ALEXANDRIA,
Saturday, Jan. 19, 1861.
COL. W. T. SHERMAN,
Military Academy of the Independent State of Louisiana.
DEAR COLONEL: I have
been so bothered and run since the receipt of your last favor of recent date
that I have not been able to reply to it, and all I can do now in that way is
to enclose for your perusal two letters * from our friend Sanford which express
pretty well the condition into which the conservative people have been forced.
Whatever we may
think and feel we must go along with our section in the contest which has been
forced upon us, and in which we must take care of ourselves as best we may. For
the share which designing, selfish politicians and editors have had in exciting
the passions, alarming the fears, maddening the mind of the people on both
sides, may God deal with them as they deserve. They have unchained winds they
will be powerless to control. I did what I could to make the people sensible of
this before the election, but “Crucify him! Crucify him!” was the Democratic
cry, and now we must all go over the cataract together, of which I have told
them. Those of us, if any here, who may survive the storm may enjoy a peaceful
calm.
* These letters were
not found. - ED.
SOURCE: Walter
L. Fleming, General W.T. Sherman as College President, p. 346
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