With sentiments Of respect Sc,


S. ?. WEBSTER.

OXFORD, Miss. Angnst, Is4
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Dear Sir-Your favor OF The 9th ult, was not
received I'LL the 10th, al which time was pre-
pairing To leave home to fill some appointments
Tor public discussion previously made On my
return, found The hand ol disease had been hea-
yy laid upon my family. They required my
personal attention; and be(0rs their recovery
myself became The subject Of shorl but vigorous
attack Of fever; from which ! am now Gonzales
cent. am thus explicit in my apology, TO show
you that the delay of this response TO your favor
proceeds from no dsinclnatIon to answer.


Before proceeding to the main purpose Of this
letter, Rdulge me IN brief remark. h subject
ofthe " Union Bank Bonds" rs one Iof deep
and thrilling interest to the people OF Mississippi.
1t involves questions Of the very FIRST magnitude I;
and IN It's discussion we Should remove from Dur
mlrds every impsdment 10 n clear and just con.
cIuslou. Passion should be husAed, obslrucung
prejudlces should be merged in an ardent deSte
for the common veal, parry lrammes should be
sundertd, parry associations forgotten, party dis.
clpae despised; and every freeman ol MlssIs
s,pp, fully CONSCIOUS of his dignity and responsl-
blIlly as possessed Of portion OF the sovereignty
of the State, should march up to the decision OF
ms great question, WIN nc s''ho nerve "uN ~
dependence Of ihoueht which characterized our
ancestors, and with tae same purpose aud deler
mlnatlon to be lust to themselves and poserliy,
and lust TO all the world. 1t Is Tor the people Vi
Mississippi alone TO enter up judgment IN 'h's
matter AND when they speak out with clear IN.
enmyoca vol, e, none will dare gansyu / Is
domestic question, and when Vt The house.
hold shall decide 1t, from that judgment there hes
90 appeal but to The enlightened opinions oil man.
kind.


Viewing this question in this way, 1t "a mani
lesy improper to give TO It a parry tuln' Inc
whole people should unite in one course or the
other: the dignity and uuilnpeachab'Ily Of lher
de ,lsion will greatly depend upon H. Nslihef
side exclusively belongs 10 Democrats or Wings
1t is the peoples cause, aud all d''s'oa IS to be
deprecated. Therefore,I thought IT unbecomng
in me whose name had beeo associated with par