Raynors HCA 2016-10
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A four page Southern civilian letter. datelined Augusta, May 1, 1860. In part, “I was one of those whose hopes looked to a peaceful adjustment of existing and inimical difficulties and altho’ occasionally something would present itself to blight, my buoyant anticipations yet never for once did my fears prevail. ... ut the all important question now is shall we continue to hope for a great future or shall hope be dethroned and fear usurp its seat. If we attend to the admonitions of present realities we will, of necessity, arrive at this awful though logical conclusion. ... Northern fanaticism which now rages with a flame that will require oceans of blood to quench. The unsheathed sword, the dagger, the pointed spears, the loaded cannon, all proclaim alike a disturbed state and the prevalence of enmity to which history presents no parallel. ... The warlike preparation of the north compares very favorably with those of the South, a statement which every paper verifies. Forces from that quarter are flocking to the standard with intentions which they in their infatuation pronounce patriotic and with resolutions what they are willing to seal with blood to support the ‘Stars and Stripes’. ... he blaze of military ardor is fully kindled here as the shout of “to arms” echoes from every corner. This city presents the appearance of a camp as soldiers are visible in whatever direction we turn our eyes, whose motto seems to be, judging from appearances – victory, freedom or death. The war has been inaugurated and may continue to rage with a fury hither to unknown. ... That a war policy would have been adopted by men of understanding appears superficially at least to be preposterous but this Lincoln and his advising host have done. I am of opinion that were their brains microscopically examined or chemically analyzed, they would be found deficient or at least made up of an impure material so that were they weighed in the balance they would be ‘found wanting’. ....”
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