a one-sided affair; for I have heard equally abusive language applied to the North by the people South.  As before, then, let us “strike hands” on this point also, for both sections are equally culpable.  As to the strength of individuals in the two sections, it must be tested on the battle-field, and there alone.  Our war of words can never decide anything on this point.  I should be sorry to admit the men in the North could not fight, had they a real enemy to contend against—­a war of “justice, reason, or humanity” to wage.  But to arm themselves against their brethren, and in such an unholy cause as that in which they are engaged now, I must confess that their true metal can never be exhibited. One man whose heart is in the war can always conquer two who are fighting from some impure motive.  And now let me candidly ask you to as candidly tell me whether or not you think after seeing the thing progress thus far, and having, as you say, been, & still continue to be, well-informed as to apper^ns on both sides, the North are engaged in the cause of “Justice.”  Admitting that some of them are actuated by pure and lofty motives, do you not acknowledge that the vast majority are blinded by prejudice, led on by a desire for military fame, prompted by the prospect of plunder, or actuated by the still more ——? but I refrain—­my very pen shudders at the thought of expressing myself further.  Yes, I think you must confess that is the case.  I refer, of course, to the Armies of Lincoln thus far made up.  Are they not composed of a Mercenary horde, made up generally of the lowest rabble of the Country, & thousands of those thrown out of employment in the manufacturing cities—­who have resorted to camp-life for self-sustenance—­indeed their only resource? Whether you admit this or not, it is emphatically true to a great extent, for the Northern papers themselves have made such statements as would lead me to believe so, & more, I have correspondents in the North, who confirm my suspicions on this score.  My own Father who does not justify the attack on Sumter, yet denounces Lin’s army as a set of Murderers! He lives in Penna. & this is the opinion of many good citizens there.  And now can such men be justified in their present purposes and activities?  If so, upon what principles?  We have sh^n. that it is not in accordance with sound reason & the “inexorable logic” of the Constitution, since that noble edifice was attacked in two points simultaneously by the Repub^cn party:  1st. by abrogating the Fugitive Slave Law; 2nd. by depriving the South of eq^l rights in the Territories.  These are 2 points in which the North has transgressed the limits of immutable Justice, and nothing which is unjust can be reasonable, for, they (Just. & Reas.) are twin sisters.  Moreover, the Bible justifies no war but that of self-defence.  Then are the North invaded?  No, nor never will be, by the South, for all they ask is peace within their borders.  While they hold in one hand the sword of self-defence, they present the “Olive Branch” with the other; and so God grant it may be ever.