Red Wing sentinel., 1861-03-27
ITEMS.


ITEMS.
Our Abolition contemporary remarks
with an innocence quito enchanting,
that "nothing has certainly been done
10 induce \ man to regret having
voted for Abraham Lincoln" Or
account Of Lincoln's election, seven
Stat~s, with \ population Of owe,
5000, 600, have seeded from the
Union, and established m indcpcnd-
cnt government, which will bc rccog-
niscd hy the leading European power.
within q year. In every ordinance ol
secession which has been framed a,
the South, the reason assigned 70,
secession, has been the triumph of the
sectional Republican party. The
fress' idea that "nothing has gone
wrong" is borrowed from Lincoln
on his way to the Capitol, and invol-
aatarily reminds one Of the advcntur-
ems mariner who r. marked to Captain
Noah, on being refused admission into
the ark, that ''hc might go to thunder
with his darncd oil tub,it wasn',
going 10 10 such . -- OF a.storm at.
ter ALL" "Nothing gone wrong!"'
Oh no!-Poneer. .. 'eaf@
Some mi.clievous boys yesterday
placed an cd plug hat, tull Of stones on
the edge Of the sidewalk on third
street, knowing tha, some one, (not
like John Randolph, who had such a
dislike for mutton, that he would walk
half mile out Of his way to kick a
shecp,) would kick it, and they were
right. 4 stranger came along, who
hated old hats, and was not familiar
with the trick, and gave the old plug
"viSoro". kick, ..and walked away
)imli"g and ''cu.sing." Moral-be.
wars of "that old hat'' on tho public
sidewalk. lH.a',' i-.. f..
The distinguished politician and
lawyer Of New York, William Nj.
Evarts; is thus described in the Com
".<rc;al -1doersiser of that city.
in that pale and almost cmaciatcd
face, that. fragile cnwrapment Of body
which seem shaken with tile earnest.
ness Of it, own talk under the picture
Of Humboldt Mt the mantlcpiccc-is
packed that library of knowledge and
that fiery conccnt, ation Of c,oqusn,
speech which collectively made up the
product among men called VIM. NJ.
Evarts. lie looks lik man whom
lis soul has burned up with its own
Intensity till all that was inAammablc
has exha!cd--lcaving thin asbestos
body and face lit up with great, weird,
far seeing eyes. lie seldom laughs,
but he is not ungcnial--only SO i'm
meassnably il earnest that he has no
time 70 lansh.tu #1y.--,f"rt
Ex-senator Hammond, Of s. c., in
arecent letter TO a lady in Schenectady
n. Y. discusses the question Of slavery
'"d disunion. We quote \ few
xtracts: 3-t~
1fit slavery IS an evil, j, i. an evil
tor ~, and leave us to grapplc with it,
1t 10 q mere question Of politics and
economy. We feel fully able to
Da"agc it, # We arc not disturbed by
outsiders. We think it blessing to
white and black, here. We don't
think At all whether il IA M evil with
you. That IN none of our business.
You can deal with it as you choose,
but just let us alone with it. ANY
body who can pnt two ideas together
must know that we nre as much bound
to It ~ Mazcppa to the wild horse.
Como what may there is no radiance.
We disolve the Union-and il is
forever dissolved bs assured, to Get
clear Of Yankee mcddlcsomcness and
Pmritanical bigotry. 1.ay this, being
half I ankee and hal: = Puritan. We
absolvs you, by this, from all the sin
Ut slavery, md take upon ourselves all
its supposed sin and evil, openly before
tic wor''l and in the sight Of God.
Let Ns work ont our salvation in orr
own way. We agree that you shall
40 the samc. And let mo tell you, my
dear cousin, that it there is any at
tempt at war Oh the part of the North,
We can sounds, thrash ,i,cm on any iicl |
"f battle, and not only that, VIC cam
give them over to jean Jacques, AMI
leave them to manage that.
Mr.. Hammond concludes that the
anti slavery press Of tic Northis re-
stonc'h'c for the present conditiom:ct'