Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1861-04-11
Letter from Loudouu County,

LEEsEURo, VA, April S.-1his is A,,;,
Court day, and good many persons wa,'
In town TO take out licenses as merchan,,
tor the year. In addition to this, the exro,
tatlon of hearing a speech on Secession o.,
It's kindred topics, from the Rev. Georos "
Garter, oil Texas, attracted goodly numhsr
Though the sentiment of our commrn;,.
and our county is very decidedly opposed "a
Secession, yet Mr.. Carter was listened +, Ln
large audience for four hours and tws,,.
minutes with earnest attention.
No part of his speech could give ofsnrs
and his manner was that Of Christian
gentleman.
He is evidently in earnest, but so I bsv,
known good many to be who were neye,.
theless not entirely right.
His defence Of the institution of sl,ya,,.
was admirable. and [ am sure many va,
confirmed in the belief that it is the hs.,
condition the negro can be placed in. Will.
III contact with the white man.
His arguments, designed to show the pra.
priety of Virginia at once seeding, ,hink
were not convincing, and, indeed, it is VERY
questionable, whether, even should she i,
so, the Cotton Contederacy is the place 10,
her.
The rod that some Of our Secessioni,t.
nave held over US was not shaken at us, for
DR.. Carter land he speaks for his people,
argued against the propriety, on the scors
of right and of expediency, Of r-.opepip,
the African slave trade, and AS g cons
quence the importation of slaves from n.
Border States will not be prohibited.
They want labor, and they must have il
In this connection, | will state that receotL
in conversing with an intelligent slave deal.
er, l asked what would be the effect of ,hi,
prohibition upon the internal slave traffic
lie stated ''Mut IL uouid J1eaA as an
(meaning his class;) that planters would
come to Richmond and buy their negroe,
and that 1t would be the greatest slave mari
IN the world. This class of men are ali S..
cessionists, and you will generally, when YOU
look at things, SEQ that there is u wheel
within wheel"
According to Mr.. Carriers showing, hi,
Confederate State nation" is u conple,.
little nation, with all the elements of nation.
al comfort and national greatness WRAPPED
up in no very small compass.
Cotton is king and sugar is queen, and
wheat and corn and cattle, and every thing
raised by the Border States is in greater
abundance and of finer quality than can DO
produced here; and if we don't come in and
supply them, why they will supply them.
selves, and If We DO come in they will sup
ply themselves too. lie assumed that tho
Northern mind would never consent to do
US justice, and that the people of the Con.
tederate States would never retrace their
steps. The latter may be So, but the former
I doubt
In fact, the Indications from Rhode Island
and Connecticut are, that they are inclined
to do US. Justice, and the recent sending back
of fugitive slaves from Plainfeld and Gin
cinnati, Ohio, and from Springfield, Illinois,
and the browning act Of comfy, exhibited
by the people Of Somerset county, Pa, in
sending back several fugitive slaves as re-
Gently chronicled by you, are confirmation.
Of this opinion.
The DR.. assumed that the North would
never yield, and that the end of our delite-
rations would be withdrawal from the
| Union; there were three WAYS Of reaching
it, one by immediate secession, which he
urged; another By presenting All ultimatum.
which would be rel ected, aud a third bys
| Border State Conference, whose proposed
guarantees would fail of an adoption by the
North.
do not think they will, but assuming
that they should, what is secession worth
when resorted to by a divided people.
| Manlfestly the proper and reasonable plan
is to exhaust all these efforts to get justice.
and when they are exhausted, our people
will 60 with q united front, and with con.
seriousness OF having done their whole duty
to the North and to themselves.
| Public sentiment here itssists upon the
equal taxation Of all property accordnsto
its value, and nothing short of that will lie
satisfactory.
think it would command almost uuan.
imous vote, and slaves being property and
| requiring protection, and this protection
costing money, it il nanifestly reasonable
and right that they should be taxed accord
| Ing to value.
No county news Of Importance; moneys
| tight, times are hard, business is paral wed.
As an instance. there were thirty mar
riage licenses issued to April |, 1850, while
! this year there have been on y eighteen
This is lamentable state of things, but IN,
less Madam Rumor is telling ar untruth
think there will be change for the bette;
soon. have heard of eight contemplate
marriages, but don't believe more than four
are likely to come off. However, "nOu'
verrons."
The land of George W. Garrett and Jo'
Garrett, just below Aide, was sold at S!O2,
per acre. it contained nearly 2+l acres, all
the land of Joseph Garrett, (near that OF
Burr Swart, recently sold, containing e.:
acres. was sold at SO per acre. The salt'
were made under all order of the Circuit
Court. Yours, ALlQClS.