Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1861-06-27
Mr.. RusseIrs Letters 20 the London Tlmes.


visited the plantations have with them freely
and fully. and have enjoyed that frank, and
graceful intercourse which an irresistible charm
of their society From all quarters has my the
dscord in the note sounds wonderful strength and
motonony all over TIE country. Shades of George ILL.,. of
North of johnson, of all who contended against the great
rebellion which these England can you
hear the chorus which rings through the State Marion
rugph That voice says If we could only get one Of
the royal race of England to rule over should be
content Let there be misconception this point
That sentiment varied in hundred ways has been repeat
ed to me over and again.
There is general admission that the to such an
end are wanting and that the desire cannot be grated
But the admiration for monarchca institutions the Eng
sn MODEL or prlyeged classes and for landed arstoc-
racy and gentry is undisguised and apparently genuine
With the pride of having achieved their independence is
mingled in the South Carolinaus heart strange regret
tne results ana consequences and many are they who
would go hack morrow if we could" An intense afec
ton the British connection love Of British habits and
customs respect for British sentiment law, authority
order CIVILIZATION and literature, pre-emnehty distinguish
from ancient families the three islands, whose fortunes
they still follow and with whose members they maintain
no familiar relations regard with an aversion
OF which II impossible to give an idea to who has not
seer the mar estaons the people of New England and the
Of the NOrhsrn saes whom they regard as
whatever may he the cause this the fact and the eff
founded by gentlemen. It established by witch
burning Purtans by cruei, prosecuting fanatics who i'm
breathed into the nosris of their newly born colonies all
the erocity dhirsnes and rabd intolerance of the
lnqusltOn absolutely astounding who
aims at the preservation of decent neutrality to mark the
violence OF these opinions, If that confounded ship had
| sunk with those tilgrm Fathers on board says
we should have been driven to these eXtremi
sl 'We could have got with the fanatics if they
had been either Christians gentlemen says another
or IN the rst case they would have acted with common
charity and IN the secoEd they would have fought when
they insued u.s. but there are neither Christians
exclaims third, "any form of Government any
tyranny or despotism you will but and here is
an appeal more terrible than the adjnration CT all
the gods" nothing earth shall induce
to submit to any union with the brutal bgoted black
guards of the New England States, who neither COM
prehend regard the feelings of gentIemen Man,
man, and child We Il die first Imagine these and in
Unite variety OF similar sentiments uttered by cOurSy well
educated men, who great store nice observance of
the usages of society and who only moved to
bitterness and anger when they speak OF the North and yon
will fail to coucei the ntens of the dislike OF the South
Carooiaus for the free States. There national antpa
tines on our side OF the Atlantic which are oleaby strong
and have been unfortunately pertiDacOus and longveG
The hatred the Italian the Tedesco the Greek
the urk OF the Turk for the Russ Is warm and fierce
ough satisfy the Prince of Darkness speak few
little pet aversions among allied Powers and the of
composite empires but they are all mere indifference and
neutrality OF feeling compared to the mostly evnced by
the "gentry' Of South Carolina for the rabble of the
North"
The OF Cavalier and Roundhead, Of Vendean
Republican, the Oangeman aud Cropp have been ee
CANT jousngs regulated by the finest rules of chiVary
compared with those which North and South will carry
if their deeds support tier words. Immortal hate the
study OF revenge, will acuate every biow and in
inc history Of the world perhaps will go forth such dread
ful Ulcus at which may be heard before the fight
has begun There nothing IN all the dark caves OF hu-
man passion cruel and deadly The hatred the South
Caronlans profess the Yanhees That hatred has been
swelling for years TIL 1t Is the very ebood OF the State.
1t has south Ona to work steadily to organize her
for the ugge which she intended to provoke if
did not come in the course Of time lncompatbfty Of
temper would have been sufficient ground for the dorce
that there has bt a deeproo ed design,
conceived in mens minds thirty years ago. and ex
tended gradually year ael year. others, heak away
froa the Union the very first opportunity The North
to South Carolina corrupt and evil thing to which, for
long years. she had been bound by burning chains while
monopoists and manufacturers fed her tender limbs.
She has been bound IN MaXnan union to the object she
Oathes New Eng land to her the incarnation moral
and political wckedness and social corruption. the
source OF everything which South Corolna hates and
of the torrents OF tree thought and taxed manu-
factures Of abotionism and of busterDg which have
flooded the land Believe a Southern man as he be-
ieves himself and you regard New England and the
kindred states the birthplace Of impurity of mind among
and Of unchastiy in WumeHthe home OF free love,
of Fourieism, of nfdey, of abo0nism of false teach
ngs in political economy and social life; land saturated
with the drppings OF rotten philosophy with the poison
infections fanatic press; without honor modes
y whose wisdom is purity cunning, whose valor and man
hood have been swallowed up in corrupt bowling dema
gogy and in the marts of dishonest commerce 1t
merchants of New York who fit out ships for the 81 we
trade and carry in Yankee ships 1t is the capital OF
North which supports and is the Northern who
and execute the fbusterng expeditions which
have brought discred the saveholdng States. In the
large cities people corrupted by itnerant and ignorant
ecurers-n the and The country by unprinci
pied press. The populations, indeed, know how to read
write, but they don't know how to think and they
easy victims Of the wretched imposers on all the olo
eies and isms who the region and subss by
ecuring subjects which the innate of mankind in
them accept with eagerness while they assume thu
garb of philosophical distractions to their nasnes
IN Difference contemplate ana universal hypocrisy
''Nho fills butchers shops with large blue flies -
Assuredy the New England Demon who has been persect
ing the South till its ntoe1able cruelty and
forced her. spam of agony rend her chains asunder
as he has hunted down all his Indians burnt all his witches
persecud all his opponents to the death be invented
Abotionism the left him for the graft
fcaon of his favoe passion Next to this motive prn
ciple is his desire to make money dishonesty, trcky
tions With the South and has cheated and pundered her
all his dealings by Vainous tariffs If one objects tina
the South must have been party to this, because he
boast is that her statesmen the Government
the country you told that the South yielded out
4 pure good nature.
Now however she will have free trade and will open
coasng trade to foreign natols and shut out from it tn
hated Yankees who SO long monopozed and made thel
fortunes Under all the varied burdens and misere
which she subjected the South held fast to her shee
anchor South Carolina the mooring ground in whic
found its hold. The doctrine of State rights
salvation and the ercer the storm ragged against he
the more stout demagogy immigrant an
sweep away the vested interests OF the South IN he
right govern the greater her eondene
and the more resolutely held her cable Tie Mort
attracted hordes OF ignorant Germans and and tn
of Europe, while the South repeed them The IL
dusry the capital of the North increased with
dy under the influence of cheap labor and
ing ingenuity and enterprze in the villages which swele
towns and the towns which became cities, under tn
eye the South She the contrary oied on slow
y clearing and draining swamps find cotton
riceed for the employment OF her only indus
try and for the development of her only capital invoun
tary labor. The tide of immigration waved stronger and
degrees she the districts into which she claimed tn
right to introduce that capital closed against her and occr
pied by labor The doctrine of squatter sovereign
# ty and of hostile tariffs, which placed heav
duty the very articles which the South most required
completed injuries which she subject
and the spirit of discomfort found vent in fiery debats
in personal insults and in acrimonious speaking and writ
ing which increased in intensity "a proportion the Abe
tion movement and the contest between the Federal iI
cipe and State rights became more vehement am des
e showing Words for the information OF Ell
gsh readers how it is that the Conederacy which Europ
knew simply political entity has succeeded In diVidn
r. itself.
The slave States held the doctrine, they did, hs
each State independent France England but thai
certain purposes, they chose common agent to des
with foreign nations and to impose taxes for the purpos
al of paying the expenses of the agency We appears
talked Of American citizens, when there we're no sue
beings all There were indeed, citizens of the sovereg
OF States south Carolina Georgia Florida, who
themselves to pass under that designation but wa
merely matter Of personal convenience 1t will
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