Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-12-30
COMMUNICATION.
70 THE EDITORS.

COMMUNICATION.
TO THE EDITORS
GrLExxs: In the columns of your paper Of the 21st
Hpsd with feelings Of than ordinary pleasure and
nxeS.tion article under the signature Of WITHDRAW
Hmxursox ia reference to the sectional agitations by
which our common country is deeply afflicted. That
r mind has of late been laboring under the unwelcome
przssioc that the union Of these States would be
ssaaued and that Is matter of republicanism
aa take its fight and find place whereupon to rest
e sole Of its foot do hesitate to acknowledges My
usctions upon the past and present in relation to this
assion Of the slavery question, added to my limited
knowledge of the various republics that had risen and
Eica in times past, filed me, in frankness mast
a~n with the most gloomy forebodings as to the oba
Hle destiny and that too at dstantday, of
c6is thrifty and growing Republic.
Alter reading and rejecting upon the centents Of the
ttes above alluded to, the mist in which my eyes had
Haen insolved seemed gradually disappear the
pace before frightened and gave in my declining
yssr increased confidence and hopes for in the sincerity
my heart took it for granted that there many
good aud patriotic in the North who would listen
enSey to the voice Of truth and of reason amiaby
ats and avail themselves Of such respectful warnings
caf through their patriotic influence the noble North it
AbaItonist but also the unjust Free
ss who, in his pride and arrogance consequent upon
ms zaowedge Of the fact that he belongs the section
al erier numerical strength feels himself at liberty to
disregard and at naught all the solemn obligations
f Constitution and under the pretence Of desire to
egant the further spread of African slavery, tries nd
seGfly but absolutely, to ensave the weaker Southern
Ssctfa1
But, my dear sirs what was my surprise and NORTH
aa upon taking your paper Of two days. later date
On d another letter. the signature Of Northwest
veny calculated and probably intended still further
On wnisn the breach and to ALLEVIATE the feelings Of the
&Rs sections towards each other.
TfAis last letter professedy intended reply
sameehng the writer had seen in your columns which
had aeen taken from the scioto (Chilicothe Gazette
and ne had not wandered out Of his track in that reply
6r tho purpose of administering bitter pill the effect
Of winch would be to kill and cure the diseases in
tho cunty the undersigned would have had nothing Of
sy In the matter but after having given his account
AZ Che that prompted certain shareholders Of Vir
na 20 leave that State for Ohio he adds the following
Asd Others hauing property had been eelingly taught
u. Peor thing poor tohite ho abos for his hrng
both BY slaves and slave o~ners
AaE<axS State"
This is indeed bold assumption most daring asser-
ton poisoned sped with maniac force at the yals
C bod cdses Of the Southern sections and it is assaults
s this that we are indebted for that increasing aena-
su Of feeling and dsaection unfortunately SO apparent
tween the Northern and Southern sections Of the Union
Bat ais letter. seems containing this and
Offensive paragraph, you, Messrs Editors felt yourselves
baas matter Justice to place before your readers
The abiding confidence have so long had only in
yur patriotism but also in your ability and discretion
e Editors Of public journal e paper that ought to be
ct forbds any the slightest objection on my part to
ha publication Of the paragraph alluded to- It is su
sanf Cor me that find it in the National Intelgencer
nsUing do that it was placed there with no other
foc that ho~o
nested an ugly leaning in favor Of the wrong side Of
TIE Nebraska bill Notwithstanding.
NOW, gentlemen, as long tried friend OF the Union
md tae Republic, and Of the class SO wantonly
Snd r1dely and SO unusty assaulted from the North
vs Gan awful quarter from whence to meet the breeze
ask Of you the publication Of few remarks
IN reply
That your sense Of justice will induce Won to grant the
1s9ust Of one Of the "poor things" alluded to- whose
1nmbc fabric is endangered by the breezes emanatng
M shat stormy point from whence arises such frequent
md awful disaster who knows your lofty sense of
usce doubt To turn aside the mischieyous breeze
may possibly enable hereafter ward off the furious
and poisonous sirocco.
Tea allow me, in few words as possible to tell the
mpe and unadorned story of one Of the poor hings'
- handsomely pointed out by Northwest "a story the
~ of which be attested by thousands and tens Of
0o0aands My lot in life was cast in old Virginia. (God
HsGa snd preserve her in all her just rights y and was
e Sixteenth Of my fathers nineteen children sons and
daughters Not Of US owned slave until after we
baA respectively emerged from minority. For my
I'VE DeyOnu the controI OF beloved
fr received less in the way Of book education than
ny Of my worthy and highly respectable brothers
uo went through life with degree credit and respec-
ability having but few parallels in the family registers
Hhs may Of truth be said of my beloved sisters
vsrs and sisters, feel proud Of their history Pow
Gicken rs they were at the outset Of life like their
v0zerated and much esteemed father who owned no
ss~e they stood high In the estimation and so do their
sdants, Of the best and worthiest saveholding and
suAveholdng portion Of their counrymen in the slave
hazfrg community. True that many Of their
ssaadants ct this day may be willing to compare notes
regard to both wealth and responsibility scattered as
Shay mostly in the Southern States with any other
Emily originally slaveholdng slayeholding in this
snftderacy For my own part, was poor apprentice
tuy then journeyman, then master undertaken with
yarzymen and apprentices under my control We ira
vsad slavehoding country working for savehold
@sand others.
Bat without further reference to myself famiyan
ss0nt Of which have given you from yainglorious
ag but for the purpose of turning aside the missiles
ar Northwest" and proving the fact that merit for
and hrnored in slavehodng than it in
one Of this numerous family taught
AaM feeling otherwise how poor thing poor white
uzn IS who labors for his living
k1ay be fair question whether the system does not
srzte to the very Of what is attributed it by
~Hsxthwest;" whether, instead of dsgrading the ten
dummy 10 not to elevate the characters of the poor la6orag
smklE and Uonsdn
Tc all know IL history is to be relied upon that from
ns nnmemoria in the different nations Of the earth,
<Gt has been cdged bceen labor and edpal; and
wrow that in almost every instance capital has tphed
s.r sssor WitoM the aid Of african Of any other direct
sHnvg We all know that there is such thing as ind
f ocery-the vilest and Of all the catalogue so
manned; species Of slavery that has driven from the