This excerpt is from a letter Jefferson Davis wrote to George Lunt on January 17, 1861. Davis, a U.S. senator from Mississippi, was a leader of the Southern states' rights movement. In January 1861, he resigned his Senate seat, hoping that he could be elected commander of the newly formed Confederate army. Instead, he was elected president of the Confederate States of America, a position he held until the South's defeat in the Civil War. “The Election was not the Cause [of secession], it was the last feather that you know breaks the back of the Camel. Sectional hostility manifested in hostile legislation by the states and raids of organized bodies supported by Contributions. . . of northern society provide us with sufficient cause. . .”

Questions:

What does Jefferson Davis (Doc6) mean by “hostile legislation” and “organized agency raids”?