New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-01

A LETTER TO JOHN l.. O'sULiIyAN, ESQ.
"a Free Soilor OF '48.D

condemnation Of our a-sailed and impered
Federal Government, and dexterou' deliberate
pettifoeging in behalf of the bloody treason
which now threatens the life OF our country.
You ssk this, knowing well that not one jonr-
nal issued within the sphere of the Rebellion
would or dare publish such defense Of the
| nion cause and its champions IA You v0lun-
tcer in behalf of their deadly foes. But dare
print the most adroit aud subtle plea that can
be drawn np, even by you, for my country =
a.sassins for mine is the side OF Light, Of
Truth, OF Freedom. Standing opposed as | for
years have done Ia the always cespotic and
now openly trai'orous oligarcby whore cause
you have espouscd. never asked anything bet
ter Of them than to be met in the field Of open
and manly discus iou-iact against fact, arGu-
ueGt against arguments while their inyorite
logic has uniformly been a mrDacin2 exhibition
oi the bludgeon, the pistol, the rope, backed
by assurances that they would make short
work with me If should ever venture within
their power. At length. not satisfied with
being osier tsriously aud bitterly hostile to the
g,eat Fundamental principle Of our Republic
The Right of every rational, adult, inolcnrivc
human being To " life, liberty, aud the pursut
Of happiness"-'hat ol'garcby has rushed to
AIMS agaiDst the American Union, aud now
threatens to crush into bloody ruin; aud You
require that the columns of The TKBrNE be-
el,en up to your skliuI, elaborate plea in
81, lesale excuse for and virtual Justification OF
this ggantlc aud drsolating Treason. Very
well: give YOU the required columns: No"
hear my replication 10 your indictment OF the
Fr.o North, her Justice aud her loyalty.
You say, Sir, that you bold the North more
responsible than the South for DIsunon, aud
YOU so impeach the Moth on three principal
grouuds:
1t. raria. BY which he'd long pund.red; 2 It' hbo
don.m b., which q bod long fita''d snd l's mol see
iion.l tios = or pats pYc. oy neA h'd al 'n'e
Let me meet Your specifications in order:
!. You and differ, aud VIII doubtless con
Time to differ, with regard 10 the benefcerce
Of Protective legislation. You deem 1t niu
rious to both North aud South; deem it sig
nally benefcent to both. | believe Virginia has
very much more Ia gain from such legl.lation
than MaSsachusctts--tbat the cod Dominion"
bas for a generation been dying out for want
of a policy which should divert to the breeding
of sheep and The fabrication of cloth from their
flcrces that capital and attention which she has
devoted To the detestublc breeding OF slaves
for the cotton and sugar plantations o The
ifesher and more fertile Soull-Ncst. do not
doubt the sincerity of your protested views on
this point, nor could you doubt mine If You
wished. / have long and deeply iclt that your
mistake Was very grave one. yet have never
! wished 10 override It Otherwise than by "a
tlonal arguments aud intelligent votes. Oit,n
teaten unfairly, by Plaquemine frauds aud
fraudulent Naluralza,ions, those who huid tn
me have never dreamed of appealing from bal.
lots to bullets. When temporarily oSeIborue and
defeated, We have renewed our demon irations
OF the justice Of our views, and pa;ehtly bidcd
our time.
Now, whether you are right ia the PREMISE
or am, this truth is historically certain, that
/ PTot,etire Tariffs are not n d,rice # he Aohh
10 piunder he South ! know this, ii | Lnow
nothing else with certainty, for ! was iubucd
with my strongly Protective Vows almost ex-
c!usnr.y By Southern statesmen. | iubibed
them from Henry CLAY, bora Nrg man AID
always a SOulhron; from llEZEkIAn NILES, u
Mar lander; from JOHN G.. CALHOUN, whose
advocacy oil Protection, both theoretical and
practical, as leader of the House in settling
our Tariff Of 1916 was most thorough and
controlling; and from ANDREW JACKSON,
y hose letter Ia DR.. Coleman in lS2i Is the
most radical and terse SUMMARY of the argu-
u.rnt on that side that has ever yet appeared.
Virginia, through the mouth OF her (n1y, OF
oar) great WASHINGTON (sco Annual Message
al 1850; through that of JEFFERSON (sce
Messages of 1902 and 1860; through several
Messages of her MADISON, declared uneqryo-
cally Tor Projection. Ga the eth OF June,
1909, the llou.e OF Representatives
Resored 1ha, the Secretary oftho Treasury 10 directed
pcpoT. aud report to ihs House Ut hr se.sipn
plan iof the alpca OF such i,bii The power
,iasaV acfr,es u ne rn,f-d Safes.'
Tie Yeas and Nays being called on this
proposition, tho old Southern States voted as
follows:
virdos. soJru C,RoLrya..
Nonh Caiolina-.;.. "eoIsls ...........l
Iois-27 iea.. I0 Nays.
And so on the Rat motion to strike from the
Tariff of 1876 the minimum valuation of twen-
ty.ive cents per square yard on Cotton fabrics
NH .n x.I E.r La, ,st