New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-23
STATE PAPERS.
LETTER OF GOVERNOR LETCHER OF VIRGINIA.
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 2lst inst. Publishe,

LETTER OF GOVERNOR LETCHER or VIRGINIA.
The Richmond EHgEiyero Of the 2lst inst. publishes
TIE following correspondence:
CEsrRR DEuocIAr OFFICE,
EEuEFoSrg CzNIbE Co, PESs., Nov H. 1870. :
DEAR SIR: Tie present portion of South Carolina
and tie syuIethy manifested for her by many of the
Southern States Il TO some a matter Of amusement.o
Others q matter Of alalm.
Tie di,uIion sentiment, which has been growing
gradually in this country since the notification m 1855
Las at length assumed huge proportions, and, In my
a irion Ills 81 hit Of elton should now be crshed
Ii we are 10 have disuIion, let II come now; we will
ney er be letter allie to gIapre with the monster than
81 the pTeseLt hour. The rapid growth Of ideas and
e1in eits in this country delays dangerous
ii q stability of Government, ana the welfare Of
orr peol le. If We wish to crush an obnoxious doc
tIiIe, We must co 1t q. once, or IL wlii grow 10 DC
formidable ard Ultimately ci.tIact the peace and bar
ruy of tie Government. POyganly Il An example Of
Il il fact, Twenty Yeas ago ana the man who dared
10 mouth disuuion was looked upon askanee, and
summed By lis feOw-c liens traitor now II Is IN
n . month If uiluns aud men, 10 gaping mutiudes,
and in our market places, every day boast themselves
oilmioIists. lie South will never be satisfied until
,be has attempted 10 separate these Staeesooner or
ler that test OF the stability OF our Government must
cone and tie sooner lie better. would rather have
IL danger in the past than III the future Iwentyelgh
L ous OF fieenvn ia the North ready 10 meet dis
NJ ion now and crueh ii the strong man brushes an
ope-fLCl III lis band
Sites cannot reserve the night to secede They are
The pTOIeItY OF TIE Government ltAiS tOot
NJ nanv million. Of dollars, and shall Texas now be
rem ittea 10 walk out Of the Union with those mil
iols Of our money! SupPotc We pay TWO hundred
II I'LL, ms for Cuba one day, shall we permit hcrto 90
out tie UIion the next with these two hundred MIL
crs This doctrine Of the reserved right OF States to
seseCe il preIorteIoue. - .,iI
TLe1e6l le Of the North will never peacefully sub
nit TO he secossi, # tie South. II tie worst comes
10 the wort, Let brother go towar with Dfotnef ana
lit The stronger PARTY take possession Of the choie
Goy,rrn ent. We must hsvenO Southern Conlederacy
no Northern Republic, but Cnton oil " many IN
one" -, -
III con pard In the event OF disuI0n. am at your
seiNice-I will march al q moments warning and II
ne,e,,sry. 1--WE NY lie for The maintenance oil Tue
CCna.tUtiOh and tie CHi0a.
Hold that tie election Of Abraham Lincoln "a no
int ,auee for secession. II is he result OF our systen
5f Government. The majority OF our people nave de-
clgrtd Though T. ballo box that he II their ohoice
al the minority should acqmesee. await your
BeIiey ing you TO be a pure minded statesman and
true LAYER OF your couItry, am, With sentiments OF
-, tr Iv 'vours JAS ). BRlsBIS.
f''H'' '"'"" RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 10, 1860.
SIR: Yesterday morning received your eXtraordi-
natv letter OF tie 18th met. am really al loss 10
uIoeIssrd wlat good end you expected 70 AecolPn'n
Nv tIe tleIa faii,n GIc transmission OF IT TO me-
I'M country 10 deeply ex,ited. Sectional feeling
IT lprs euErene. Tie Union IL seriously threatened
viii CisniItcn. Patriots and conservative men OF al
ftIfs T..
- THINE u lib fearful and alarming approximations
Tla pr,dept com dcrae, rejecting minds Of tlo n'-
tio, ae engaged in lsudabe aud noble efforts 10 asy
~ eycii,6, TT restore confidence and KIND feeling,
.nc,e Ii ifti ting ealsts OF difference anl II possl-
~ tbe nicu from dissolution. II IL at this lime,
a. n uroer suth circumstances, that you send me
Letter deIupCatory OF the motives and CONQUER oil por
lion OF the Southern peO le and which In ITS tone ana
sri i, We II calculated Il boz 1t was not 10 lhtehieu
TO add fuel iame that Is burning win Suncieh'
iuteufiJy
H. your haste to assil yaur Southern felow-cHzens
,ou seem 70 have forgotten hat your own State H. 70
,,.rt 81 lenst responsible for the present al arm
- 81 in rullic affairs II am not greatly mis-
= r. Pennsylvania is one OF The eleven nOn-sLife,
oldrp States which has passed statutes no" Ia llIs
re and eject igntd 10 obstruet TIE eNeeution
ne fulitiNe Slave Law. lLh Il one % 'uo Pito,I
49,. e. vIicI tie Souti eru people have complained
for yeaIs, and although earnest ana re'peelli
10 ..n YGdres,ed % YOU TO remove tnls cause oil IT.
its;on and CONF n,, thOse appeals have passed un
letCed. ,.i a..;-as The
,5t.trty of tic Union, under The Cons tuuVni
i1 10 Won and to the conservative tlelneh Oh tne
Notb Ia aoute Yourselves Vt once anu lhihase 'no
Iro ar reasufes To secure repeal Oi those
'sus Such action The part oil your LeylsLitHo VI"
hive mort harry inhhenee IN rehe i's 'no or
| ! ind ind restoring peace ana qu'e' '"fOue"'D
new ieaIftlly excited cougtry' ,,;LsI ax..r.
Nh So,th a,ks only fCrtLe lair and iunful eAesu'
i'm Il the laws Ias,ed Tor the recovery ana Pr0'ev'n
g ber rru, eity-that you viii ceare 70 einoaI
-, I.rd your aid 10 elect their execution "
a. hitter u1d sIii-thut il ner properly Sniii est'
a. tund In he noL- IL eholGing ~ ues, you WIN
,r,t l. /. tr,uI tly rstOrd 10 tie rghuui o"He,i
s,,ey thert !. hiictsn enough Ia fenr{ .I1' i
| oaber ron--LayeholdiDg SaIeo 10 grant, ~H'' 'A'