The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1861-01-17
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extract OF 4 letter. at the request of Mr..
lnB. Nelson to whom it was address
cd:
MuRfEEEsBoRo, Hartford CO., n. G.,
Dec. 26th, 1860.
Ny ESTEEMED FRIEND:
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There is 4 g~reat.rllangc in the political
feelings of the people. Where conser-
vativc sentiments formerly existed, it is
a common thing 10 find the strongest
secession feelings; and my impression
is ven North Carolina, the heretofore
most conservative Of our States, NAV
be among the States seeding before
the 4th Of March next. The Southern
people have heard the bellowings Of
Republicanism against them and S,a-
very ; and believing them sincerc-not
from any confidence properly inlsepnb-
licans-but on account Of thciv actions
in passing in some ten States, what arc
termed Liberty bills, which rcpudiatc
the c~learest and most Ineligible pro-
vision Of our Z. S. Constitution. The
Southern people say (and do they not
say so justly that if the Northern
people are unwilling to act towards
them in any other spirit than with ha-
tired and bitter denunciations, and ut
the same time openly by their State
Legislatures, repnltate the Constitution
of the United States, it is time they, the
South, propose to take care of them
selves and the best way to do so is to
step out of a Union already repudiatea
by the North: establish 4 Union, the
members of which viii have honor
enough to live up to the provisions and
conditions Of tina, Union open up tlsc
trade with Europe; cut off All. TRADE
with the Northern Constitution.repudia-
ting and Southcrn-hating States; form
friendly foreign alliances; arm their
own citizens and prepare for war if the
I .\OflQcTH s9tllcS uCSlIC IL.
l see but little or no grounds for hope
that our Union will be in existence one
year from to day, and probably not af-
ter the 4th of March next. Mr.. Lin.
coln may moi be inaugaratcd if he is 4
bloody civil was may follow, leading to
4 full ana complete overthrow Of the
General Government, and 4 separation
Of the two sections Of our Union, Il hrn
bred fold worse to both sections than if
peaceablc. South Carolina. it is said.
has already had assurances from Louis
Napoleon of his fullest aid and assistance
in any contest that may arise and even
conservative North Carolina has pledged
her honor to defend South Carolina from
coercion back to the Union By force.
Such is the sad bnt true condition OF
things +; and who is responsible for it:
Ii | was to set down before you and ali
day long abuse you and refuse to carry
out tue contract ofpeacc and friendship
made BY us or existing between us, and
YOU should finally strike me-, and tarc
to pieces this, by me r~cpuliated, con
tract between US, would you or myself
be to blame: l should say ], not you,
were at fault. Will the Republicans of
the North have the honor and the patri-
otism to acknowledge their faults; and
by undoing them, save our Union and
preserve from ruin this last grand at
tempt of man to govern himself? Will
the North become satisfied to attend to
their o,rn business and hereafter (now
pledging themselves honestly to do SOY
let the South alone and grant the
Southern States equal rights: If they
fail to 10 this nop, before the 4th Of
March next, the present Union, in my
judgement, will be among the things
that have been and are no more.
There is a false sentiment at the bot
tom of this hatred towards the South,
and it is n appealed to by such trait
ors to our Constitution as oil Horace
Greeley when he has heretofore attempt
ed to demonstrate that the South was
an expense to the North and that the
North could do better without the Soutl,
than with her. You and 1 and every
man has heard Rcpublicanjafter Rcpub-
lican reitcrate this sentiment and at.
tempt to prove it by stating that the
North paid the postal expenses Of the
South, or a considerable part of them.
But in all these Republican speeches,
neither You nor I ever heard stated the
fact, that the South, by her products
and exports pays for near two thirds of
all the imports Of our Nation, while the
North consume at least two thirds Of
such imports, and paws by her exportcI