Letters to James Garrett McCollin, 1859, undated

Letter from John McCollin, 1859/12/8. Devoted to the question of slavery and secession. McCollin says, reacting to a rumor that "the chivalrous South" would be drawing and quartering John Brown's corpse, "it is a sad warning to all who undertake to use force instead of moral weapons." Also includes a debate about slavery and union: "Do we love union? Then we must make slavery a national institution. The question then is what is preferable: to preserve this union, or to obey the laws of God?"