The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-05-18
FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS
From Montgomery.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nav 2. 1855

which shall be the last you will receive
from me for many day. hope to write
my next, some months hence, some thou
sand miles away, and that the burden of it
may be
THE battles siegcs, dangers have passed,
And hair breadth 'scapcs in tic Imminent dead
1y breach"
say hope, for the future is uncertain, and
though
''Tis not in mortals to command success,
They may do more, desefte Il"
Lest should grow dull in the progress
Of this letter, must apologetically premise
that have just returned from dinner. The
mind is the slave Of the body, deriving from
it its complexion, tone and vigor. Physiol-
ogy tlus.fa confirms the doctrine of Mate
rialism. may, then, charge to the obfus-
eating process Of digestion any unusual
dulncss may exhibit My frequent COM
munications Of late may make mc liable to
the charge Of the "cacocthes correctly CO.
coethos) scrbendi' disease. Like the post
master who being removed for "proximitv,"
Indignantly denied the charge, So do l. l
do not love to write, and l will fight duel
with anybody who says do. 1 ablor,
loathe this thing of writing. For that
loathing sold out cheap to you, and quit
the abhorrcd business. For that loathine,
have refused the cditorship Of Il dozen pa
pers, which has been offered me. l had
rather drive bark mill, turn grind-stonc,
or work in tread-mill, than to be under
the compulsion to write. Write write !!
write!!! 1t used to sound to me like the
unrelenting command to the Wandering
Jew, who, with bruised and weary feet, had
a hundred times travcrscd the earth, and
was about to sink exhausted upon some
.green spot to rest, when the awful sound
rang in his ear, March! march J! march!!!
Within the last year, have written nothing.
say nothing, for few articles for our city
papers, and those you have published, are
the only exceptions. And hereafter shall
be still more chary. AS for the qualification
Of being laudcd by the press, (not yours,
but the press in generally it has ceased to be
an object with me. have enjoyed flattery
in sickening profusion. It longer soothcs
my ear. So you will not hear from me again
until or unless the circumstances occur
which are indicated in the first part of this
letter.
was asked this morning, by General
who did start to Cuba, if was going there.
/ told him if he had not quit taking the
Press he would have seen that 1 was not.
Ny last letter was written to save the lives
of some of the reckless young men of the
South, who are ready to risk them in this
fantastic adventure. Indeed most of the
letters receive are from young men who
think am going to Cuba. l will give
few extracts from some of them, merely to
show the spirit in which they are written.
Several are from Abbeville and Edgefeld.
I'have been surprised at the character of the
men who propose to 60, some Of them be-
ing pen of mature age, and among the first
men in those Districts:-
"AuGUsTA, CAB. L. PosEY-Dear
Sir: 1 have just read your letter in the
Press. Although I cannot find in the ar
ticle any specifications of the plan, or even
an idea Of the character or destination of
the expedition; yet if it is what you declare
it to be, (and I rely upon your judgment,)
L Twill 60 with you to any country "north
of H-ll" Please give me, as. soon as
possible, all the information you can.
''Yoars truly, K.n.&a5&s
rs. G.. College, April "a, '55.-B. L.
PosEY. Esq.-Dear Sir: Your communica-
tion to the Press in regard to the letters
you have received, concerning the Expedi-
ton spoken Of is NOT quite satisfactory in
my case for want TO graduate here, and
if the Company should leave befores the
first Of December next will not be able to
join it; and, besides, Ishould lksSbefore I
leave to make some arrangement Of my
money matters. I hope you will answer
this as soon as you can, and let me know
atwhat time tits probable yot will leave,
and, if possible, to what country you go.
-. ."As Ihave known you By character for
some time, it is more on your account that
I;go than any other, and Z hope, through
! your influence, to- ohtaint a situation in
which imay be- able to do all that I can.
for go into;tie thing with; an my heart.
aGasrssBoao,. IA possY Esoy III,
Dear Sir !: Having. noticed Ein d MobJs
paper, copied from 40 A Abbeyills Is r.) pa
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