The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1861-02-08
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\ LITTER FROM THE SOUTH AND AN ANSWER
THERETO.
From the Lancaster Republican.
Holly SPRINGS, Mississi

HOLLY SPRINGS, MISSISSIPPI.
Ny Dea Etotlcr 1t has been a long
time since We exchanged sentiments, and it
occurred to me just now, that perhaps it
might be a mutual pleasure e. to know how
We stood and felt in these Revolutionary
times"
Being of good metal, presume you are E.
lated with the success of the republican par
ty. and "aow, now we have got YOU nigser
tellers under our heel is the spontaneous
impulse Of your heart.
may be wrong in imputing 20 YOU any
such sentiment, or even in ranking yoa a.
monS the aboitloniStS. | heartily hope do
But remember, far away in the remote rem
lnlscences Of early bnyhnnd," that uncle vas
an antl-slaverv man, when anti-slavery men
were rare is black white birds and know
the consansulnlty of sentiment. | blush, al
so, 10 think any relative of mine should hold
such abom;nabe doctrines as are held by the
republican party, doctrines abhorrent to eve
ry principle OF patriotism, and equally so TO
every benevolent emotion you may imagine
you have for the negro race. The sin, per
se.' Of the question, leave cut of the ac-
count, altogether, else | would impart sin
of the human race, and has encouraged it
from the remoteSt time to the present.
cannot discuss either in a letter, the political
necessity of the thing, or the moral aspect Of
the question. | have only the design, at
present, to draw Nou out upon this question
of slavery And first, | want to know if YOU
voted for Old Abe Lincoln, and foreswore
yourself? 0or when you took the "freeman's
oath, you swore to protect the Constitution
of the United States.) and now if you voted
for Lincoln, you have placed yourself in a
position to perure YOURSELF hope unwit-
tinglv.
My soul shudders at the thought of what
is likely to ensue. expect, unless great
part of Northerners-which have no right
TO expect-that the North and South will be
plunged into an internecine war.
From the daily occurrences here, do not
see how ii can be averted. You (the North)
think because We always have endured wrong
i mean unequal taxation-and a spirit of
endless compromise-that We will always
continue in the same way. tell you you are
fearfully mistaken.
South Carolina heads the column, and Mis-
sissippi will hold no secondary rank in this
crusade. We have been pressed upon the
borders until aggravated by former concess-
ions, and the embolLened impudence it has
given our enemies, We feel 10 the raw, and
are determined to fight for what We hold
dearer than lite-principle. II will look a.
nomalOus, but so it is; many brother will
meet in bloody fray, for when Northerner
becomes affiliated to the South he is the hot
test fire-eater in the land.
We have two military companies in Holly
Springs-lIorse Guards, of which | am a
member, and the jeff Davis Rifles. l tell
you there is not man in either, numbering
over a hundred, who is not eager for the
fray. Mississippians are VIGOROUSLY brave.
They turned the tide of war in Mexico-they
despise life when their country calls for their
help.
Our legislature went into session TO-DAY
they will Immediately call convention. when
the state will march out under the banner of
Equality in the Union, or independence out
OF 1t, which, bye the bye, is the motto on
our flag.
| am also member of the Knights of the
Golden Circle, whose object, as home police
men, is to sound every stranger on his polit-
lcal stratus and if he finches-is suspicious
In any way-meddles with our negroes-ut-
ters abolition sentiments-he is made to bite
the dust. We have victim on the tapis now,
IN this county. He has been found to be IN