The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-07-16
Letter 10 Eli Thayer.
HEAD WATERS TADroLE NAVIGATION.
Ynzoc Swamp, Mississippi, June Is,

i"vV Swamp hIisslssPpi, june ID,
lloY. ELI TnAYRR-DEAR SIN: Having
seen notice 10 the effect that you were
forming n society with the avowed object
OF colonizlng and renovating the worn-out
lands lying on the tide waters Of Eastern
Virginia; now, sir, the object of this com.
munIcation Is To invite you and your Ian.
kee colousts TO the more fertile lands lying
on the fazoo river, IA description of which
may not be unnecessary. The Iazoo river
Is very small, narrow, muddy stream, oi
great length, and with rs many bends,
crooks, winds and twists, rs are in Yam
kee conscience, winding It's way through
one OF the most fertile and productive re
gions Of country in the world. Upon
either side Of the river lie immense bodies
Of uncleared lands, thickly set with a dense
forest, in which you find trees OF every des.
cription and of gigantic proportion. Un-
derneath this growth you will find The tall
rInk, blue cane, growing rs thick as the
sins of a Yankee preacher. Interningled
with this you will find the vine and BAN
boo. So you see that in the summer
months, when the forest is in thick foliage
there night holds her regal sway, and un.
bSlulc iSiBUS
The spontaneous productions are such as
10 conduce 10 the comfort and happiness oil
every Yankee. Among the most choice
are alliga.ors, turtles, buffalo gnats, mosqui
toes, and other delicacies sufficiently in,i.
ting to tickle the most fastdious appetite oI
the most dainty Yankee. On the culliva
ted lands grow TO perfection string beans
onions and 'pn,urkins;' the latter grow 10
fabulous size, one being sufficiently large
to house Eli Thayer aud his colonists the
first winter, and feed them some. You
need not fear the attacks Of the mosquitoes
rs it is we'll known that ,he blood OF the
Yankees on the coast, from the river ST
Johns TO Cape Cod. has become so thin
and poor, from severe cold, hunger and
ague and fever, that the mosquito would
starve 10 death in the vain endeavor to
draw uourishment from the blood of the
Yankee; while on the other hand, the Y an
kee would latten on the swamp malaria
aud live for ever.
Now, this portion of the Yazoo Swamp
is not adapted to either white folks. mig
gers or mules. and we presume it would
therefore be "A fine country 10 grow string
beans, onions, pumpkins" and Yankees.
Should you conclude TO come, you must
accede TO the following propositions:
/. You must leave your kind of morals
in the land Of steady habits, as we do moi
tolerate Kallochism here
2. You must not color and trim the
leaves of the pumpkin vines aud sell them
for baling rope.
.. you must not defraud, cheat, swindlC
or corrupt our niggers.
On your entrance into the State, you and
all your Yankee colonists must take an oath
to support the Constitution Of the United
States, rs we do not tolerate treason here
In using the term Yankee, in this com.
muuica,on, we mean 10 apply it TO that
species Of the human race who foster in their
hearts lying, hypocrisy, deceit and treason
the British loving Yankee, and not tho law
abiding national men at the North. Your
obcdieut servant, lAZoo SwAMPER.
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