The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1864-10-12
From the Louisville Journal.
a PotriOtic and Powerful Let.
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Our distinguished fellow-citizen, the
Hon. james Guthrie, who, ever since he
was Secretary of the Treasury, has had q
national reputation, received an earnest re-
quest to visit Philadelphia and New York
in the interest Of the great conservative
party aud its noble candidate for the Pres
idency He did not feel himself able to
accept the invitation, but, in advance OF
the sending Of his answer, which is of con-
siderable length, he kindly permits Us to
publish it. 1t will be found below. Its
great truths should sink deep, deep into the
soul of every man who either loves his
country or respects his own rights.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct l, 1864.
E Ha,mon, Esq.,;
nEar s.R, regret very much hat |
cow. = ,.,t y Philadelphia and New York,
and renew my acquaintance and exchange
sentiments and views With the patriotic
and conservative men of Pennsylvania and
New York now so earnestly engaged in the
effort to sustain the constitution of our faith
ers and cause it to embrace all the. States
under its wise and just provisions, with re>
stored peace, renewed confidence, and con-
Armed harmony, now all in fearful hazard
nnder fanaticsl administration, holding at
naught the Constitution, the laws, and the
Union of tb, States; sacr. ficing the lives
and the personal liberty, of the citizen, the
rights of property, the freedom OF speech,
the liberty of the press, the habeas corpus,
the right of trial by jury, and all the guar,
antees that far-seeing PATRIOTISM had
thrown around the liberties of a free people
| We know that all this has been done IN
States loyal to the flag OF the Union;
and. in the face of all this, free people are
asked TO approve all that has been done by
! re- electine the President and continuing
: him and his policy for another TOUR years;
an Executive, who, having sworn to sup
port the constitution and faithfully execute
tho laws, openly and avowedly sets both
law and constitution at defiance, and sub
stitutes his own crude views, under the 40
surd pretence of preserving the patton ana
the liberties Of the peoples an Executive
who assumes, without and against const,tu'
tional authority, by proclamation, to allow
ten per cent of the population OF any State
in rebellion to exercise all the tunctions OF
a State if they will take an oath to support
ell he has done and all he may do hereafter,
aud will accept bis pardon for all rebellious
acts. aud alter the constitution OF their
| State, and make new one to rule over W
Der cent, provided the new constitution
abolishes slavery; an Executive who Will en-
terrain no proposition of peace until his alb
clifton conditions are first agreed to; an
Executive who has abandoned the objects
of the war as declared by both Houses
of Congress with his own sanction, and per
verified it to a war of confiscation, subjuga-
ton, and determination; an Executive who
has no regard for the character and honor
of the officers in command OF the armies OF
the Union, but retires them without trial
and dismisses them from the service with
out investigation; an Executive who allows
military interference in elections 10 States
alv avs loyal, in violation of State constitu-
ton and laws, without investigation aud
without reproof, and who allows the hi CHEST
as we'll as the lowest official to counsel such
interference to continue him and his party
in power; - Executive who allows the ar
rest and removal of citizens without war
rant, with the threat of Punishment or I'M
prisonment until they beg or purchase re-
lease in the shape of counsel fees; an Ex-
ecutiye who allows Federal officers to ar
rest and shoot citizens without ttIal or all
thority or law; an Executive who lets OH
GERS seize the property of citizens in viola
ton of the constitution and laws, without
dismissal from the service or the slightest
reproof, and the government and people to
to be robbed until honesty is the exception
and not the rule.
In Louisville, on the 18th of September
last, the anniversary of the signing of the
Constitution of the United States and OF the
battle of Antietam, at mass meeting of the
citizens, an appeal was made to, ratify the
nomination of George B. Mcclellan and
George H. Pendleton. as the standard
bearers of the Democracy and the consery-
atives of all parties for President and Vice
President upon the platform Of the Chicago
Convention and McOlelan's letter Of &C.
ceptance, in opposition to President Lincoln,
and his administrative policy. Kentucky
will respond favorably. The first resolu>
ton of the Democracy and conservatives
declares, in the future as in the past, an
answering adherence to the Constitution
and the Union oil all the States. Are there
stronger words in the English language than
answering adhcrsnces Have not the Dem
ocracy and the conservatives of all parties
always adhered to the Union Of all the
States and the Constitution and all its
guarantees in the paste Who then has
right to doubt them in the future?
The second resolution condems the un~
constitutional acts of President Lincoln
and the policy of his Administration; and in
that condemnation instructs the standard
bearers not to violate the constitution, nor
do anything that the platform condemns,
and not to rely alone upon war, which had
hitherto failed, but to tender the coustitu.
ton, with all its guarantees, and with it
peace, and, if necessary, renewed guaran-
tees, through convention of all the States.
There was not and ought not to have been