Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-27
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IEITRRFR0M John y. B0FTs.
ae7Denonneei Secession aiadL O6Srs a
= Plan 81, Ad1pstlnent,
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= = a9Ganess secession ailtl oGsrs
sis5.. sen asien OF, 4dtpstment'
Esnt RlcHMoSp, Feb. 2l, 1861.
9 tFarRN::--I have the honor TO aeE.
knoWtedGe your letter of the 18th, inviting
me TO Q 'Fenniou OF the Constitutional
Union party OF the city of Troy, and to 4
dinner 20 be given at the, Troy Honse, on
the 22d inst:," which am sofry 10 be- tiha
deFthe necessity of declining. 6ht am none
the less obliged 70 yoR 5 fOrgyour kind re.
memhFapce of me, -
In postscript 10 this invitation you
say, "lf sypa 'eannot come, pts.y gives US q
letter. In these time, those whom the
people Will bear should speak.h
LOO not kuow, tgehtiemeh, whether the
people to whom yon refer, will listen. 10
what might sny or not, forI have already
Written md said enuuRii, it tbtkhed TO and
Needed, to satisfy reasonable men In both
sections Of thes country, that tthere Is no
sufficient reason for the condition of tbihps,
that noWi exists, f6nd Lhdt OF ffSetf eoHsti--
tutes one of The chief troubles with which
weihave to contend. arfE5 '.ss;'5 p
- II a cause could be aseettAined.E ana
settled down upon, a remed1 could: ana,
r1roHkd at once beT appfied.l but the public
mind in the>South has become bewiidered
with the multitudinons prikyanres with
which they have been i'd To !beIievp l,y, a.
portion of the public press In your own!
section OF tue country, Ihey were TO be
hereafter oppressed; it is not from any
PTeSeNt ezistihg evil that they have been
thus disturbed, but from appfehensions for
the future, from whichthe Southern States
profess to believe there. is 8, necessity OF
protecting themselves by a withdrawal
from the Union,
8Ht for tile fuel that has been furnished
Iicians Of The So,,,har St.,.. 81, pyt' .',s
Northern press with xbi,b ,hss 6s~s
been able IN misIesd and jnFnsTrs' m
public mind tbe nnorIo rF - sst,.,,i, ,v,,,i5
never have known tl,S1 ,S.rs ,.ns.. 49,
sonaI libertv LiII ,,nor, ~, s,s,,,,s hoIt tf
any Northern Ststs. for + SsIfa,s n ;S -,
susceptible Df Druof INA, 1bsss ,,ss i,ssE.
an instance h, IrL;,.i, s,,,L ~. -, 80
putiuto nractir onsrst,i,,. ,,,;,st ,,,rs
every reason tn b,.It;,s
uartIy as
of the Missonri Gon,nrSra;.o s,,i gu
growing out az tittb,t ct;sf,. e. ,,,,.,,I
capital 6v those ,,,,,o J.Siss5 H.,
of the radicnlt tboIitio5;s,ss - FsN''
,fsBut for the "a a. tj,Stsif ebsS I;s.5,- r,,o,
In tLeir ears Lv vonr o,r :, ,9,,l,i;, ,,,.asa.s
for the last year the peonle wonId SeysS Seys1
have been nunder The belief that there was a
great and formidahIs se,.tionsIDor,v ro;soS
up in the North, with a5letsFmined pur-
Southern StStss. ami Ynrnin9 mi I ,ham ioose
as beasts of nrev nfon ;%sis snSs,.rs ,oySe E..
the aid os ~ tTo Ply upon tnelr masters oy
they have MISC Laen- tsn5Iit ~ hai;.'o ~.
NoEfi,sEn nrssss. ~ SnstSn 70 "eilete "
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Batfor these same presses the found y
tions OF society would syer have been
thus stirred up, the business oE,the conn.
try would 'hevebhaye been thus interrunt.
ed, nndsthe relations ot tho Staisa one
towards tho other, woul,i ever bSSs been
thus enEangted. Thsy hdUe edussd Il an
These same presses to which, refer have
Z strlisedia wbffiRind," but have not sinc,..
with all their pretended efforts. ttbeen n bIe
to direct tue Storm . andiyou have no one IN
thank but them, for all the trouble Iiot roV
aflictsand threatens the 6noi les,ruc,io,' ~
the best government that restq ,n5or ,i,a
eye of the Almighty.
All this difficulty Inns been hrou,Lt ,,,,o,,
us by the unworthy and unlIoly means that
perpetuating the IoT., SS g0 f t' s' aIpes, ,or
marty. yvl,;ri, moi p,,i,, es;iS
snt ,1os "".e ; nSt 9nly tailed 10 us object,
controlled when tbe ~ telwards
wild viii 3 men ran
Would IL he Ssiieys5 .I,,.
ag6 heard tbe ,tHs on Gays
Sistf MI " s Y PISE T. u oy tne
Virginia. in his s55ress 20 ,Lat S1js .on %. %
sign as a Ia d !, i. ESS IS
yed her ,, l.ate sa s,o, naa Sissol
that 1t was tI,t, e,Si,, 4, ~,
vent the nboIit;oa f yns le.. ner q pre-
through The agsncS ~ fg ~ ~ sns SstaIe,
ment. That this Com
10 be trnp of conrsa et.eSeo tnls
lteve; and that m : > - pe-
acted under this fatsI S,, "
nnrv ,l.Ins;oS ~ i'ss .'st ezra.
10 doubt. bSt ~ -. aS...la aS ..sn': perhaps;
wonderful miisco1 ~ tI,o -
pnrposes of AM ,,hs 81, y. ss'e Po't<i OF
fnI Of riesSicsl,io . IleFe nanqs
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