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Excerpt from Letters of the Hon.: Joseph Holt, the Hon. Edward Everett, and Commodore Charles Stewart, on the Present CrisisEqually vain is it for them to declare that they only wish to be let alone, and that, in establishing the independence of the seceded states, they do those which remain in the old confederacy no harm. The free states, if al lowed the opportunity of doing so, will undoubtedly concede every guarantee needed to afford complete protection to the institutions of the South, and to furnish assurances of her perfect equality in the Union, but all such guaran tees and assurances are now openly spurned, and the only Southern right now insisted on is that of dismembering the republic. It is perfectly certain, that in the attempted exercise of this right, neither states nor statesmen will be let alone. Should a ruffian meet me in the streets, and seek, with his axe, to hew an arm and a leg from my body, I would not the less resist him because, as a dishonored and helpless trunk, I might perchance survive the mutilation. It is easy to perceive what fatal results to the old confederacy would follow, should the blow now struck at its integrity ultimately triumph. We can well understand what degradation it would bring to it abroad, and what weakness at home, what exhaustion from incessant war and standing armies, and from the erection of fortifications along the thousands of miles of new frontiers, what embarrassments to commerce from having its natural channels encumbered or cut off, What elements of disintegration and revolu tion would be introduced from' the pernicious example, and, above all, what humiliation would cover the whole American people for having failed in their great mission to demonstrate before the world the capacity of our race for self-government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.