The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1862-04-25
A Letter From tho North.

The Petersburg Express publishes the
following interesting extract from fet-
ter written by Southern sympath:zer at
the North:
The terrible storm which has prevailed
at the North in the last twelve months
seems to have swept away every vestige
OF reason and religion from the great
mass OF the people. Past favors and OBJ
legations of the most sacred kind due to
Southerners residing in the North were
IN moment forgotten by these crazy n.y.
enas. Men who had grown rich through
Southern patronage, aided in the acqui-
sitlon of this patronage by Southern
young men residing at the North, at once
became our fierce and relentless foes
Some of the most disgraceful exhibitions
of such ingratitude came Immediately
under my own observation. Many Of
those who had been the loudest declaim.
ers of Southern rights, in an instant yeer-
ed around and became our most impla-
cable foes. We have still, however, in
the North, quite a number of warm
friends, though ] regret to say there are
few, very few, among the business men
indeed the bar of Philadelphia is much
more largely represented by Southern
IMAM thc DlcTcNutlle COIu-
munity. | only know six wholesale mer-
chants in Philadelphia, Of Northern
birth, who feel an interest in the South
ern cause; and ] am acquainted with
double that number of lawyers who bold
ly avow their sympathy for the South. l
am well acquainted with retired mer-
chant in Philadelphia who numbers his
wealth by millions, the most of which
was realized by business transactions with
the South; and he is now one of the
most liberal contributors to the North
ern Government in pecuniary way, to
carry on this unholy war.
OF the six merchants above alluded to,
who sympathize with us, only two ever
did Southern business. The reason
why those who have grown rich by South
ern trade are against us is, that they are
accustomed to test all matters by "gain."
They knew we'll that the separation of
the North and South was the death knell
of Northern prosperity, and when hos
tilities were first inaugurated they fool
ishly imagined that ninety days cam
paign would settle it all. Why, / saw q
band of men (?) in Philadelphia, many
of whom were fresh from prison, under
the lead of an Alderman from the low
part of the city. They talked as conf
IDENTIFY of their march through Virginia
to New Orleans, as if they were going on
q pic mic up the Delaware, and many sem
sible people in Philadelphia had every
confidence in their ability to perform
their threat. But the war has gone on
from month to month, every day Seward
promising that in thirty days all would
be over and the South would be crushed.
Now they have debt, the terrific pro-
-, ,,l.. .t, =, lA1 frN,,
the people it is, however, every dime of
fifteen hundred millions of dollars. To
pay the debt, permit me to give you their
programme; subduc and disarm tho
South, not permitting you to keep fowl
ing piece, not even pocket pistol: gar
rison at your expense each large town,
with brutal soldery take your cotton,
tobacco and grain to pay their debts; in
many instances confiscate real estate
property, upon which they will settle
Yankees to aid in your oppression. That
they believe themselves competent TO
the performance of this task, / am not
able to say. Certainly many do. Wheth-
er the inventor of the new saddle enter
tains such views, | know not. I mean
Mcclellan. Like all new brooms, he
made clean sweep at Washing TOM
When he first took command everything
must be changed. The noble bearing
and brilliant charges of Southern cavalry
at Bull Run induced him to increase that
arm of the service until he had horses
enough to carry nearly all his infantry,
but then came the rub. His men could
not ride, so he caused to be made seve-
raj thousand saddles, after new plan Of
his own. The idea was to fix the rider
securely upon the horse, by elevating the
pommel and the hinder part of the sad
dle-forget its name-some IL or IA inch
es. You know few northern men under
stand horseback riding. This plan was
to keep the rider secure.
The first review of $500 men caused
some 1900 cases of severe hernia.