Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-08-22
LETTER TO GOV. WRI0HT-No. 1

NJ tAtA~s nAAs w. too0s
His speech Times--What ID
Abolition1 : Amalgsmstior - Plat.
form Of 'l9-Anglo saxon slavery,
Hos. jossru A. WRIonr--SIn:--I |
mn induced 70 address ons or two let.
sers to your ExoeIIsnoy. In refsrenos
10 TIE questions now sgitating the pub
No mind. In 20 doing. | shAll observe
the rsspcct due your Official character.
and Il affords mo real pleasure 10 say
that your industry ~ an officer, your seal
for the advance Of agricultural inter-
eats. your Grm adhesion 70 the Prohl'
bi,ory Law. coupled with your hospl-
taIisy and bsnsvoIence ~ = citizen,
have caused mo TO feel much respect
for you personally. ~
You have found occasion 10 remark
ths. the country nov presents an ap-
psArAnoe Of deep excitement unknown
IN our history. This. sir. 10 an IN
questionable truth. There Il deep
feeling. and whsr unto Il may lead is
hard 10 predict. God knows that
proapec,s are gloomy enough. Yet
our glorious old ship Of STATE has
weaihsrvd many sgals and stlllis sea.
worthy.
summit, uir. II you have not over
drawn the dangers surrounding ~. Ia
some Of your speeoLss7 II you have
not besn greatly mis-stAted. sou have
spoken Of ths party 70 which you are
opposed. a. seeking. o. u not seeking.
conssnsing to. the destruction Of the
Union. You surely. s'r. have not for.
gotten that in 1914 these men oonsu'
lutsd the large majority OF our voters.
Were thew Ill traitouf Do all the
msn-ths ooop men who stand Ia those
ranks dssiun the destruction Of the
Unions Arc they traitors? They
must he n thew held the sentiments &
YOU attribute 10 them. or slse thew are
fools. II really oecurs 10 me that 4
more moderate and less dsnunci.
atorv tone would bettrr comport with
your hivh Office. You are tie Cover.
nor of Tur PEOPLE: do not bs their
traducer. You know that the men
You th,s deuounoe arc rood men and
true, tha, they sustain law, pay taxes,
In short discbarue ali duties devolyiuq
upon good ei.issns. They are not
disunionists--the charge that they are
Il n most scandalous fslsehood. Y.u
have been betrayed, cir. into such
statcms nts, not intentionally, but BY
being 40 much euprossed in your OH
cisl duties that YOU have taken your
politica from nartixan journals. and
-os.srs.s;ss.l spssebss. -
One word. sir, ~ ~ the propriety
Of your coming down from your otIic-
isl chair to the level Of Tom Walrols
as q stump declaimer. II does not
look we'll. 1t does not look impartial.
Yet we all admit there was . necessi-
ty for you to make few speeches.--
Our Hon. slave-holding Senator. Mr..
Bright. 1t Is known, was not very
friendly toward you. and rather sought
to injure you by weakening the conf
dence OF the people 10 your loyslty to
the party. Hence 1t was necessary
for you to show that you wo'd support
Douglas. Atchinson. Pierce d Co. -
that YOU would endorse Willard. lei
him lead where he might.-you would
swallow him with his new Bank and
all. But this has been done. Your
"speech'' has been before the public
some time-you are on the record
the people ali know it. This being so,
il really appears that. to finish your
business as Governor. will fully en-
ploy your time. 1t is also thought
that your style. as Sydney Smish said
Of NJ .cauIy's would be 'sgreatly i'm.
proved I,y a few brilliant flashes of 81
lence."
As this letter Is preliminary and
general. | will ask YOU II YOU will bs
Kind enough to explain wha, Is mean,
bv the word "Aboiitionis,F' This ID
word OF vast reproach among your
oapers mud sneakers. and is some.
times empIoved bv yourself. II il il
meant bv live term that all Rspubli.