Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1861-05-17
Letter from Florida.

= II number Of the Argus few days since
T and permit me TO say MS a son Of old Yer
d ment, was proud TO discover that my ma
(. tive State containod--among all It's corps
Of the knights of the quill "-one Editor,
at least, whose had contained sense enough
Is to know, aud whose heart was blessed with
enough Of charity to acknowledge, that
the people of the South were human beings,
at least, aud to accord to them the common
e attributes of enlightened humanity.
Now, Mr.. Editor, let me inform you,
and, if your please, through your columns,
the people OF my native State, that quite
a larger number of the inhabitants of the
South-a much large portion than those not
, posted are aware of--are from the North
ern States, or immedat descendants of men
from the North. What can there be, in
this, our adopted country, so peculiar and
powerful as TO unhinee our minds. trans
form our natures, and dry up the milk of
human kindness in our hearts, when we
become residents here, rendering us the
monsters we are all represented TO be in so
many of the public prints Of New England
FOR myself allow me to say, that | am en-
hrely unconscious of any such change. |
was born and raised in Reading, but a few
miles from your place-a schoolmaie of your
republican contemporary, and townsman,
the Editor of the TINES. was educatated
at Springfield Wesleyan Seminary, and the
\ University Of Vermont, institutions which
certainly cannot be charged with heresy y
was afterwards considered /" sound enough
10 be called TO teach in the former institn.
ton; left the State at the age of twenty
i've years, and came South at thirty-cer. /
talnly old enough not TO be considered
" unSophistlcdted," and yei assure YOU that
have the greatest sympathy for the South I
ern people under the now unparalleled cru /
SADIE that has been so long kept up against
them, and am bold to defend their rights.
coming from the state that did, and with
the observation | have had on both sides.
am entirely prepared to Judge where the
wrong rests in this whole matter. | tell
you the South, and the Southern people.
have been most egregiously misrepresent-
ed and slandered people. The course of
the North tor the last twenty years, like
the ancient crusade, affords a most remark ,
able illustration how whole nation. as il ,
were, may mislead themselves into the most
stupendous error and folly. And, sooner or
later, their uncharatable intermeddlinr. and
hostility, will recoil upon their own heads. I
he sooner they see their wrong they have a
done, and make suitable amends, the better
for themselves.
But word more about our population {
My nearest neighbor was raised in your il
vicinity. and learned his trade in YOUR viii c
age His wife was from Randolph, VT
On The other side of me resides another
who spent nearly forty years of his life in
he Northern part of Windham County. o
The chief steamboat man on our river, ST.. !
Johns, was raised at Newbary, in the val a
ey OF your own Connecticut. The owner i
u New Smyrna, on our coast, the ancient
anding place and resident Of Trumbull.
with his colony from the isle of Manorca Il
anne from Putney meadows. Our LARGE d
.otel Is owned by Maine man. and con- r.
lucted by another from that State-bis !,
ady coming from Danyille, VT. Indeed "
hree-fourths OF our business men and prop Is
rty owners, are sons of the snow clad Il
Mountains OF the North. Need tell Won ii
bat the sympathy Of all these is, and. in
lstlce must be with the slandered and
luch abused South. The meddline. and
slt-righteous, spirit of Northern ignorance 6,
respect to our institutions, looks so dis
listing, so uncalled for, and out of place v
lat we are compelled in honor to speak ont on
nd stand ion the right. That noble son of lal
ermont, whose determination 10 fight for Nj
ne South, as written 10 his brolher-wbicb ial
gu copied in your issue of two or three az
eeks since-was an intimate friend of mine ~
! through cur Academy days, and ! know a. =
IS metal TO be too true 10 battle but far III
stice and truth. If the children of The tak
orlh take such stand as this against O
eIr native land, how determined and h.. ing
'"'tta6te must be the spirit of the South. Ba
n born. tell you, and the sons of peace spl
all that land, that you have allowed the W., Il
nee OF office fishers, and sensation mon abo
rs, too tong TO prevail and il is time that oau
conservative portion of your people Ing
ould step forth from under the thraldom Won
such perverse and selfish guides. 7 cgi
'se by begging you TO publish Bishop ,hef
opSn"s Bible view Of slavery" if yon ~;
ye not already done SO. 1t Is brief , ,nei
le learned author resides in Vermont men
his dissertation on this subject i i'm. her
rial, and must, think, be conclusive N pres
mind OF every candid man. look
Very truly, and respectfully, yours. that
c. i. ROBINSON. LOT y
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, April 5, 1861.