The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-03-04
For the Ledger.
A NORTHERN MAN WITH COR
RECT SENTIMENTS.

MR.. EDITOR :-BcIieving that the follow
ing letter, or rather extracts, will be read
with pleasure by yonr readers, ! have re-
qucsted the same for publication in your
paper,
SYRACUSE, Feb. 10. 1857.
DEAR **tFF--l am in receipt of Your
kind favor "f the 2Sth uitimo. | am hap
py To hear from YOU, and that you have
found so many new and warm friends, who
are so anxious 10 make goa ~a"j"ur.: in the
sunny South SO pleasant and agreeable to
you. This must be very CRAFTY ing. The
southern people are proNriblal for their
warm and generous hospitality. Every IN
tcliigcnt traveller from the North who Visits
them, and stays long enough to appreciate
them, will bear testimony To the truth of
these remarks, and | am always panied
when | hear men of tho North seek, by rail
ing. 10 disparagc them and their institutions.
There are 10 more patriotic, highmindcd or
chlvalric pcople IN any country. It's there
fore always Il matter Of deep regret /" Tlc
To hear them or their INSTITUTIONS dcuoun
crd IS ! often do. Some Of our Btlck Re
PabiicGHS even go so far in their ianUuiclsm
as To dcn"uuce them us murdcrcrs aud as
sassin,, SIMPLY because they adhere 10 an
Institution which at one time cXivn tea
over the entire UniOn, and which is guaran-
tccd 10 them by the Constitution.
Why, this class of vic disorganizcrs are
now calling Il Convention, to be held ut
WORCESTER, Mass, Tor tho aNOwcd purpose
of taking measures 10 dissolve the Uuiun,
Can iana,lcisIn and folly 20 further I! Whcu
tins becomes II question, Of il; ever docs.J
and | should be called upon 10 decide which
side 10 take, l Mould unlrsjlatingiy gather
up my effects and my family and take up
my march to some peaceful spot South OF
iioSon n DLrGn'S line. Much rs | love
the North, ] would leave it before | would
submit TO live among such n set Of bigots.'
The letter from which The above extract
Is taken. was addressed TO gentleman, who
has recently been on a visit to this place,
by Il relative residing in the central part of
The State of New York. !, in an extract
from Il private letter, not intended or de-
signed for the pubic eye. Twas furnished
to me, Mt my request, by the gentleman, and
relative OF the author. 10 whom it Was adj
dressed. Ii is from the pen of "a prom
incnt Democrat, one who has been
honnred with high position and trust, both
in the municipal and State government of
that State a near relative too of the gem
tleman selected by President Pierce for one
of the most responsible federal offices in tho
State Of New York. The principles are
sonHl. and the sentiments correct, and in
these degenerate days OF the RepuLlic
when Black RepublicauiSm and Abolition.
ism and all the other iSms of Il distorted
Imagination, are sweeping over the Northern
States, especially The great State Of New
York, it IL truly gratiry ing to hear ard read
such sentiments cmanaiing from one sur.
rounded by sich impure political associations
and atmosphere. The principles aud scnii.
mcnts of the lcticrnrc jast what should be
the principles aud sentiments of every
states rights Democrat of The Jc~ffcrsenian
and Pierce school, the principles and scn,i.
mcnis of every truly conservative and ma.
tonal patriot If the hole people of the
Northern States would only maiatain. cuI.
tiYnte, cherish aud adhere TO snch principles
and sentiments, the union of these United
States, could and would be pcrpetuatcd.
w.
Lancaster, G. H., S. &. Feb. 81, 81.