Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-12-25
The Alarm i'll South Carolina.

South Carolina. though hurrying on seces-
sion, IS not without its alarms and apprehen-
tons. \ lady wlltiug to her uncle III New
York, says the family - preparing to go y orth
on may imagine, dear uncle our situai ion.
but you can never realize 1t IN lis fulmesS-
Already We tremb,e in our own home IN antic-
ipaIIon and eXp, clancy Of what Is liable ut
any moment burst forth, a negro i1ts,rroctloa
Could you see the care aud prccautloR DIS
played here by the proprIctors, not only plant
ers, but others. you would not for moment
envy US our positions. Not night passes. that
we do not lock field hands securely in
their quarters but our most loved and valued
house servants, who in ordinary times we trust
TO any extent, are watched and guarded against
with all the scrutiny and care We possess -
. r planters and owners OF slave ropertv do
not allow their servants 10 have any intercourse
with each Othe-, and Tie negroes are confined
strictly to the pre- misses where they belong
Nc are all obliged 10 increase our fierce of over
seers to prevent free intercourse even among
our own servants. The negroes feel and notice
these new restraints, and naturally ask WHY
Is thIs :! Eut Il i unnecessary for them To
ask the question, for they all com rehend the
cause Is we'll as we who own them. They
have already leaned enough to give them an
idea OF what IS going on IN the state and ma
ton, and this knowledge they have not gained
from a oiItIunlsts a. some suppose, but from the
conversation of their Ovuer-, Iudi~crPetly held
in tGeIE presence. They have already heard
Of Llucoln's election, and have heard also. that
he Is for giving them their liberty, and You
may imagine the result.
You have heard that our servants all love.
their masters ana theI- riasterS families and
would lay down their lives for theu--that the
colured race IN the Snuth prefers slavery to
freedom-that ,ney voud not he free If they
could. Dc DC. nat !. but the g35sty of tie
case, tie reality consists IN sleeping on our arms
sgFt rr-I q A.f.. 4
d""rs-in establishing and maintaining an ef-
hcient patrol force-iH b.vIug wa, ch-,!ugs. aud
ia taking turns IN watching our sleeping chill
drrH. to guard them and ourselves from the
vengeance OF these loving servants "a ven
Seauce which. though now snoulderiur l. liza
bic 10 burst nUI n any moment. to oyerwIem
the State ia spite Of Tie Palmetto flags or Stale
precautions
You al TIE North are not the only ones
who are suffering financially hy this new panic
Tie planters au,oug us are really suffering from
The depreciation in their property. Already
negroes mol worth half price. No one clares
10 buy servant. fearing lest be. in DOING SO.
should he introducing upon his plantation one
uncIured with the idea of freedom.
Now one word To the military force of
the State 10 protect against an lnsurrectinn.
presume. with the exception of Charleston,
and perhapsa few large towns that tie re-
m:.inder OF the State i situated very much ~
We are here: and | VIII give an idea of how
we'll prepared We are 10 resist mob. Upon
onr place u about 1909 acres We have OF
whites. males-husbaud, two overseers and
my own son Of rs years-totai, four females
myself and cousin. little Lucy and on Of the
overSeers wives-four. of whom only four at
the most capable of bearing arns-to effect
which Ne have ii least II field hands, sturdy
young negroes, besides the female servants.
And tins fair representation OF the force
upon our plantations Considering such a
state OF iacjs do YOU blame me for desiring 10
absent myself, my husband and children from
the Stale.