New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-02

,a1e Of Virginia apf SCUM Chfoht am nDt S''u s''o
@sn,.nt OF even the Seeeseionifts Of onf state
IN, Bosgo5 War has been requested 70 pcoish
dino following letter from Mr.. Cbarlee II. Foster, who
- one of The Union members Of Congress recently
.is,ted IN North Carolina The letter received by
q gentleman 10 New-York:
elLlssun. ". c., Aug. 10. 1861;
nv pah slR;-I wae elected 10 Congress from thls
state bv ge vote, on the lst inst. that being the
aav Jesfenated by statute Of North Carolina, the
repeal % which, together with the abrogaion oi All
the legislative acts as well as cOnsiuoua provisions,
recognizing the Federal Goyerngent, we, shs I'i'I
msn of this Commonwealth, consider null and void.
shall claim my seat Decembernex az Will also oner
gentlemen chosen Representatives by the loyal GU
aeps Of other disrits Tbs vote received IN my 9is'
hic on the l2th Of June last, was thrown upon day
NOT nsmed ~ any statute; and although 10 accordance
| with NV suggestion, was not seriously looked LOT.
! Provisional Government, eonfessing its allegiance
70 the union of States, will be set on foot ia North
Carolina before many months. There 10 already reg-
ment Of loyal North Carolinians enrolled, whose SER
vices shall soon tender 10 the Government. From
nv observations for the past fortnight and more, am
convinced that large majority OF our PEOPLE are In
! favor If adheriDg 10 the Union.
Although for years a Democrat and supporter Of
Mr. Breckenridge in the last Presidential canvass,
was never disInionist; and my present position,
publicly assumed Immediately after the election Of Mr.
Lincoln is in strict consistency with the whole record
Of nv life. As man Of Northern birth aud instincts,
! zen Of the United States, and under the banner
| OF the stars and stripes, how could l, or how
! can ever, conscientiOusly and with any self
/ respect repudiate tie traditions Of my nativity,
! the nationality which has invested me with all my
political privileges whether residing North or South,
and tie protection Of that benifcent flag under whose
familiar folds have felt, everywhere WITHIN te 90
main Of the Union that was an American eltnen
limited 10 no provincial bIthrght, attached 10 me SOL
OF no single State but entitled, III virtue OF the ex
press declaration Of the Constitution erected by the
Fathers 10 the rights and privileges OF cltllen OF
every State This larger and graDder ciinensmp, De-
leve me, no intimidation or temptation eouid ever
/ bring me 70 reinquish.
| The men of Maine will never faler on the field, or
tremble before traitors. / am no longer partisan
I'm the presence Of the dangers and duties OF tnis a
hour OF the great Republic, forget all party predec'
! tiops and attachments. There are now only the
parties of loyalty and treason. The loyal voice Of
ibe South where my home is fixed, and where are my
wife and cbiii, Is all for war-war not Of subugstion
revenge but Of deberaDce and restoration. There
/ can be-tbeFe should be-no peace no compromise, no
aynstce of moment even, until this cruel rebellion
is crushed. Based usurpation and denial Of the
right, OF Southern freemen and reaching forward TO
desp0tism alike destructive 10 the popular liberties OF
the South and contumacous TO The country, no Demo-
ca in the true and vital sense 81 that once bonored
and potential name should hesitate hour IN HE de-
cson to strike hands with old party foes in the holy
crusade for is suppression Henceforth there should
be no Democrats Republicans, but all Americans.
I But one voice should be upon the bps Of loyal mem
and till the integrity Of our national empire is again
made good and oppressed Southern loyalss freed from
d1ress worse than negro bondage, all political vOcab-
ulares should be forgotten. This IL time for oppO-
,iion tho Government, carping structures upon
its policy. Let all criticism be postponed until this
D terrible crisis Of orr national life II past.
In October last made speech before the Breckin-
, ridge Safe Convention, in Norombegs Hall at Ban
gor pledged nv hearers that North Carolina would
! not secede0 from the Union. That pledge have
endeavored 70 fulfill and shall never 10 labor
until the armed occupation Of her territory,
ph.hed by perjured men, which senced for the time
The emphatic uteranoe Of her loyalty in February,
shall have beea overcome by the delivering bayonets
/ Of the republic We have PEOPLE yet, and the ban
ner of the nation one aud ndivistle, will
/ more over our bills and valleys
/ Were now in Maine, / would say 10 all my Demo
/ cratic fiends-Unlon for the cake of the Union
Raise 10 white flag in the face Of the enemy Send on
your hardy leons for the deyerance Of your Southern
brethren now writing in the daily tightening coils OF
/ TYRANNY which, unless rsbnked forever may one
] dav bind your own free limbs.
Asa Union man, for one, shall support the Admin
stra,ioa in all its measures, till the war s say
th. with full sense OF the responsibility assume
before 10Y constituents and the ountry.
an v.fy retr,ctfnlly your obsdieut servant
CHARLES HENRY FOSTER