Year: 1861

A LETTER FROM a FIRE-EATER.


We received the following, duly post
marked, some days ago. We publish it
as specimen Of the temper Of the FIRE
eaters of the Gulf States:


CoyFEDERATED STATES OF AHEc,cA,
MOBILE Ala, March 22, 1851.


To.the Editor Of the Albany Eceniaq


journal, Albany, Ne,e York:


In looking over the New Orleans
Picayune I find the following extract
from your paper. I quote


"Anxious as we are and have been
for peace, we would rather peril our
own life in an effort to reinforce Fort
Sumter than to share in the disgrace of
seeing it abandoned to traitors. We
want neither peace nor Cancellation, il
it is to be obtained upon terms which
forces disgrace and dishonor on US az a
nation.


We Of the South are anxious to meet
some Of you rabid Republicans on the
field Of battle; and whether you have
the courage or not to risk your life on
the battle field, as you seem to indicate
above, still, we doubt whether, when the
tug Of war comes, any Of you will be
found in the line of battle. You are
all and have been very valiant, SO far as
words go, but when you are called on
for active service you will no doubt rely
on the Democracy Of the North, who
have been always true to the rights OF
the South, to fight your battles. We OF
the South place you rabid Republicans
of the North, SO far as courage goes, on
an equality with our negroes; and, in
the event of conflict, would be vii,
ling to meet your best regiment Of Re,
publicans with regiment of our negro
men, and feel very sanguine of victory
but ain satisfied | will never have this
| pleasure. Your craven and coWardly
natures will not permit you to meet us
We now see the white feather exhibiting
itself every day, and in less than sixty
days we expect to see your second edition
of the chivalrous and gallant jackson
swallow his own words, so very bravoly
spoken. He has this to do or prepare
himself for second ignoble flight. In
the event of conflict you cannot hold
Washington City. We are prepared, al
the first signal, to march to Washin gton
City with 10000 troops, with our noble
commander, JEFF. Davis, at the head
VIII your President lead his troops to
the defence? No! He will hunt out
some place Of safety, and his second
flight will be more ignoble and disgrace
full than his first. We long for a fight
The crowning glory Of our lives would
be to meet or the battle field your Black
Republican hosts and see them bite the
dust. The greatest trouble we now
have at the South is the fear of your
backing down. We don't feel that our
revolution would be complete without
giving you gerteel thrashing. VIZ
are not satisfied with bloodless victory
and for heavens sake don't disappoint
us. Give US a chance, and send out
your Republican hosts; don't rely on
foreigners to do your fighting; send out
your Republicans. We want to destroy
the breed entirely and start a new race
of men. America has been defled BY
such stock; and if we could get your
Greeleys, Weeds, Stewards, Lincolns,
Garrisons, Hales and Summers within
gun shot, we might be able to get lid
Of them, and then regenerate the Ameri
can race.


Do not misunderstood me as writing
an anonymous letter. [ give you my
name in full. Very respectfully,


RICHARD H. LEE.