| Description | '... a war with England and France would be a blessing to us ... the bigoted, fanatical fools of the North are too blind to see their future ruin coming on ... the South are a noble race of Anglo Saxons anot easly trampled on, had the democratic principle triumphed last Election (1860) we should have been by this time in prosperity ... without losing a State from the Union. Abolitionism is a curse to this Country. You would say so if you were to see the happy smiling faces of the negroes, the comfortable dwellings, good clothing, food, care for their health and attention in sickness, that false work of Mrs Stowe Beecher [sic] has done more harm than anything else to the South, the work abounds with falsities and hearsay tales. Slavery (falsely called) is a Blessing to the African in this country, their spiritual welfare is well attended to by most religions except Methodists, they do more harm than good. Religion can do no good unless morality leads it (namely good works) ... many of the negroes are very bad in disposition and are obliged to be strictly dealt with ...' |