The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-19

UItlas Routed-The Administration and It's
Kansas Policy Defended and Sustained ed
Law and the Gospel Laid Down to Senator
Hunter, &c, SC.
THE GOVERNORS LETTER.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. It. 1857
You have proper to interrogate me- through the
Enquirer, to the position occupy touching the election
OF Senator Of the United States and believing that they
III good faith fair and not unfrendly promptly reply
TO your questions publicly as they are put.
For more than twelve months rumors have been circu
lated that my desire and design Dust Mr. Hunter
if could from his seat in the Senate OF the United
States and my in that connection has been banded
about in conversation and by the press with licence
which assumed the air OF authority. BY whom, with
what motive, what ,d these started is
my purpose to discuss. My object is 10 alay
element and prevent division in the democratic party Of
Virginia and to that end aver tha these rumos
authorized by anything said or done by me- that they
without foundation and defy the production Of the proof
or evidence that have ever expressed or manifested the
imputed desire OF design.
After my arduous struggle 1855 for the salvation of
the democratic party ondy hoped 10 have the sympathy
and support OF all its sections III Virginia. and to be able
TO act with all in equal confidence and to serve all IN the
Office now FILL regret to say that IN this was disap
pointed short time only elapsed after entering upon
my duties, before jealousy and distrust seen
where most expected confidence and friendly aid and
ounsel did my best, by turning away from this, TO
both its and its effect But nopportuney for
harmony the contest for the nomination for the Presidency
came on carly in 1856 and my preference for Mr. Bucha
entertained for many years. was again made known
adhered 10 his nomination. for reasons which now must
he too obvious 10 every candid and conservative patriot
and democrat to need either argument excuse No
other nominee OF the party could probably have been
elected There was one his competitors for whom
would cheerully have voted had fact, aided
among other friends u Mr. Buchanan in 1852 in nominating
Mir. Pierce, and in 1855 had minated my approval Of
other candidates But having for his eminent abilities and
services preferred Mr. Buchanan siS and 1852 and
deeming him the only available candidate in 1856 CO.
operated zeaously with his friends in securing for his
nomination the vote Of Virginia But no effort made,
resort had TO any means 10 secure this which could
justly be complained Of by his rivals and their friends
He had without effort comparatively, two thirds Of the
delegation OF Virginia at Cincinnati and that msorty did
not fully represent the constituencies which preferred
him. And, notwithstanding the attempts Of those OPP
posed to his nomination 10 destroy the prestige OF Viz
GINA by attempting 10 split her delegation in the Conven
tion, and, in fact, 10 nully majority by minority, by
dividing her districts well the State, and to count
the Old Dominion naught in the nomination, her doega-
ton stood nrm, had done at Baltimore in 1852, when
thirty -four successive ballots cast for James Blu
chanan and the vote Of Virginia decided the Convention
his favor The election proved how pre- eminently popu
lar he IN this good old commonwealth Thirty
thousand majority proclaimed him the choice Virginia
far than thirds II not four ths Of the demo
ratio voters majority of the politicians in place pre-
erred others but the people preferred him by an over
whclm ing, almost unanimous voice.
The election marked by extraordinary manifesto.
tons The contest waswhcther sectonalism, caused by
the foreign influence Of old England and Canada operating
n the form Of black repuboanism upon New York and
lac New ngland States and upon the Lake borders of
hr states, should invade further South,
naiionsism Of democracy should drive back further
North
extremely dcuaul And IN the midst Of that doubt there
was heard low mutterng IN tie south OF subdued, but
n, voted
even for Mr. Buchanan cl6 cion The feeling grumbled
rather than openly expressed by them, hope
the black tag might be raised over to the south
people to revolution which would throw on the bonds
Of the Union II well known ami proudly admitted that
had that Tag been hosed the capitol of the United
States under the Iyocamatons OF the election
would have waited for other act OF aggres.
OPPRESSION but was therefore the anxious
la secure democratic triumph To prevent revolution and
to preserve the Union Tins separated me from the cx
trcmisis south.
doub, whether they would all have followed mo to NE
lengths would have gone had for revolution been
gwen; but whilst was for wardng OF extreme issues
by eecung d conservative democrat who could unite all
patriots and save the Union thcy-a small and very
elusive cque-were for driving upon revolution re.
luctauty supported the democratic nominee, and at
heart were disappointed at the democratic triumph which
saved from all last extremities" The horse aud
the rider of black repubcanism overthrow, but
IN the general reIocings there shout from the
heart of the exclusive extremists They however no
nest, sad, and their counteuanccs dark and
dismal the midst Of general congratulations and smiles
that the national democracy had saved our country
more from extreme peril
soon after the election of President during all Of
last winter and spring, that which was Mt hrst whisper
out INTO loud and openly utterng voice, shat there
plot TO supplant Mr.. Hunter IN the Senate by
Governor Wise and his friends" Knowing that
there foundation for this IN auEht hal said or
done authorized 20 be said or done and the
hypothesis presenting itself that there might he enemies
Of both Mr. Hunter aud myself who trying ~
,aros between Us for their own selfish and sinister ends
st ayerted my mind from other definite conclusions
pecng the authors and the motives q those reports aud
ganizaiipn u Mr. Buchaulns cabinet. II arranged
BY himself 20 his liking his own responsibility. 10
suit his own confidential relations IN office, and was CON.
posed q majority Of southern men ,of all sections Of
southern democracy prcierring clique, and Of caste
designed TO harmonic all elements in the PARTY North
and south East and West II organized on the ma
tonal platform VI the Cincinnati Convention As The head
aud representative o the party, he generazed well a.
b. could the personc and material the great democracy
IT the United states. This what President Of the
United states should have endeavorcd do might not
please an individually or scctonaly but was for ali
mt for mart And inf mo
well content and generally scluesced the organization
But the President had hardly been inaug lrated, had
bu, just taken his seat, had SAID nothing and done
nothing besides his inaugural address and selection
Of bis cabinet, defining or indicating policy-had
MT been in office sixty days-not hirty--whcn a porcu.
pine opposition raised gull At every point of policy aud
at every II personnel the administration, and the
attempt made 10 damn the whole democratic party of
the North aud every southern man who trusted them,
with doubt or distrust ousTOken denunciaton. An
affiliated press was found organized from Richmond TO
New Orleans which opened batteries Of sweeping ran.
and vndctve opposition denouncng certain
beers of the Cabinet, and especially Southern
bcrs msgving a. " the foreign, and exciting suspicion
as ~ the home poicywarnine against imaginary evils
doubtng the good faith of frcnds-disparag
othcrsnot sparng the President hmsc-and especially
denounong national democracy And all this begun
aud published too before Gov Walker sent TO
Kansas. We 90 be betrayed before we were be.
uayed The Northern democracy we're not % be relied on
The President himself wa 81 that democracy
Now, gentlemen prior TO the campaign of 1866
there but two lines % sectional division in the
United States--the Mason and Dixon, and the Mis-.
souti Compromise lines They we're geographical.
partly ia Their character, aud we're well defined and
understood. Mnly evils growing out Of them bad been
N The past and could he the future guarded against
But In 1856 another and more omnous line disclosed
obhteratng all others not defined upon the earth
hut revealing itself by what sailors call sun dog III
the Fast, awed superstition Ike angry comet por
tending evil and shot dull black and white gloom loom
ing through the misis q the Arctic ccbcrgstrkng from
over Old England by the Newfoundland banks cutting
on all New England and New York, aud passing midway
through Pennsylvama Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and in5eA
nitey westward All north Of that line was black repub
ican. and an south Of i was what vas called Egypt.
What did trApmeau9 What poricnd why Il was a
sign in the very heavens Of the wisdom o. Washington
Farewell Address-to beware u foreign influence aud
sectional strife The constant commercial and social in
terc0urse of New England and New York with Old kng
land and the immediate neighborhood Of the lake border
with Cansda bad LEI in the wolf of English feeling
and prejudse. and social habits aud fanaticsm
lions u tue whole Vuted states a. establish