Letter signed J.V. Huntington, St. Louis, to Hon. Jas. S. Green. In reply to your letter and concerning politics in Missouri. It is fully clear here that we Catholics owe nothing whatever either to the Democratic Party or the public men of Missouri. Circumstances have compelled me to make a change in my plans and I plan to return to New York which has become the center of Catholic journalism, as it is of the literary movement generally. If I receive the appointment to Rome, or any other, it will be as a New Yorker. All that I ask of Missouri is here testimony to my character and services. By supporting me in defiance of interested and short sighted clamor and generally gaining this appointment for me as the candidate of the Catholic hierarchy and laity you would have struck a blow for the party and the state of the greatest importance. Entire Catholic emigration which will soon be pouring into Missouri would have gained, and an important favor [torn] to the Southern party, represented by Missouri, would have been made on the Catholics of the entire Union., 1858 May 6, Box: 2, Folder: 2. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed J.V. Huntington, St. Louis, to Hon. Jas. S. Green. In reply to your letter and concerning politics in Missouri. It is fully clear here that we Catholics owe nothing whatever either to the Democratic Party or the public men of Missouri. Circumstances have compelled me to make a change in my plans and I plan to return to New York which has become the center of Catholic journalism, as it is of the literary movement generally. If I receive the appointment to Rome, or any other, it will be as a New Yorker. All that I ask of Missouri is here testimony to my character and services. By supporting me in defiance of interested and short sighted clamor and generally gaining this appointment for me as the candidate of the Catholic hierarchy and laity you would have struck a blow for the party and the state of the greatest importance. Entire Catholic emigration which will soon be pouring into Missouri would have gained, and an important favor [torn] to the Southern party, represented by Missouri, would have been made on the Catholics of the entire Union., 1858 May 6, Box: 2, Folder: 2. Saint Louis History Collection, A1427. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/17113 Accessed November 22, 2024.