ASHEBORO, May 21, 1861.
Abolitionism and
Democracy, aided and instigated by the Devil, have forced everybody under the
one or the other of their banners. Democracy is only simulating harmony with
Union men. It was never more malignant towards its old opponents. The
reluctance with which I have submitted to subjugation makes me particularly
obnoxious to low, mean democrats about home.
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SOURCE: J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton, Editor, The Correspondence of Jonathan Worth, Volume 1, p. 150
