Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-02-15
LETTER FROM ALABAMA.

The following letter was received by
a gentleman in this city, from a frient
in Mobile, Alabama, who is of Northern
birth. and feels kesnly the indignities tC
which Northern men have been subjccteC
in that section Of the Union. The writer
is boli and outspoken in his comments
upon the state Of affairs there. His let
Ter uss 80 oy private conveyance, else
W. espionage which has been estab-
nshed 5ysr tho mails it might never have
reached 81 destination;
Jan. 20, 1861.
I did not expect that ] was coming in
to such a hornets nest or should have
prsferred some other destination ] think
You at the North do not have cor
rect idea Of the opinion Southern men
have Of Yankees, and it would amuse you
to hear their ignorant remarks respecting
Yankee land, and disgust would follow
at their arguments so devoid of common
sense or reason. They look upon Yam
KEGS as the most God-forsaken race ever
on the footstool, and endowed with no
other qualities than those Dame Ma
ture had left in finishing of, prominent
among which, Of course, are meanness
AMI depravity.
The true seutherner, he who has new
er been north, is brought up in that be-
lief and it is as firm rooted as the teach
ings Of those Yankee parents whose
childreu always associate a STAKEHOLDER
with the supposed necessary accompant-
ments of a large leather lash, several
blood hounds, and detachment Of bic cd
ing negroes in chains.
One is as devoid of truth as you know
the other to be, but there is no need Of
any argument upon that. | intend to
devote this more to facts than silly fan
cies and the times are such that each side
should thoroughly know the other and
plainly show their hands.
The North has the power and will to
do whatever she proposes, il she will but
exert herself, and it would be but a slight
exertion. The south has no power but
what is in the hands of the north, but
by bravado and the northerners' love OF
peace she compels the north to suit her
convenience and accommodate itself TO
her whims. Why need it be 50 any
longer? The north is temporizing too
much. She offers to many compromises
upon the altar Of southern yanity aud ar
rogance. The southern extremists on
ly chuckle and try to draw her a little
lower and little more in her power.
Buchanan's administration is very
luckily near a. an end. The South .
knows that their only chance is in get
ting out while Buchanan is in, but the .
old man is quite plainly indignant at the
course which has been pursued by those
who have heretofore used him as their
tool and he seems determined to break
loose from them and do something for
himself ere he relres into private life.
He has lost all his southern friends and .
will now hope prove himself friend |
to the north for the purpose of living
quietly there. /
But he cannot know Of all that is 60 /
ing on throughout the South, for The tel
egraph is under surveillance, the Post
Office is sufficiently in their hands for
them to know what is written, messen-
sengers are stopped, dispatches are dis
patched into things that were, and every
thing is upon a war footing. Most of
the news that reaches either Washington
or the north is false or cut TO suit.
The Commissioners from South Caro-
lima are only persuading Buchanan to
keep quiet that they may have sufficient
time to make the preparations they so
much need. Their treating with him is
Kll humbug, for they intend to get on
ly something that they can use as an ex-
cuse for more forcible measures and Sc
cession any how. They wish for moth
ing else, and all show for anything to tie
is simply trick to delay any
action upon the part of Government,
for their preparations are being carried
on as actively as possible, and any who
are indisposed to join are forced into it.
Il is so no matter how much it may be
denied.
From the beginning it has been called
a 4" States right" affair, and each state
that has decided to secede has decided to
do so upon its individual responsibility
and yet the first thing we see is Alabama
and Mississippi joining Florida in an at
tempt to take Fort Pickens, in Pensaco-
la Bay, which is garrisOned by only 80
men under command Of New England
Lieutenant, who is determined to defend