Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-03-22

INTERESTING ONDEECE--SENAT0RS
TDOWB9 AND DAVIS.

IN AEoEolAAG GuhhtoFOA DhrCE oL4li Al NlAso
T0OMB5 AND DAVIS.
WAsHIkGToN, March Il, 1857.
TIE Undersigned are fully aware Of the ooutro-
versy, which some years ago existed between JO1i
and Of the unfriendly feeling or alienation which
it has left behind it
Deeply regrstting q this We have suxious.y
consulted together Ter the means Of resO-ing
kinder ard better relations tetweso you.
Ia our iadgmen,, nothing remains Of your 'o1g
pat controversy that ough. to prrpetUate enmiiy
between you or prevent generous reconciliation
We, your common friends aud fellow Sc. storf,
earnestly advise and desire such Il reconciliation
We bel We that your friends generally desire Il,
snd tat it IS required Of you b public IS well as
by private consid sIatols.
We discard he iGea that any imputstion csn
ever be made On either ofyou for your asss t to
the amicebls settlement which We intend to pro-
posi-. Your known chnrtc;eTs, gentle men, elevate
you far above the daFgsr OF t1e GaT o any suc3
mpJtstiJn
The subject Of your controversy has long since
been disposed of in thePuol.e mind, and neither
OF you can feel that his chara2ter or homer has
thereby been affected. We may so further and
say that the couatry expecas, and viii be grs.i6e5
T. know that your couiroyer y has been amiesbly
settled.
Or proposition tlen il al past controversy
sh III be no more regarded By either Of you-lhar
y hen ycu neet, yol rhsl receive scesi 70, p d
TIA each other as IS common among gsntlem-r.
We earnestly iGvife ard vii confd ally ez
pct the assent Of each OF you TO tbs prop tim.
We hal prof osed this mode of reconci il'icn, 81
besteui'ed, By its frank ess and generous sjmpli
city, 70 your high chsrfc ers and as preferable, 10
all repects, 70 any n'c3 regulations about points
terms.
We knew tat, in thas addressing OF, We ez-
pose ourselves TO the imputation Of oicious inter-
f.rence sad iutermeddhng. We sc3tpt that To-
s. bilily IN TIE hope ofFee melting our friends
We have TO deUbt, however, thst you viii sppse-
ciae and do jastce to our motives.
It can hardly DO necessary, we hope, hH Us to
say shat we have acted in this matter OF cur own
a cfrd snd mot'on, without pro rpdrg from ary
her QUAKER ~aatsv 2.
Cplss o, ths letfsr viii be s.;nCltsu= oa-ly De.
lee-ej 20 each Of you, srd, IS a si3ge liae will
81 flee, ve request and hope to receive your re
spre7e answers within ole hour after he rec iJt
OF tSis. We are, uu.T, Gu; friends &c.
BUrER
]. CRIrTEEDsE
THJs. J. RUsE,
J. N MAsos.
To the Hoe Robert To,mbs and Hon Jefferson
D1vjs.
VA HI>eT *, D O. Mich Il, 1857
Gentlemen Wiz entire cm &c in jour I'd
vice &c ept Jour lr.postOG.
Very uuly your Fl esd,
JEFFER. DAv
Hon A. P. Butler, C,i,,erden. Taoa. J.
R1.k. J. n. MssJa
SiNATs CHAMBER. MsIci y. 1857.
Gestlemea: Your etler dated this day ives
handed to ma this moru-uE by Gen Rusk. / con-
sent to the proposition submitted by you for the
Termination Of the PsTso. al dificllty between
Gen Davis ard myself
Very respectfully, your obsiient servant,
r TooNBs.
Messrs. A P Butter, J. ]. Critteudeu, Thos J.
Risk and j NJ. ha on