New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-09-30
An7TTER FROM MR.. JOHN JAY.

ALlETTER FROM MR.. JOHN JAY.
To ne Hor Jo w b. HAsKS late member of Congrsss IRON
We.hhster County.
Sir: find in - speech reported in The ketc- York
Herald of to-day, as having been made by you on
Saturday last, at Late Michigan, in this county, at =
Union demonstration a most extraordinary personal
attack upon myself which due regard to truth CON-
psls me to notice. refer 10 the following passage:
se. such men as Wendell Phillips. Lewis Tsppan, John
J OF this county ard who ia years gone by obtained an
sfcaeIa legal notode'y by i'nins rrt Q, IA
Abolition -chOo doing Ill in their poeer Ike the Breckn.
ridges to distract onr people They tina, tbeic
with hell and their snlthenas sgains Lincoln
sb az ~: ~ lst.,sS "a iort and nsecs them
to icmoye their Hii baud Of pes'ierous sstors We
IN. Southern citizens who heve remained to the Uni0n
though blood and disaster St these fanatics N9rh and
imagine that the North aboouized aud that Gauscn and
Philips aud Jay, the cTpcaents Of the Northern people
In this passage, coupling my name with those OF
otter gentlemen eminent for their philanthropy, but
with whose political views my own have never com
ciocd you distinctly asserted that have declared that
" Inc Constitution is league with the devil, and
corepant with hell'-that. am doing all in my
hover ike Breckenridge to " distract our people,
ind that have uttered anahomas against In
coll ard the Administration, aud on the strength
vol invoked upon my head the eNecTatlons OF my
coutrymen aud the punishment OF traitor You
ADDED n ii in justification OF your language, " L
have spoken freely and independently asis my won't
Had you said yon had spoken recAlesly, n'aclonry
and sandcrously, the expression would have been
NOR appropriate.
YSnr char,rs against me- one and all, in spirit ard
in hrter, are absolutely, thoroughly, monStrously
untrue.
so far from having ever declared or believed that
" the Constitution Is league with the deVii ana
covenant with He'll have never forgotten TIE les-
sons learned ia childhood under the roof OF my
grandfather, and which were Impressed on me by
the pure precept and example OF my father through
his bng and rpotless life. have never ceased Tor
n moment 10 regard with love and affection tho Union
OF tfere Slntes or TO the Constitution which
made us a nation ;is OF Inestimadle value.
My regard for that instrument has been but little
disturbed by tie doubts entertained by some, for
the raHUn that reading II by the principles oil It's
fnnas, have rejected the l'ro-Slavery CLOSES At
tempted to DC given At by the men who are bow
trauiling il in the duet and by the Chief Justice
who aas recently endeavofed, bot happily in VAIN,
To- cripple the Executive power excluded Ia preserve
IL. DO reverence the Constitution tie tess tenn
uuIry perverted though II has been, now that hlB-
ior has yudicaied the wisdom o. the iOOitiO4ists,
who have 80 long opposed the iufidions CsurIhtoEs
upon our national liberties, which, under the pre-
tense ii constitutional rignt, have been GRADUAL :
inudc bv the Slavery prOpagandists OF the South,
and whose leaders unblushingly admit that ior
thirty years they have been plotting the downfall oil
our Republic, aud the constitution Of slave empire
upon IL ruins.
so Tar from doing all in my power as you declare
have done al thir time 10 distract the people. and Va
weaken BY nnaihemai lzlng the Administration, lot
a week, scarcely day has pussed, sluee the inai'
DURATION OF M. Liucoln, whose election was tue
triumph OF principles had concnded for from boy
hood that have not been engaged heart aud hand,
nd yftee In Ul a Government
earnest assistance aud ruppo, m aronsng the peO'
ple 20 the iumiuence Of our danger, IN encouraging
tniistneutf aud securing proper provision for tue
army, in which may add that / am Represented by
my ron.
Kirco on the ilh OF July, addres,iug thousands Of
every shade OF party 10 unite as one nau for TIE de-
Tense OF the country, made no exceptions IN favor
Of the Aholi'iouists.
In Nav last / exerted my influence against the
holding Of the utnal Antl.Slayery anniversaries IN
New ork, aud they were omitted; aud when re-
Gently a meeting was held at the AstOr House %
cousiderthe expedieney of organizing a Union and
Liberty Committee attended II simply 20 oppose
the measure, and my views, ably enforced IA they
were by other geailcmen, conceded with the juds-
nlcnt OF the meetiug Which patnOuCGlly and nightly
declined to take any action that might disturb the
unity OF the North, afford pretense for the
',ynt athlzeIs with rebellion, impair the strength
oil the Government, and Interrupt the successful
prosecution Of the war. Ia every particular my
views and my conduct have been the exact reverse
of the views and the conduct which you have pub.
Hcly attributed TO me in asscmbage Of my fellow
citizens OF Westohetter; and although all who know
NE know the grouudlcssUess Of your charges, ttei;
publication in The Hcrod, under the autho ity Of an
ex-Member II Congress from my own district, de-
nnuds Of me- in justice 10 myself, ia lustice 20 the
Anri.SAyery men with whom / have been so long
associated, that ehoud pronounce them, ~ do IL
be without a shadow OF foundation.
am Sir, your obedlent servant, JOHN JAY.
The Jgy Hymestsad, BsJJoJd,
Neftcllesler County y. Y, Sept. p, 1881.