d,ssnlve The Union. believe il will
ea,i To convention OF all The States, and,i
possible, 10 fiesll understanding uf the bar
gain. and dat we may obtain fresh gUaraa
y 4 eS far tie protection ef our Stdue inStiiu
!, tons by an inhibition Of the stSp'ry diScas
son in Congress, and also Secbre amend
meatS 10 Atr Consultation restricting tht tar
: ing and GFProrriuting porcr ufhin da
;, bOH'sds.
Bd nav the t1ial ol these resources an
!, these truths never he ut to the test? Ma
Z Vlrg,uia in her wisdom, in all the dignl
: and, CAVITY wh ch belong 10 thai augus
: Commonwealth, summon all The slarehoo
! ing Sta,es Ia meet at Richmond, for the PM
! p,ise of SAVING, il pnsslbic, The Union, by re
I. le, ring The ulietor solution Of this might
QIesion 10 convention of all The States.
n IL they decide that they can give US no sc
a curuy Tor our domestic institutions thG
Il they cannot live IN the same Union viii
d III, 81 Nhu have the blight and plague spot ,
!, slavery On theSr hands-lei us part in peace
: and eudesvoi TO live in the cultival on of II
e Icharilies, however hopeless, from the inter
v venion OF human passion may be the effo't.
& The first p,inl to he noticed is the ullege
e fact that the demagogues aud abolition ia
sticsol tie Nnlth are pressing on HE con
! lesl with fearful velocity tS--Ihat Vermont ba
L nui Ii d The Fugitive slave law, and that Mas
s srcbustt has de flIctO aHuuled lt-lhal tn
casus fBderis has arisen; aud he appeals L
!, Virginia to move forward. Now, i, must be
y very obvious that the sources Of Ger. Ham
4 rI,m.'s in diligence ure not very trustworthy
lf r nnthng is clearer To those who are on th
spot, and can Judge for themselves, than thu
the an slavery agitation in The free State
,r, is In u gre,i me- asufe subsidAng; thai the dt
II mag"euCs who were participating in it ar
in o ,he exclusive hands Of The ,hreadbar
: twhue fanatics like Gan son and GerriI
), Sm til aud those Of the negroes WHO belon
- 10 HE Fred. Douglass order Of runaway pa
!. luints. The uhwalran ed agitation that PIC
:, va Ell has been productive Of the most salt
:. ItOry results, mud hat is, 80 arouse The pnpu
|. lar ahenian Of the sober, quite, palliUti
a th E.oo a., ,ha Ln.
!. and da, gerof these aboliiion Vaccinations
:, The m uneI, 'hey arrested public notice
!, that moment Ihey were destined 10 be crush
led. We see the p.Dccss daily going on; III
h Uni, n movement is IeayiDg UP society ffol
Iii $ grentest depth of feeling, and atolitIo
/, Iian,t ci,m is vanishing before It's might
\ p .wer as chuif is driven before the whirI
. " nd TIE action Of Vermont took pac
a du'ing Tue extreme 'vialence of the lana'ic,
!. lever in her Legislative bodies; and even
4 las Il ~as, The act passed by iruudulei
trick, aud sInce its cxpofure, has excited !
~ the bfeasts Of she people the most deteiml
ot oil hosnity. II is believed they will haste
a TO repedi,r, andio wipe out the disgrnce
a. has -entitlledoa The Stale. So far as Mausa
n lcbn-eiIs is Concerned, only single case hn
-oecnned there to warrant General IIamiI
uD's remark, and 40 well informed citize
\ E"f hers ietievesi IL will he very soon follow
a ed by aIn'tlIcr ota like nature. There nr
! rec other IiOints in these extracts deservin
!, I"f consideration General Hamilton think
i Virginia sIn old leaddlf at once in favor Of
4 souILetn c"nytniIoufto be held al Richmond