The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-08-01

written 10 the President of the Con
federacy early in the war of the Re.
bellion by Mrs. Sarah Post, then a
resident of the Lyell Road, short
distance west of this city. Her hus
band was killed in the navy. Mrs.
Posts death occurred in 1868, when
she was seventy nine years of age.
She was buried in Brockport, and
was full of patriotism and love for the
Union to the last.
MAY 9, 1861.
JEFF Davis: You most audacious
traitor TO your country, it makes my
heart bleed to think Of such a william
trying to dissolve this blessed Union
and disgracing these glorious stars
and stripes with your Internal pal
metto flag. My dear father fought
seven long years in the revolution,
and my dear husband fought two
years in the war of 1912, standing
shoe high in blood, fought under
the stars and stripes to gain the free.
dom you now enjoy. And you, you
are disgracing Charleston, the ground
where my dear husband lays, and has
lain in peace, for forty years. And now
That ground must be polluted with
you, with your rebels, where / lived
ten years and thought everything of
the Carolinians. And it astonishes
me beyond measure to think that
you. have all gone crazy. And now
instead of repairing Fort Sumter l
want you to build very large house
and put all your crazy people in, for
they must be insane indeed to think
of dividing this glorious Union while
there is God who reigns above. /
am an old woman, in my seventy
second year, and when l think Of
your blindness, to think that you could
overcome the North when England
tried and tried in vain, you must be
blind, blind indeed, binder than Bar
tlmeas, who was born blind, and you
will be binder still before you con-
quer the North. have heard what
abominabe wretches, pirates and
traitors are, but their leader, Jeff
Davis, is ten times baser still, and
you, Jeff Davis, dare you trample our
cherished, noble flag in the dust which
our fathers fought under and conquer
edo All, that flag shall wave when
you are in the deepest pit of hell un-
less you repent. With the help of God
we raised our flag, the glorious stars
and stripes; with the help Of God we
have sustained our flag, and we firm
ly believe that God will preserve
these stars and stripes to float over
America when your poor wretched
rag Of palmetto flag is buried in OBJ
livion. Old Jeff, you remind me Of
the king of the bottomless pit of hell
who leads his friends into trouble,
but never helps them out. But l
warn you how you cause the shedding
of innocent blood, for vengeance is
mine, l will repay, saith the Lord"
and we Northerners are ready to trust
him, knowing that he doeth all things
well, and his arm is stronger than
yours, Jeff Davis, and beware how
you provoke the Lord of hosts, or he
will tear you asunder and scatter you
to the four ends of the earth. We
understand that you have offered
reward for President LiRcoln's head,
but there are many, far too many,
who esteem President Lincoln's head
too precious for you or your friends
to touch with your polluted hands.
We believe President Lincoln worthy
of our nations regard and our ma
TONS trust. If you thought you could
find a traitor, yes, o traitor, base
enough to attempt to take our Presi
dent, I think you will find your woe
full mistake, for as old as l am, l
would 60 to Washington myself and
help protect him. If our President
does his duty he will hang every reb-
ell traitor without judge or jury. AS
for your head, l would not give one
cent for it, for l would not have the
North disgraced by its presence, or
any other rebel traitor. Jeff Davis,
you, l really fear, did not count the
cost when you commenced your re-
bellious warfare. Now l advise you
to sit down and reason whether you
are to face 100000 with 100000
You villain traitor, l have raised the
stars and stripes over my house, thir-
ty-four stars, thirteen stripes, and l
double dare you or any other rebel
traitor to take it down. Although l
may leave for Washington to help
protect our President, our Capitol,
our flag and our national honor, not
though my feeble hand will be
needed, but because l should deem it
a glorious privilege. But we are not
alone, the Lord of hosts, the God of
liberty, is with us, and if he is with
us who can be against us.
Now Jeff Davis,you rebel traitor,
here is the beauty of America, one
of the greatest treasures that ever
waved over your sinful head, l want