The southern press., 1851-08-13
From the Marion Star,
Letter from Hon. ID. 4. YuIee.

From The Marion Star,
Letter from Hon. ID. Z. Yulce.
AT meeting of a portion of the citizens Of
Marion county, and friends Of the Hon.. d. L.
Yulee, at Ocala, Col. Josiah Paine was called to
the chair, and s. St. G. Rogers requested to act
as secretary. The object of the meeting was
briefly stated by the chairman to be to concert
the most proper method of expressing to Mr..
Yulee, the feeling of the people towards him as
a man, and their high appreciation of his course
in the Senate of the United States, and to de-
monstrate to the country at large, such their ap-
proyal, by rendering to him public dinner, or
otherwise.
The following resolutions were offered and
adopted by the meeting.
RESOLVED, That holding in high estimation the
political course Of the Hon. ID. l.. Yulee, through
the late acts ofthe Congress of the United States
we do without distinction of party, tender him
public dinner, to be given so soon as his accept
ance shall be made known.
Resolp,d, That committe Of three be ap-
pointed by the chair, to communicate to Mr..
Yulee the proceedings of this meeting, to as
certain from him, should he accept the tender,
what time the same will best suit his con-
venience.
Whereupon the following were appointed I:
John G. Reardon. S. st. Geo. Rogers, and A. G.
Brown. On motion the meeting then adjourned
Ocala, July lst, 1851,
OcALA, FLA. July Sd, 1861.
DEAR SIR We, as committee appointed
for this purpose, by a meeting of portion of
the citizens of Marion county, 0ithoiu distinction
Of party, have the honor Of rendering to your
acceptance public dinner.
In behalf of our fellow-citizens we say 10 YOU
that it is our earnest desire to have you visit us
especially, and tarry. short~Ywhi3e with us.
Should this expression of our wishes meet your
acceptance, we trust you will name some early
day for confering upon us this pleasure.
With expressions Of high regard and esteem,
we are, dear sir, yours respectfully
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To the Hon. d. l.. YULEE,
Hofnasassa, Fla.'
MARGARITA, July lS, 1851.
GENTLEMEN IL have received your kind
communication Of the Sd Of this month"; accom-
panied by the proceedings of meeting of citi-
zens in Marion county.
The meeting, it appears, was composed with
0e' SiSs.SN'oA " PsfNy WIG CA ~ CoS
approval of my course in the Senate OF the
United States; and, in manifestation of their
kindness and appreciation, am honored thro'
you, as the organ Of the meeting, with the
tender of public dinner.
This unexpected distinction is received with
gratitude.
That portion of my public course, gentlemen,
to which allusion is specially made in the res
olution, was involved with a very grave and
momentous passage in the public history of the
country. acted throughout under deep
sense Of the responsibilities attaching in all my
acts and votes. A powerful and now dominant
section of the Union, assailed the just rights
and threatened the security and liberties of the
State | represented, and of those others with
which, on account of similar social structure,
her destiny is mixed They bade US bow down,
that they might 60 over. /, for one, refused to
lay my body as the ground, and, as the street,
to them that went over In this believed /
truly represented the spirit of the State, else /
would have spurned to continue my official re-
lations towards it, as indignantly as / did to
submit to the demands of Northern power, or
the instances of party policy.
My own Judgment upon full review of my
course, approves it: and the numerous eviden-
ces have had of prevailing sentiment of ap-
proval in the State, among which number with
satisfaction that you now present me with, are
consequently gratifying y
In my view, the most material point involved
in that controversy, locking to direct and ap-
proximate consequences, was the denial of full
and adequate protection for slave property in
the public territories. 1t could not be denied
by any one, as a general proposition, that where
ever the flag Of the Union is unfurled in exclu-
aiv uriadiefion ha nd of
every citizen is entitled to the protection of the
Union. If citizens, owning slave property, were
to be denied this advantage under the Union, it
could only be because in the eye Of those who
withheld this protection, it is not lawful sub.
ject of property, or that its tenure is immoral; ;
and, in either case, the citizen holding this de-
scription of property would stand denationalized
and disgraced in the Union; and the property
interest itself, being under the ban of the re-
public, could not be secure. If discrimination
was to be made in federal Legislation between
slave and other property in the degree of con-
sideration and protection to be gjoyed, rule
would be applied injurious to that interest and
under which it could not exist For the dis
elimination could only rest upot the ground
that il is not property, like all otkr property, in
the eye Of the Constitution; and then the dis
creton of Congress would control the degree of
consideration, If any at all, which should be al.
lowed it as property within the Jurisdiction of
the Union-upon shipboard-in the dockyards,
forts and arsenals-in the territores-and even
Dithin The STATES, when assailed byh foreign foe,
and martial law is prevailing. How safe this
great property and social interest of the South
would be, resting upon The discretion Of Congress,
il was plain to foresee.
With the result Of this grave issue You are
all familiar and commend to the deep refec-
ton of every good citizen, the dangers which
that result may raise.
Gentlemen, accept the invitation which you
communicate TO me. But as my engagements
will prevent my naming now definite day,
beg to reserve its appointment for future confer.
ence with you, that | may make my own conve.
nience harmonize with that Of the eitizens You
represent.