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Letter to Editor
June 17, 1857
The Lancaster Ledger
Lancaster, Lancaster County, South Carolina
What is this article about?
The editor of the Huntsville Independent recounts a trip from Augusta, Georgia, into South Carolina, where he feels an immediate shift to chivalrous and defiant sentiments upon crossing the Savannah River, blaming the state's atmosphere. (178 characters)
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Something in the Atmosphere.-The editor of the Huntsville Independent, who was among the number of the guests of Charleston during the last week writes the following in a letter to his paper:
"We left the city of Augusta about nine o'clock and passed over the Savannah river into the far famed State of South Carolina. When fairly over the river, I felt a sensible change come over the spirit of my dream. I felt remarkably chivalrous and somewhat refractory, and I verily believe that if a Yankee had come along about that time and crooked his finger at me, I would have -- well, I don't say what I would have done, but he would have been "mighty apt" to have heard something "snap."
Don't know what caused the feeling-the South Carolina atmosphere perhaps."
"We left the city of Augusta about nine o'clock and passed over the Savannah river into the far famed State of South Carolina. When fairly over the river, I felt a sensible change come over the spirit of my dream. I felt remarkably chivalrous and somewhat refractory, and I verily believe that if a Yankee had come along about that time and crooked his finger at me, I would have -- well, I don't say what I would have done, but he would have been "mighty apt" to have heard something "snap."
Don't know what caused the feeling-the South Carolina atmosphere perhaps."
What sub-type of article is it?
Comedic
Social Critique
What themes does it cover?
Social Issues
What keywords are associated?
South Carolina Atmosphere
Chivalry
Yankee
Travel
Regional Feelings
What entities or persons were involved?
Editor Of The Huntsville Independent
His Paper
Letter to Editor Details
Author
Editor Of The Huntsville Independent
Recipient
His Paper
Main Argument
upon entering south carolina from georgia, the author experiences a sudden feeling of chivalry and refractoriness, possibly due to the local atmosphere, imagining a confrontational response to a yankee.
Notable Details
Paraphrases Shakespeare: 'Come Over The Spirit Of My Dream'
References Potential Conflict With A 'Yankee'