The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-18
Georgia Politics.

The Savannah Ne,DS thus corrects the msre
presentations of correspondent of the Balti-
more Sun, whose letters are dated from that
sponsible writer's, we seldom deem worthy of
notice but since our contemporary has thought
it worth his while to refer to this writer, we sub
join portion of his comments, which will prove
the reliability of the information of the writer
on the subjects of which he speaks so tlppantly
TYBEE's LETTERS TO THE BALTIMORE SUM-
In order that our Southern Rights friends may
know how grossly they are misrepresented
abroad, we copy from the Baltimore Sun the
following extracts from letter from its Savan-
th correspondent, who signs himself Iybee,
The writer is speaking Of the Union meeting
eld III this city ON the 3lst ult He says:
1T was composed Of thinking and substantial
nen, such as merchants, real estate owners,
shippers, stockholders and shop-kecpers, with
large number Of honest lrishlnen and Germans,
vac love the Union and appreciate the blessings
which it confcrs. These men, and all others
Who are really interested in the preservation of
The Government, see that they will be left to
bear The ills of civil war and revolution, should
;hey come, aud that it is their property, their
and consumed in the conflagration which the
l.cobins seem determined to kinde. Wherever
you find disunionist outside of South Carolina
YOU will find man who has but little ut stake
and consequently but little to lose, either Of pro-
pcrty or reputation. Their natural element is
lgit ton and revolution. In order to crafty
their incendary ambition they are ready, like the
wretch who fired the El'hesian dome, to destroy
tho best government ever formed by man, to in
woke war and bloodshed, and the innumerablc
ills that follow the goomy train of revolution
all for the purpose of acquiring an immortality
ofiutamy. There are many such men, inc0gnito,
abroad in the land. They come amongst us like
wolves in sleeps clothing, with union upon their
lips and disunon in their hearts.
1t is gratifying circumstance that the religious
community is almost everywhere in favor of the
Union
1t will be seen that the writer's aim is to give
the impression abroad that while the Union
party as he calls it, in Georgia, comprises all the
wealth, influence and responsibility Of the cOun-
try, the Southern Rights party, or Dlsunonsts,
as he pleases to desi gnate them, are n band OF
incendiares and vagabonds, who have no perma-
nent interest in the Government and who are
actuated by the basest and most despicabe mo-
tives. We have no objection to such represent
tations being made here where their falsity is
notorious, and will be admitted by the candid
among the writer's own friends; but we do pro-
test against the dissemination abroad Of so gross
Islander upon large and respectable portion,
We believe majority, Of the people Of this State.
We have often been told at the North, that the
wealthy, respectable, and moral portion OF The
Southern people were opposed to Our institu-
tons, and that, in the proper time, that class
among us would not offer any serious opposition
to the consummaton of the anti-savery designs
of the North The Northern mind is strongly
impressed with this belief and It's for this reason
that we deprecate he publication of such state
Inents rs the above, which are calculated to
strengthen that impression. We do not believe
that the writer designed to convey such an idea
An ioea so utterly at variance with truth. But
in characterising those who differ with him in
regard to measures of present policy, as he has
in the above paragraphs, he not only does them
Injustice but imposes on the credulity of his
Northern readers to the great injury of the cause
of the South 1t is by the falsehoods of the
Northern abolition press, and such dsparaging
ations as these from partizan writers
at the South, that the people Of the North are
deceived in regard TO the true sentiment of our
people, and emboldened to persist in their acts
of aggression and outrage upon our rights.