New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-11-26
Al ST.. CEARhE's STREET, CORNER OF GRAv1ER, ,
l.z New Orleans, Nov. 2. 1865.
n. Longsorth. ESQ, Cincinnati,
In the county Of Hamilton and State o lhia.

N. Longworth Esq, Cincinnati,
| in the county Of Hamilton and State Of Ohio:
Sa'-Your letter of the 18th inst. came to hand
| to-day, by which [ understand you to say that
having loaned money on mills consigned to me for
SALE and because | have refused to receive them,
even on storage from Republican State, you me.
mace me with the remark that the county Of Ham
iton and State of Ohio sustain the South, by their
produce and manufactures, and that the State Of
South Carolina has population no larger than the
county Of Hamilton, in the State of Ohio, which
could, If so inclined, crush down our sister State
of South Carolina with the loss of but few lives on
your part the slaves would rise and murder their
masters when notified of your approach.
Now, sir, in regard to your money, if you have
no other mode OF recovering it than that of the
sale of goods through my agency, / can assure you
that you may be saved all further trouble about it,
by debiting the amount to profit and loss at once.
~ regard to assisting my old friends in the Re-
publican States, it would crafty me if they were
all in similar position to that Of Napoeon's bat
talon, when on their march to Egypt being sur
rounded in the desert by the Mameukes Ma
poieon came to their assistance and formed the
famous triangle with his batteries at each point
cutting the enemy from all sides without injury to
his friends in the center at the opposite angles
but, unfortunately, most of our friends are in the
position Of wellington, when he on a memorable
OCCASION had to fire directly through the ranks of
his own men in order to reach the enemy and se-
cure the victory. Stern necessity is compelling us
to the same course.
In regard to the sustenance of the South by the
county of Hamilton and State of Ohio The writer
became of age and cast his first vote in the ere
bellious State Of South Carolina twenty-five years
ago. and at that time in his district from opposi-
ton to Northern tariff aggressions there was not
man, woman or child who ate, drank or wore
anything that was produced in the county Of Ham
ilton, State of Ohio, or any other free State And
IN l840 the writer spent the summer in the North,
dressed exclusively in the manufactures of South
Carolina and never has felt that lie was better fed
or dressed than with the products of the Palmetto
State. Therefore you can readily perceive air
that what South Carolina did at that time, every
other Southern State can more readily do now and
exist comfortably, iuxuriantly, even without any
Of the sustenanee that the county of Hamilton and
state of Ohio, are so ready to exchange for ma
teral consideration. Indeed, sir, it strikes me
foreibly that the considerations is of vital i'm
portanee to the county of Hamilton and State of
Ohio, while the South can readily dispense with the
" sustenanee.n
Coming now to the crushing down our sister
State by the aid of the Congoes" on notice OF the
approach of the county of Hamilton and State of
Ohio, permit me to refer you to an episode in our
national history, wherein a nation nearly as power
fnl as the county Of Hamilton and State OF Ohio |
did, in l176 attempt to conquer the State of South
Carolina by the aid Of the Gongoes, to whom they
offered their freedom for their assistance to murder
their masters. The same history informs us that
the Gongoes remained faithful to their masters
cultivating their farms, supporting and protecting
their families, while their masters drove the inya-
deFs from their soil.
The success Of John Brown and other bandit
emissaries Of the Republican party, who found
their sturdiest foes in the faithful slaves. shouid
teach you that The Christian slave Of to-day, born
and raised with his master is no less afectionate
and faithful than the barbarian Congo of l776 were
not your intellect buried in the fogs Of religious
deeper, if possible, than that Of the
learned and reverend fanatic Cotton Mather, when
he presided at the execution Of the Salem witches.
When the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio
approach to crush down my sister State, the grand.
son of one who fought at Bunker HILL Trenton and
in he
ranks of her defenders as our ancestors were to
shed their blood to secure the rights aud liberties
which you now deny to South Carolina and her
sister States.
You appear to labor under the common delusion
1f your section, that South Carolina is unsup.
ported in her rebellion" Let me undeeeiye you
sir, with the assurance that there is not man in
any State outside of yours-Which has recently
pledged itself to the degradation Of the white man
20 a level with the negro-who does not feel that
.he bones Of his ancestors form an impregnable
'ampart through which he cannot pass to submit
20 your proffered ndignities, which are tenfold
greater than those which they died to repel.
You appear also to have forgotten that the large
minority in the State of Ohio and other States who
lid not by their votes pledge themselves and their
state to the degradation Of the white man, may
possibly insist upon establishing the fact that they
intend to remain white and above your negro level
~ forming bulWark whose simple moral aspect
Fill dspel any inclination Of the befogged fana-
les Of Hamilton county, and State Of Ohio to
rush down South Carolina, or her sister States,
Who will surely follow her in due time.
The postscript in connection with your letter
contains menace that falls so far below the level
4 white man, that am unable to reach it, and
must pass it without further notice. To conclude
With the remark that the prominent position yon
ecnpy as one Of the wealthest, most enterprising
ad Intelligent men OF the West, makes you an ex-
onent Of their views, and the character of your
etter, connected with the fact that You are q per-
onal stranger to me, makes it my duty to my fel.
Dw-citizens to let them know publicly what they
nay expect from the small county Of Hamilton in
he State of Ohio,
Respectfully yours
LAprEst sLIrfERs, eAsrgRs Avn RReaASs.-Mr.