The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1861-01-10
GEN. WOOL TO GEN. cAss.
[Privatel

TROY, Dec, g. 1860
MyDEAR GENERAL.-Old associations and
farmer friendship induced me to venture to adj
drrsa Won a few words on the state of the coun-
try Nv letter is headed pirate because am
not authorized to address you officially.
have read with pleasure the Presidents
Message. South Carolina says she intends to
1oave he Union. Her representatives in Con-
0ress say she has already left the Union. 1t
would seem that she is neither to be concliated
nor comforted command the Eastern depart
nent which includes South Carolina, Georgia,
FIor;da Alabama, and Mississippi. You know
mo we'll have ever been firm, decided,
faithful and devoted friend TO my country. 1t
7 can aid the President to preserve the Union,
hone he will command my services. 1t will
navar do for him or you to leave Washington
v;tbout every star in this Union is il its plnce.
Tberafore no lime should be lost in adopting
measures to defeat those who are conspiring
AGAINST the Union. Hestancy or delay may be
ne Ioss fatal 10 the Union, than to the President,
or your own high standing as a statesman.
Fort Sumpter commands the entrance, and
in few hours could demolish Fort Moultre.
So lone as the United States keeps possession
of this fort, the independence Of South Carroll
ma will only be IN name, and not in fact. If,
bowaver 4 should be surrendered to South
Carolina which do not apprehend, the smooth.
cred indignation of The Free States aoOntd be rOus-
ed b,vond coutroL 1t would not be in the pow.
err of any one to restrain it. IN t,oenty days,
faro byndred thousand men 1o0uLd be IN readiness
To nike penOeance on all 1oho toOHtd betTay tie
Union into the hands Of ats enemies. BE assured
that do not exaggerate the feelings OF The peo-
pie They are already suinclehtly excited at
tho attempt to dissolve the Union for no other
reason than that they constiiutonaly exercised
tbe most nrecious right conferred Oh them--Of
voting for the person whom they considered the
most worthy and best qualified to fill the office
of President Fort Sumpter, therefore, ought
not and presume will not be delivered over
TO South Carolina.
lam net, however, pleading for the Free
states for thew are not in danger, but for the
Union and the preservation Oh the Cotton states.
Those who sow the wind must expect to reap
he wbirlwind. The leaders Of the South could
not have noticed that we live in All age of pro-
grnss and that all ChristendOm is making rapid
strides in the march of civilization and freedom.
TT thew had. they would have discovered that
fine announcement OF every victory obtained by
the Hero Of the min eteenth century, GARlBALDI
in favor of the oppressed of Italy, did not fai
10 electrifv every American heart with joy and
gl,dness, Where liberty dwells, there is my
Country was the declaration of the illustrious
FRANKLIN. This principle is too strongly inn
nlnnted in the heart and mind OF every man in
the Free States TO be surrendered because South
Carolina desires it, in order to extend the area
of Slavery. With all Christianized Europe and
nearly ali the civilized world opposed to slave
nv, are the Southern States prepared to SET
aside the barriers which shield and protect their
institutions under the United States Governs
ment
II seems to me that troops should be sent tc
Charleston to protect the forts in that harbor
You have eight companies at Fort Monroe, Va
Three or four of these companies should be SEN
to Fort Moultrie without moments delay.
will save the Union, and the President mucl
trouble. 1t Is said that to send at this time
troops to that harbor would produce great cx
element among the people. That is nonsense
when the people are as much excited as the,
can be- and the leaders aae determined to exc
cute their long meditoted purpose Of separating
the State from the UuiOn SO long as you com
mand the entrance to the CRY of Charleston
South Carolina cannot separate herself from
the Union. Do not leave the forts in the har-
Dor in a condition to induce an attempt to tax,
possession of them. 1t might be easily done a
this time. If South Carolina should take them
it might as she anticipates induce other State
to join her
Permit me to entreat you to urge the Presi
dent to send at once three or four companies o
Artillery to Fort Moultie. The Union can b.
preserved, but it requires firm, decided promp
and energetic measures on the part of the Pres
ident. He has only to exert the power confer
red on him by the Constitution and Laws o
Congress- and all will be safe, and he will pre-
vent civil wal, which never fails to call fortl
all the baser passions Of the human heart. If
separation should take place, you must rest as
sured blood would flow in torrents, followed b,
pestilence, famine and dcsolation, and Senate
Stewards irrepressibc conflict will be brough
to a close much sooner than he could possibl,
have anticipated. Let me conjure you to say
the Union, and thereby avoid the bloody AM
desoating example Of the States of Mexico. /
separation OF the States will bring with it tn
desoatan of the Cotton States, which are uu-
prepared for war Their weakness will be foun,
in the number of their slaves with but few O
the essentials, to carry on war, whilst the Ere
States have all the elements and materials 70
war, and to a greater extent than any othe
people on the face of the globe.
Think of these things, my dear General, an
save the country, and save the pIosperou
South from pestilence, famiae and desoiation.-
Peaceable secessi II is not to be thought of
Even if it should take place, in two months W
should have bloody war on our hands.
Very truly your friend.
JOHN L. WOOL.
Hon. LEWIS CAsS,