Loans have been floated in all the states, and arms are being bought to repel by force any material obstacle that would subject the federal government to the wishes of the people of the South. Let us hope that the separation will be effected peaceably. The North is beginning to become frightened, and a strong reaction is already making itself felt, but I fear that it is too late. Still, in Massachusetts, that center of abolitionism, the municipal elections of several cities have given a large majority to the Democratic Party. Factories are closing down due to lack of work.
Commerce is at a standstill, and thousands of people are without work.
Poverty is already extreme. It will be a veritable war of the poor against the rich, of the idle laborer against the owner. Then you will see how right I was when I told you several months ago that everything in the Constitution of the United States was false. The English newspapers, which, according to their praiseworthy custom, mix into what doesn't concern them, are applauding the triumph of the Republican cause in this country, exciting the abolitionists to hold firm. Free public domain graphics are available at the Civil War Clipart Gallery .