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Extract of a Letter from VIM. PIumer,
Heretofore Senator OF the Unltea
s States. and Afterw ards Goyern9r @
New Hampshire, Addressed to John
@. Adams. -oo-
sEPPINe, N. H., -Decem ber 20. 1928.
iDurinG the long and eyentful session OF
Congress of 1903 and 1904, was m ember
of the Senate, and was at the cityof Wash
ington every day of that session, at-dltterent
times aud places, several of the Federallsts,
Senators and Representatives, from the n ew
Englandz States. informed me that they
thought it necessary to establish separate
government in New England, and,l if 1t
should behfohnd practicable, to extend IL so
far south as to include Peunsylvanla,3 but IN
all events to establish one in New England.
They complained that the slavenolding
States had acquired, by means of their slaves,
a greater increase of Representatives inJ the
House than was just and equal; that too
great portion of the public revenue was
raised in the Northern States, and too much
of it expended in the Southern and Western
States; and that the acquisition of Louisiana
and the new States that were formed, and
those to be formed in the West aud in the
ceded territory, would soon annihilate the
weight aud influence of the Northern States
in the Government q =se ~ sc-
Their intehtibn, they said, was to estab-
lish their new government under the au-
thority and protection of State governments.
That having secured the election of a
Governor and, a majority of a Legislature in
q State,in favor Of a separation, the Leglsls-
ture should repeaft law authorizing the
people to elect Representatives to Congress,
aud the Legislature decline electing Senators
to Congress, aud gradually withdraw the
State from the Union, establish custom house
officers to grant registers and eiearances to
vessels. and eventually establish Federal
government 10 the Northern and Eastern
States. And that If New England united IN
the measure, it would in due time be effected
without resorting to arms. : ' '6,
Just before that session of Congress closed,
one of the gentlemen to whom h have
alluded. informed me that arran gements
were made to have the next autumn, in
Boston. select meeting of the leading
Federalists in New England, to consider and
recon- mend the measures necessary to form
a system of government for the Northern
States. and that Alexander Hamilton. of
New Y ork, had consented to attend that
meeting. 9'a'4' g ~ n'd9t ~ sag
90 Soon after my return from Washington, 1
adoptsdp the. most effeetual means in my
power to collect the opinions OF we IL inform
ed leading Fsderalists in New Hampshire,
upon the subject. Ifouud some in favor OF
the measure, but-a great majority OF them
decidedly opposed to the project; and from
the partial aud limited inquiries made IN
Massachusetts, the result appeared to me
nearly similar to that in New Hampshire.
The gentleman, who in the winter of 1903
and 1904, Informed me there was to be
meeting of the F ederalists, in the autumn
Of 1904. at Boston, at the session of Congress
in the winter Of 1904 and 1906, observed to
me. that the death Of General Hamilton had
prevented the meeting but the project was
not, and would not be- abandoned. f'l -"
1 owe tits you as we'll as myself, to state
explicitly that in the session of Congress, in
the winter of 1903 and 1904, was myself
in favor of forming separate governmentln 10
New England; and wrote several conf
DENTAL letters to a few of my friends and
correspondents, recommending the measure.
But afterwards. upon thoroughly investigat--
ing and maturely considering the subject, |
was fully convinced that my opinion in favor
of separation was the most erroneous l ever
formed upon political subjects. The only
consolation, / had. was. that my error in
opinion had, not produced any acts luxurious
to the integrity of the sUnion. When the
same project was revived in 1908 and 1903,
during . the embargo and non-intereourse,
and afterwards, during the, war of 1872 1
used every ,effortin my power, both privately
and publicly, to defeat the attempt then
made to establish separate Independents
government in the Northern States .s..
You are at libertyyto max 9 such use OF this
comm uni nication as, you shall 1eonsider proper.
Accept the assurance of my high respect
and esteem. WILLIAM PLUMER.
p TAXING THE OATH UNDER PRoTEsT.-A