Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1860-02-04
LETTER FROM ROBERT J. BRICK.
lNRIDGE, TO JOHN C. BRECK.
lNRIDGE. Nj

ANANAD0Gs
The Louisville Journal contains letter
over three columns in length, addressed by
DR.. Robert J. Breckenridge, Of Kentucky
to Hon. John c. Breckenridge Of the United
States. As political paper it is calm and
|d'gnified and patriotic in its sentiments. In
a literary point Of view, it is as the jourua!
pronounces it, a magnificent production y
zone Of the most remarkable displays o.
the most remarkable men Of the age" I,
is national in sentiment, nohle in its pat
riotism, impartial and wise in its views, and
calculated, BY its earnest warm, clear style
|of argument and address to throw oil upon
the troubled waters Of politics, and create q
counter action to partisan passions and Sec
tional predjudices. 1t is the production Of a
statesman and patriot-not mere politician
The preservation of the Union he regards a,
the great end and aim Of our glorious nation.
atty. AS an old man he, says !:
I am not ashamed to confess the depth o,
my love for my whole country. and the min.
|gled sorrow and indignation with which
witness every attempt to weaken amongst
the people, the sense Of what we owe to the
mother Of US all. No people did ever any
thing glorious who did not believe in God,
who were not faithful TO oaths, and who did
not love their country. When I. reflect
on what God has already done for us, and
already done by US, for His own glory and
for the advancement of the human race:
whom ]. consider. what our position and in
duence among the nations Of the earth must
be when we become a nation Of hundred
millions; when try to appreciate the ne.
cessity of just such power on earth, and
the majesty Of its benefcient and irresistible
exercise, my very heart throbs with over.
powering joy and exultation that such q
destiny is reserved for my people-that
such refuge and inheritance is kept in
store for man. I thank God continually
that the dust Of my ancestors lningles with
this soil; that the hands Of my kindred
have labored on these sublime monuments;
that the valor Of my friends was part Of the
cost by which all has been secured !: and that
the lot Of the inheritance of my posterity
appertains to such land and such people.
Az for the South, taken in its widest sense,
God has cast my lot there, and have
been loyal to her oil the more loyal that
havebeen neither blind to her errors nor ignor
ant other perils. As for Kentucky, iflhave
left undone anything I could have done for
her honor, her interest or ber glory, she
knows how joyfnllyl would redeem that
omission But still I love my country still
I am an American citizen and / deny with
aplifled hands. the right Of any Court, any
President. any State OF any combination 81
States under heaven, to abolish from amongst
men that highest Of all human titles.
have worn it Is . crown I'll my days on
earth. and implors you, by our common
blood and common name, BY al tho love 80
many noble hearts bear for you, and oil the
hopes they cherish concerning you, 80 to &C
|qmt yourself in this day Of trial and rebuke,
that you shall hear that title proudly, long
after my gray hairs are under the green
sod. $50. s.1r ,....s,4