NEW YORK, [N. Y.], June 23, 1855.
MY DEAR SIR:
Desirous of urging, most strongly, upon you the necessity of your coming to New
York to participate in the celebration of the Anniversary of the Young Men's
Democratic Club I cannot but write you again upon this subject, having
addressed you some days since from Baltimore.
This celebration is
one of much importance at this time, and if successful will have much weight
upon the results of the coming campaign in our state. A campaign that must
decide the position of New York in 56, whether she will stand among her Sister
States, supporting the time-honored principles of the National Democracy or
whether she will be found aiding and abetting, giving vigor and sustaining the
treasonable combinations of Whiggery and KnowNothingism, Abolitionism Maine
lawism, proscription and Priest craft.
To aid and direct
the Democracy of our State, in reestablishing her power, and asserting her
supremacy we must look to Statesmen from beyond our geographical boundaries.
Men who dare assert the majesty of the laws and whose courage and devotion has
sustained the Republic in obedience to Constitutional enactments.
Within ourselves we
have few, if any such men. Their alliances their preferences and their
prejudices have lost them the confidence of the people and if the Democratic
Masses of our State are to be united it must be through their reliance upon the
young and untainted men of our State, advised, counselled and directed by the
bold, vigorous minds of Southern men.
To ensure a
co-operative action of the North and South to restore confidence and to
complete their success the Democracy must profess and practice a common faith,
vigorous in combatting error, valiant in vanquishing a Common enemy, they must
adopt the principles of the early fathers of the Republic, they must go back to
first principles they must stand where Washington, Jefferson Monroe and Jackson
stood, pledged to sustain the Constitution of the nation, and pledged to
sustain the individual rights of the States. Protecting themselves from assault
from wishing and guaranteeing as just and an equal protection to their Sister
States. And sir, we feel now, in our State that the hour is propitious that the
Democracy of our State are prepared to take a conservative yet positive
position upon these issues, and your coming among us at this time, will do much
towards the speedy consummation of this result. We earnestly and cordially
invite you. We offer you a sincere and cordial welcome to our city and cannot
but hope you find your engagements such as to permit of your acceptance. We
have also addressed Hon. M. R. Garnett and from the urgent manner of Mr. Wise
as expressed in his letter to him I presume he will come.
SOURCE: Charles
Henry Ambler, Editor, Annual Report of the American Historical
Association for the Year 1916, in Two Volumes, Vol. II, Correspondence of
Robert M. T. Hunter (1826-1876), p. 165-6
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