The primitive Republican. (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-1852, 1852-04-15

hiding himself in the dark clouds of animos- s
ity, that be may not be made responsible be- |
fore public opinion for his foul misrepre- Z
sensations, writes to New Orleans by tele-
graph that I4insulted' Mr.. Clay, and charg-
ed him with ga breach Of confidence and a
want of gentlemanly courtesy"
And up is taken the foul misrepresenta-
tons, and every possible spring put in ac-
tivity, to excite hostile feeling against the
poor prosecuted exile, whom your citizens
kindly invited to become yonr guest, and
who, upon, upon this invitation, came down
more than six hundred miles, not without
considerable expense and loss of precious
time, to acknowledge the honor which you
bestowed upon him by inviting him to be
your city 8 guest. =
Well, gentlemen, if those who did not
hesitate, upon the trick of telegraphic des-
patch, to charge mewith having committed a
desloyal act, if they Unpublished my Louis
vile speech, or at least the concerning part
of it-if those inhospitable resolutions had
been connected with aquotation of my words,
J I would not complain I would say:
''Well, the fact is stated, the matter is
) reported to the people-the people is put in
to the condition to judge by itself-the peO-
: pie, is just rely upon its verdict with con-
, fdence and humility"
: But nO-that was not done; my speech /
: made at Louisville on the 9th of March
, to day is the Both, and yet those who have
SO disloyally charged, nay, insulted an
unfortunate exile, have never given any no
tice of the real fact-they relied upon the
: circumstance that their readers would not
e read the papers belonging to an opposite
r party-where impartial justice was done to
= me; no, they misused the confidence of their
e political friends; they left them under the
impression Of their false report, and did not
t tell the truth, because truth would have done
t me some good
1t is this against which have to com
plain and appeal to justice Of yOnr senti
s. ments. But no, do not complain.
;. have too high an opinion Of the citizens o
e New Orleans to believe that it is I who vii
e have to suffer from this foul play-and
/ so, well, let them rejoice in their triumph
l. l would rather be driven away with sham,
n from your city than triumph by sucl
< means.
Of have one thing more to complain Of
Let me tell you, gentlemen, that when I wa
t. about to leave England for the U. State
~ some gentlemen prognosticated to me that
ar would be opposed by the Southern States
81 My answer was: ''No, that is impossible
= The Southern States are warmly attached
ut principles of their State rights-to the pril
It's ciple that every nation has the right to re
ot ulate its own institutions and to dispose
So its own domestic concerns. It is this pri
lal ciplc which plead, and plead not only f
Is my country but plead it for the common Ia
ISL OF all nations; because that principle is
IN Ijeopardy-the absolutistical powers of E
ny rope having made a nowerful all;~-~e vi
up the openly avowed purpose to crush tn
cr- principle of State ri hts everywhere, and
gic establish by force and violence, in its stea
'ur the arbitrary principle that every centraliz
OF government and every foreign power has t
Or right to interfere against the State rights
a whatever people"
lci- 1t is this principle of interference agar
nto which plead, and which l will combat
will my life. stand upon the very grou
I'M which is the pre-eminent platform of t
Gu Southern States. If 1 loss my cause 1 "
have lost their cause. It is therefore,
be- said in England already: ono, the Southt
by States cannot oppose my principles; tn
rica own interest is connected with them. I
in Eastern and Northern States may supp
me, me; but Southern States must support
loc- if they are not willing to abandon the grou
has upon which they stand.
ern- And yet, "curious," though I have wa
ght, political friends in the South, still it is
the deed true, l meet also more opposition
r by the South than l have met in other part:
rev. the United States How is this to be
ism. planned? will tell you, gentlemen, "
ere your kind permission, and here is my sec,
ence complaint:
by My enemies, unable to upset my n
Il ments, resort agaiu to Justification of Fl
'rlca and misrepresentation of principles. 7
W. represent me to you as man advocat
PEAK just that principle to which am mort
lsh- opposed. They charge me with being ar
de. PREVENTION man, while, am soul and b
hich for the principle Of non-intervention.
You besides some material aid, require but
laws principle of non-intervention secured, \
lie is soon to see my down-trodden country il
r an-tpendent and free-because we do not
de- others to fight our battles-we will t
iples them by our own hands, and all that VIC
and sire is not to have any interference, but
} thelplay
acds, TIT therefore. i raise nv ,,oiro opt of
cIs bottom 81 ny nation's distress, and Euro
ana oppressed millions join in my voice, exel
ing us there no power on earth willin
I'M maintain the laws Of nations, when all
a pri- despots of Europe unite to violate? A
and Isay to the great Republic Of the United 81
pre- and say it particularly to the Sout
! pri- States, "maintain the principle Of
inter- rights and seHgovernment-else, if
same principle is crushed every where, the da
pro- Of Capitalization and Of foreign interfer
and viii come home to yourself. And vel
aving my exhausting endeavors of nearly
,ublic months-more than four hundred spec
just reported by hundreds Of newspapers
rotest more than hundred thousand copies
'ence. buttons passed by nearly thousand p
with meetings, and by several State Legislai
see it and the debates of the United States 81
ic dis all this together could not secure me
aud being charged with loving what I hate,
/ can eating what oppose, and with claiming
will very thing which made myself hon
)reignl exile, my country valley Of desolation
estab- nameless Woes-in word, charging
& des- with wishing that which is the only ir1
ment to the restoration Of my native Il
;;nole. life. independence, freedom and prosp
Them It is sorroWful, very sOrroBful indeed
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