Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1856-08-15
Gen. Sam Houston on the Presi-
WAeA1aGrov CI7r, July 81, 1873.

Ny DEAR SIR-Yuur letter Of the 9th Of
June. ulr., addressed to me- at Huntsville, did
| not resch m until my arrival here. thank
Won for your kind sentiments, and assure you
reciProcate all that yon have expressed. ANY
apology was unnecessary for addressing me on
political subjects, as they ere now So Interest
ing to the public well as 10 Individuals. 7
/ ;hank Won for your views and sTggee'i0ns. and
will render mine with perfect freedom and f.
delit5. You say, in speaking OF yonraelf. that
having been reared alnnst beneath The shades
uf The Hermitage. and In every sense a demo.
! Graf, feel all The reverence and confidence in
he principles and integrity Of the motives thHi
aclunrcd Gen. Jackson in hj9 political Course
Iiat I sho nd co The issue formerly dividing
the old whg snd cemocrrIic parties mag No
longer be said Ia exist ye; there is a difference
in principle Bri-ing Upt vt the int nded States
t1at must 1uliuus to exist A. long our pres
en-, frrm Of goyernm' mt continue"
Row, lei u reflect for mnment, and OBJ
serve that tno, if not reared 'benea,h the
shades Of the Hermitage" was taught III der
the pure, vigorous and natinral Democratic
teachng Of the reyernei md brave uir c ief
whose wisdom brsugh' honesty, Pnrity snd Wig
or into the public Sc rvice, with strength, love
Of urion, honor and renuw Il To the whole ccur-
try. | marched with that oil! chief and KEEP
step with his detaocrscv throughout his public
life; end since he dcp1rird, haze never de-
Waited for nomeGt from his p-inci pies and
tell you. you can say t-ost troly, that not on
ly the issues Formerly t-s:ding the cid wing
and demncrs ic p1rtf+s can 90 longer De said
to have anv practical eys;eEce. but that those
parties themselves have no distinctive charac.
ter. They have faded, become extinct, sud
expired.
One. The whig party, lives only in the mem
ory Of lis great name, iis great abilities. and
lis great failures 10 sceomp'isl practical cesnlt;
the uiher. although il rGr;lBs the nnme of de-
mocrscy, has no memo les TO which the rres-
ent 0rganz uinn can refer WilhuGi Il blush ct
shane The democracy o. 10 day is "rnm-
pound Of heterogeneous materisls; il has
dwinded down to mere sectunaliSm, and is
now but faction, II has los, tn" prinrrnle Of
cohesion, and boass no longer uuif.,rp poll
'cy. When i; followed wi Us the fag oi Tic
"old Chief" II bad consistency OF principle
snd Ermness Of purpose which always accom-
pauies clear conviction of right. II 81 Il
had clear heads, Esliriotc hearts, and clean
hands ever ready Ia its support. II spoke wis
dom and quiet al home, aud every section re-
ioiced in our gene, al prosperity; it annnunc ed
Tits foreign policy, and negotiations abroad
were no further necessary than to commuai-
clte tiat announcement.
Where IS that democracy t. dov ! Sxslluwi
I'd up in unGilgated sGlaiPr sovrTei Iuly-in
sectional chickering's aud dispu cs--u diSre.
glrding compacij between the different sec
tons OF the / aiJn. the repeal of which has
ed to incurrecllcn in kanscs-n getting Up
indian wars wherever indians could be found
a. q preieXt tor increasing the regular army
the estimated expenses OF which ut :his time.
ere Sl2 90 600 per aunt r.. when 81 q 0N0
IudIcInu>ly expei d"d, would secure PEACE with
every inui,n tribe on the continent, and ~
cuce them to embrace the ar;s of civalIZaIiyn.
The foreign pGicy Of the present democrat.
l. President has been tsr from credible 10 cur
grrsrnncnt. |. too. has shown a d>pns 100
- court 50 a'ieH infJence IN ss,air II, while
At has deciar 3 aud prnctired relentless pro-
$ :riolicn agaust NAIVE born American Ci.I
seus. ! aiii pursue Ibis ,oIlt ~ U-ther. 10
samuG;e upon i = 2 tii.l en- ugh or man
wlo loves hIs country, Aar when CALEB upon
o. Friends, feel il due - them 10 express nv
sentiments plain, 500 snd /, anu repR Of
thousands Of oil tamocrats who were the true
Cuvenauters under Jackson. wash our hands 81
these 6bsurGilics, foI lice end eciden:cs Of CuI-
pltle miSmanagemen,.
None If these things are Taught with the
principles of thal dem 'cricy which wFs taught
at the erDilage, aud treasured up ~ u.
can find 90 relief In the uomin1i;on made IN
Cincinnati. regard the gentlemen uPol
whom il fell SO man D! abilities, al one
with when have slways mainGained Kind per-
sona relations; aud for MIR. Buchanan | yet
entertain the highest respect. From his ante
cedcnls cannot regard him as more ppIri
otto aud national than Mr.. Fillmore. In The
oifi'C of President ore has been tried, he OH
or has NOT. Il j. a mater oi as;Jnishment TO
me taat The DomIna'i0a happened to fail 10 the
lot OF AIR. Bpchanau when other names, %
have learned, were used on the occasion, who
Ind been active advocates of tie Kansas n
braska oil which had been declared 10 be the
mRin issue 10 the approaching Preshenri"l
contest That plank j. prominent in the pint
torn, and the platform has been accepted, cor
disllv, b. the nominee. We nov have to
regard ssratter sovereignty as one OF the
cardinal points o. modern democracy. The
( =a!iaa,c however has merged hiin,e in the
platform, or me p!ihci1les o. L, whicn. 10 ~
mind, are not in harmony with Jackson dembc-
racy, and accordingly repuiiate them.
cannot separate the Candidate and the platform
in this instance es they are identical, inasmuch
as the nominee his said that Re could no lon
ger speak for himself as James euchan n,
bit as The exponent OF the principles set tort'
in the platform am constrained, ccccrting
TO my notions If democracy. 10 utterly reject
The platform. and cannot give my cuPpcrt 10
the nominee of the present dcrocrali. pir:y. .
OF tie republ cans, can only say, ;aat their
platform and principles are sectional. anA !
cannot conceive how any nan loving this Tn.
III and devoted t. lis principles, can support
ticket fraught with such disas:erous ccnscquen
ces to the whole country ss its success &Ouid .
be II has been my habbiI in life Ia Gcprecs'e
s nd oppose everything of a sscl!ona! character
and therefore | cannot view with complaren-
cy anything which is calculated t. initiate
aganet the Union, or any section Of the hole
CD lntry. You. my dear sir, know az vel as
do Tia, when Texas Was annexed 10 tie Uni 4
ted States she did not cor slider herself as len .
tilted with cry rprticrIar SECTION, but viewed
herself az merged in the Union. She had re
rciyed the sympathy Of the citizens Of every
section Of the Uaipa: her feeling, her later.
eat and her existence, in becoming member
~ the Union; chr considered as i~sepesabic
from lis preservation and prosperity. A sense
o.. duty under these circumstances, leads ne
10 the conclusion to support the hmerIcan nom