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The Saint Simons Post
News from around the South 1860
News from around the South 1860
SECESSION.
If our readers wish to being aright the New Year, to consecrate its first
moments by an action which will be a source of pleasing remembrance to them
for the rest of the year just begun, a deed which will be a hallowed recollection
in all coming years, and be told with a price to grand children—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
If there be any who look forward to a Southern Confederacy as the
dearest ideal of greatness, who hope to see her banner assert the freedom of
the white, and the proper servitude of the black, wherever the breeze of any
land expands it above the universal sea; who wish to be free from all unity with
those Abolitionists who set their puny wisdom above the laws of God and the
decrees of the Constitution—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to the working men. If they wish to be freed from that
competition with cheap Northern labor, which can make all kinds of things at
such nominal prices as would starve our own people to compete with; if it is
desirable to give employment at remunerative prices, to the artizans whose
work is put down to nothing by miserable Yankee substitutes, to give work to
the hundreds of industrious girls and women, who cannot now compete with
those starved thousands at the North, who make shirts at almost nothing; in
short if it be right to encourage northern labor less, and our own labor more—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
If any there be who wish to see realised that old hope of the South,
‘direct trade;’ who would no longer have the cities of the South, but suburbs of
New York, but themselves great and prosperous; would wish to restore our
worn out fields and whiten them with cotton, to cover with vineyards the
sunny slopes of our southern hills; to make beautiful the bosom of our State,
with an embroidery of grain and fruits and flowers, dotted here and there with
villages, schools and churches; to have great metropolitan cities, garnering up
the wealth of our rich soil, or sending it abroad under myriad white wings of
commerce, to exchange for the wealth of other lands; to make our bright
mountain streams turn machinery so ponderous, that the hills will tremble as
the great wheels go round—in short to become in commerce and
manufactures as we are in agriculture, first among the nations of the earth,
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to the women of the land. If they would keep our fair South
free from the curse of negro equality; would keep forever the slave in the
kitchen and cabin, and out of the parlor; would wish a national Capitol, where
they will not be elbowed by negroes in the galleries of its Senate, and see
negro delegates, from Canada and elsewhere, sitting with the dignitaries of the
land; if they would avoid that worse than Egyptian curse of flies, the vast
population of impudent free negroes, occupying the pavements, and getting
the best seats everywhere; if they (the mothers of the State) have sons who
can vote, let them record their names on the roll of liberty to-day; if the
daughters have brothers or friends who hesitate, let them give them a blue
rosette, a smile, and a ticket to—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to all men! if you love the sunny South, if you would keep
free from the profanation of Abolition feet, the home and grave of Washington,
if you would save the border States from being Abolitionised, if you desire any
part in those common territories, bought by the blood and treasure of the
South, if you would preserve that species of property from destruction, which
even at the low estimate of five hundred dollars per slave, is worth now two
thousand millions of dollars, if you would hush this quadrenial struggle which
convulses the land every Presidential election, and still political discord, and
give peace and quiet to our disturbed land, go on! look not back! for daylight
will now be sooner seen before than behind—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
Published Jan 1 1860
If our readers wish to being aright the New Year, to consecrate its first
moments by an action which will be a source of pleasing remembrance to them
for the rest of the year just begun, a deed which will be a hallowed recollection
in all coming years, and be told with a price to grand children—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
If there be any who look forward to a Southern Confederacy as the
dearest ideal of greatness, who hope to see her banner assert the freedom of
the white, and the proper servitude of the black, wherever the breeze of any
land expands it above the universal sea; who wish to be free from all unity with
those Abolitionists who set their puny wisdom above the laws of God and the
decrees of the Constitution—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to the working men. If they wish to be freed from that
competition with cheap Northern labor, which can make all kinds of things at
such nominal prices as would starve our own people to compete with; if it is
desirable to give employment at remunerative prices, to the artizans whose
work is put down to nothing by miserable Yankee substitutes, to give work to
the hundreds of industrious girls and women, who cannot now compete with
those starved thousands at the North, who make shirts at almost nothing; in
short if it be right to encourage northern labor less, and our own labor more—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
If any there be who wish to see realised that old hope of the South,
‘direct trade;’ who would no longer have the cities of the South, but suburbs of
New York, but themselves great and prosperous; would wish to restore our
worn out fields and whiten them with cotton, to cover with vineyards the
sunny slopes of our southern hills; to make beautiful the bosom of our State,
with an embroidery of grain and fruits and flowers, dotted here and there with
villages, schools and churches; to have great metropolitan cities, garnering up
the wealth of our rich soil, or sending it abroad under myriad white wings of
commerce, to exchange for the wealth of other lands; to make our bright
mountain streams turn machinery so ponderous, that the hills will tremble as
the great wheels go round—in short to become in commerce and
manufactures as we are in agriculture, first among the nations of the earth,
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to the women of the land. If they would keep our fair South
free from the curse of negro equality; would keep forever the slave in the
kitchen and cabin, and out of the parlor; would wish a national Capitol, where
they will not be elbowed by negroes in the galleries of its Senate, and see
negro delegates, from Canada and elsewhere, sitting with the dignitaries of the
land; if they would avoid that worse than Egyptian curse of flies, the vast
population of impudent free negroes, occupying the pavements, and getting
the best seats everywhere; if they (the mothers of the State) have sons who
can vote, let them record their names on the roll of liberty to-day; if the
daughters have brothers or friends who hesitate, let them give them a blue
rosette, a smile, and a ticket to—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
We appeal to all men! if you love the sunny South, if you would keep
free from the profanation of Abolition feet, the home and grave of Washington,
if you would save the border States from being Abolitionised, if you desire any
part in those common territories, bought by the blood and treasure of the
South, if you would preserve that species of property from destruction, which
even at the low estimate of five hundred dollars per slave, is worth now two
thousand millions of dollars, if you would hush this quadrenial struggle which
convulses the land every Presidential election, and still political discord, and
give peace and quiet to our disturbed land, go on! look not back! for daylight
will now be sooner seen before than behind—
VOTE FOR SECESSION.
Published Jan 1 1860
From the N. O. Delta, Dec. 28th.
The Free Colored Natives of Louisiana.
A very improper and unjust feeling is sometimes
manifested towards a class of our population who have
always demeaned themselves with patriotism and true
devotion to their native State. We refer to our free
colored population, who are not unfrequently and very
thoughtlessly confounded with the free negroes who
come to this city from the North and form a class of
people who require watching. The native free colored
people of Louisiana have never given grounds for any
suspicion, or distrust, and they have frequently
manifested their fidelity in a manner quite as striking
and earnest as the white citizens. The following
extract from a letter signed by a number of this class of
our people, commends itself to our warm approval and
sympathy, and we willingly give it a place in our
columns, and will respond very cheerfully to the
demand it makes upon our sense of justice and duty:
There are certain persons who are disposed to
believe and to make others believe—and some will do
so from ignorance or mischief—that the free colored
population (native) of Louisiana are not well disposed
toward here, but this is not so; they love their home,
their property, they own slaves, and they are dearly
attached to their native land, and they recognise no
other country than Louisiana, and care for no other
than Louisiana, and they are ready to shed their blood
for her defense. They have no sympathy for
Abolitionism; no love for the North, but they have
plenty for Louisiana; and let the hour come, and they
will be worthy sons of Louisiana. They will fight for
her in 1861 as they fought in 1814/’15. As you have
always done them justice, they will ask you the favor of
defending them in this case. If they have made no
demonstration yet, it is because they have no right to
meddle with politics, but not because they are well
disposed. All they ask is to have a chance, and they
will be worthy sons of Louisiana. Please give them a
little article from your vigorous pen, and remember in
all coming time, they trust in your generous and kind
heart.
A Large Number of Them.
The Free Colored Natives of Louisiana.
A very improper and unjust feeling is sometimes
manifested towards a class of our population who have
always demeaned themselves with patriotism and true
devotion to their native State. We refer to our free
colored population, who are not unfrequently and very
thoughtlessly confounded with the free negroes who
come to this city from the North and form a class of
people who require watching. The native free colored
people of Louisiana have never given grounds for any
suspicion, or distrust, and they have frequently
manifested their fidelity in a manner quite as striking
and earnest as the white citizens. The following
extract from a letter signed by a number of this class of
our people, commends itself to our warm approval and
sympathy, and we willingly give it a place in our
columns, and will respond very cheerfully to the
demand it makes upon our sense of justice and duty:
There are certain persons who are disposed to
believe and to make others believe—and some will do
so from ignorance or mischief—that the free colored
population (native) of Louisiana are not well disposed
toward here, but this is not so; they love their home,
their property, they own slaves, and they are dearly
attached to their native land, and they recognise no
other country than Louisiana, and care for no other
than Louisiana, and they are ready to shed their blood
for her defense. They have no sympathy for
Abolitionism; no love for the North, but they have
plenty for Louisiana; and let the hour come, and they
will be worthy sons of Louisiana. They will fight for
her in 1861 as they fought in 1814/’15. As you have
always done them justice, they will ask you the favor of
defending them in this case. If they have made no
demonstration yet, it is because they have no right to
meddle with politics, but not because they are well
disposed. All they ask is to have a chance, and they
will be worthy sons of Louisiana. Please give them a
little article from your vigorous pen, and remember in
all coming time, they trust in your generous and kind
heart.
A Large Number of Them.
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST [AUGUSTA, GA], January 22, 1861
The Demonstrations on Saturday Night.
. . . Georgia Fire Company.—The patriotic spirits who man the ropes of Georgia Fire
Company were among the foremost in the celebrations. They had one of Capt. Girardey’
s field pieces stationed in front of their engine house, and as soon as the news was
received, with it was fired a salute of fifteen guns. Col. Meredith’s “baby waker” was also
brought into requisition by the company, and joined in the salutations. At night, the
engine house was brilliantly illuminated, while in front of the building was suspended
Col. Meredith’s beautiful secession banner, and over the door a transparency having
upon it a single star, and the words: “We will defend our name.” . . .
Augusta, No. 5.—The engine house of this gallant company was in a blaze of light,
while above it was an impromptu Southern Rights flag. This banner is still floating
there, and will continue to do so until the Southern Confederacy adopts its new flag,
when the company intends to get a splendid one of the kind, cost what it will. The one
now suspended over the engine house is about sixteen feet in length, by eight and a half
in width, and is of white ground with red stripes; in the union is the coat of arms of
Georgia, with five stars within the arch—one for each seceding State. Across the flag are
the words: “Southern Confederacy.” . . .
The Demonstrations on Saturday Night.
. . . Georgia Fire Company.—The patriotic spirits who man the ropes of Georgia Fire
Company were among the foremost in the celebrations. They had one of Capt. Girardey’
s field pieces stationed in front of their engine house, and as soon as the news was
received, with it was fired a salute of fifteen guns. Col. Meredith’s “baby waker” was also
brought into requisition by the company, and joined in the salutations. At night, the
engine house was brilliantly illuminated, while in front of the building was suspended
Col. Meredith’s beautiful secession banner, and over the door a transparency having
upon it a single star, and the words: “We will defend our name.” . . .
Augusta, No. 5.—The engine house of this gallant company was in a blaze of light,
while above it was an impromptu Southern Rights flag. This banner is still floating
there, and will continue to do so until the Southern Confederacy adopts its new flag,
when the company intends to get a splendid one of the kind, cost what it will. The one
now suspended over the engine house is about sixteen feet in length, by eight and a half
in width, and is of white ground with red stripes; in the union is the coat of arms of
Georgia, with five stars within the arch—one for each seceding State. Across the flag are
the words: “Southern Confederacy.” . . .
