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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-10-13

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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-10-13

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Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-10-13

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The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

account StanQS. L MAINTAIN llidt
a more loyal and law abiding
people are not TO be found un>
der the sui than the citizens OF
the southern States are. They
are people jealous Of their
rights. They are, and always
have been, since the formation
of this Government, disposed to
adhere to a strict construction of
the Constitution Of the U. ST.
! They have never interfered with
the domestic institutions Of their
northern brethren. They have
always maintained the great
doctrine Of equality, the equali-
ty ofrights ofthe States and the
equality of the citizens of the
several States of the Union
They have really become the
'watch-dogs Of the constitution
There is no people under the
sun who have sacrificed more
and borne more TO establish and
save this Union than the South
has done, and there has been
no people worse treated than
they have been. Slander, cal-
| umuy, gituperution, have been
heaped upon them for many
years, all of which they have
borne fot the sake OF the Union.
Their soil has been invaded, -
their citizens murdered, their
property stolen and carried a,
way. The constitution Of her
country has not been respected,
compromises totally d'sregard-
ed; all these wrongs they have
borne to save the Union. They
love the Union as it was given
to them by their fathers. They
have labored with great yea
-A"L aa ability unsurpassed -in
the counsels of the nation, tc
. save it from the hands Of those
who know no other interest
than that Of their own.
The south turned her face
against the de!usion of the
American system an continued
her efforts until it is now regar.
ded as an exploded theory. -
EThis system was not only op-
pressive upon the great agricul-
tural interest Of the country but
was said 10 be by many of her
best men unjust as well as un-
constitutional upon that question
South Carolina raised an issue
with the Federal Government
and upon that issue raised Con-
GEES repeal'd the oppressive act,
his being the only threatend
resistance to Federal authority
on the part of any Of the South
ern states that Irecollect. The
bold stand taken by South Car
olinia brought the Federal Gov
erment to correct principles.
Even the men who. introduced
the bills in each House of Cons
gress to repeal this law that had
become so odious to the South,
did themselves immortal honor.
The sDGrlI will l am sure stand
by the union as long as the prin-
ciples of the Constitution are
maintained. A Constitutional
Union size wants; ;butnot aUnion
with the constitution destroyed.
Who would be Tor the Union
when the higher law doctrine
prevails ? Or who could be for
Plhe Union when the Black Re.
publicans rule with their ''irre-
preside conflict doctrine =
heobject of the South basbeen
always, as we'll as conservative
men elsewhere, 10 save the gov
ernment from rhe.handG of those
moon stricken fanatica, men OF
the North, and their eIsemies of
: the South. The course of the
North toward the South has
been very different. 1t has not
ibaen eurh as she ha1 . r;cbt 10
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31
Col E. J. Armstrong; Reply ts
II. q. Peirpoins, Esq,
PRUNTVTowN, Va.
March 2lst. go.

l. II. Sh ES3 IL
PauNrvTowN, Va. }
March 2lst. go.
+. H. PE1RpolNT, Esq.
Your7e,tsr ofthe lst FEB,
reached me ,hro' the columns Of
the "Visitor," of the 10th OF
that month. | have been COM
PEELED by stern necessity TO de-
Jay my answer until the present
/ would have been pleased to
have answered ii al the llme l
first read it. Your "qaalltlca'
tions by nature as well as your
requirements" give you the
command OF such beautiful and
ehasts language, that you not
only interest the reader but "a
muse yourself. Your figures OF
speech are very extravagant, the
use Of which will lily entltle
YOU 10 the respect of gentlemen.
Such terms as Hasses,p "whip-
ped puppies y ''braying," &c.
litter tarcughoutTeur whole
letter in such beautiful "meta-
phorical confusion," that no one
will be at a loss to appreciate
your "quaI6cations by nature"
as well as your literary attain
ments, and will readily agree
that YOU are so skilled in warfare
that no one is injured but your
;seli. | cannot get my consent
10 attempt that beauty and ele-
gance OF style that marks your
letter throughout. Were | to
make the attempt | am sure
Should fail. | hope, then, sir:
YOU will be pleased TO receive
this communication, written in a
plain manner and permit me-
10 present for your consideration
a few plain nnTarnished uuths.
/ regret to be drawn into a
controversy with any one, and
more especially do l regret to be
drawn into one, with a gentIe>
man who has so little sell-re-
spec, as you have.
You are entirely responsible
for this controversy. You COM
menced it, you say, for the pur-
pose ofdesroying me in the es-
timalion OF my friends. How
deprayed ard envious must be
ahe mind that is unwilling that a
man may enjoy Ike co"sao"oc
Of his friends; and how Jealous
must be that heart which is un>
willing that a man may have
friends! am reminded oEthe
fox that was caught in a trap
and lost his tail !; his great OBJ
iect was, when he found him
self in that condition, TO get all
Others to conform TO the same
fashion. How far you may sue
ceed in your base and unhal-
lowed pnrpose in etfectIng my
destruction, | am willing that
the SEXUAL may show. And if
it shall turn out with you as ii
did with "Haman," and you
are hung en- your own gallows,
don't blame ne.
In your first letter you bro't a
charge against me, which, | be-
leived, was false, which | de-
MED, and expected that you
would either attempt 10 prove or
take back your uncandid !nSin>
uation; neither Of which have
you done; but YOU replied
with the most illeberel, ungen-
tlemanly abuse,-unequaled in
lotC, dirty vulgarity, and re>as>
scr, inc same charge, and at
tempt 10 justify it by the mis-
construction OF the language
contained in my "Card." How
silly! do you think any saae
man believes me to be a disun-
ionist: You also re-assert the
same statement in your last let
ter that you did in your first in
relation to your,speech that you
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

Traitor to the South as we'll as
that you are in the service ofthe
Black republican party. If you
lived in China, Mr.. Peirpoint,
your house would be "palnted
black as an emblem ofthe black
ness ofyour heart;;" but here the
punishment is more severe upon
sLanderers! and the "slow finger
of scorn" will be pointed at you
wherever you go, with this re-
marE-there goes the big bellied
slanderer from Fairmont!
Before you will be able to do
the South, the democratic party,
or the humble individual who
now addresses you, any serious
injury, with your tongue or pen,
you must first satisfy the people
that you are gentlemen, ,&that
you are not a traitor TO thesouth,
a slanderer, nor a demagogue.
70 do this, you had better put
yourself at once upon probation,
for it will take as long if not
longer to establish these facts
than you required in 1855 that
a foreigner should remain in
this country before voting.
You have introduced into
your letter the inequality that
exists between the eastern and
western sections Of Va, for the
purpose no doubt of prejudicing
the minds of those who hold no
slaves against those who do
There is 70 one in eastern or
western Virginia who knows
any thing about our Constitu-
ton, but knows that there is not
a fair distribution ofthe powers,
as we'll as the taxes between
the two sections they also
know that the fo.&sent &c .--;:;~-
ton of the state was adopted as
a compromise, and that it ap-
proximates much nearer to a
fair distribution of justice to the
west than the old one did, and
they know further that the COM
promise upon the "Basis"
question only will continue un-
ill 1865; and further, taat the
present Constitution was adopt
ed principally by western votes,
the east generally going against
it. The west will hardly COM
plain OF it now until after 1865,
having voted to adopt it. At
that time the Legislature will re-
apportion representation in both
houses upon the "suffrage basis
and if they fail to do that, the
Governor is required to submit
the question Of the basis to the
voters Of the State, and | sup
pose no one believes any other
''basis" will be adopted than the
sssufrage basis" 1t is the opins
ion of the east so far as l know
that there is as much safety in the
House of Delegates as in the
Senate. When both houses Of
the Legislature shall be repre-
sented upon the suffrage basis
| have no doubt but another
Convention will be called, and
it will be organized upon
population and not upon
persons and property as the
last one was. There are several
other amendments also required
to be made in our present con-
stitution, as we'll as that of taxS
alton.
] had as well state here,
for your benefit, that the repre-
sentation in the H. of Del. has
been upon the suffrage basis''
since 1851, aud that it had am
pie power to check-mate the
Senate Notwithstanding this,
about one-halfof the present in
debtedness Of the State has been
created since that time. And
while this has been done do you
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

OF the slave hoiderS!" lou may
however settle this Question OF
censure with them. "Thon canst
not say l did it." | feel salts
fed that you had no other object
in view in introducing this subs
ie,t into your letter, than to ar>
ray the non-slave holder against
the slave holder. The peculiar
manner in which you have in>
trceluced this subject warrants
this opinion. Do you believe
there ever was a man of correct
principles who would state this
subject and discuss it as you
have done? No, sir; no. Your
object has been 10 play the part
of a demagogue, and this you
have done aveM And if you
cannot "see yourself as others
see you," you may be assured
the people will understand you.
What do you care for the labor
ing class? What do you know
about labor? Has not the peo-
pie of Marion sustained and
kept you, and what have you
given them in return? II you
can single out one species OF
property and destroy it,why can
you not single out another and
destroy it, also, until you have
destroyed all? Why not un-
mask yourself, and tell the peo-
pie what your real object ?
and no: strive to make false i'm
presslons. 2.
Your disposition to act
tn e part Of a busy body and
to meddle with other mems al
fails is very great. You say
that ''your counsels have been
to The freemen Of the west Tor
.:anres ,>oct ,,n., nrr".rla";~tn .
dollar to works OF internal lm>
provements," &c. They have
disregarded your "counsels''
and gone on in their own way
and made appropriations from
year TO year. And now what
will you do? you ought not to
get mad about it, and abuse
every body because your" "coun-
sells" were not needed; be calm;
recol!ect, the people do not re-
gard your "counssls' as being
very valuable. You ought to
remember that you got the place
OF counsel some years ago for
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
and in very summary way you
were displaced, and another
gentleman Of your town appoin>
ted. Was it for want of capac-
ity TO represent the interest of
that company that you were
displaced? or was it for the want
ola disposition to do them JUS
tics? "You are a better judge
of this than | am.o And a.
gan, you ought to expect that
"fIeemen' will do as they please,
and ifthey disregard your'coun-
selS don't become furious about
it. ! don't think it at all strange
tlnF Your "counscls'' are tisres
gaFaed; remember, you have
nov become the distinguished
"counsepo Of the underground
railroad.
You have assumed to yours
sell the right to give tone and
character to public sentiment in
this part of Virginia. This is a
very great assumption TO- you,
and unless your uonity and your
ercitG5le nature, together with
your wavering Inconsistencies be
evidence of your qualifications,
and the want Of knowledge OF
what constitutes a gentleman,
demonstrate your fitness, your
assumption will be in vain, your
only Distinguishing traits of
character being imprudence,a land
a want Of Common sense"
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

whom such meh as you have
not said a word; aad there is
There row a powerful and dan
gerous party, who has become
"fanatical in their Legislation,
in their courts cf justice. and
in their religion" who are now
endeavorlng to destroy the CONS
promises of the constitution.
John Q.Adams said in lsO9in
a letter to Mr.. Giles and others
referring 10 the threatened re.
slslance Of the Legislature and
Judiciary Of Massachusetts,
"that to que!l that resistance
if force should be resorted to by
the government it would pro-
duce a civil war; and in that
; event, he had no doubt but the
leaders Of the party will secure
the cooperation with them of
Great Britain, their object was
and had been for several years,
a dissolution OF the Union, and
the establishment ola separate
confederacy, he knew from un~
equivocal evidence.'' You see
he Was not mistaken in relation
to the threatened danger,b ,butthe
disaffectlon was much greater
than he anticipated. Look to
the action of the New En- gland
States in the Hartford conven~
ton i'll 1914, and the action of
the states after that Convention,
and tell me if they were not
guilty, of .F'moral treason.'-
Their object was resistance to
the war, and 10 refuse to furnish
their quote Of men, and in the
Language Of Mr.. Adams, ''to
idismember what they could not
sway and to form new confed-
eracy to be under the glorious
shelter Of British protection" "
From that. day to this that party
has been increasing in numbers,
they have desired to have the
control of the government; pow
er they have disired above every
other consideration, and they
have succeeded in building up a
dangerous party. Not content
with her rapid increase Of pop
ulation and wealth, in 1920
she attempted and did succeed
in making the Territory lying
north of $50 30 free Territory.
This was injustice to the south;
and this act alarmed the patriots
of the country more than any
thing else that has been done,
and the effect of establishing
that line could not be more
.. clearly told by the Father of
his country if he was now alive
than it was told in his farewell
address to the American peo-
pie, Hear what MIR. jefferson
sald,"' ,"'But this momentous guess
ton like fire bell in the night,
awakened and filled me with
terror" | considered it at once
as the death knell of the Union.
1t is hushed indeed for the mo-
ment. But this is a reprieve
only, not a final sentence. A
Geographical line coinciding
with a marked principle-mor-
al and political, once con-.
ceivsd and held up 10 the angry
passions OF men will mark it,
deeper and deeper" Again he
says, "l regret that l am now
to die in the belief, that the USE
less sacrifice of themselves, by
the generation Of l776, to acquire
selt-government and happi-
ness to their country, is to be
thrown away by the unwise and
unworthy passions of their sons;
and tha. ny only consolation is
t to I; be that l 1--we not to weep over
The South always regarded
this line ae heino nniuct ond do,
The family visitor. [volume] (Pruntytown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1858-1860, 1860-03-31

dalneQ tnat, IA you Cudi So 'i0
guilt of a ,osak, vaia and exclt>
able man "upon him anu permit
him to tell his own stories in
e.rtensO, that he will weave
such a web OF Inconsistencies
and falsehood as to detect ham
SELF" In this belief | have not
been mistaken. | knew when
l charged you with being a
"traitor, black republican and
ylemagogue" that YOU would
convict yourself. I knew you
were weak as we'll as vain. 1t is
remarkable that you have neve"
yet engaged in a cause that yoI3
have not injured;-time has no'
made any improvements upon
you. Your ambition and your
hopes have been so frequently
disappointed, that it has begot
in you such desire for revenge
that you cannot permit your
wickedness from becoming more
perceptable than your charity.
Your first object being my des-
lruction, you have had recourse
to a variety Of statements,-
such, that "a number of gentle
men have told me they thought
you incapable OF, though | did
not. One Of your dark lnslna-
ations is as to the hest mode oi
preventing negrnes from run
ming away. This allusion was
to make the impression, that
had treated mine badly, and
thereby justify them in running
away, and censuriu9 me for
their bad treatment. No re-
spectacle man in this communi-
ty will bear you out in this ass
sertlon. You say that you have
been told by "good men and
siaNe iIUiJcls 20 treat them iH a
kind, christian-like manner" )"
then you close the sentence in
this ungentlemanly way: (asyo
shall see): " that (I) you are a
better Judge OF thisremedy than
(you) | am" | heard that my
negroes passed through your
town when they were running
off. Did they tell you they had
been badly treated' you are
a better judge Of this than | am"
| heard also thay there Was a
white man with them
when they passed Mr.. Snider's,
near Morgantown. Who this
was, / dent kno1c. | also heard
when | got into Pennsylvania,
4 report was circulated that |
never owned a negro-that |
was there to kidnap some that
had been emancipated. Who
started this report perhaps you
"are a better Judge than | am"
When | saw this statement a.
bout the best mode Of prevent
ing negroes from running away,
| was fully satisfied then, that
you were a mere instrument
employed to SANDER me, and as
to the amount you are to get for
dong it, "you are a better
Judge than / am"
You say l "belong to the
party that lives by the niger,
swears by the niger, and will
know no other interest than that
of the niger owners interest"
And again, you say that l am
for high taxes, and when a men,
Der ofthe board Of public works
| "dogged the members OF the
Legislature from this section OF
the State to vote for approprla-
tions in slave districts" These
charges are so ridiculous that it
is only necessary TO mention
them 10 refute them. If any
man of respectable standing in
the community, and being a
man of character for truth would
prefer these charges against me,
/ would regard him as a calums
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1860-09-29
Mr.. Douglas OH the Tariff:

The telegraph having given very con-
fused and inaccurate account of some re-
marks made by Mr. Douglas at Reading,
Pa, on the tariff, the republican papers
with their usual avidity to pervert and fall
sify his position, have seized upon the cir
cumstance to charge him with inconsisten-
cy. a full report Of his speech, however,
having appeared in the Philadelphia Press,
we copy the following from it, being all he
said on the subject of the tariff, and by
which it will be seen that his remarks on
the occasion referred to accord in every
sense and particular with the views he has
| always expressed, and with the Democrat
ic creed:
"Who can deny that for the last four
or five years congress has utterly failed to
! perform the duties for which it was crea-
ted Any of you feel al interest in any
great measure Of legislation may inquire
of your senators AID your representatives
/ when they return home, what became of
/ your bill, and they will tell you it wa, lost
! for the want Of time; and when you ask
them why it was that congress had not
/ time to attend to that measure, they are
bound to tell you that the slavery question
/ occupied the whole session, and so there
was no time left for other business Take
the question Of revenue as an illustration:
For the last four or five years the expen-
dtures of this government have averaged
about S2OOOJ0O0 u year over and above
the income Whenever proposition has
been brOu hi into congress TO increase the
tariff up to the grade Of expenditure, or
. 70 lt.. n no
rac, Of the revenue, you find that the sla'
very question becomes the point Of discus
sion and the bill is lost at the end OF the
session for want of time. The conse
puence has been that, Just as the session
is abou- expiring, congress has been com
PEELED TO pass law borrowing S20,OU1OJu
more money, or issuing twenty millions
more of the treasury notes, to make az
the deficiency in the treasury. Nov LEI
me ask the people of Pennsylvania II they
expect 10 ever get the question OF the tar
1T revised ana considered unless they first
drive this slavery question out OF Congress
Every interest you have connected with
the revenue ard with the tariff Is sacrificed
by this eternal agitation OF the negro
question.
. undertake 10 say that 10 statesman
can defend, Tor single moneut. the policy
OF Speeding twenty millions OF dollars {
year over and above the income. Iou
must do one Of two things. You mus
either increase the revenue or diminish
the expcnd.turas.-The democratic creed
on this subject understand to be this
that we must maintain tariff which vii
raise revenue enough to de:!Uy the cZpeu
di:ures OF the government, economically
administered, and ~ MI: manner Te mus
fi1v5sl.l MI -}- y.-..a--,.. T.. 1 f.E-r 5.rIsts.-