Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-12-28
Extract from Lieut.. MauFy to General
-..bt.l Harding.

t5t4 Harding.
Gen, HARDING has furnished us with the follow
INC extract from recent letter of Lieut.. MEuRY.
We have but little faith now in any efforts to pre-
serve the Union. No Southern State will accept
less in respect to the Territory than is proposed by
Senator CRIrrESDEx. We believe that New Jersey
and very large majority of the AntiRepubcans
in the other Northern States would grant this to u.s.
But the action Of the Black Republican Senators AMI
REPRESENTATIVES,, the tone of the Black Republican
uress and people all Enthusiastically indicate that the
South must and shall be declared Infamous and
eluded from the common property unless We will
agree to go there upon the same footing with the
free negro of the North, or the runaway of the
South: aas
I agree in sentiment with the thinking men of the
country that the present difficulties between the
sections must be settled in the Union if we can, out
of it If we must also hold that the feeling at the
South is greatly to prefer any plan which Will Sc
cure to us our right in the Union, TO any arrange
ment for going out of it in search of them. The
DIan of which speak and which is on foot, is for
New Jersey 70 undertake the Office of mediator be
tween the sections; to send her commissioners to
She people of Alabama and Mississippi assembled
with their sovereignties in convention and there to
ask for statement of the terms and conditions on
which they will be coutent to remain IN the Union.
In reDlv to this REQUEST the Southern people too
generous and have too much selfrespect to ask
anything of the North which they in like cir
cumstances would not be willing to give. As
socn therefore as the mediator can get
a statement from the aggrieEed party as to what
Uould he satisfactory 10 them she will lay the RHi-
,pain of the South before our sister States of the
North asking a respectful and attentive considera-
tiOn of the same and suggesting that those States
that are willing to accede TO the terms proposed, in
struc their Senator's and request their Representa-
t,ves in Congress- to 90 for bill Incorporating the
terms of sucn ,tlDtdtlHn amendments TO the Con-
stituton to be thence referred back TO the States
according TO its provisions, for adoption. Thus.
New Jersey will have the honor of eicIting from
the people in their sovereign capacity the terms on
which new lease on time is to be acquired for the
Union She will have the honor OF presenting TO the
quiet men of the country, North and South, some
thing tangible for them TO go upon-somethng
around which they can rally, and by which the Fed
eral machinery may be re-adJusted and brought
again into beautiful working order.
New Jersey is the only one of the old thirteen,
North of Mason and Dixon's line, whose statute
hook has never been blurred with any act of I'M
friendly legislation towards the South : and she
occupies the proud position of having been al
WAYS faithful to the Constitution true 10 herself
and mindful of the rights OF her sister States
Such, hastily sketched, are the outlines of plan
that is under way not here but in the State of New
Jersey So you see if that gallant little State viii
only step forward quickly and at once, We may
both breathe more freely and sing out all's well"
In haste, yours truly, M. r. MAURY.
Gen. w. G. HARDING, Belle Meade, near Nashville,
Tenn.