The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-11-08
LETTER FROM DANIEL WEBSTER

In Charles LanmanS IriVa'o Inv
Daniel Webster we find the Asupjoiheu
letter written to John Taylor, the man
aper of his farm. 1t shows how a great
man could mingle simplicity with pa
triotism, and great truths with domes-
tic minor details. The letter was writ
ten when the veteran statesman was
70 years old, and stood the most promi-
nent man in the United States as the
prospective President. In these days
of partisan luminosity and sectlonalism
IL will afford a relief to the earnest
warnings of the true old Wing patrio's
wherever found:
WASHINGTON, March II. 1852
.sJoHN TAYLOR: Go ahead. The heart
If the winter Is broke, and before the nrst
Sav of April all your land may be Flowed.
Rnv the oxen of Captain Marston, II you
think the price fair. Pay for the hay. l
send Won check for $3.50, for these two
Objects Put the great oxen in a CONDITION
70 he Turned out and fattened. lou nave
a Good horse team, and think, in addl-
tion to this. four oxen and pair OF four
vear-old steers will do your work. II you
think so. then dispose of the Stevens oxen,
nv invoke them and send them to the pas
ture for beef. I know not when l shall
see Won. but l hope before planting
If YOU need anything, such as guano, tor
instance, write to Joseph Buck, ESD, Boss
ton. and he will send it to you. Whatever
oro,nd won SOW or plant, see that it is in
Good condition. We want no pennyTOy06
cr0ns "A little crop well titled is to a
farmer the next best thing to "a little WIRE
we'll wiIled. Cultivate your garden. bs
sure to produce sufficient quantities OF use,
fnl vegetables. A man may half support
his family from a good garden. rake
care to keep my mothers garden in goou
order. even il it costs you the wages OF
man TO take care of it. / have sent you
many garden seeds. Distribute them
among Your neighbors. Send them to the
stores in the village, that everybody may
have part of them without cost. am
Glad that YOU have chosen Mr.. Pike rep
Tesentatiye. He is true man; but there
are in New Hampshire many persons VINO
call themselves Wings, who are no wings
ut all. and no better than disunionlsts;
Any man who hesitates in granting and
securing to every part of the country It's
;nst and constitutional rights, is an enemy
to the whole country. John Taylor! IL
one Of your, boys should say that he honors
his father and mother, and loves his broth,
ers and sisters, but still insists that one OF
them shall be driven out of the family
what can you say of him but this, tna,
there is no family love in him You ana
are farmers; we meyer talk polltlcs-oui
talk is of oxen; but remember this ina
any man who attempts to excite one par
of this country against another, is just as
wicked as he would be who should attemp
to get ND quarrel between John Taylo
and his neighbor, old Mr. John Sanborn
or his other neighbor Captain Burleign
There are some animals that live best IL
the fire: and there are some men who de-
LIGHT in heat, smoke, combustion, and ever
general conhagration, They do not follow
the things which mako for peace. Ihel
enjoy only controversy, contention, ant
strife. Have no communion with sucl
persons, either as neighbors or politician
You have no more right to say that SLAYER.
ought not to exist in Virginia than Vlr
} pinian has to say that slavery ought to OK
lat in New Hampshire. This is question
left to every State to decide for itself; an'
if we mean to keep the States together w
must leave to every State this power OF de
Gliding for itself I think 1 never wrot'
you a word before upon politics. l shal
not do it again. 1 only say love you
: country, and your whole country; and whel
3 men attempt to persuade you to get into
, quarrel with the laws of other States
tell them that you mean to mind your owl
: business, and advise them to mind theirs
s J ohm Taylor, you are free man; yo'
: possess good principles; you have lNrg
: family to rear and provide for by your la
Dor. Be thankful to the government whicl
: does not Cypress you, which does not bea
you down by excessive taxation, but whic
holds out to you and to yours the hope o
all the blessing Which liberty, industry
and security may give. John Taylor
thank God, morning and evening, that yo
were born in such country. John Taylor
a never write me another word upon politics
. Give my kindest remembrance to you
y wife and children and when you loo
= from your eastern windows upon the grave
3 of my family, remember that he who !
9 the author of this letter must soon follo'
them to another world,
"DANIEL WEBSTER