Correspondence

James Larmon to Beriah Magoffin

1861-01-19

Date of Creation
January 19, 1861
Place of Creation
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Document Genre
Correspondence
Repository
Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
Collection
Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862
Box / Folder
MG5-45 to MG5-46
CWGK Accession Number
KYR-0001-019-0008
Rights
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FTP Identifier
32208262
People
Lincoln, Abraham
Magoffin, Beriah
Larmon, James
Places
Chicago, Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Washington, District of Columbia
Dates
1861-01-19
1861-01-23
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James Larmon to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-01-19, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0008 (November 12, 2026).

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Chicago Jany 19th/61
Hon. B. Magoffin
Dear Sir

The real Seat of our troubles Exist in the Nort[...]hern States the only cure I now see in reach is to Slough off the diseases. instead of concealing them in the Government under pretense of saving the Union, if it were possible (I don't think it is) to do such a thing= it would only be temporary, to break out in a worse form in few years.

All parties must and will concur in the truth of the following. There must always be one Superior Nationality on the Continent. If this point is not reached with certainty, there is no safety for any party any where.

This Superior Nationality Can not

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be formed in our day with out the South (a United South) forming an important part of it. to get up such a Government it must be done by the south, the North is helpless. Any efforts put forth headed by saving the union Simply means first to gSave the Republican party both cannot be saved If a united South Acts promptly and gets up the present Federal [...]Constitution with proper Amendments on Slavery revenue & Navigation Laws. Indiana and the west will come in and the union will go on for a thousand years part Slave and part free, and Mr. Lincoln will be President (I hope in Peace) ofOhio and remaining states East and North all free. the Kind of a Union he has been prophesying and hoping willfor

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Lincoln's States will all come in as soon as wanted and peace will reign. I hope Lincoln will be allowed to be inaugurated and remain on the 10 miles square at Washington, I hope you will get Kentucky to take some action,

Yours verry Truly
James Larmon

P s this copy of my writing is hard to read

James Larmon

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Larman,
Chicago
Chicago
Jany 23d 1861