New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-12-28

VINO esfSNrY uAne<ys szoeps in China and
among Ss OhwAiry. end, wis your face black.
ened you VII b ridaso sss Of town On . rail
and there dumpe< into ditcA. Ycs may be
hanged. you may BE- roasted Rumors are our.
rent in this State that, IL spite Of the Congtes.
sional denial tart suod things were ever demo,
three white persona have recently beea burned
alive in Alabama. That this is ~ do not state
as fact; it is q Southern rumor, repeated BY
exuiting fre-esters themselves. Who says this il
not free country, whore sucb license is pos.
sible?
stupid and brut& and ora,ed - ths.e South
ern mobs are, they sre not 80 uuuttersSy sed-
den in intellect ~ to be quite incapable Of
reason, and they well enough know tsst very
few of tbe men whom they ohooss 10 consider
suspicious persons deserye any annoyance, even
taking the slave-driving standard Of guilt. Why,
then, do they 10y hands On 20 many Strangers
One reason wheo given, viii sound like ~
attempt at burle%que; but really think there
is some weight In it. l believe that most Of the
NOrtherners who visit the South are TOO clean in
their personal appearance. The Southern nAa--
and bear IN mind that am speaking Of Nass
Of people not Of individual persoosI also that /
am speaking generally, not universally dthe
Southern man is 90 incredibly dirty in Ms dress,
body, and personL hA5ita,, that he who is IN .
condition to be barely presentable In decent
society Of the EatS becomes . marked
object ia the crowd at once. Before
he has been An hour Ia certain town, The word
viii have pss-ed around, There's ciosp man
down to tbs hot1-,et's lynch him" IL the
stranger escapes FERROUS harm. 10 vii su6er
such annoyance that be viii let himsef run 10
seed ss rapidly ~ possible, in order not 10 be
remarkable. Again. much Of The lyuoAins "a
started out of mere wsntonHess. A 6re-ester
yswns, says be il Ered OF doing nothing. and
proposes that his ooufrercs JOIN him 10 o hunt
after N AboGtionist, then they set oat - cody
as they would 20 After bears and viii consider
the first stranger they find a. fair game. The
desire TO use . novel and terrible pswsr
drives some to commence epersSons sssint
strangers. What ia the use Of beaDs q Viglsnt
COmnntteemss If yos do not exercise Your msr-
derOus rishts' Thus asking Aimseaf, the South.
erner denounces sop,s man Of whom DO knows
no evil snd the engine Of destruction il set in
motion.
Now. the foregoing IL not 40 exaggerated pic
ture. 1t is true that O mao oan 40 from the
North with Letters of introduction TO influential
SOutherners, and osp trsSei there without much
m0lestation. Bot evec sndor suoh circumstances,
he VII do well 10 oon6ne his visits chiefly 10
private he1ses, avoiding hote,s Id ANAL plaoss,
III kat hsa t,ntA
tainer a hardly at ease and thai ooe'of the pdcs
OF hospitality, to speed toe parting guest IL with
much slscrity obeyed-ths not from wsA Of
courteous kindDees-onjy the Southern scsaemsn
knows that breath Of susp,ciop win make him
a marked MAD sed hs does not care 10 incur
needless annoyance. But ks who soe< a. All an.
known man, especially be who lea undsr she
charge of Republication is IN hourly peril. The
un7srnished recital OF outrases every day
committed, very few Of whioa aro made
known Through the press. would ss AnossA
to stifen tho backbone Of cysry rnaa Who now
sways before tho hot blast from We sraitorous
South. Even a. organized lAwiessness would DO
-ous protection, but Ills does not exist. AM
fellow. biHoualy GROSS, filed vita whisky sod to
berco may condemn to horrible death the
most unofeodns and ino8ensvs man in the
word, aod theo may piok bis teeth vita hn
boyie.kBfe In the msrkst-piaoe and no one will
ever modest him for the deed, or say, Why ddst
thou 60 that murder This u the freedom de-
panded and obtained b, tbs Sost1; this "a the
liberty Coz wAios they are ready 10 ssht worse
stll. tAese are Tie rights which oertsip people
in the North are holding meetings 10 guarantee,
which they, vita trembling hands and whimper-
ing lips, are begging tho Sosts 70 enjsy! In .
future Litter, viii tell yOu what sOms OF the
Southern people say Abou. these meetings aud
the people taking part in them.