The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-07-17
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hand, which is TO settle the destiny
of the sslayeholders Of the. South
J0rege9'. yds 3oH loo no,lN6sisb sia 10 '
Eel," % Under these circumstances: !
Solicit your confidential, opinion A. o1
affairs, and beg that you will con,
fide in me 80 far as TO write to me
at Washington what you real y
think on each phase Of affairs as
IT comes up. Shall the South make
the LeComptons Constitution en- al.
timatums Can we, the slave States,
honorably remain in The Union ii
Kansas, is refused admission be-
cause she asks it as a slave, State 2
do answer me- these questions,
and make whatever suggestions
may occur to you." 10 ,sa9Gssas
,SHl had occasionally published ex.
tracts from the, very Interesting
letters received from Judge Evans,
tho Senatorial colleague of GOV.
ernor Hammond, and it is to this
that he good hninoredly alludes in
the following letter. $50 .5-..t,
- 81.
"WAsuIsaroN, Feb. IA, 1885,
"My Dear Sir: II received
yours Of the Sth ult., am much
obliged"tol you for your Kindness
and proniptness, and also for the
favorable manner you have spoken
of me in yom paper. . You know
In what q vortex people live here,
and can imagine that, new to eve.
rythingg, g, and especially my own
position, / have had enough to do
+ to lock and listen and try to learn.
This is my excuse for not writing
sooner. Besides, they tell me that
you will put in your paper what
yonr friends write you. I own
that this has been a source of much
amusement to me, but l don't like
to amuse others in the same way !:
and not yet accustomed to write
or speak otherwise than straight
forward, and as | think l lack Con.
fdence in my own discretion in
writing a prtvate letter for the
public, | might get myself into
great trouble by it. So, for a time
at least, don't "trot me out ." in
that way. On this condition I
will give you some ideas that |
think l shall lay before the Senate
in a quiet way when / get the
floor" He then gives me pretty
much the substance of his intend
ed Nebraska. Kansas speech and
concludes by saying n" But unit!
after / have made my speech don't
gut it by letting, this get into the
papers. This is my thunder. /
am afraid to speak it to any one
here. / Imay change my mind and
not speak it at all, but such is my
present opinion. 1t seems to me
to be the only solution of the per
verse conduct Of men, and the pre-
sent unnatural state of things here
and in Kansas. | give it to you,
at all events, as speculation for
your prT0ate amusement" ~
"WAsH1NaToN, 9th April, 1858.
My Dear Sir:-I have fire.
quently thought l would write to
You, bnt there was always some.
thing on the cards Just ahead the
result of which I wished to com.
municate. aud therefore I deferred
writing. | have come to the con.
clusion this will always be the
case, and therefore, having leis.
ure moment, write now. The
newspapers give you a very full
account Of all that passes here,
and will enable you to form as
good an opinion of events and
their foreshadowings as we can
here, and perhaps better, as You
do not get all the false rumors that
We do. The struggle here is not
for the good of the country, and
by no means for humanity. Alb.
olition, pure and simple, occupies,
the minds of few and the hearts
of fewer, what is desired is posoer
and spoats, and this is very thinly
disguised. More than half the
men in both the Houses think they
have a chance for the Presidency,
and act accordingly, utterly reck-
less Of constitutional rights, prin-
ciple, or the country. Y
| know no Northern man with any
real pretensions to craftsmanship
save Seward, who is after all not
much. They are all lawyers. or
stump politicians or nothing. y y
Tell Inc, when the. thing is dispos.
ed of, what you think ought to be
done by the South Ny view now
is to keep South Carolina aoith tile