Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-01-29

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w Dsor Sir;
received your letter askiug my visvs 10 q
eiurenee to public affairs, the intimate relation wa
nsHiped toward each other in the te canvass Induces
ne cheerfdly comply. Ny opuious Of course ate OF
no consequence except TO my personal friends among
whom am happy to esteem you. a
The views viii express hope will meet your an ,
prevail but If not wecaa you express It, eagres ike
men OF honest convictions, to disagree They ATE ,
opinions that have long entertained aud on ali proper
occasions have openly expressed. would have been
pleased that you could have visited me as you proposed
but that fans, have written what would have prs.
ferred to have said to you personally.
African Slavery has occupied the public mind eye since
the foundation Of the Government more or less promi.
nen at different periods 1t has never been wholly absent
from public contemplation. In the creation Of the Cons.
tuition II formed one Of tho most delicate and difficult
matters of adjustment and, subsequently whenever the
gradual expansion Il population has brought into con-
tact with the progress Of free labor shock has resulted
which IN greater or less degree Jared the machinery Of
government.
TO suppose that two systems social existence so Gu
tirey opposite, endure under the same free govern
ment, without exciting inquiry to their respective
merits Ia, to me- absurd. To suppose that bora and
educated under institutions and customs, involving modes
ofliie and habs Of thought dissmiAr will agree In
relation 10 the comparative value of the sysems
unphosophieal II is also true that those who least
acquainted with their peculiar CHARACTERISTICS will in
general be found most doKmatea In the maintenance OF
thsir opinions and least tolerant Of the opinions Of
those who differ with them Nor does this fact in any
degree imply lack ofjustloe Of eourlssy Think
Ing strongly and with modes OF thought formed by eduea
ton aud apprehension Of things they exist among
themselves they Unable to appreciate the views
sensihes Of those horn and educated under different
auspices aud the farther they removed from ob,erIa
on Of the eusoms and participation in the society VI Vns
another the radically do they differ. This OF
association begets mutual jealousy which, under the
operation exciting causes, and unduy stimulated by
designing men, by degrees, riPens into hatred
II much to be feared that such Is the present condition
Of the Republic. How 1t originated, how developed has
been the subject Of discussion and too often oferinaton
Ireeoneieable difference ofopnion exists to the
that produced H. interest duty il TO discover and
II possible, apply the remedy.
50 widely different the Views entertained nv hofe
who nhAb the tive sections Of the Confederacy that
tity, approximation Of opinion impossible and
no adjustment that ignores the settled, uniform I'M
ehanseabe OF either seeon be satisfactory
or permanent
Happily, the unon represented bya government SUI
preme in its SPHERE Is also composed " States entirely
distinct III their separate political capacities aud to these
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ration. It Is to this peculiar structure Of the government
comprehendng people divided into separate and dstinct
soYelegntie having exclusive control their do
nestle affairs, that must look for solution Of the DIFF
eues arising out of the complex nature Of social
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