New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-17
From The Inllnipois journal
JEFF. DAVIS COEHESPO. DENtE.
iCoSTiSUED.)

vate papers Of JEFF Davis. with several others 81 less
interest. were placed in our hands ~ Capt q. w.
Fiicd.cy. formerly Of tie 9th Indiana Regiment bu
nov Of General Burbridges stat. The letters are pub
iishcd precisely as written:
LErrEA fLoM EX-COvFPSoR REYNoLns OF III.
BKLfKyIIiY. Ill Dee. ~ leo.
DEAR FEIFSpS-I write to Won because j can not vel
avoid H. am In heart and soul for the south, as they
are hight In sAe principles and possess tho ConsIiu'
ton
II the public mind will bear H. the SCI. Of Govern.
ment tbs Government itSclf and the Amy ard Navy,
ought TO remain with the South and tie Constitution.
have been FORMULATING the above sentiment although
is rather Ie, olutionary. Provisional Government
power Of The going President and for the President
elect 70 take the oath OF Office out Of slave territory.
Now come 10 the point Al the slave States must
separate nom the North and conc together. The Free
States VII not concede atom but are bent on the de.
stluction OF Slavery Why IN Gods name cannot the
Northern Slave States see this fact as clear as noon
Ihe general Secession ought 20 be accomplished be.
fore the 4ih of March. Mr. buchanan deserves I'm
mortal holor Tor keeping down boOcshcd IN one hour
by telegraph be could order Port Mouirio 70 nfc on
Charleston. lLd The would T1ge over tie Union.
am. in heart and soul against war but The beat
way keep peace Is TO be- able 20 cseud yourselves
II the slave States would unite ald FORM Convention
they might have The power 10 cocrce the North inio
terms 70 amend the Constitution to protect SaT
cry mole efficiently.
fou will pardon this letter. 1s II proceeds from
friendly motive. from your friend, JoS kLIAOLDs
TO IT, Hon. JEIF. DAVE and eI-Goy. s,HIn.
LLI4Eg ZION IL sESAIoH btODHEAD, OF PENN
sNLyASIA.
EAsIoS. IA. December Is. Isoo.
Ny DTAR SfB-IcTevith ] teud you a leitlr this
day received from Mr Charles McAlisier, Of IAiladel
ph.a gentleman 81 high character aud barge means.
As be 10 friend Of mine aud seems - think that YOU
can restore peace 70 our oourtry would be greatly
pleased you would read H. although II s not as iesb
a. II ought to be-
be induced To S,iey cotton. TIE hgtleru Tsoyis would
furnish abundant evidence Through tie state Les sia
tufes brd oileIWs that lcy dct.rc ~ I've upon toras
of equality, fraternity erd peace. In ienns,iyanis
many honcsl people voted ioT Lincoln on the report II
fhe Coyodc Committee. ard hr tafif. &c. and noi
with yov 10 y.oatc sly " tie CoasuiusloaA Ishis
VI The South
Our Legislature meets on TIC LET DAY Of JannAry ard
J have 40 doubt, Though largely IaoA hcputioAn.l
will NJ once repeal our ruI sihttte ana authorize
the appointment VI Commission to 50 ~ Ihe sos1Lcfn
States
We arc m well
Truly your friend. RICHARD EhopHIAp.
To tAe lion. jar DGyis
LKIILE YEoM rgOf. nAcELET, oT SEv-IoIE.
CoruErI. CoilroI, Nt~ .ioEK, D. %, l@n
Ny DE.R SlEi My s!mr1ih.es are oni.r"ly With TIE
South This decarhiIoa viii trust lesi you % listen
without prejudice 20 suggestion IN iAVor o. ole mode
Of compromise 10 which ilnnt tbs Republicans would
aocede. and which would secure IN eneei orery Ting
hich tie Southern States Golifo Let Tic territories
remain free nom Slavery while tclrterior TITS would
tatsiy. literally. tho dogma on which Nr. LncdI
election was based When tho Territories become
States let them them or nj any future Tine have the
privilege 81 Introducing slavery ut their own ecc on.
TAose regions whose climate and productions require
would inevitably become 6aye States lld acold abun.
dlnt iOT tie Necessary expansion Of your domestic
institution
The objection TO this Is tie iniIisues which he Abo
tioniss would practice when ateuiiofy has 10 BE- al
Iul.ted q Slate But tho whole energy o. tie South.
backed BY tho conservatism Of tie North would
ieraet this il would be Troublesome aid expensive.
but not so much 20 as civil waI
ghcse considerations nhy have been already pre-
scented but have Lot seen them
Very s!ncerel! yours,
CHAmEs ". TArEIrY.
LITTER PROM PRICE WILLIAMS or MoIILF.
MOBILE, Dec. IL. le60
Hon JKFFRsos DAvrs.
DEAR SIR. You may not recollsot me. ] was once
introduced TO you IN your city BY Gon C. j. Mci'oa
bat my Goar sir We all know YOU and In this crisis
look th deep interest 10 your every action Our states
Alabama. Mississippi and others adjoining are beoon
ing more and more united every day IA tie sentiment Of
speedy Secession.
I should ool upon any delay to otcmp, any conpro.
mise IA Taught stA tho most deadly hostility ~ Our
soc'On.
II IL the sentiment nom almost every direction. Wo
hope Southern friends III not allow US to 10 CON.
y. Osod IL any delay nor Ia tie entertainment VI any
proposition for compromise.
30 urge friends 81 bo ~ the needle 20 the pole
II should be regarded NJ an indignty TO the South
that COrwin made chairman Of the special commit.
tee. hope no SoulnerI man VIII dshonor himself by
even meeting Tho chairman IN tie committee room.
FOlsythc TIE great disturber here. is this morning
declining tie OF his for the State Convention
aso ID e. Anderson, who was put upon the Iorsythc
ticket Lrs also declined See Mobile EsRtsisr Of tho
I4th II DccembOI IoGO This Is very indicative. Yam.
ceys speech here last week bad powerful effect Ia
scyeriig the cooperative abilities. IL was u lno
effort.
/ think all OF tho prominent men nom Georgia who
can be spared from Washington, ought 10 he IN the can
WAS al home.
when your State shall call you home. (Which hopo
Will DO sOon) viii You not return through Mobile aud
give us few days previous notice say dispatch from
our people would like TO honor you.
hr. Yancey gives ~ his opinion that three fourhs
Of the one hundred delegates 20 our State Convention
all be out and out scpcraie state secessonists.
Tho only terms upon which would entertain prop.
ostlon Tor compromise. would be 10 let the Southern
Si9tes 90 INTO secession.
Let Lincoln and liamlin resign. Without this feature
Oh Their resignation heed no proposition.
Ihst being dono. then to repeal tho Liberty Bills and
10 amend the Constitution 10 that any State which M
ing 10 surrender slaves peaceably should bo dsfrsn.
chscd IN tho Presidential Electoral College But WHY
peak OF COMPROMISED We prevented from mai in.
important principle South Carolina viii soon nu, tbc
M III notion ana eight OF nine others viii follow rap
i|y am Y troubling you with too long a letter
J. 81 hope Breckinridge will not go to South AFRO.
ma Tllh CrteAden ana Guthrie. 1t viii greatly dam.
dee 10 reputation South. NV.
LETTER FROM J. u. M'PHEpsog
WILMINGTON, November 10 Is,O
DEAR Sm--Tho South to be thoroughly in
earnest na time. Say seeps. for not tell whai
the real split Of the people rs II they in earnest
'hu W tNihill guar
antees from the North. Those who lead Just now Ia
South Can Dina, doubt. tho right men to lead the
South; but no doubt the right viii como when there
u real danger.
II the cotton states Will only manage rightly, they
can and VIII be joined BY Virginia and Mary land. and
by kentucky These states viii hot SO
cede account Of LiIcODs election merely but they
will Join in obtaining guarantees and If these guaran
tees be refused thin Toy may make that cause for
secession.
What guarantees shan be demanded,
1 Iv ue non CONGRESS.
.. n night to exclude wy candidate GQm tlo tresi'
dcnCY.