Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-10-17

ary shall seem the alternative on which 10 shun con
sodatlon, shall moi cease 10 hope that faction may
yet be stunned into sobreiy, and that the confronting
presence of liberty and usurpaiion may in this wes
tern world of ours, ierrify the latter into retreat
do not think that msiudge my countrymen in
saying that the party in the wrong must ultimately
yield but it is well 10 remember that in order to re
tain the position orght, extreme forbearance is neces
say, and that perhaps gross oppression may for
son be most honoraby borne In contests of specula
tive politics sautary something can always be anti
cpaed from the soothing and truth disclosing influence
of time. To fling the gauntlet while vet the civil con-
troversy is undecided 10 mutny from and quit gar
rison within which you may really have more friends
than foes, is chyary of the kind painted by Ceramics
Napoleon, the FESTIVE and ntractable, owned and in
culcated TO all projects the wisdom of waiting till
the pear is ripe and not initiate the savage who cut
down the tree reach the fruit Southern men whose
faith waivers in the meaning and purpose of The Con-
sttution as State equality and intervention are
naturally made testy and cholerc by their msgiv-
ings but it is the province of conscious Justice
and perfect conviction to be patient and 10 abide
the inevitable triumph of truth. Nor ought it
10 be forgotten that, however, convenient and ad
MISSILE in ordinary parlance the language is there
under the Constitution such separate realities
Southern Rlghts;' that outrage upon reserved
sovereignty on any bect is Just much infringe
ment of my right in Pennsy vana of yours in Tex
as and that large proportion OF the people on this
side of Mason and Dixon's line have been Taught by
experience and reflection 10 know that their dangers in
peace or in war have their sources in the North A
citizen who truly estimates and loves the Union who
is capabe of compehendng that 10 the domestic tran
guilty and enduring freedom OF the American people,
it is political necessity. feels sensvely blow in
hicted upon great interest or region as upon an
other upon the fisheries, the navigation of the Misss
spp the liberty of the seas, the freedom OF the press,
or the local sovereignty soil anI slavery. The
right to fish is no northern than southern: the
right which was IN momentary jeopardy at Client, OF
exclusive of the waters of the Mississippi is no
more western than eastern and the right not to be i'm
pressed by British naval audactv cherished alike
in the fields of Kentucky and on the Atlantic coast
and tell you that the right of each State TO be
counted an equal of every other State, and TO secure
If she so pleases to Der inhabitants the enjoyment of
of ample and unrestricted scope for the exercise of
their minds and be secured elsewhere. is
not sectional, not southern, but common union or
constitutional right Such am sure was the design
of all those who master workman built on the ba
els of the confederation, the United Staes such be-
eve TO have been the of those who, after the
most widely popular forms of consultation, accepted
the structure and entered upon It's occupancy and
such must be, for the truth is mighty and will prevail
the ultimate judgment even of those who, with the
bgoted frenzy of crusaders would attain what then
delirium deceives them by depicting as the evil oil
God"
And now, my dear sir, having fear. tediously and
mperfectly met your comprehensive questions let
advert to your intmation that you desire 10 publish
my 1t is unpleasant 10 be thought shy Of
avowing ones sentiments, but il is perhaps more un
pleasant to be obruding, if important, opinions
which may be esteemed worthless. and which are liza
bic TO be at stgmazed symptoms of the pre-
vaent epidemic for canddateship. ! have scrupuous
y abstaned since quitting the Vice Presidency in 1s49
from invoking political notice, ard this upon variety
of motives, of domestic duty, dstae for the
implied competition, of different reluctance, tc
seem, by shade 10 differ from ADLER and bette
men, and from a sedative suspicion that matter;
would in all likelihood roo on to their destination quite
as we'll without as with me. Unless, therefore, you
deliberately conclude that the ideas in this letter
such may be, without particle of reference Il
their bearing myself, substantially useful to tht
country or the Democratic party, hope you will alb
stain from any sort OF PRONUNCIATION. Owing you re
turn for the visit which you kind enough to pay
in May last, shall feel perfectly satisfied if VIVA
have written be acceptable to you alone, and con
vince you how truly and respectfully am, dear sir
your friend and obedIent servant. e. M DALLAS
To the Hon GUY NJ. BRYAN.