New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-11

theiY fellows - hres, - managers Of nssssn yeek
vpcn The public % nopey, and dcctcD . sstsas,
% u: cloud capped ,S-sr the so,ssoa, Rs.e s
sptfcors Where TO spit where not 70 spit vhiA
point be can reach, what point he wishes be cosld
reach, are the things ever upperrn r' IN hr mind He
has 10 eye for sugbt else. No place Is sacred 70 hh
His mothers tombstone or the eye Of an enemy. CO
cupy eIscty the came standing 10 bic scale Of fines
and prophecy. II is the greet wee Of Young America
and 10 utterly destroying thst portion OF hts p<pes
which exercises nhaeLoe upon the Governmeut Il
the county quite a. strong though perhaps ess dect
than the head-his stomach. Tobacco chewing, meat
three tinee q day, hot rolls and buckwheat cakes q
night, are helping sn enervaDg climate 20 wipe ont
from the Southern Americans all physical resem9anes
10 the burly and robust Of which they are ds
PePuc onshoot
I went sshore ct Selma, q small bu. driving towns
hundred miles below Montgomery 10 take horse for the
West and left on the following morning In bright san.
shine TAXI the road 10 Columbus A. the ns. stage 10
nv Journey. Throughout the 100 miles which tn
verse; during the following four days the scenery
varied in the ast The cearugs IN the foree were IN
some places more extensive than other and in some
the NOR otony Of the plain broken by undus,ions
but mile sitter mile the leading features Of the aoscape
we're precisely the same Alabama was hrst set he'd 10
1916. Up 10 that period II was occupied by he In
diana Who gave il the now beArs meaning
Here we r,st1 when they retired before the onward
march Of the Whites from the Carolinss and Georgia
The early eclonsts, a. web a. hoee VINO have nnce
follow ed In Il cir Footsteps were tne poor "hi"s Of
Carolina and Vuginia-those uniortunats whom
the Slave States invariably cast OF a. worth.
lees 90 soon they Geese te De popre'ors o.
pegrces. In Slave STATE there s TO place iof
man who doee not himself own slaves. rleid aor
is q decr radiation 10 which even the lsN extremity o.
misery whl not drive him 20 submit hunting 70
prscarous mode Of obtaining livelihood. II be bAe
patch of land he ses il To his wealthy neighbor IL
~ dollars and soes west to purchase spstch
four or Eve times large for tenth Of the SUN, and
possible negro or two, in some lees hickly peoped
dis rict Theee outcasts, snd not foreign imm anfs
act pioneers in all the new country south of hason
ard Dixons line. IL was by theee. driven out fr9m
Virginia al Tie Csroinss that The Alabama Wa mt
colonIzed. Alabama, IN her turn, has fec The .S,st
twenty years been pouring similar tide OF %.
vtpiurous poverty into Mississippi and Missouri, and
Mississippi and ArkaLs.s, and the ist Two want
Kansas as an outlet for those whom negro labor viii
econ begin to compel them 10 disinhsrit. Alabama
already beginning to present many OF the Gestures OF
vermont .tate The piimevsi iors ~ nas been Nng
whole area has been, from time to time like Virginia
tiled exhausted, abandoned. and sgain covered by
second growth of timber 10 many places ths process
has been gone through more than once, and sal 70
not what we in England would call third peopled.
The Tnes have succeeded to the first growth, and the
oak to the pine, after each successive clearing and still
a vast portion of its ID solitude. The game hs
years sgo fed to securer retreats and year by year
crowds of poor whites who hnd Themselves propresors
of few acres without a negro TO till them, annoyed,
perhaps by the slaves of their rch neghbor ritated
by the strong ymaIked inierorty OF their condition,
compelled TO labor in community where loeor tho
vocation only Of pNiahs-pack their household aods
into bullock wagon shoulder their gun, and trudge
away westward. Westward hol The great West
the unknown West-the golden West What .
variety Of intiuences-how different, how opposed,
bow neutrality-suspicious. to push the human race
thitherwudl The Hungarian and Pile hy to II f1r
Freedom the Irsbman and German for home, tho
Mormon for the ssfey Of his peculiar institution, the
poor whe of the South in toe hope of acquiring slaves,
and one way or another all pretty o. having
their deeires gratifed At Hamburg, sna village
about ~ mikes from Selma, where | arrived In the A.
terpoop there were three OF the class seated
round tie fire in tavern, discussing the state Of AZ
fsrs and two out Of the three announced, ia my pres
ence, their intention OF starting for Kansas In the
Spring. They said they were cooped up here, and could
not star II any longer They all looked TO migration a.
the final destiny Of any who does not seen 70 DO
thriving. From wi siever cause, they seem physoay
utterly unified for labor. Thin, small boned, hollow
checked ken-eyed, csdaverous hued, with muscle
less arDs and legs- whiting stick seems the mar
mum Of exerton Of which tae mass Of them
capable. The entire absence of any appearance Of q
cottierclass above the negroes Is Of the most
pleasing features In souhern scenery All the hcsass
distance stand the black log novels Of the slaves but
nowbe smiling cottage" 10 which An industrious
white man unites poverty with comfort and coatent
ment The snow-whiie villas Of the planters, with
their spacious versnds and pretentioW poricos and
bright green alousies shine among the trees at every
mile Of the road and deepen, by the contrast the gol
den hue of the autumn leaves You are charmed by
the prospect, and begin to picture to yourself how
calmly the river Of ife must flow along IN those
Guided sbodes and to envy your weared hore tolls
heavily along the sandy road tho lot Of him
-qui procul nesoths.
Pstsn bobu, e1-rcet suis,
Soutus oulnfanore
Ride little further and you come upon the blot tho
acar the rencbantment. Perhaps twenty yards from
this stately mapson 10 which You fancy you oOud
dream away life with the woman you adore, without
ever having eye or ear offended by one unplsaSDg
sight or sound you upon a small village Of black
cabins, ten feet by six with half naked black children
lying about the door; dirty black women dragging, or
hauling, or carrying or doing something that woman
never ought to haul, or TO carry or to do; hogs IN
dozens racing up and down and roofing great holes In
the soil old smOke-cOl0red rags hanging out 70 dry
rails; old eaucepans srewed about tho Threshold,
and in short every evidence that any one woad care
to zee Of squnlor and discomfort This Is the ngg~
quarter" defy, not to say any artist, but any man
IN whom God has implanted the smallest of the
picturesque the decent, not to be offended, psned
desiAustonne by the effect of slavery upon the and
scapc. This Is side Of the question, no xever, which
is hot likely TO excite much attention in this part Of
the world.
II IL customary in travelling through this country,
where towns few aud tsverns s:arce and vile to
stop at planters houses along the road and pay for
your BED and board in the morning just If you had
stsd at inn. The custom s raher repugnant 10
Old World notions of hospitality but IL appears 10 mo
excellent for both the host and his gue-t The
one ftes ess bored by demands upon his Kindness a.
II cessfs To be merely akndness 10 comply with
them and the Other hes no fear about intTudDg o.
being troublesome when be knows he will have TO pay
for biz entertainment II rarely however, that the
enfree can be obtained into tho houses Of wealthy
planter IN this way They will not be bothered by
your yisir, and If you apply TO them have NO
hesitation IN politely passing you on 70 such u
their neighbour as have less money more gtne-
roety You are generally shown int sittiag room,
whose Clean prim app, srsDce, pious books, and
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