Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1867-06-26


cesSi0n.
The Hartford Press prints The following
letter from an original manuscript 10" :"
that Office ON
wARRfS coUSrY MIS-, Nov 10, 1860 .
The Hon r. b. RuErT, jr., Dear ST.
hal the honor 70 receive, last night yours
~ the 25tb- ulto and hasten TO reply 70 the
r;,,,,,;,.;o - ,,,ronounded Reports OF the cleo
linn Ieave Iittlo doubt that the event you
srfieinated has occurred: that electors nave
bocr cbo.en. securing the election OF In
10 md will answer on that superstition.
n bome Is so isolated that have had
;,,,e,eourse with those who might have
,..ai4oJ me In forming an opinion as TO the
8 'esct ,poduced on the mind Of our people
-. ,Le result Of the recent election, and the
;s2,,ressions which communicate are four-
de4 mon antecedent expressions
I doubt not the Gov'r Of Miss. has
copvoked the Legislature to assemble with
IN the present month, 10 decide upon the
course which the State should adopt in the
present emergency. Whether the Legisla-
tnre will direct the call Of convention of
the State, or appoint delegates to q conven-
ton Of such Southern States as may be
willing to consult together for the adoption
Of a Southern plan Of action, is doubtful.
?. If convention of the State were as
-cmbled, the proposition to secede from the
Union, independently Of support from
noighboring States, would probably fail
O. IF South Carolina should first seeede
and she alone should take such action, the
position Of Mss would not probably be
changed by that fact. A powerful obstacle
10 the separate action of Miss is the want
fol1 L.
ouence that her trade being still conducted
through the ports Of the Union, her reve-
nue. would be diverted from her own sup
port 10 that Of foreign government, and
being geographically unconnected with
South Carolina an alliance with her would
not vary that state Of case. sic.
L. The propriety Of separate secession by
So Ca. depends so much upon collateral
questions that / find it difficult to respond
TO your last inquiry for the want OF know
ledge which would enable me to estimate
the value Of the elements involved in the |
issue though exterior 30 your State, Geor- /
gia is necessary 10 connect you with Ala
bama, and thus to make cffcctual the CO.
operation Of Miss If Georgia would be
lost by immediate action, but could be gain
ed bv delay, it scoms clear TO me, that you I
should wait If the secession Of So. Ca.
should be followed by an attempt TO eoerce
her back into the Union, that act Of usurpa-
ton, folly, and wickedness would enlist
every true Southern man for her defense.
If It were attempted TO blockade her ports
and destroy her trade, like result would
be produced, and the commercial world
would probably be added to her allies. 1t
is therefore probable that neither of those
measures would be adopted by any Admin
istration but that Federal ships would be
sent b collect the duties on imports out
side Of The bar, that the commercial nations ;
would feel little interest in that and the
Southern States would have little power to /
counteract it.
The planting States have a common in {
tcrest Of such magnitude that their union,
sooner on later for the protection Of that
interest is certain, United they will have
ample power for their own protection, and
their exports will make them allies Of all !
commercial and manufacturing powers. c
The new States have a heterogeneous po-
pulati0n, and will be slower and less unani- c.
nous than those in which there is less of :
the Northern clement in the body poll
tic but interest controls the policy of
States, and finally all the planting com
munities must reach the same conclusion.
My opinion is, therefore, as it has been, in I.
favor Of seeking 10 bring those States into p
cooperation, before asking for 4 popular v v
decision upon a new policy and relation to Il
the nations Of the earth If Sc. Ca should C.
resolve TO seccdc before tbat cooperation
can be obtained, to go oEt leaving Georgia Jc
and Alabama, Louisiana in the Union, and {
without any reason to suppose they will Il
fellow her there appears to me to be no ad- n
vantage in waiting until the Govt has pass IS
ed into hostile hands and men have become be
to that injurious and offensive q
pe9version Of the General Government
from the ends for which it was established
have written with the freedom and care Il
..,.,. ~ -. I aao,lg =. =. .I Nj
So eh'V bOulu hOt give more precise IN sex
formation Very respectfully, yrs, etc, 81 -,
JEFFERSON DAVIS NJ