Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1865-08-31
From the Nashville Times of the 18th inst
A Letter from Ex-PresidcntPi Pierce
IaLlr',a to Jeff. Davis.

One of the most interesting documents in
the shape Of letter from Ex- President Pierce
to Jeff Davis, his former Secretary of War,
has just come into our possession. 1t throws
a flood of light upon the secret history of the
great Shareholders conspiracy and discloses
the fact that Jefferson Davis engaged in the
rebellion with the positive promise of assist
ance from the leaders of the Northern DE
mocracy. The letter was captured with a
mass of other papers, by Col James b. Brown
low, at Bellefont, Ala, in 1868, and lay un-
opened in box, whose contents were inves-
'dgated for the first time last Wednesday at
the Capitol 1t is. q lithographie copy, o fac
simle of the ex-President's hand writing, and
had, evidently, been published by the rebel
leaders in that form for broadcast circulation
over the South in order to "fre the Southern
heart, and precipitate revolution" Here Is
the letter verbatim
CLARENDON HorEI, Jan. g. 1860.
My Dear Friend, 7,-...r l.. ...t...
! wrote you an unsatisfactory note day Or
two since have Just had pleasant inter-
view with Mr.. Shfpley, whose courage and f.
delity are equal to his learning and talents,
He says he would rather fight the battle with
you as the standard bearer in 1860 than un-
der the auspices of any other leader. The
feeling and Judgment of Mr.. S. in this rela-
tion, is, am confident rapidly gaining ground
in New England. Our people are looking for
the coming man." one who is raised by all
the elements of his character above the at
mosphere ordinarily breathed by politicians ;
man really fitted for this emergency by his
ability, courage blood, craftsmanship and
patriotism. Col Seymour (Thomas H,) ar
rived this morning, and expressed his views
in this relation, in almost the identical Ian
guage used by Mr.. Shipley 1t is true that in
the present state of things at Washington,
and throughout the country, no man can pre-
dict what changes two or three months may
bring forth. Let me suggest that in the run
ming delegates in Congress full justice seems
not to have been done to the Democracy of
the North. | do not believe that our friends
at the South have any just idea of the state
Of feeling, hurrying Mt this moment to the
pitch of intense evaporation, between those
who respect their political obligations, and
those who have, apparently no impelng
power, but that which fanatical passion, on
the subject of slavery, imparts Without dis
cussng the right-of abstract power to secede,
| have never believed that actual disruption
of the Union can occur without blood, and if,
through the madness of northern abolitionsm,
that dire calamity must come, the fighting
will not be along Mason and Dixon's. line
merely. 1t will be within our own borders,
in our streets, between the two classes of citi-
zen to whom have referred, Those who
defy law and scout constitutional obligations,
will, if we ever reach the arbitrament of arms,
find occupation enough at home. Nothing
but the state of Mrs Pierces health would
induce me to leave the country now, although
it is quite likely my presence at home would
be of little service. have tried to impress
upon our people, especially in New Hamp-
shire and Connecticut where the onl ! elec-
tions are to take place during the coming
Spring, that while our Union meetings are all
in the right direction and well enough for the
present, they will not be worth the p; per upon
which their resolutions are written, unless we
can overthrow political abolitionsm at the
polls, and repeal the unconstitutional and OBJ
noxious laws which, in the cause of personal
liberty" have been placed upon our statute
books. i shall look with deep interest, and
not without hope, for decided change in
this-(word illegible) cd. ...- =. 0....,.
Ever and truly your friend,
.''t' 'tt-f ~ 3D. FRANKLIN PIERCE
Hon. JEFF DAVIS, Washington, ID. c.. b.