Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-08-12
Spirited and Cheering Letter from the
= Green-Mountain State.


MONTPELIER, Vermont, July 9th, 1868.
Dear sir,-since the reception of your letterin
answer to my communication, written from Lafay-
cite, Indiana, I have been very busy hence my
tardiness in writing to you. You state in your
letter that you forwarded my communication to
the Edge6eld Adrertise,' for publication. can
assure you did not dream for o moment that nv
letter would.mect the eye of any one, save your
self and immediate circle Of friends; and although
do not seek political position" if can say, or
doanything to cheer my friends ana fellow suffe-
rers of the South revive theirdrooping spjrits,
my heart shall Be- madcto &tejoics ti With ioy u un.
spcakablc."
Since ny last letter; great changes lave S taken
place in the political world, and the sun Of, De-
mocracy hns.dispe!led e agssat extent thsaark.
ness which was covering the land. Myanticpa-
tions in reference. to Pendletan,s nomination by
the New York Convention, have not been realized,
and although the failure was.asessibie dsappoint-
ment to the Great North Vest you may rest as.
sured that they Win saStdin tie H4fi6 Ho4fi6se of the
Convention with, as much ;sarnestne as though
their favourite and pet had been successful. They
ARE battling for principlesnows snot Me,,,-ard no
indiridaas prejudices will deter them fsor thsful
discharge of their duty. 1e7aegee, iayeSs srepe--
ty, and life itself. if necessary, they xill giysto
sustain the great and noble principlesIof thseDe-
lnocrncy Of this country,-and not soniya this
sentiment prevail IN the. West, buLsrsn, here, in
the land Of "Wooden Hams and Nutmegs," I
find such IN enthusiastic, bold. and fearless ex-
preston of sentiment, as would actually surprise
asy old reb in the South. Ratifcstion @estints
everywhere prevail. and Union ,Aaga, NTH sey-
rmour aud 'Btais,7 'wdiye gracefuliy q 3Eogsutie
breeze, in almost every. Town and VILLAGE. Ixts
present assa ratideatien meeting Nergich, Yer
,mont, on Thursdayrth 24th, andsthe enthusiasm
manifestsds dsofdhsf 6OSasi6nE nEHsakahGisnt to che,r
the dropping spirits of-sny IMAM South-no matter
espondentl he night beg ad,as [ Hstened
to words OF sympathy Which fell RON te iips of
men of learning, ana standing, ana influence, my
heart turded'to' my own ,SGntberns sunny ny,f0me,-
and as with burning oloasence, the condition of
tho Southern. States vas pictured to Ours minds,
with all tho qloatness pdstFuthfqlnhss sshisF it
were possible 10 produce, and then the expression
Of the.noblcst Of sentiments inIesefepce 1d'esid-
ding The country of Government whose princi-
pies, were % BIaekepod BY tul deeds Of tyrshqy
and oppression, the enthusiasm sof tho aaaionee
could nolongerbs restrained ndahey q made she
Helkin ring."' ;, ses So .i%SSs7-,
. This State will go Radical by 1900 msioriiy,
I have been over good portions ofsszaw Happ-
shire and had the pleasure of:.spehdingd d wseiin
Concord, tho Capital Of thSstats.. ftardly know
yhattO say about New, Hampshi5e. Tbs senti-
mept of the people IS divided 60 closely that,it
will be-" NIP and tag" between the DOmocratsand
Rads-but one thing you may rest assured of,'und
that is, tho Democrats will leave no stone un,ufhed
to gain the day. -iar.s - 3, >. S,yi ~,
In this State, tNew Hampshire meau1 wher-
ever want, al'that was necessary for me'to do,
was to let them know was from old South Caro-
lima, and it seemed. they scoslds moi dqtoamuch
for me. Invitation after invitation was extended
tonne to visitthe, homes of different gentlemen,
and . moro sssociable,S agI eeabIs peopse, ASe
never met. Its prevailing idea among large
class of our people in thelts South, that Yankees
must all be mean, cose.fsted, penurious, stin-
gy," unsocial people. Now all iq the world that
is necessary to bblitotata this nofiOa Gsgor
this class to travel in ysnkcelaud, and seomginto
association with the people, and they will End to
their surprise that they'were egregiOusy mistaken.
OF course there -afc many aud asgrest many too
who arc negro ,,orshipers, whose narrow-mnded,
pre- judiccs con rop their every action. Thias Mt
tributablc to the fact that they are-ignnrantof
the condition oftss negro, sither,-as slsvespr as
freedmen,-ond all the information they have ever
received has bsen'through. thSt channel of AbOli-
ton newspapers, teeming with curses upon the
devoted heads of the whites Of the South and
the stream flowing through this channel was, and
is yet, as black Us thca ssGneheels of Perdition'
ITSELF Therefore, tits nottobe wondered at, that
there are manywhGsiiil;fe pit,es hatred f0rthe
Southern people, was amused the other day,
while on my way from .;B rtuu s9 LoEell, Mass.
The Cars were vssy crowded, and 'aslndy entered
the train when we stopped at station on the
road but could not sA a,seaf: With thf E513ats
principle of Io:i,e ness, With always astdasAs
South, m cen l.wa, ON src. occasions, offered
her nv serE Sac Sofie,ufsG accsp,ed;aand. Chen
,itey inf6smedameyt ythat might have the ex-
qu;sic pleasure of sitting beside her. In tie
course, Of eOnye,saton we spoke of the differ different
sect ous Of the ,country, and I asked her, II tho
yas ever: "dowp South" "o6, dear hs,,' no sir,
and never want to. be among such dide0uf pe0-
pie" told her that 7 thought she must be very
much mistaken in reference to the people down
there; thnt / had just travelled all 9ter The
Southern country, and found the .Reople-very hpe
. people indeed. shereplied tha. she, 1N ever mad
seen many Southern, people, and never bad seea
South caroInian. They must be. terrible people,.
1 askedher I" If she thought she conld endure
half hours conversation witha man from South
Carolina, AID one ;Khq, had fought IN the rebel
army" She said she dienot tknowTselly Ehs'aes
abe could Or not she hated thom soheartiiy; and
she was confident that bs would not possess com
4mon pOrteness enough toIeffain from shesS'ng
her modesty by using some terrible oath, or speak
ing language which she knew would nuke hsf
feel badly. I, assured her Of hef mistake, and in
confirmation of what told her,.I informed her
that she had been conversing all this 'time'"i'a
South carslinian, and one who had beenEin the
rebel army. She looked at me in perfect surprise,
and assured me of her belief that I wasza New
Yorker, and nothingI could say could convince
her of the fact that was real live "reb," from
South Carolina. But,enOugh Of this. .,.~~4-,
{. sfassschusst.s wifi. Ishink, go b dica The
City of Boston will go Democratic. They have
now Democratic Mayor and Council, and will