Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-04-16
Reaction il mississippi.

Reaction IL Mississippi.
Il the Alexandria Gazette is interesting
/ | tier from NIeksburg Mississippi from whici.
/ We make the following extracts:
Tie action OF The Confederate States has
/ not given universal satisfaction among tae
+ l,eople. y large lor,.un # tilen are disap-
+ pot:l ed and DISSATISFIED. They they have
/ been cheated and tfamp.ed upon, anu ii the
/ Constitution could be submitted To them,
I they would vote against Il. lhls Is why the
/ Conventions Will not submit theIr action 10
them. They afraid that they wIII refuse
to raiify 1t.
In the northern portion CT this State the
( people are forced 10 10 To- Illinois for cor to
keep them alive. They trIed 10 get 1t IN this
State, tut failed. la Louisiana and North
Alabama the people are almost ready To rIsc
up Iu rebellion against those who have made
themselves Their ula.jers. livery one here can
plainly see that reaction l. gradually bat
surely coming on. Il Is clearly seen al Mont
gomery, W. ere It feared and rcaded The
policy OF lie Confederate States - to provoke
quarrel with the UuUed State. The affair
viii 5e Ski! fully managed. 50 as to make the
people be Ieyc that the United States GJFerA-
uicHt Is attempting coercion.
All that the leaders of the Secession move
meut want with the Border States is TO get
money and soldiers from III If you are
Iou will ont be drawn out Of the Union to
suffer The evils of the counter revolution which
must come here. delay and aver: =, As The Sc
eess'on'sts may try. The peoi lie are aroused
and 1t IS oaly II tie hope Of ayerting for a
time their lUst wrath that tie Secession lead
ers wish To bring on a tight,
The Secession feeling Il rapidly declining
IN the South. The refusal of Arkansas to Sc
cede - a conclusive proof of this. Every one
I R.lVEA Fte~.f -
main IN the Union, aud her action has Great
Ell powerful sensation IN the South, Secess-
lonisia. know VIII contradict my statements;
but no one who has been down her, and has
seen for himself. will do So.
a SOLDIERS TESrIMoNY-How THE TEXAS
TRooPs REGARDED rwiGGs' TREAsux-W e
/ have received lie following patriotic letter
from iEe soldiers who has recently arrived NJ
Font H. milton from Texas. 1t viii be seen
that the rank and file of the Texas forces had
no sympathy with the base treason OF
TwIsgs:
FoRT HAMILTON, April ). 1861.
To the Editors OF the Evening Post:
got copy OF your paper from a friend last
evening, and read your remarks on tins post
and the companies OF men who have recently
arrived here was pleased TO see thai YOU
were wiling 10 treat Us Justly in reference to
our action IN Texas. You state that the men
were not Infected 10y General Twigg's treason
hen the news reached Us at Fort Brown
thrill of Indignation ran through every sol
dlel > breast, ana nothing but respect for one
who had been our superior officer or rather
rcspect 10: the office he had filled. prevented
i loud expression of our surprise and Contempt
As 1t was, We could not be prevented from
talking among ourIelycs.
One OI our men, who was considered a sort
q spokesman and leader among Us: one WHO
Is As brave Is a lion, and true as steel, VA.
grooming his horses when he first heard of H.
Some one told him that General Twiges had
sur enGered the government troops and prop
erty. tie tnrued on his lhf1rmauf and said:
GENERAL / WlgCs may surrender the prom
eriy 70 the TRAITORS, he may give himself up;
he can take my hoisrs here. but no can / ma l..
me or any other true Union man surrender
There was no audible response 10 this. but
the looks OF every one who heard INN " ere
express OF their determination To serve that
government faithfully luto whose service they
hand voluntarily entered, and whose bread
Icy were eating.
some of the papers which | saw IN Wash
ton have stated That the troops remaining ~
Texas were III q ota.c OF InSuborlinaIlon. Be-
LeFe me, s.rs, t!Is Is wrong! | mad oupurtu-
mites OF Judging by observation and CONVEX
satIou, anu | know that the men ielt lo1a!.
aud were unwilling to strike blow atfainst
their own Officers They may have bad their
grievances, and what soldier has uo,? Bat
ihey knew thry would not ice better off as
prac. Isers al treason.
We had enough ~ DO AZ Fort Brown to keep
US from mischief. E-ch private OF our COM
pany had Two horse, to feed and g7ruo5 g., and
not Il few OF Us Dad the SHAKES Gr ,hil4s and
lever, 50 that We were petty actIve. We
had 10 guard the border along the R!o Grande
beside 80 that did not fust.
Bp' 1 Will not trespa,s on your space fur
tsrrIN nh .faf.fs. 4.-..-
N..Cu the poor Uat lliLAtuI ~olIIcr i, luail-sli-
ed. ou VIII, IL you have Gouc brfnrc protect
his reputation by truthful sjagcmen-.
ONE or CvAPANY "