Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-15
SOUTHERN PoLITICs-ANoTHER LETTER
FROM PROF, HEDRICK, OF N, G.

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Extract from a letter, under date of October q,
from Prof. Hedrick, late Of the University Of North
Carolina, to q Southern Republican friend in New
York:
had said, o time in August, that If there
we're q Fremont ticket in the State l would vote it.
Others seid they would do the same; but no one
here took much notice of it. This got abroad,
however, and came to the ears of the editor of the
Standard, when the mandate went forth from the
representative of sham Democracy. Let our
schools and seminaries be scrotinized, and If black
republicans be found in them let them be drawn
out" 1t was understood that these fulminations
wore directed OF M. The editorial was followed,
after an interval of some two or three weeks, by
the communication over the signature IAN Alum
nus" written by u second fiddler to the Standard.
1t was rumored that the board of trustees would be
called to turn me out. One OF the trustees, Judge
Saunders. being particularly active in the matter,
the chances appeared pretty strong against mo,
there being some false rumOrs atoat in addition
to being a republican. Thinking the matter would
come to an issue sooner or later, | set to work and
wrote my defense against the charges of being al
dangerous member Of the community, and came
out fairly and squarely for Fremont, and gave rea.
son for my choice which | was sure no one could
rcfute. This was rather more than the editor eX.
pected; but no saw at once tat it would not do to
argue the matter SO he roared stronger than ever
the cry Of danger to the community" hoping
thereby to have me mobbod at once. All the cop.
Y ~ u dhuu Hblhk "a NlO GuHpAOooSNi
so that my letter should not appear there; but,
some how or other, after a time, it got through
All tho means Of the worst politicians were OF
once brought to bear against me. Efforts were
made to raise a mob amongst the students, and
some of them, as | have since learned, were taunt.
ed with being towards, because they would not
drive me away. A few rowdies. however, got to-.
gether one night, and burnt an efhgy; but not one
of my classes could be induced To rebel. nor a SIN.
Gle student TO refuse to reciie. But in the political
sha CHa pIor1 fnnnh tho rIuht kind Oi Dla tp-
rial to work upon, and by giving my letter and
myself a bad name, without permitting the letter to
speak for itself and me, quite a storm was raised.
1t was declared that the University would certain
" be ruined were / not forthwith dismissed. The
Executive Committee of the board of Trustees be-
ing nearly all politicians to whom r0r popni is
more than ror Del, were very willing to sacrifice
me to the popular clamor. The chairman of the
committee is the Governor of the State. As my
letter has been very little circulated, it's true char
acter is almost unknown. 1t has not been read by
one in ten Of those who cry out most against me,
but wherever il has been read in the State, l have
found friends, not very many now, but the number
Is constantly increasing; and were there any means
of having it generally read by the citizens OF the
State, il would make a favorable impression. As
il is, discussion has been awakened, and this is
something gained. The very TACT thas the news,
papers refuse to publish my letter shows that they
fear its circulation. In driving me from my chair
in the University, my enemies have trlumphed,
but the day may not be very far distant when the
terrorists shall regret they ever took me in Land
Last week / went to Salisbury to attend a State
Teachers Convention Quite 4 formidable atJemp
was made to mob me there, but | was sustained
by my friends, so that the rufianS did not touch
me. | have Just received a letter stating that the
ringleaders are in the hands of the law. That,
think. is pretty good for a hot-beG of notification
like Salisbury. Elect Fremont, and mobism, ter
rorism and secessionism will ak receive their quie
tus. All the elements Of disunion are united or
Buchanan. His defeat will be their ruin. There
never was so good an opportunity as the presen
to arrest the process of disintegration, which ha'
of late seized the South. The election If Ere
mont will compel the disuniorists to show ther
hands, and give a chance to court them. Thel
weakness will then be made apparent to all. But
let Buchanan be elected, and the faction will con
tinue to increase until it will control the govern
ment or dissolve the Union.