Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-05-28

pendently as younr tco.t .ters when tbey Get up-
on their own dubghilf And this Is Rfe in the
Souih Here is Southern cbivalry-th aris-
tocracy Of Ametica-the constituency of a
Butler and Brooks Give me my northern
home, however humblel / would rather be al /.
most nything except doughface) in the Frro
North, than to be mistress OF tue best planta-
tiOn in South Carolina " ''' ii lauH |
The above letter was addressed to the broth
er Of the writer, resident in a New-EnFland
village, without the Slightest idea Of pubhca4
ton, merely as q relief to the pent-up feelings
Of disgust which such state Of society, and
such occurrences, could not but inspire in
person accustomed 10 civilized decenoies But
the brother Unwilling to keep so good thing
to himself imprddently published ii in the
newspaper Of the village, and somebody auN.
ious, II would seem, to enable the inhabitants
Of Aiken to obtain glimpse Of themselves,
took the pains 70 send on copy 70 Aiken.
For the knowledge Of what took place there
on the arrival of this awful document we are
indebted to a letter q copy Of which is before
US, addressed by" the Sick gentleman from
Ohio, whom the writer Of the above letter des.
cribes as one Of her fellow boarders, 10 some Of
his Northern friends This gentleman was at
once fixed upon by the indignant Akenites as
the author Of the letter. The landlady's son at
the dinner table read a communication from
prominent citizen announcing the danger The
writer stood in, and then, turning to the Ohio
gentleman, an invalid far gone in Consumption,
advised him TO leave town Immediately as the
crowd were very greatly exasperated and he
could not voueh for the gentlemsn's safety for
an hour. Thereupon the lady announced her
selfas the writer Of the letter. A public meet.
ing having soon after assembled, and commen-
ced business by appointing a Committee to as
certain the author Of the letter, the landlady's
son communicated 20 them the information he
had obtained; but the meeting was not satisfed
till the consumptive gentleman bad been had
up before it aud had been requircu 10 disayOw
all connection with or knowledge of the letter,
OF the furnishing aiy of the facts detailed in It.
The next question was what should be done
with the ladyi
Thirteen of the attendants upon the meeting,
not liking the idea Of mobbng woman, to say
nothing Of her invalid daughter, voted that an
apology should be acceptedfprovided she might
be willing to tender it But the constituents Of
Brooks and Butler would listen TO nothing Of
that sort aud the meeting voted, by a large ma
jority, that she should leave the town within
forty eight hours, and, to insure her departure,
orders were issued to her lhndiady, aud 20 all
the other boarding houses in the town, to give
her neither food nor drink after the lapse ofthat
lime. SO she packed up, and departed by the
morning train, bidding a. fiual adieu to Aiken and
its chivalry.
Perhaps regard for the safety Of the parties
concerned ought to prevent us from stating that,
even in Aiken itself this procedure does not
meet with entire approval Several prominent
persons in town, writes the Ohio gentleman,
who, we are happy to say, is by this time quite
out Of the reach Of the Aikenites, "volunteered
tgaN
'they feel will justly attach to the proceeding
"amoDg them two clergymen" But, in truth
people Of this way Of thinking in the Southern
States are even worse off than the Northern
visitors among them. II would not be so con-
venient to them TO leave at iorty.eight hours
notice, aud, in the Slave States, that is danger
always hanging over the head of every man
who presumes to differ from current opinion
~ T. Tribune. H t