The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-08-25

Declined With Thanks.
JEFP DAvIs's LETTER TO THE ROCK
FORD AaKIcULTURlsrs.


JEFE DAvIs's LETTER TO THE ROCK.
FORD AaKIcULTuRlsrs.
CBy Telegraph TO tho News and Courier. !
MEMPHIS, August l9.-The Hon.
Jefferson Davis has sent the following
letter
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Aug. 10, 1875.
Henry p. KimbaN, Secretary Of the
Wtnnebayo County Agricultural
Society, Rockford, H..
DEAR SlR: I yesterday sent to
you telegram announcing my revo-
cato of my conditional acceptance of
the invitation to address your assooia.
tion at their annual meeting in Sep.
tember next. The long period which
has elapsed since the receipt of your
first letter, and the oonsiderate
courtesy which has ma.ksd yous cor
respondenoe, make it . duty to you
and myself that sufficient explanation
should be given of THE change Of
purpose.
Three objects mainly induced me
to accept the invitation "First.
The hope that personal Intercourse
might remove some of the prejudices
which have been generated by parti.
sun facfious and matured by inditidu.
al and sectional hute. Anxious us in
former years to promote the interests
of our great valley Of tho Mississippi,
and believing that with mutual CON
tdeuce aud oo.ihtelligence much
could be done for it, advanoement, [
solely delayed my acceptance of your
invitation until it became reasonably
probable that it should be met. The
productive capacity Of the Northwest
needs for its development cheaper
aud safer transportation to tho mar
kets of tho Soushwcst;.,an also to
foreign countries. In England espo.
cially, euruest attention has boen di.
rected Tor several years past to more
direct aud economical trade with Ito
NJ Mississippi valley. In this oonneo
ton there was u desire to confer with
the Patrons of Nusbuudry and pros
Perous sections to discuss with them
the securing of better means of traus-
Portatiou tor your furm produce to
the most favorable markets, and pro-
vide ageucies which should ensure q
larger return to freemcp, and by such
conference to learn the views Of one
mcmter of the family of the Missis-
sippi valley, family, the chief inter-
est OF oil uf which is not only agrioul.
tural, but the cultivation Of such W.
rious crops as to make trade among
themselves extensive aud lucrative,
while it stamps upon each and all the
same interests and the same policy.
AS to tho foreign trade, to render
such connections efficient there must
needs 30 q disposition to attend to
The subject uolsr consideration, sure.
ly not purpose to suother it by the
iu.crroSition of matters having 10
just relation TO it..
was encouraged 20 believe that
your reception of me would be bene-
ticial to your association. This was
the more supposuble because SO Veral
other agricultural societies Of illinois
had in like manner invited me to ud.
dress their annual meetings. Yes.
terday received printed paper, it
being protest of u number of your
fellow countrymen against tho action
of your board in their invitation to
me to address tho meeting. There.
upon, l sent you telegram withdraw
ing my acceptance of the invitation to
participate in your meeting, and hope
Mother your association or the dirco-
tors will suffer harm by the delay in
procuringan orator, "r by the CORES.
pondenoe which has caused it. The
object was to crafty wishes long
entertained to see in its cultivated
dress the country known to me as
trackless wilderness, but that boing
msrely personal qualification, it may
bo. INDUCED in at my convenience or
postponed indefinitely. .
| can we'll believe that the cause
which has changed my purpose was
az unforeseen by you as by me, and
you may be assured that feel no dis-
affection toward the directors or your
self, and have suffered no personal
embarrassment from the even,, Us the
invitation was unexpected, and only
acceptable as IN expression of general
good will 80 my only regret il the
loss of opportunity to promote tho
public interest with which the vel
fare of your community is identified.
Again expressing the hope that ne,th.
or the directors nor you rself may suf-
fer Injury or annoyance, and thank
ing you for the kindness and consid-
Grafton you have manifested, an,
yours respectfully,
JEFFERSON DAVIS.