New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-03
GENERAL SPINNERS VIEWS OF I'm,
CONSTITUTION. az
LETTER OF MIR. FOLTS TO GEN. SpryyvV

LITTER OF MIR. FOLTS To GEN. SPryyrv
FRASKFoRr, June 10, ISs
GIN F. E. SPINNER Respected Sir Plesse ssrs
my thanks for the Public Documents You lad 4.
kindness 20 send me.
HAD no, the pleasure OF meeting YOU on your r~..
yisii TO Mohawk, but have heard VI you at frAnkk-
ard through various sources.
cannot but regret 20 learn that Won have proncup.s
tie Constitution of the United States "a hanbag. /.
is The same Constitution YOU have sworn 70 suppsr
ard defend, for without such an oath or afimatn
you could not hold the station you now occupy q,
Rt preventative in Congicss.
Look abroad. ard sec the American nag re.ps.,,s,
in the most distant sea aud .ee also, the America,
Iame respected oy al civilized Governments and thes
look without horror. II you can a, the dir,f,l con.
quenccs Of q dissolution. ~
We would be desplsed where va No.. nam o,..,
insu,od where no insult dare now be Offend
contempt would be offered 10 Us with impuuity 49,
proud Americas name. with all her noble institnts- -
would become byword throughout Europe.
they would be apt 10 say the great American Renal
lie cannot stand the test Of self government" Al,
then gay TO Themselves, why should we stru,cs =
better cur condition ," II would be the death kns =
human liberty throughout the globe.
You may. perhaps answer that II Is for nagro ~.
dom YOU toll necessarily, let me ask you what csre y
for tie negroes in the South and what right hss ~.
10 ineddlc with the Institutions IN the South,
States The Constitution which is the supreme h.
# the land guar anteee these rights not 10 b. itu,A,
without their consent.
But for the crazy course of Northern fanatics Y;
GINA MARYLAND an Delaware would be free Of Ns,,
Slavery to-day.
remember well when the Convention 10 rey,. 4.
constitution of Virginia in session at Redmond
$50 The Convention took 8 vote for the gr.ip,i
Emancipation Of Slavery in the State, and came within
woyot,s, if | am not mistaken, OF passing il, ba, ~
bol cad, Abolitonists had been al work ia tie Nas
ard virginia would be- advised from su Ia a .ourrs
his was the cause OF ITS failure.
Has Il been reserved for political fanatics bO,s
No,,h ard South, representing the Thuty6uth
Copgloss ITO tear asundor and trample under IA,
the . .eatest charter OF liberty and freedom uOIs
Heaven.
An other evils and national calamites are eh, All
trivial compared with the dissolution OF this eloross
Union.
Europeen Governments watching with eage,
ewes the foolish and disgraceul quares and seaieu.
tions between the hot.headed fanatics North and SssA
O. are anx Gus to see the union of the States skaters
20 pieces.
Ten me who are the representative in Congss
ready To aid in this horrible work Of treason LIZ
them home TO their const uents and learn the Srag
their WAYS l tell you the great mass OF the peN
pie are sound and will 70 for tic Union now and IA.
ever.
/ am for hemming in Slavery where Il Is, III
should regret very much 10 IL extended 10 Inv
free from it, and hope TO see Kansas admitted no
the Union as free State, but il will be in the hant
the &c who settle on the soil 10 decide that matter
While ! cannot approve of Summers attack On N
State Of South Carolina, us State, and on one Of b.
Senators then abscnt, will not justify Brooks for h
shameful beating he gave him, apd no should bea.
PEELED if you have a law TO reach him.
May expect to hear from you at your earliest cor
vcniebce. Very respectfully, your obedent servant
GEORGE F0Lrs.