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furnishes conclusive proof Of this and confrma-
ton OF the fact will Je found in other parts of
his published correspondence. IN his letter to
1 John Adams of December 10, 1919, he saws,
that "lrom the battle of Bunker Hill to the trpa-
/ ty Of Paris, we never had so ominous question,
il even damps the Joy with which hear of your
high health and welcomes TO me the want Of it.
+ I thank God, shall not live to witness its is
sue." In letter to the same, April %, 1921,
be savs-sswhat does the Holy Alliance in and
out of Congress intend to DO with us on the
/ Missouri question? And this, bY the wav, is
ngt the name Of the case it is only the John
Doe or Richard Roe Of the eiectmpnt.
The real question. seen in the States af-
dicted with this unfortunate population, is care
or slaves TO be presented with freedom and
dagger" He says to Mr.. Monroe, March 3,
l820-''tbe Missouri question is the most por-
tentlous one that ever yet threatened our u
mon. In the gl0omiest moment OF the Revolu-
iio1ary war, never had any apprehension t.
quail to that which, felt from this source."-
To Mr. Short, pril Is, 1820-be writes
''AlthoHgh had laid down as law 10 myself
never 10 write; talk, or even think Of politics
to know nothing Of public affairs and had
therefore ceased to read newspapers; vet the
Missouri question aroused and filled me- with a.
larm. The old schisn Of Federal and Republi-
can threatened nothing because It existed 10 ey-
cry State, and united them together by the fra
terniSm Of party. But The coincidence of
marked principle, moral and political, with
gpograp phical line, once conceived ! feared
would no more be obit-raled from the mind
thaj it would be occurring on every occasion,
and receiving irritations, until it would kiadle
aaca mutual and mortal hatred as 10 render sep
af-i.ou preferable TO eternal discord." He SAYS
20 Joseph c. Cabell, January 81, IS2l-"How
many of our youths, she Harvard Collegel now
Gas }aarniRg HE lessons Of .3Hfi .ntSSouri-jsBt,
! know not but gentleman lately from Primo
Ton told me he saw a list OF students in that
place, and that more than half were Virginans.
These zcU return home deeDig impressed 1cith
tie Sacred principles Of the HOLY alliance Of
Restrjfi0nisfs - And to Gen Breckenridge
he writes, February II, 1851. "The line of
f tif ifrt~;-- - a. ---7,lel i,t,vas.s, diGarsnt
portions Of our confederacy, is such as will not
soon, I fear, be obliterated, and we are now
trusting 10 those, w5o are against as an position
md prjac5ple 10 fashion to their own form the
minds and affections of our youth. If, as has
been estimated, we send three thousand dollars
wear TO the northern seminafieS for the in
sruction Of our own sons: then we must have
five hundred Of our sons jmbj5,Hg opinions and
.';..I-c
r. -, IN
be- beyond remedy" In letter to Mr.. Madi-
son, in reference to the Missouri question, he
declared that Rufus King "a distinguished Fed
eraiistl ''1ras reqdg TO risk the Union for any
'l'"'f y I'S'"trS ~ I'S M p"'59 ~ Po|e', ana
U'[2S''"I "'"S',j 80 l1e "''4 y "' y" d
''''''5' o''"s''", ''e ueI'a',,' 'F 9''s''n 70 o'
mere parry ,r'cA' '''"a' ',e 'eaueFS oi feuFF-
1''a,'' o'.'''T' ~ '"''' s1"',i',S - oo'a'ninS
p'"r' u'YT o''1I4Vu ''rH 'd0' az"
so'o"h OUT another oaLF[l - .''r "i'a'r' i"Fy
are u" "''- d'''aT'dS' % ."V N'''uooS ,re''lS ol
'''F P'opI1 10 1He'' 9,F<S'on q Rn'tteS 0g
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sI'e "''It "Po" '1I" P|f"''p'fs I'e moIoL"y
"eg Co"'a "ersF oofa[M on P/tAcptfS o. fe4er-
""~. nu u"di'E' ms IFIttF 10 "'H' Ia aY-
/ e''r da'e1 November o' 1875 contains ms joag-
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/ aRo me peace o. 1noh'' PToS'Fa'ea me name OF
'ro'ra!'Sn. us v"af'es aoahoonro II thFoogh
shame ana moF'ihea'Ioh, AND NOW CALL THEM
| SELVES HtPVhL.oANS' b@' 'He name aone as
cn17gpA me P't"e5Elf$ are t4e same.
''Ch 'ne Fc''pSe Oh 7G7Fa''Sm' WIN Us; inough
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me meoSD[e o. %"cfr9' ~ ,,-- w / n ~
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