The Woodville Republican., 1852-10-19
LETTER FROM MIR. JENlFER.

LETTER FROM MIR. JENlFER.
You will no doubt have seen some OF the
denunciaIions end stlll more unjust insinu.
atlons which the publication OF my letter
to you of the 10Th of August has brought
! upon me.-My object is not further to no.
tice them than TO correct Measurements OF
facts unto which some gentlemen seem 10
have been led was not as has been sta.
ted, member OF the altmore National
Convention, though was present, aud saw
aud heard much o. lis proceedings. was
member OF the State Wing Convention
which met for the purpose OF sending del
agateS to the National Con ention, and to
appoint electors for the State OF Maryland
/ IL has been unlustIy will not say mali
ciousIy-inslnuated that had been appoln.
ted an electoral candidate my letter OF the
10Th August would not have appeared. |
will not believe that any delegate OF that
convention has given countenance 10 such
an imputatlon. Before and during the meet
ing OF the convention, had been asked by
friends te permit my name 10 be used as an
eIector al large tor the State OF Maryland
Understanding that no other person was
expected or desired to be candidate, | con.
sented, And the president OF the conven.
! tion did me the honor to nominate me as a
electoral candidate at large. Before the
question was taken, which was expected
to be unanimous, another gentleman was
ma med by his friend Upon which. hear
ing that he intended 20 permit his name to
be used, Immediately withdrew mine, to
the dissatisfaction OF large number of the
delegates. Notwithstanding these facts,
upon the publication OF my letter there ap-
peared in one of the Baltimore whig papers
the only one to which arm a subscribed
the following insdious paragraph:
Was not Colonel Jenifer an active
member OF the late whig State convention
and prominent candidate for the e!ectorai
ticket from the first dis rict II he had
been successful IN receiving the nomination
would he have come out with his card
Now, | pity from the bottom OF my soul
the man whose mind is SO perverted aud
whose hearth is SO depraved that he can
see nothing IN the conduct OF a gentleman
from whom be politically differs but deccp.
ton and dIshonor. ASK any OF my nulner
Gus friends VIII were ANXIOUS that | shouid
be candidate, and TO whom freely expires
sed my opinion, whether | did not avow
my determination, If nominated, 10 with
draw from being candidate should the
wing National Convention nominate pre-.
sideutiaI candidate TO whom | could not
consistently give my support This is my
answer.
| am also charged, in that letter, to have
made an attack upon the political honesty
OF the whig party OF Maryland and the south
ern States who now rally to the hearty sup.
port of the election Of Gen. Scott" That
1t is assumption which no man who has
any respect for himself or the intelligence
OF Others would venture. No such angu.
age or iair inference IS TO be found in that
letter or in anything Rave done, written,
or said. So tar from any attack upon the
whig party of Maryland and the southern
States, my object was to guard them, as
far as my feeble opinions could do, against
the enemies OF Maryland and the southern
States and of the Union Nor shall be
constrained or provoked to make anycharge
against General Scott, or the wings OF
Maryland and the south. His fame belongs
to his country, and not to sectional part
of his country He can take care OF his
enemies IN war or IN peace. but he may not
be saved from his friends.
have before stated why / could not
consistently support he nomination of Geu
Scott. | will now trleAy assign the reasons
why Maryland of all the States OF the Uni
on, should not sanction his domination -
Look over this vast republic, extending |
from the Atlantic to the Pacific where do |
you ind the little State OF Maryland Sep.
aratej from Pennsylvania. bordering upon
Masons and Dixon's line. being south Of
north and north of south. In any disrup-
ton OF the Union. there she stands bor-
der STATE in peace. battle field in war.
Her present aim should be to preserve the |
Union. regardless Of party distinctions or
sectional divisions.
How is this TO be done? Discard all
those who are for teviving those agitsting |
questions from whatever section of the |
Union they may come. Il is settled. fix.
ed fact, admitted throughout the whole |
south that upon the faithful execution Of
the Compromise and It's attending measures
depends the unity Of this republic. Let
US see where we are TO look. aud &c whom, |
for the carrying out Of those measures.
With the noble exception Of Daniel ebster
and one other, where do you find upon the
floor Of the Senate Of the United States |
wing Senator from the north advocating
soutteftI rights. supporting the compromise
measures aud the fugitive slsge law!
Look on the other side: see Cass and