The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1863-11-20
Letter Of Gen. Nearer.

A letter from this ingusihed Irishman
IS published IN Doublin newspaper. Inc
following passage furnishes additional e''
dence against the anthors Of the reoeiioh-
The month Of August Immediately pre-
ceding the election Of Mr.. Lincoln, MI
Toomts and Mr.. Cobb, of Georgia-both wen
and widely known. abroad as we'll as al
home, as politicians Of considerable inu"-
enee and ability. and accomplished gen
tlemen, occupying high social as we'll IS hgh
political position in The Sau,h-paid visit
to New York. A day or two after their
arrival they dined with gentleman you
are familiar with. and " no wieids ex'raotol
nary power, whilst occupying singulariy
conspicuous position, as a public man
give You his name in private note. FOR
although be told me the circumstance am
now relating. without any reservation "hA'-
ever, and without inlimating III the Ieas
that the information was confidential, 90
not feel myself at liberty to Introduce DIS
name in this letter, which is destined TO
find It's way into your columns, persume,
IN case neither an iceberg nor an IRON ciau
buccauier from Birkenhead overhauls IL on
the ocean.
Well, at the dinner referred to. IN reply
TO the protests Of this gentleman against 'he
avowed determination Of the >outh 10 Sc
cede. 10 the event Of M Lincoln being made
President, Mr. Toombs declBred that the
South should never remain day In the
Union under a Republican administration,
since the acce p,ance of such an administra-
ton would Republic anize the slave States.
'Why not wait for some overt act of MIR.
Lincoln against the South. something posi-
tive and tangible. to justify your assertions
that it will be a Government of sectlonaiism
and encroachment, and that it will disregard
and set at naught the obligations imposed
upon it by the Constitutlon?"
That" Mr Toombs replied. sis that We
cannot afford to do. Il would be fatal t.
the South, as political power based upon
slavery, to permit the experiment. Should
we recognize Mr.. Lincoln as our President
and suffer him to exercise authority in th'
slave States, he would very soon build uE
in them a republican party by his dispense
ton of the Federal patronage lie woult
/ have, of course, to appoint from those wh'
I elected him, collectors of the port, custom
/ house officers, district attorneys. United
! States marshals, postmasters, aud MAJ
i agents, and every one of these ofhcer
would be Republicans, if they were no
/ Republicans BEFORE and multitude OF sub
ordiuates would swell the list in no time
Thus the political identity Of the Soul
would be destroyed. A party more or les
hostile to slavery, would grow up an
and spread itself amongst US, and the Sout
never gain hope to have the undivide
sway II lad.
In other words, the aristocrats of tn
South the Masons. Cobbs, Hunters, SlIdeli
Pres:ons, and Breckinridg es-would hav
to relinquish their monopoly OF Washlngto
and take fair chance, in the contentlo
for public honors and the magistrates OF III
nation, with their less patrician fellow-cit
zens Of the North and West. Rather tina
: submit to this. they must set up a republ
, tor themselves, in which they may re
assured Of undisturbed enjoyment
official power, and prolong far into the al
J tumn of their days their midsummer d
lights of craftsmanship and dipomac
And for this. to realize this selfish and il
sasiata ambition. they draw the sword aero
and ships, plumber the custom houses. su
treasures, and arsenals. reject and viola,
the national flag, tear asunder the republ
with violent hands, and proceed to erect
, hostile Government upon a fragment of
amid the cheers, Of course, of all the
friends across the water. Think what
catalogue of folly and selfshness. greedine
Of notoriety and dominion, rapacity, treach
~, irreverence and abandonment of q
that was most sacred and imperative in Il
promising and inspiring in the openin
vistas OF the future, this Southern cou
d'etat suihced to publish to the world!