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nno the rag o. our Union forever
And ever! q fssssa
And the Flag of tie Union forever!
I'VE hope the Sag NIGHT press that 90 indus
rriously spread Senator Clemens first letter be-
fore the public, viii also publish this. Itwiii
be seen that after . mature reflection on the
tenderness of parties, he concludes wisely that
the American is the only one the country and
the South can rely upon.]
From the Selma Sentinel
Letter from Colonel Jere Clemens.
HuNrsvnLE, April %, 1866.
DEAR SIR:-Yovr letter Of the 25th instant,
reached me to-day. lam in the midst cf hur-
ried preparations fora long journey, and have
not the time tn answer it az I wish. lam %.
ing to Missouri and to Illinois, and from thence
to New York and Washington; from one Of the
last-named places will write you at length
In the meantime ] sincerely hope You win
not comm: yourself against the American uar.
ty. thought the nominations at PhiIadelnbia
premature, and have not been surprised at the
expression of dissatisfaction 1t has called forth:
| still do not see how remady can be applied
that will not be worse than the evil. Itryto
look at it practically. The three prominent can
didates OF the anti Americans are Buchanan.
Douglass and Pierce. Buchananis more deep
ly attached to the protective principle than Fill
more. Douglas is fully committed to the river.
harbor, and road appropriations, and Pierce 4
committed to everything. and win prove true
to nothing. Neither of the three comes up 20
any standard Of what q Democrat ought to be-.
Neither can be trusted By the South an hour
after they have secured our votes All Of them
will be certain to stab US while protesting the
most profound regard for our rights
fnthevery nature Of things party which re-
lies upon foreign voters for IL success must
Ienuncate principles and advocate measures hos.
tile to the institution Of slavery. The foreign
hack driver, draymtn ditcher or hod-carrier.
has no desire to compete for his wages with the
negro. Even the Irish chambermaid looks with
jealousy upon the employment of negro girls
lin our hotels. There is a wide-an almost
universal-repugnancy to domestic relation
which they cannet fail to see reduces so matte
lrially their own chances of employment; and j:
is here, at the base of society, where wise poll
itician ought to look for the seeds Of principles
which sooner or later control the destinies Of .
nation. Great events work their wsy up. not
down. All revolutions begin among the mass-
es. Wilberforce himself only gave voice 70 .
sentiment which existed before his birth. The
Parliament of England would have abolished
slavery If he had never lived The hafangues
of demagogue areharmless if there 4 no pre-.
ljudsce for him to .direct-no sentiment in the
hearts Of the laboring classes which responds 70
his appeals. With none but an dD5e1lcon peo-
pie to appeal to, who does not look upon the
slave as rival, whose labor interferes with the
sustenance of their own families, all the politi-
cal preachers and orators in the land could not
get up slave agitation to dangerous height.
1t is as Southern man born upon the soil
of the South, linked to il by Thousand ties,
attached to slavery as ! domestic relation. and
believing in my soul that it is best for both races
that / cherish most ardently the American
cause. Whatever best promotes that cause
will be certain to receive MY support. can
not hope to have everything axactly as wish,
and as a4practical man, / mean TO take the besl
I can get. At Philadelphia, as at allo Con.
venfions, things were done of which ] do no,
approve, but Ipredict the Cincinnati Conven'
ton will do much worse in regard to . platform
and that the nominees will be hundred folf
more Objectionable. Oliver Cromwell wal
wont to say, "Nits will be lice, - and . vile se
of trafickers for foreign votes must Of necessity
give US a traficker like themselves for candi
date. -
Very truly and respectfully your friend,
JERE CLEMENS.
To JoHs HARDY. Esq. I d