New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-09
THE SOUTHERN STATES or AMERICA
FROM An ENGLISH TRAVELLER.
Cnr TN Laal.,a Ddis Nesss.

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his shoulders and = black beard, trimmed "a va
dyke He occupied the bedroom next mine, ana -
next me at dinner; so we soon scrsped "a acqaAn@
snce and he readily began to recount nus ekpeneeo
lie was stonecutter BY trade, and had been rendeas
in Kansas for soe years and rose in arms for SaveY
last year. in company with hrty-eight other artssss
Who shared hi, own views He SAID they were MAINLY
influenced in the course they took by cary educancs
in fact that they were al born and brought up IN
Slave States, and IL only from association. were teefe-
fore mere or less attached to the institution As
direct interest in the triumph of the Pro-Ssvery psW
in Kansas, he could claim none beyond the iacs
be fact that in Slave States workmen In his trses
receive much higher wages than In the Free, RAYS
since heard this contradcted upon authority Oh mS
value as his, bat probabilities seem on ms sue:
Where slave labor exists, skilled labor Is scarce, sne
handcraftsmen not easily met with. Negro mssoss
and carpenters bring enormous prices ana are nire3
out at very high rates white man IN the sAmetsac.
oil other things being equal, can command mucs
higher wages than the black from his greater roe
and intelligence my neighbor formed one OF INC
thirty-eight who defended the logcahin at HICKORY
Point against the Free-Soi forces HIS account OF th
affair was of course grsndloq0ent in the extreme,
though talking of the struggle generally ne seemed
TO dis play great candor aud importantly. He repre-:
sented the actual fighting which took place .. smAs
in amount and very poor In quality. Inc numpa u
encounters on open ground between parties OF sny
force he set down at two three and represented sao
other affairs a. mere difficulties arising IN oarocnAS
and ending in that sort of sanguinsry street row winch
occurs occasionally in most Southern and, above 81.
in most border towns. Robbery of various sorts ane.
above all, horse robberes, no charged very ireey
against his own party. lie said the Soione, OF
rrriment the regiment consisted Of ~ menl a. did
the colonies of all the regiments instituted astem o.
pressing" by giving the men written orders, suthcr-
ling them to seize horses for their personal use
wherever they found them The system was OF course
very soon extended 10 every article Of which any d
them might fancy himself IN need ana large nsmoe~
of the bellgerens made regular Prsctce o, cstyaS
of horses from settlers in one district ana seng he
in the next, seiZlng them In others, anu 80 on WIN
cpd Of the chapter.
After all he doubted very much whether Kanses
was really won for Slavery. He confessed-and hu
confession was but an echo of what heard evcry-
where along my route-that the Immigrants rom ths
South were not bono fde colonist but young sdven"
turers who came for the sake Of the lark and the
plumber and went back again the moment tho sport
was over and tobacco and whisky began to get scarce
suspect that in all accounts which have hitherss
been published of the Kansas struggle, the amount 81
the reenforcements derived by the Border HUMANS
from Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee has bees
greatly moderated. Too much has been set down VI
the account OF Missouri and OF the border men: In
snalyzipg all troubles and in the South and Wess
we must ever keep in mind the existence OF largo
classe dangoeuse through ok the Slave States, con-
posed mostly of the sons OF planters, ever nPe .N
mischief and ever the watch fT " free hght
flbusteriny expedition, ntmporfe quof IN which som@
excitement Is 10 be had and which holds out IN sad
ton some small prospect OF gain People not 'anAs1
with Southern plantation life often at loss 70 &c
count for the appearance there OF the hordes OF ds
adyenturers who seem to spring in swa1ns from tho
soil at the call Of any freebooter who chooses to daS
himself general and declare war on his private 40
count against any neighborng State who found n
crowds in barrooms on steamboats, In volunteer reg-
ments in time of war and generally In or pSaces u
WHICH law Is weak and the revolver omnpotent. u
requires sueh large capital to procure stock OF .e-
groes sufficient 10 work plantation ct any sl1e wuh
that few planters able tosta their sons
in the world farmers. Fewer still have hands enough
70 clear and cultivate the whole Of the lands m their
ow posse ssiop. The young meo, grown up wild about
tha their n hunting. cock lighting
and chewing tobacco drinking and running not among
the negro by the time they roach the ago Of
fourteen they have acquired the language and mar
ners of coarse DULLES To commercial pursuits ths1
are by nature averse; planting not open TO them Tor
want of money-so they either become lawyers, Or
doctors or nothing. A few years at . " collage
sort of bad imitation Of our high schools-tn Virginia.
South Carolina Tennessee, with just ssmuch stady
a. they like and without the smallest discipline or 70
straiDt Of any kind generally send them hos ~ tho
end thorough bred rufians. The lawyers, who swarn
in all parts Of the country possibly open law once
in the nearest town. and try to get practice by dill
gent attendance at the bars OF taverns. this faib,
they will quit the professional to open tavern
in wooden shsnty on their father psntaaon OF sss
the young starts in default Of briefs as profess
sional politician Failing seat in the Legislature,
place in the public service, they relapse into their oiA
WAYS The doctors begin to practice nouinany IN the
ams wsy but the neghbors are scarce and won't fa1
sick the distances from house to house are enormous.
and the fees mserably small the prospect Of improve
ment reputation nal. They, too, speedily sbandos
physic and devote all their energies 10 whisky and to-
bacco. After few years, life without employment %
object becomes burdensone the South wants recruits
in Texas in Kansas, or In Ncaragus-to defend her
rights extend her area, and oh they go. rne IN
hand This is the favorable side Of the PICTURE
however. BY far the greater number have no profess
sion at all NOR the Of any profession, and hnsU
on as hangerson OF their fathers or somebody ebo.
haunt bar-rooms, shoot fight, swear, and gamble 70
the Last considering themselves all the While In tho
midst vi their dirt their ignorance, their drunksnses
and turbulence, as Southern gentlemen, 10 prouA
eoptradisncton TO Northern farmers ana mechanics
These men are mostly dressed IN shabby black, wesr
6fhy linen and fasten their shirtfronu with dia-
uoud pin take q drink " every hslfhour, spit, %
the average six times in a minute, and swear by
God thirty times in conversation Of hve minutes
I give YOU these statistics from observations hare
made, watch IN hand
Large numbers OF this class went 70 Kansas, AL
90 soon as the excitement over, took care not -
remain very long where friends were few and money
scarce. found, in every district through which
passed that those who had gone ct the beginning a.
The trouble had all, or nearly all, come homo. The
was openly stated With much smentation, N the lscd
newspapers
Iremsined some days at yicksburg to give tho dry.
cold weather time TO harden the roads in tho swamp
on the other aide, IN Louisiana and finally, started,
one fine Sunday morning, on the great Western roel
to Shreveport. The awful csyerns which yswnsd n
the black loam at every yard, gave some faint dss al
what the rosie must be in wet weather Tho krn
swamp is applied to vast tract Of isnd on bon
banks Of the Mississippi, which is OVERLOOKED wsea
the nver is high. A general food OF this son eees
not however, occur more than once In seven yos".
but when il does come, it ruins the crops ana ooos
terrible damage The last was in 1870; but anoe
then in Louisiana ut least dykes have been esecsoa
on a great scale at all the more asaselon PoinA-
The soil in this region ed I, regetsbe matter for tss o.
ssnns So dawn- This n the home Of tho cottpN,
nisn, II often grows higher than mans head, -
,be Weld i generally far greater than the number
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