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Ths sssjsined able ssd Ps5srss letter vac vris
ten By Asarsw Jses.ss DosslsOa. the Ansriean
easdiasts fer vire Prssiasnt IN reply 10 Gee iron
j. Powell, ssersneat City. eon.ainisg rrseluiisns
passed at m-eiinx In hat city. sndorsing the
Philadelphia Ansfieaa soniaaiioas: \
TrLrp Gsovs. May 9, 1855.
sm:-Youf letter Of The i,h ullimo. wardins
TO me the proceedings Of the American Parry Al
saefsmenio, ratifyisg the nouinations az fh,is-
dslphis, reached ue yesterday ADD thsnk ysu
ipf iAs kind terms IN which yea have eomnv nj
took sressd, al a. early day, 10 favor Of %.
right Of Csliieraia 10 eotDs iIio the Union, IN
3: witssss sis-rrr re err Stare Csas;,ssisss a.
her eiixens 70 * At teiermine for ;hsmse.ye. mia
6aeneed BY the seuoa OF Corsrsss; ard no 90,
has Witnessed With more s,tisiaetion than M =,
the peaceful solution wb oh was an, eiv,n 10 a
question Of much claim to cur eGaniry. TAe prin-
s,rIe iavolvtd vas Fat rpoa which rests ali oar
NsPuehean iesur .iions that Ia the right, within
Toe HINTS Of the CoIsiit1tioa OF the people Of the
SAes ana OF q Territories. when forming State
S9osniancs 10 govern ihsmseives, AID bobly has
ms primer ss bssn vindeatsd BY California in The
uhPH,p eled prosperity sAe has 90 soon altaibed
unae. ser own laws.
N'.oes not therefore sBrprise me 20 Dad Der ciii
ase Lrompt 10 lay hold VI the great national doc.
uass which form the basis Of the AIDefieas creed.
E.pcsed a. she - TO an immigration from eoan-
ies which the lights VI Civilization have scarcely
, yeI reached, abe ieeis peihsps moe keenly thaa
I We do here ihe nsccssiiy 81 guarding tic ballot
boE from The dAngerous influences which will act
through IL, II no jisefulnsi0n is 10 he made here
after between The Naive American sSd the Fot-
eignsf ia,t Landed on our shores. SO Too with the
o,her great feiotms proposed by The American Plat
form, which are the restoration OF the GoTefnmen nj
10 is original purify, and the correction u Ihose
abuses whfeh have converted sectional issues into
an elemsut Of political power, aud hsve hfopgh,
the patronage OF The President into alarming con-
dict With the fTeecom ofelsetions. The principles
Ia
mand the ssppoTt Of young aud enierpTi>iag PEG
pie, Shd are fresh from The TASK Of forming Gov.
eminent 81 their own, snd have LEANED 20 sppre-
eiaie n their proper value those Old party rateA-
rsrds ty which the uaEy have 80 ofsen been m aGe
the dupsr 81 ths dssiFainR FIR.
The only matter v regret TO me, air, is that the
friends olthese necessary reforms Odd not bring for
ward, In eoanexicn with the nau,e % Mr. Fillmore
some Individual for the Vice Presidency sToand
whom could he rallied stronger guarantees ioT their
snccess than belong 10 my humble character and
services But however inadequate may lie my
name 10 this respect, yen may assured that u
Will sanction nothing adverse 10 the great move
meRt
i,hould have been reereabt 70 the lessons I re-
esiytd from General Jackson, IL / could have Wit.
messed 10 silence the attempt, within len miles Oi
his tomb TO revive the odions doctrines Of The Hart
ford CuhVsntlcp, OF II could subsequently have
Eirrn sanction 10 that coalition Of sectional ultra
i.ts, which has secured 60 the innaebee eng aged
IN hat disorrs rizug sttcsf Ia she am. Of n m.
Gen Jseksou's whole lie 10 a fept ats n { the
leading ekaraei,Tisiies Of what l. now term dem
ccScy. In 1877, recommending 20 MIR Monroe
the appointment of FetsTalisi, he warned bin
sgainst the excess Of party spirit. In numerous
publications. he Announces his cOuyictioa that We
ought 90 be more AmsTieanixtd a. a nation. Ons
OF the suong reasons assigned bv him FOR bis veto
Of The bill to fe.ehaTer the United Sales BGuk ID
his dread OF foreign inhuepce In The management
Of that institution. And sveIy one who knows
anything o. his administrator. as PIsside1t, mus
remember with What Indignation be denounced the
Doctrines o. nniliheAuon, ,everibg the ties Of
long personal frendship rather ihan .abj-ct him.
self 70 The inpuisticn II compton, sing with here
sies which be deemed fatal "a the pcrpe.uiy ofths
UbiOo and the spirit Of she CopsiiiatIon.
10 his Inaugural Address. too, he declared u e
be one Of the high duties Of The Executive 10 rr
strain the patronage OF toe Federal Goyertmss
50 that IL shsatS not be brought into conflict viii
the ireSdom of election aud in toe same patriot,
paper he announces his Discrimination 20 be guild
/ I'd ~ the great examples set by wAshingtOn ant
The early foandeTs Of our Republican sv,sm
! Now these brilliant points In the career OF ihi
statesman eoasiHuls cor polar ght as American.
aud yet we are eenOuneed a, tral'ofS 10 Detsocfa
ey, add the whole patronage ol the FEDERAL Gov
eminent Is employed 10 osiraeiFe ana. esluHiBiAt
Us.
I, remains To- our counuvmeu % decide whici
10 The beat q mocIscy that which sc's with "a II
upholing he dociriaes u wssAibt0s. Jtdsr
500, MAdissn and Jackson, or that which has -
US up The Etv theory Of state rights cot oi Whiel
have sprung nulliaCaiion and abolition. and a.
the other tssS that arsSy oae portion OF The c0un
try agsins; another nES hare Impaired b. max
ims Left ~ our fOreiHIhefa
Its eeEsoliag 20 me 10 End that there are men
like youTssf, IN every quausr of our cIttnts
eounIIy, who see the dangers which bcssi us iron
The causes thus briefly adveiied To; aud csnaO
doub' hut that The rrea, body Of fellow iiiIsu
everywhere will ultimately eoncIT With us 10 a.
steps We have taken TO avert thsn. Atsll event.
nv ssa- ST YET ubrt nay come We meet a. ~
dsgy, TSyrcg aTaa gas Hae7V. ef sEv ~sg-'. esr "a
certainty that truth will, ulS mateiy, prevail owe
error,
TkAnkinE you for your kind remembrance an
for The too partial Terms in which YOU sbG oths
old Jackson Democrats have tp>ksn 81 me o. ID
public mesting VI whose pr0csrGin gs you are IN
honorsd organ on ihia ossasion, beg leave 10 50.
scribe mysslf
Veg truly, Jour shsdisni servant
4 J. DCNELSON
To Hoa. J. PowELi., SacramSRto, Cal.