, 1861-07-30
Another Expose Of 1li8 Plans of tho
Mtssour1 EraltorH.

JEFFERSON C1TY, July 13.
Enclosed eend you the following conffden-
editor Of the delurct State Jour7sal, which was
seiztd in the Office OF tie latter. II was hand
cd to me for publication. It is in Jackson's
OWL handwriting, Of which I have taken
careful copy. Gov. jackson little dreamed
when be wrote this, that 1t would ever be ex-
posed to The public eye as glarlng evidence
Ct treason and trsacheTy. But the letter
speaks for itself:
LETTER OF GOVERNOR JACKSON.
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
JEFFERSON CITY, April 2S 1851
j. n. Tucker, Esq.:
DEAF SIR: write this note in confidence
and under q state Of mind very peculiar. I
know not when hare been SO deeply morti.
fitd as on yesterday, When I read the leading
me Q lew days elnce, when passing on his way
to st. Louis. We had sn interview Of ten
minutes. not mosc. 1t vas strictly private
and confidential
Neither TIES at liberty to repeat what the
other said, much less was either licensed to
other. Gov. Price asked me what thought
as to the time Of calling the Convention;
tod bin net to be in q hurry, but to wait till
tie Legislature met, and to be here at that
time. 50 that We could consult with the mem
be1s from all parts Of the State, and fix upon q
proper time; that in my judgment, tee Should
not 90 out Of TIC I,io,, ztntu Tic Legislature had
fine to arm TO some eItet, aud place II III pro-
fxr position ef defence.
This was, in substance, tie sum total o. all /
taid to him.
If il be tie purpose Of Pascball aud Price to
make ne indorse the position Of the Repn6Ii-
can, and the 1niseratly base and ccwarAly cen
duct Of Gov. Pr;cc's Submission Convention,
then they are woiul1y mistaken.
lsshcd and driven as they have been by an
Indignant ard outraged constituency from
their position Of uuconditional Uniun, they
arc nuw seeking shelter under the miserable
absn1lity Of "armed neutrality."
/ do not think Missouri should 6ccede to-
Cay or tomorrow : but do not think it good
policy that should publicly go disclose. 7
want little TO arm The State, aud am as:
sumfng every responsibility to do it with all
dispatch. Missouri should act in concert with
Tennessee aud Kentucky. They arc all bound
My Judgment Is tlat Sort6 Carolina, Tennes.
ste and Arkansas will all go out in u few days,
and when they go, Missouri should tolloM!
LIT Ns, thezs, prxpa'e to make orr crit We
should Keep cur OWL connse1s. Every man
in the State is in favor Of armlng the State.
1ken let it be done. all arc opposed TO fur
nishfrg Mr.. Lircoln With soldiers. Time will
ecttlc the balance. Nothing should bc said
about The lime or the manner in which Mis-.
sour! should go out. That she ought to go,
and viii go at the proper time, have no
doubt, She ought to hare gone oat last win
ter, when she con1d have seized the public
arms and public property and have defended
herself This she has failed to dc, and must
now wait q little While,
Paschal1 is a base snnrissionist and desires
10 remain in the North il every other slave
State should go out This he proved in In
dorsipE all those who yoted against Bast's
amendment. The people Of Missouri. I must
think, understand my position. Paechall
Knows the people ere twenty to one against
him, aud hence he thinks to drag me into his
sid aud support. You should denounce his
eourse and expose his baseuess.
To frighten our people into the most s1avish
position, he paraies before THIN from day to
makes it ont thouaand times worse than It
| really il. Missouri can put into the field to-
| day twenty thousand men better armed than
| our fathers were, who won our Independence.
II lyon can, would be very glad to see yon
here On Tuesday evening. 7 hope you Til1
fully comprehend my whoae policy, and with.
out undertaking to shadow # forth spccincal'
| " or in detail. only ask that you viii de
tend me from the false position in which Pos.
c1au and Price seem disposed to place me.
Call On every country paper to defend me, aud
| assure them an fighting under the true flag,
| Hho does not knoa0 that t.t7y sympathy Of ~.
heart Is NTH the South? The Legislature ID
my view ehon1d sit In secret session and
touch nothing but the measures Of defense.
Let the measures Of Messrs. Sturgeon, Pas
! chel1, Taylor & Co., in regard to their rail
roads, all 90 by the board. I have not the pa
| titnce or the time to ta1k Of such matters
now. Let us first preserve our liberties, mt
! atteRd to business af1airs atterward. Let nj
| our energies and a11 our means be applied tt
| our defense and safety,
| Ehyernrr af kfieso,sr3