Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-08-20

/ Is not laru tn predict WHAT VIII Dc tHe SOult
| of the eX minister under such guidance.
The Dying Testimony of senator Douglas.
! The National InteIligencer has receiYedtrom
a friend of the late senator Douglas, the fol-
lowing copy of letter from him on the state
of the country, written a short time before
his death:
CHICAGO, Friday, May 10, 1861.
My DEAR SIR :Being deprived of the
use Of my arms for the present by a severe
attack rheumatism, am compelled 10 avail
myself of the services Of an amanuensis in
reply to your two letters.
1t seems that some Of my friends are unable to
comprehend the difference bet,Deen arguments used
in fdgor Of an equitable compromise, Nth the hope
Of aUerting the horrors of ,odr, and those urged
in support OF the government and the flag of
our country, ,chen ,cdr is being caged against the
United States Nth the duowed purpose Of produc.
ing permanent disruption Of the Union and a
total destruction of its government
All hope of compromise with the cotton
states was abandoned when they assumed the
position that the separation Of the Union was
complete and final, and that they would never
consent to a reconstruction in any contingent
cy-not eUen i tve Voud furnish them Icih blank
sheet of paper and permit them TO iascrbe their
OUn terms.
Still the hope was cherished that reasonable
and satisfactory terms of adjustment could be
agreed upon with Tennessee, North Carolina,
and the border states, and that whatever terms
would prove satisfactory to these loyal states
would create a Union party in the cotton
states, which would be powerful enough at
the ballot box to destroy the revolutionary
government, and bring those states back into
the Union by the voice of their own people.
and south, and was never abandoned until war
was levied at Charleston and the authoritative
announcement made by the revolutionary gov
eminent al Montgomery, that the secession
flag should be planted upon the walls of the
capitol at Washington, aud a proclamation is
sued iRciting the pirates Of The Corid TO prey upon
the commerce Of the United States.
These startling facts, in connection with the
boastful announcement that the Iavages of
war and carnage should be quickly transferred
from the cotton fields Of the south to the
wheat field and corn fields of the morrill, fur,
nish conclusive evidence that it was the tred
purpose Of the SeceSSionistS utterly TO destroy the
government Of our Fathers and Oblterdte the Uni
ted States from The map Of the worlt
In view of this state OF facts there ,cdS but
one path of duty left to patriotic nen. 1t was not
party question, nor Il question involving par
tisan policy; 1t acdS a question Of government or
| no government country or no country; ana hence
| it became the imperative duty OF every Union
every friend OF constitutional liberty, TO rally
| to the support of our common country, its goUern-
ment and flag, as the only means OF checking
the progress of revolution and of preserving
the Union of States.
am unable to answer your questions in re-
spect to the policy of Mr.. Lincoln and cabinet
l am not in their confidence, as you and the
whole country ought to be aware. am nei
Their the supporter OF the partisan policy nor
the apoloeist of the Administrations NV pre-.
| yious relations TO them remain unchanged ::
but trust the time 7oW ne,er come acen shall not
be piino 10 make anu ngedjt sacrifice of personal
feeling and pary Doiicy fg The honor and iateqyitv
of mi country.
Know of no mode in which loyal citizen
NAV so well demonstrate his devotion TO his
country as nv sustaining the fac the constitu.
tim. and the Union. under ali circumstances
and nnder every ADMINISTRATION. REGARDLESS of
,,orty noLt;cs oo6;nst IN nssn;Iauts nj bome and
nbya1d The course of CLAW and Webster
towards the administration of Jackson. in the
DAYS of nnllifration presents noble and
worthy examnIe for all trpe patriots AT the
very moment when that fearful crisis was
precipitated upou the country. partizan strife
hptwaan who's and den,ocrats was ouite as
bitt and rolentless as now b,tween democrats
and renubicans
The gulf which separated marty leaders in
those davs was ouite ms broad and deep as
that which now senarates the democracy from
the rennhlicans KIT he mon,ert an eneu,v rose
IN orr midst pIottino the Acknowledgement of the
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