The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-01-25
A Full Blown Southern Rose a!
MACON, Jan. l4.h, 1861.

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MACON, Jan. l4.h, 1861.
J. o. CONVERSE, ESQ:
Dear Sir:-Since writing you last,
have received your paper OF 28lh Dec.
have not seen my second letter % you.-
Perhaps the statement of facts did not suit
your comments on my first letter, and
that you decline 10 notice it on lha: ac-
count.
I see in the paper just received notice
of what you call "Fiendish Southern
Outrages." have never found it in any
Southern paper. 1t may or it may not be
go. do not believe it. But, admitting
its truth, should Southern men come into
your State to burn your barns and gran
aries, rob and murder your people, what
would you do? That appears by the
record 10 be the purpose Of the mission
with which you sympa;hize-that is, rob
berry, arson and murder. How can you
expect Southern people to wish to hold
fellowship with those who have even
abandoned their religion. as taught by
Jesus Christ, to listen only to doctrines OF
disorganizing our Union in its place ?
will say to you csndidly, that we have
made every effort to preserve our Union,
IS it stands recorded in the Constitution,
before the whole world. We have asked
nothing more, and will now take nothing
less. It's doom is sealed. Georgia will be
out Of the Union within the present week.
The curses ana blood that may follow
will rest on other heads than ours. ~
Respectfully. yours,
S. ROSE.
This "a tho second lettor we havo received
from Mr.. Rose, within tho past wcck.-
Writing to us upon bis favorite theme,
seems to constitute lis solo business We
trust his fcvcrish anxiety has, by this timo,
been sllayed by the safe arrival OF INC
papor containing tho much-prized letter. lie
greatly over estimates his own consequence.
IL he thinks we have nothing to do but to
attoad to bis wants, or that ho could wtte
anything wo should fear to publish. A
reasonable number of his weak productions
might interest and emuSo our readers, on
account of their novelty but pooplo some
times tire even of good thing, and we
must protest against his making thcm. by
their frequency, downright nuisance
Wc must protest, also, against bis judging
us by himself. We know it is tho fashion
10 his section, to publish nothing that docs
not accord with Slavery but wo are free from
all such barbarism here. Our institution
are not so peculiar as those of Georgia
and, whilo We can assure Mr.. Rose that ou
laws arc ample for the punishment of al
Southern robbers, murdorers and barn
burners who may como among us, wo ar
happy to say that they arc administered b
the regularly constituted authorities, an
no. by vigilance committees or minute men
In a note of Dec. oath, Mr.. Roso-
wishing TO seem to bo as fair as we had beer
though. for fear of his very lifo, he daro M
bo-said But for tho intense pressure {
our political matter, should have give
your reply place in our columns this week
we need not say that tho said reply has NJ
vet appeared. That "prcssure" must indct
bo very "intonse," which rendors such pr
varlcation necessary. But. after all, i,wbat bo
ter conld We expect Of u Northern born ma
who upholds Slavery on principle II
moral perceptions must be sadly blunte
and 20 exact OF hun what VIC might reaso
ably oxaet, Of ono moro favored in
moral pont Of yiow, would bo unjust ar
cruel. We pity him from the very botto
of our heart. m object OF suspicio
as bo must DO, to oil high.minded natl
Southerners, and compelled, aa no
20 provo his right 20 remain among q
xioveholders, by sitting all his honest co
Vicuons aud bolying tho land Of his brit
AT first, Mr. Rose was disposed to
moderate and gentlemsuly in manner, b'
as the Secession mania progresses,
grows insoient and unbearable. We ha
given him tho credit of meaning 10 DO Il
and candid, but tho above letter convinC
MS that wo ought to tako it all back and b
his pardon. Tho idea that several StnI
that have always thought moro of Slave
than the Union. purpose to ren0unce all tn
Constitutional obligations, "a fact which ST
prises or frightens no right-nindcd Northe
Jnan,) has mado him mad. Georgia has
ceded now, and We await half dozen
fers from him. reminding us o. tho gr'
ovont IL no fools no worse about it III
we do. he will never cry his oyos out on Il
account. OF ono thing, however. wc
leave 10 assure him IL he desires to av
himself Of our froe-speech principles, MS
Southern traitors avail themselves of
Ooyernmout mail facilities, he must C,
mis- plantation mannors sufficiently 10
frsIn from insult. Wo can find matter
publleatlon quite as Interesting aud
strpeti.e ss his iettors.
ar. i.i.,,vanb informs us that the Sec