, 1861-05-22

Il friend of Senator Dougln has handed n
for publication espy Of tho following letter
from hiza On tho stAto Of The country:
- EHlolao, Asy ID, 1sai.
III DnAa sn !: Being deprived Of tho uae Of
MI srrns for the present By sewers stack Of
rIs11n3ttsn. am eompalled to aEan InJse1fof
-thexsrviees of N aznanuens1s tn'zepaJ to your
/! t seerns that kone Of my tiands ara unable
to comprehend the difference between ar8us
tse, With the hope Of aTertdng the horrors OF
war, and thoss urged Ia support OF the Coy
eminent and Qsg Of cur oautsy, When w2r u
being wased sgsirst the United 8tstes With
the ayoWed parpofe Of producing permanaat
diSruption Of tho Union and total destruc.
All hope Of compromise With the Cotton
etatcs VISA abandonsd when thsJ assumed the
petition thst tho Eepafatfon Of tho Union WAS
complete and final, and that they would never
cortensto rcconEtTuetton In any conttnGen-
cJ-not eyen Il nc would furnish them With
blnk1hett Of paper and par1nts them to In
scribe their own terms.
BtIl the hope Was cherished That reasonable
ard Satisfactory terms OF adjustment could he
sg1ced upon with Tennesste2 North Carollus,
and the Border States, and that Whatever
Suites wonld creatb Union party in the Cot
ten States which would be powerful enough
At The bal!ot-box to destroy the revolutionary
Government, and bring those States back into
tie Union By the yoes q t9fF f, orn PSsop1s;,
snd South, and was never abandoned until ac-
tnal war mas levied at Charleston, and tho an
tbcrltatiYe announcement made By the rero-
lutioEary Government At Montgomery, tn2s
The secession fag should bo planted upon thc
walls Of tho CErito1 at Warrington, and
proclamation Issued inviting the pirates Of tbs
world to prey npon tho commerce Of the
United States.
These startliDg fscts taken In connexion
with the bcasttul announcement that the raw
tfa1 s:c11ed from The Gotten fields Of the south
to the wheat felLs and corn feld3 Of the North,
1or1ish conclusive evidence that It Nas tho
fixed purpose Of the eecessfonists utterly to
deet1oy the Government OF our Eathera snd
obltterate the United s!atea from tho map Of
the werld-
In yicw Of this state Of Gacts there was but
one path Of 0uty left to patriotic men, 1t was
net party Question, nor question involving
partisan po:icy; It WAS question Of Govern
meat CT no Government, country or no coGu-
try; AND hence It became the imperative duty
ucual liberty, to rally to the support OF our
common country, Its Government and n.g, Is
tie cn}y means Of checking the progress Of
evolution and ofprezerEing the Union Of the
lam unable to snswer yorr questions in re-
met. I I'm not In their confidence, a. you and
the whole country ought to be aware. I atu
neither the supporter Of the partisan policy
nor the apo!ogist for the errors OF the Admia-
istrauon. Ny prcr1crs relations to them re-
msin unchanged; but I trust the tins will
never come wien shall not be willing to
ms ke any neediul sacrifice Of personI feeling
SID party policy for the honor and integrity Of
MY country.
1 know Of no mode by which a loyal citizen
may 20 well demonstrate his devotion to his
country Is By sustaining the Flss, 7 th' ; Gonstl-
stances, and under every Administration, IRE
gardlesa OF party politice,} against all assau
ante, at fome and abroad. The course ot
Clay and Webster towards the Administration
cf Gen. jackson, in the days OF Nulli1cation,
presents 1oble and worthy example for ali
true Patriots. At the very moment when that
fearful crisis Was precipitated upon the coUa-
Try, partisan striio between Wings and Demo-
erals was quite rs bitter and relentless as now
bttHeen Democrats md Republicans. The
gulf which separated party leaders in those
oaJ 8 Eas quite 80 bread and deep as that
Which now separates the Democracy from tho
Republicans. But the moment an enemy rose
in our midst, plotting the disnemberment Of
the Union and the destruction Of Government,
the voice Of partlsal strife was hushed In pa
trioic silence. One vi the brightest c1apt3rs
in the history Of our country viii record the
lact that during this eyentfal period the great
leaders Of the Opposition, sinking the partisan
in the patriot, rx.hed to the support Of the
Government, aud became its ,ablest and bray
est defenders against all assailants until the
conspiracy was crushed and abandoned, when
they resumed thti1 former positions as party
leaC ere upon political issues.
Theee acts Of patriotic deyotlon hare never
been deemed evidences of infdel1ty or politi-
cal tre&chery, on the part Of Clay and Web
| ster, to the principles and organization Of the
old Whig party. Nor hare any apprehension
| that the tTm aud unanimous support which
,he Democratic leaders aud names are now
| giving to the Constitution snd tho Union will
ever be deemed evidences Of inldelity to
Democratic principles, or want Of loyalty to
| the organization and creed Of the Democratic
party. II we hope to regain and pe.petrate
! the ascendaney ct our party, We should never
| forget that 4 man cannot be 4 true Democrat
| unless be ls loyal Patriot.
With the sincere hope that these, my eonfei-
| entious convictions, may coincide with those
OF my friends, an, very truly, Joqrs,
6TkPH1N 4. DOUGLAS.
| To VIRGIL H1CKoI, Eaq.,
Chairman State Democratic COMMITTEE.