The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1859-12-23
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err ears. There is, moreover, throughout
the letter, an undereurrent of satire, illdiS-
guised, which makes one ask the question,
f'Is this from the pen OF a Southern wo-
man?' Ii so, she must DE unaware Of the
depth and extent of the feeling which has
seized upon the Southern mind-ot the de-
termination with which it is cherished-and
Of the power and resources of the South to
do what she determines. Is it true that the
ladies of "Richmond, Smithfeld, and other
places of Virginia. expect by their own
unaided efforts, to purchase 'packet-ships,"
and turn the channel Of trade? Can the no.
bic an patriotic daughters of the Old Do
minon be charged with acting prematurely
and without elaboration on this most inter
esting and 8ome,ehat exciting % subject"
when their husbands and fathers, and broth
ers and sons, are grasping arms to repel, i!
need be, open foes; to watch, as they are
forced to do, for stealthy assassins and COW
ardly incendiaries Did the wives, sisters
and daughters of the men OF "'70," wait
for the sound of clashing arms TO force them
to similar determination, with respect to
English goods? Thus, the revolution was
begun another, it may be, is at hand. The
surest way to prevent an appeal to arms,
is first to appeal to the ''ponhee's sensitjre
ncrre." But a "Country Woman" should
rene Der that these women of the South
are IL promising their cooperation IN
meo oifeady inauguated by the men Of
the ). ar conduct then Is womany
and To- II; an an assurance to our native
her daugn... sympathy and aid.
A Country Woman" (7) assigns what
she considers good and sufficient reason TOR
thus giving counsel against what most of us,
South of Mason and Dixon, believe to be to
our interess.' Virginia has some very warm
friends among persons Of the uery highest
respectaJility in Philadelphia, New i ork
and Boston; besides many other friends at
the North, who would rather die themselves
than live to witness disruption OF the coun-
try, &c" That sounds very like talk from
Northern latitudes So highly do our
brethren regard ANTON, that they are guilty
OF the political heresy Of placing the Con-
tederacy above the Constitution; and this is
because union with the South gives the
North about two hundred millions of dol
lars worth, upon which to trade; yet so
highly do they value the Union, that we
have been warned, the South, shall not
Lave the Union; if she does, we will "whip |
her back" No doubt, thousands would "die
sooner than witness the disruption of the |
country" but it would be an attempted en-
torcement of the bonds of Union upon an |
unwilling, seeding, but highly valuable |
South
Where are those mighty friends OF ours
at the North Were they at Fanuel Hall |
An Everett and Gushing were there, and |
present in spirit, though not in body, was
Franklin Pierce. But let it be remembered
Elk Gov. Levi Lincoln presided. He, in an
opening address, announcing the object OF
that meeting OF conservative men in Boston
(niirabae dictu y saw fit to use the follow
ing language, and beg the reader to notice
the manner ia which it was received
"Fellow citizens, trust need not say in
this presence [of conservative men that / am
no advocate for oppression in any of its
forms. l am friend to freedom, as are you
all | would restrict slavery TO its narrow
est legalized limits-( cheers and applause -
and do whatever vas in my power to rsnaooe
IL from the aehole land, whenever and as soon
as in the goodness and mercy OF God, it
could be done with wisdom and safety cloud
and continuous cheering and applause lot
conservatives / We are all lovers of liher-
ty. There is not a single pro-savery man
in the opprObrious sense OF that term, in
this vast assembly; no, not one, applause
&c.) The South has uttered many unde-
served reproaches upon the feelings of the
free States" When "high responsibilities
professedly had met,to condem a traitor and
his treason--when they had assemb led, these
conservators, to sympathise with Virginia,
whose sacred soil had been stained with
the blood Of her sons, and her rights out
ragged to ASSURE her their best ehdeavors
should be used to stay the tide oil tanaticism,
Lincoln, their president, gives conformation
to the object of the traitor; he only condemns
the means employed How friendly and
brotherly
How placid is Everett and how fancifully
does he portray the horrors Of an nsurrec-
ton in the South--as if three millions of
slaves could reproduce in the Southern
States, the scenes of st. Domingo! One truth
he Suavely tells, "that this Union will be
shaken to its foundation p But could the
possibilities which the goldent ongued orator
pictured have allayed the avarici0us envy of
the people Of the North
Cushing, all honor to him dared to tell
the truth in the very august gathering Of
the mutual admiratlonistS OF the "modern
Athens" These was but words--'Eonly this
and nothing more"-the action of Boston
was declared a few days subsequently at
the polls--a black Republican was elected
Mayor, the "citiZens candidate" defeated
New York has been also nightly moved
exceedingly. The very highest respecta.
billties met there to ratify the nomination
OF Fernando Wood An abundance of " ords
But the ground on which the people of New
York were counselled to elect as Mayor, the
'Union candidate" was, that if the Union
were dissolved, the commerce Of the city lgoMd
be destroyed!
Fernando Wood was chosen by plUrality
cote. If my memory serves me, he received
only fifty thousand votes in New York city
Divided counsels alone prevented repeti-
ton in the Commercial Metropolis" OF the
Boston election.
May we not judge ''our friends" Of Phila-
delphia and the North, by Boston and New
York tx pede Heroulem !
Nhara is mn nueotion that lha mPn of the