Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-29
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What they think OF Union meetings."
A correspondent Of the New York Tri-
bune, writing from Macon, Georgia, gives
graphic account Of conversation overheard
between Georgian and South Carolina
disunionist upon the "Union NEE ings' Of
the North, as follows;
But to my illustration Both the South
Caroiuian and the Georgian were men in
personal appearance and manners above the
standard Of Southern roughness and igno-
rance; they were talking Of course, on the
great topic Of the day, and seemed 10 agree
in their views; they had been speaking Of
the impossibility Of receiving any conces-
sions from the North which would be abided
by when the danger was overpast though
they seemed to believe that the Free States
were so badly frightened that they would prob
ably offer almost every thing the slave-driveIs
could ask. "The resolutions adopted by that
meeting at Philadelphia the other day, were
pretty STRONG, any how remarked The gen
tleman from Georgia Upon this there hurst
from the South Carolinian a torrent Of the
most singing words you can imagine, which
can only ieeby reproduce Said he; "There,
now, by - If I had needed anything To
convince me that those damned abOitioniss
were rotten towards, the proceedings Of that
meeting would have finished me- ! swear II
makes me sick to read the resolutions; you
can bear the whining of their voices and the
chattering Of their teeth when you read the
stuff"
The Georgian assented to this proposition
and said the whole affair reminded him of q
boy who hits another, and then, frightened
at what he has done, hugs him and offers him
bis biggest apple not TO tell Of Il. "Yes
| said the other, "or of the man who had q
quarrel with his wife at the breakfast table
and threw fork at her; but tie moment il
had LEFT his hand he turned pale with fright
and yelled out HDOdge il, my dear" Some
! further remarks in the same strain Of face
! tiousuess followed. during which the worthy
! Philadelphia brethren were rudely handled
The South Carolinian presently grew warm
again, however, and proceeded Substantially
thus:-"You know. well enough what my
sentiments are about slavery; now, as ugly
/ as I feel toward the damned Black Republi-
cans, like rugged, up and down fight.
| do have some respect for bold rascal
have respect Of sort for a sincere man, too
no matter what he believes II, now, wa;
an abolit ontst, and believed that slavery
was wrong, or if didn't care a damn wheth
er it was wrong or not and only meant tC
f ght against it, and if had made strong
| fight, like what those Northern men have
done, why, by the Lord, I'd cut of my hanC
and blister my tongue before I'd take ans
part in any Of them suivelling pow VOWS they
call Union Meetings Here for years tn,
blasted fellows have been fighting inch by
inch till they have got every free State viii
EN- and now, just as they have got theil
first big victory, they are beginning to shake
and shiver, and wish they hadn't done 1t, anC
hope the South won't be offended, and prom
ise to give up all they've got and a gooC
deal more, and never to do so again as Ions
as they live if we'll only lrt 'em off thi
once. Long John Wentworth says the chiv
airy will back down, that they are alwayl
ready TO eat dirt when the scratch comes
but should like to see the Southern mar
who would crawl on his belly like those
hounds at Philadelphia and Boston, and COB
BILE dirt with such an appetite as they seen
7 to havel I'd shoot him before | went ou
to hang an abolitionist that was stealing my
niggers. By thunder I'm ashamed Of my
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