Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-02-01
LETTER FRou Lnu1sIhHa.

We have been permitted 10y II gentleman of
our Vill"';a TO publish the following extrac,
from letter written ly J. W. Covin, n Louis
'nn'H" VIII" il th"r",.;hy imhued " i,h the
genuine Southern feeling. The letter will lr
pr,nsrd with interest by our readers:
MEN U"Li.l%a. Jan'y Is, 1861.
The wc"L jul pms, will b. q memorable me.
Our '.v'in"r. ri h,!y considering tl,a: DELAYS
are d'nr"r'ns. directed il" n"cupniinn of al
ih" t"ii' IN l'"s e. SION nf Gnv"rnm"nt troops ::
in rrsp"'.s" /" His rn!l the citizen soldiers
turned out with nlncri,y n!mn.i miraculous,
nn'i even n'any Of the slow nnd got easy ,crr.-
s"ntnti"ms of ia. Federal Government tia;
was could mike up their minds il, what man.
ncr to p"str tho issue, they found them
selves completely ut the mercy Of the State
forces with no other resort than graceful nc
acknowledgement: Of the Sovereignty of Lo,iiSi
ana or the desperate chances Of resistance I'm
every instance the claims of the State were
acknowledged, and all government rropcrt,
gwen mp wita"nL TIA" firing of n single shot
Forts II. Philips, Pike jackson and .Mncunh ,
the barracks below the city and the al senal and
barracks at Baton Rouge are in the hands of
cry ratification in the S;ntc the Pelican far
this morning kissed the brecz:--it emblem Of
State rcg"nerated and disenthralled Louisi.
ana is virtually out Of the Union, and ONLY
waits the meeting Of the Convention as n mat
ter Of form. Our people have weighed the
matter well. and finding nothing so desperate
as voluntary submission to the dominant fac
iion in the North, they have with II voice al.
most unanimous, proclaimed their dclermina-
ton OF severing all connection with that "cor.
"nnt, degenerate p"pulace. who would barter
freedom for great mans wiSh and SILL their
country for IL smile" To South Carolina.
Georgia. Alabama, Florida Mississippi all
hon"r; for the remainder of the so-cal He'd
Southern States, they have yet to show them
selves worthy of the name. Even Virginia,
once the very b"lwork Of the Constitution anl
the mother Of patriots. has proved rccreant 10
her gallant nanle and the high trusts leposcd
in her; unless immediate nnd decisive meas
urcs be taken at once taken, not even the plo-
rlous memories of the past can save the an.
clent commonwealth from an ignominy so deep
and degradation so profound that the tru.n-
pet of thc resurrection vii! fail to disturb her
repose.
Pocr cid imLcci!c, trrcu!cni buchanan, true
TO the instincts Of his nature could not resist
the temptation and husily deserted your gallant
State IN ho"r Of Ler extremity; thanks TO II
patriotism too pure to be comprehendel By
such MS he. South Carolina needed not the aid
OF mercenary administration, and know too
well the value of executive promises to repose
any Faith in the fulfillment of the most solemn
assurances of neutrality. For.
"a great man struggling with the storms of futc
And greatly falling with falling State"
the most determined adversary may entertain
feelings of respect and sympathy but for one
VIII" with unparalleled ngra tituie, bctrays the
oohiidnnce Of those who trusted TO his honor,
there can be no other sent tilrcnt than that Of
unqualified contempt.