The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-09

Secretary Davis and Senator Tseabs -Letter
from Mr. Toenbs.
To IN. Emo. o, u cu.oas . .sD a. S1 NOV i''
sn-Col Jefferson Davis having asAailsd me Letter
to ons 0saiii which has been published in the nsws-
drs:: the pubic through P the ..%s ehsnn:is II
shall say nothing Of this Gaskill, except 20 much
with e sa sisS Siy
have been settled, he has twice obtrudsd himself
upon public meetings which have been invited to
held up his father and mother in his native state, Yer
mont to the Indignation q the people, for having im
Cen Taylor for the benefit Of his party and for his utter
disregard OF all truth, felt consraned In his own pre-
sence to give him severe but well msrited cas,gaton
have heard nothing more Of him since this meeting.
until he turned in this under the pro
lection of the Office. There shall leave him. The
ishsd but it seems from the account given Of il By him
and the Secretary that am charged with having tsds
nounced Jefferson Davis disunionist sitting In the
councils of the natonn and with representing him
having advocated in speech delivered at Philadelphia,
the conAitutionay and expectancy Of building the Pa
cic Railroad with the resources OF the federal govern
ment The first charge seems especially to have excited
the ire Of the Secretary, and he repes it in language
which demands Of me an appropriate reply
What said by on the occasion referred 70 was
not done in . corner; II said to public assembly
of the people, therefore the truth OF the charge could
have been easily Acertaned The usual course pursued
by gentlemen who may feel themselves aggrisved under
such circumstance is t. inquire of the person who Is
alleged to have made offensive charge concerning its
truth that of staggering braggarts and cunning pol
troons is to indulge In vulgar epihets and
personalities, just far not plicate them with
the fAlsehood if the charge should to DO uarue
The Secretary of War has chosen to pursue the latter
course Whatever other advantages this course may
have, it is not to be commended for its chvary The
relation to the first charge, was Of wholly different
character to that alleged dTdgned G. n. ItSce o.
fore the people fos terayn0 tie compromise and its friends in
the face u all his professions, BY bringing i cnemi tno
poue 10 sustain this charge reviewed the positioa Of
each member of his C. bne and showed that not Of
of them were identified with that great measure and
that the fidelity Of each OF them to It might be justly
questioned stated that COL Davis had in the Senate,
voted against its leading measures-unted with its
enemies opposed at home and beaten by Con-
Foote OF Mssh sippi mainly on account of that oppo
siton then proceeded to show that the policy Of the
from such combination. That its anmatng principle
the cohesive properties of the public PLUMBER, to
which all invited who would join and support the
compromise men. These were the positions which
l everywhere maintained during the Late canvass,
for s
support. It was union with the enemies of the con-
stituton and the South that denounced. ! consider
dklOyaty to The federal Union itself virtue whom
compared 10 the serve baeeness of csnsenting to and
maintaining aton with the Buffalo free soilsrs-
the Of
mobs to resistance OF constitutional Laws passed for
protection and exciting them to the murder of those of
citizens who attemp ted to recover their property
der them. And in the 10 Hest Geep there yet lower
deep" and the administration have reached it. Not
content with taking those to their bosoms under
the fraudulent petext that they have been cleansed by
being dipped into the filthy common sewer Of govern
ment patronage the administration has combined with
of the compromise, and the only true friends Of the
constitution and the South In the Northern States 1t
OF free sellers in their warfare against Dckin son.
SAN o. onor and their pa r0tc comrades in New York,
who have separated from Il ese political lepers the
ground of IL cir free soism Denuncaton of this policy
would but weaken the force of its naked statement
The kecretary of War seems to plead "set OFF, to
this charge against himself which never made by me-
similar accusation against me. He says, 'his most
ardent language reached the extreme to which ~
went, both before and after the measures, commonly
called the compromise of 1850, had been presented and
its cpes and the constitutional rights involved had
been fully discussed" This is certainly true for never
mprudsn expression in behalf Of the rights Of the South
against their threatened invasion. For myself from
my youth up have held the Union subordinate to
the great principles it intended to perpetuate;
by which they intended to DO secured, and
not end to which they to be sacrificed knew
many good and true men in the SOUTH bette, and trasr
now; know others who have openly declared that they
Gid ''desre' it, who enjoying lucrative Offices
have taken the oath to support the constitution of the
United States But shall leave this ethical question of
their eligibility to be settled between them and the pre-
sent administration
In the contest of 1850 was against the Union the
of the infection of threatened aggessons upon
defined. have never retractsd changed nodded the
positions then assumed and maintained; and each Of
them firmly planted in the fourth resolution of
the Georgia platform, and are fundamental tenets
in the political creed of the Union Republican
party of Georgia. Because these contingencies did not
happen and can never happen while the compromise is
preserved 'n principle and substance have support
ed the Union and the compromise against the opponents
Of either, at the South that they may never happen,
have opposed and shall continue to oppose the Tree
sellers and aboltionists At the North and their friends
and allies under whatever political flag they may sail
The second charge referred to by the Secretary of War
needs reply consider his letter plea Of guilty, and
attempt to justify. Ny charge was based upon his
speech printed BY his authority in the Washington
Unio of the 4th Of August read extracts from that
speech and others the extract to which he
refers, and commented upon them cid hold the Pre-
sdent responsible for the principles laid down in that
speech Ny estimate of the President is not high but
is not yet low enough to suppose him capable per.
hitting two Of his Cabinet officers to remain in his Cabi
net after making such public speeches in his pre-
sence unless he approved the principles and policy laid
down by them Iwil, therefore, fer the present. simply
turn the Seerstarys justification to the consdera-
ton of his political friends in Georgia. Who with such
singular unanimy, before the election, maintained their
old political tenets internal Improvements by the
general government, and condemned the opinions ex
pressed BY Messrs Davis and Guthrie At Philadelphia
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,