Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-02-13

hlAueu OF DIS carrier career anQ induced 70 pu1-
ish some recollecHons thereof Among other
"reminiscences he rssurTects an old letter from
Mr. vsllandighsm, which shows that DO has re-
NAMED true to the faith upon which he CON-
meaeed his career and has never swerysd there
from. The editor Of the Gazette says
In 1s40 ValIandgham aud ourself found our
selves in New Lisbon, Ohio, both Of rs under
twenty years Of age-he from a good old Mary
land stock, and We directly from Virgins, he
State Of our nativity. lie was offering himself
rs . lawyer. while We had been induced to leave
Virginia Temporarily, for the plrp0se Of publish
ing s " Harrison and Tyler = paper durng the
campsign in that strongly Van Buren region.
Vaflandigham had an abiding antipsthy to the
AbOlitionists in that vicinity, (snd they were
numerous, and so hsd we His fathers were
neither Yankees nor Pennsylvania Du'eh, las
we're the fathers Of niuetseu-fWentieth OF the
people by whom We vera ~s1rrOunded,) nor
we're ours. 10 religious preferences, 100, our be-
Lief was similar. We were naturally drawn To-
Eether, notwithstanding national politics divided
Us, ne being thoroughly e Democrat, (~Hithsut
abolrionisms and ne IS firmly a Hsruson and
Tyler Wing, as then undensiOOd in the SErts
rights regions Of Virgins. Our Offices were N
he saDs building, and We knew him more iur-
ms.ely shan any other Wing knew hIm, aud he
ANEW - AAuAg cAAAott LA2n many u oA4 pA4J
friends, high as party politics ran a. that inter-
sstirg period in the history Of party oTgsniBa-
tons. We left the uneongenisl soil Of OHIO in
1872, returning 80 Virginia VsliaDdighAm re-
mainea. In 1874 We came South and raised our
oAnpe- IL Raymond. About 1876 Yallaudighsm
also g pulled up stakes - and removed to Dsy-
ton, in the southsrn part OF ONO.
Circumstances subsequently occurred viii 4
caused Mr. Vallsndigham to write = friendly
letter to his old associate, which Mr. HsrPsr
now publishes. It is only interesting as it dem
O~nsIstes she early political faith Of the author,
from which ne has never swerved:
INV LISBON, Ohio, October 4. 1915.
GEO. ". Harper, Esq
Ny EAR oLD FRIEND: You owe me a let
ter, I Believe, but the kind remembrance in
which I find myself still held by you after q
separation Of three years, and in spite Of differ
snce Of political sentiment, induces me to wave
sll ceremony.
The election is over hecs, and I find myself
60 every inch q legislator 81 the youthful age Of
Just twenty-five. This would perhaps not Be
thought 50 young doWn South" but here it is
8 little out Of the way Of things. Bat, thank
heaven, youth is not q crime, and If 1 can. IN
any new character, conduct myself with that
integrity and selErespect which have always
priced so high and sought 50 earnestly to OBJ
tain, my youth. will give me little concern. The
age too is passing By when any man of sense
thinks there is either wit or sarcasm in eslieg
an enemy "a young man" Out upon such fat
stupidity.
The State has gone strongly against IS Demo
Gratis, and we shall be in a wofui minonty, /
fssr. But as il can't be helped, I have made
up my mind TO bear it NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
to DO whatever goodI can for the interests OF the
State, independent Of party politics. Against
AboltiOnism and sectionalism my voice and
vote, you may rely upon it, shall ever be freely
and literally given. And this field, too, is q
wide oBe-the heArTest plenty, but the laboTsrB
few. Beside, Ishall have the better oppoTtu-
nifty to learn the practical legislation, and 20
investigate the policy and laws of the State as
well as political philosophy generally. And all
this because my voice and vote viii be little
sought after-partieulaTly by those pests YER
min0f our STATED eEislstures@ lobby members
I think l see in the political horizon great
trouble in the fufure Sectional feelings and
aims, always more or less exhibited IN this re-
gion, are Increasing fsaTfRlly, and may ere long
become rampant A party at the South, too
Rppesr to be strongly sectional, but ibsy are
organized for self defense. To what the eoun-
Try may be driven SetWesu these two ultra SEQ
ti0nal parties, time will unfold, but I fear the
worst consequences. Should nv darkest fears
be Teslized (Which God forbid1 I do not doubt
that you and | viii stand together, shoulder to
shoulder-snd that viii be in hostility to the
Abolitisnisis, who viii be the cause Of all the
trouble.
lam much surprised to see by a paper Just
received from you dated October 10tb), that
you are charged with favoring she Abolfi0n'sts.
This is the very last charge which l would have
ever dreamed Of baing brought sgsiBst you. I
have, in my time, heard macy loud and strong
suaihemas against everything smseking sven OF
Aboltionisn, from your ips-snd read them,
too, from your pen-anathemss a5 im0 psctOTs
> As the ancieuts used to say You must have
E changed much snee you left here. # there is
{ even the slightest odor Of All liti1nism aboul
you now. Aud the Yieksburg Sentinel says Tbs
you are "ayoung man fresh from OhiS" Tbil
f testimony 1 take pleasure In bearing for yJ
thus. and would not shrink from it under AM
circumstances.
BIT enough Of this.
q I'VE hear omit s page Of local news and tow
g gossip, not proper to be pubished-E iitOr
IShall leave here about the 20h or 25-h o
next month to be absent until Spring. Writ
to ms, do. FSrswell-Court sits here on Non
day next, and I am in haste.
: Very sincerely yonr friend,
I CLEMENT L. V-AILANDIGHAA.
P 81 Ny brother james has removed q
! Richmond, Madison county, Kentucky. Go
bless him
P. s No. 2; Don't believe everything tba
I may BE- said against me- next winter. We Ar
! all liable to be misEepressntsd, and Ike you
Z self, no doubt, / shall be soundly abused.