The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-11-18
VIRGINIA.
ouR MILFORD CORRESPONDENCE.

0uR MILFORD CORRESPONDENCE.
MILFORD, Caroline County, Nov. 10, 1890.
ne Southern People Not Divsded-n. Southern EmpAa
tic "No" Against Abraham LincOln-TAs Slaos Of ne
South Contested and Obediza When Let Alone BY
Northern Eanaties-PAysiea Philoscphy-fAs Cd,x Of
Races-Fact Worth Con,iderimo BY Northern Men, dc
Can the Northern people be made 70 understand the
position Of their Southern brethren2 That they do mot
now Is perfectly manifest from the opinion and tome
Of the Northern press, with few exceptions. II 10
. mistake, . fatal mistake, TO suppose that the
Southern people divided. Our partisan pa
pers and their editors, who never look below the
surface Of things in their ordinations and re-
crimina.iors-who mover refer habtually 70 the laws
which govern ai menfunish the pabuum for this par,
Of the Northern press, which Ia sadly In error. II
your million Of readers win look, with me, st things
they are, may TO understand each other better
rhe s great fact for them 70 consider that the whole
population IN the save States 70 man, voted against
Lincoln The few exceptions The borders where the In
iuenoe Of the free States felt In fact cxcep
tio,s Yss hs farmer o. The SOUTH the mechanic the
and poor Stakeholder and STAKEHOLDER, tho minister
Of Gospel with conscience put n ease BY the study OF
his Bbic swh one voice uttered emphAtc no against
the election Of Abraham Lincoln. Now this 10 wonder
ul fact and only be understood and comprehended
Men do no, sos N sbs wsv oDvous Of sss,r
w. Of their personal dskcs and antpathies In the
presence Of common danger. Yes, . common danger.
understand IL There nothing Of fear appTe-
hension In situation To suppose 10 . great mis-
with one rssovs Ali southern men Ioow that the slave
population les Alone submissive orderly and happy
they ~ ow TOO that all men, bond and free, BY
ture dissatisfied Our apparent weakness 10 pointed n
by some Of your people, and sneerns provoking threats
are made subject your society the anarchicL
your people and property hoiess Be- ssls Appeal S.y
alter day 70 the three ourths OF people who have
property tel then that asiice the laws Of
monopoly ownership in land, which for all 10 stand
upon plainly intended by the Almighty TO produce bread
s.s for H Just = s a. 70 breathe and the ws.er 70
plausible Arguments, which sell interest will point down
into the oonvictOis Of idlers and vicious
f tho fourth who hold the property viii be safe No
longer than The number below ieel ard think that the
general larger share will fall 70 them than the
email values they noW hold. Every Southern sAveh older
and slaveholder admits that similar exciting ap
reals made freely 70 Alsves their loyalty viii
must be rsisessed iSss Hs danger looks every white
man In the faco Every white has values either Of
pmse or person, greater than can fall 10 him in revolu
tion which breabo down the distinction between the
races mis- al 0el Let your people bear this impor.
tAnt fact Ia nina Thc determination 70 resist equality
between the nsa Gavehoder and the negro n stronger
than exists he relation Of master and save The Let
Is, God has inplauttd principle Of repusion between
~ rscss u ezisn svcn among mixed races-the negro
end The mulat1o n yti eannos harmonxe and assimi
laas without kense Of innate prejudice. The South
ampoon neurSecsior tho only one that ever occurred
a. sss no zoe ono s,
nas1n0o = ~ whites between those who owned and
those Who ~ oDs own slaves Hence ali men here feel
sssher. NJ spposs Lincoln and the anti slavery prn
cipes Of M ss with .be strongest feeling Of which
nsssss @ - 1ssassi couserv..sm @ I.' may be, he Is
seolof 5hslmng nslosi>ys Who DO not and
ss! sssss -, = - ,,,s,: .s.::: q q q. .
common danger. II really then n fact that the South
is uDi<d In feeling, not In policy Band eight or nine
millions of men together under the instiI CT Of common
sof preservation and what In the cAmcst review OF oil
the facts Of hstory or men n all times have thoy 70
fe2 Until the men among you who direct public opinion
are abo 70 make the people appreciate these great
truths there 10 hope Of the reaction you striving
% ably TO bring about
OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE.
RICHMOND, Va Nov. Is, 1850
ne Unhappy Condition Of ae Counhy-7Ae Fanatica
Couse gf he Minor Presin ae Present Crisis-Th> Pre-.
sent and Propecfue Seeding S,ates-TAs South WH Be
Jnftd in ne Aowment-Tae Writing on he Wall Not 20
be kistakm-TM Southern hs Producing States Of the
Union-A sad Pro,ped for Aassaehuseits Cotton xana
fae,rsrs-A cou upon Abraham Lincoln 20 Declare his
Poiicy in Regard 10 he South, dc DC.
Feeling deeply the unhappy condition OF my whole
ocunhy-thratered with terrible monetary and civil
convulsiousI trust may be pardoOed In Offering few
thoughts to that large portion my coun,rymen who are
daily readers Of the HrRArD. Permit nr, however,
TO congratulate you upon the conservative and patriotic
position 0. your influential paper In the presen, contest
Did ihe other leading journalists OF distracted
try c,ue Up 70 the help Of the Union against the
mighty" you have done then should have nothing
TO fear Bot, North and SOUTH and the newspapers
upon which ne great Of people rely for their
political opinions, veibg with each other In widening
the breach between the sections until II has become
ch1m nminently threatening TO svAiloH up our laws
our inatitutions and our Union.
South Carolina you have truly remarked, 10 already
de faeo, not de j, out o. the UnIon. Aabams Geor
sia and Nissssipp will follow. when this sou,berr
oonsederatioo s formed, rely upon all tho State,
south Of Mason and Dxons line will, sooner or later
come into H. me maintenance Of their Institutions, the
neosssiics Of their seos raphca postiors their pecu
MARY relations the oorsauguinty Of their people, will
ali force Them sooner later into The s,uthern confcde
ration
Two mishty and aotagoni.,Ic empires will thus be
formed, whose conflicting interests will sngender con
,uItpr IN The d,mor,..ioe of bo,h ana The asa over
throw of our republican Institutions
Men may close Their eyes 70 the facs-my prophecies
may be deemtd Ca,sandran-but The "wriiing on the
wall" setms 10 tco plain 70 be misunderstood or dis
rerardod.
IT, however the Alternative be forced upon Us Of dsso
ution with oil s ACKNOWLEDGED evils, abneeation
OF equal rights In the Unlon We of the "oid mi
nionn Of the South generally have determined TO
brace the rmer such being the temper Of our minds
let our Northern brethren pause 10 their fanaii
cal crusade upon the peculiar Institution and
cor sider whether they will not njuro
tbemselv,s than NJ, By their sssressions upon
our chartered rights we are goaccf into dnmenber
nent glorious republic Ours being The producing
states Of the Union possss among ourselves the basis
Of prosperity either IN peace war whereas, should
the North be o from all the Advantages Of pro
duoe end exports what would become Of her popuous
cities and thriving villages, her cnierprsns manuisciu
rers and merchant pfnoY
Take, for example the New Er gland States What can
they do without cotton. the manufacture OF which
furnishes food and chth:rg 70 their laborng ciasse
tell you, gentlemen lowell would be IN state of ro, and
rebellion 10 scr the cose of her cotton factories
Husbancs and fathers would be demanding "bread, !"
"breadn for their sis,vng families and those who have
heretofore known the Manchester OF Americsi-hsve
wtn the coniened and cheerful oountenances OF m
operatives the thri and comfort 90 conspcuous-
would know the place no more.
Nor would your large mercantile communities sunr
lsss Nev York instead q being the great ontepos for
The produce and trade Of ths continent, would be IKE
Samson horn Of his locks mighty indeed. in bulk and
size but iis vigor and strength all departed.
Have overdrawn the pictursf Let Jour considerable
men ponder well end ward which rapidly
criftne then decide whether this sketch 10 indeed
the produ o excited fancy, In
verify ibe words 'sof truth and sobcrncss.n
Can there evils, then, be avertsdi sbo,ld be the
anxious inquiry Of every lover Of biz country. In TOO