Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-05-23
TmR REnNL MOE.

THE REBEL MOB.
The Truth about scsouIherm Chivnl.
~" ms shown by the RecortI--The
Real Condition OF the Poor IVhItxa.
OF the SOuth.
tFOr tho Ihtelligencer.l
A writer in the South hses the follow
lug language in regard tn the kind of ma
tcrial OF which the rebel army iscnn!Posrd,
which, there is mo d0ni,t, is strictly cnrrert:
The planters md their sons are organ.
ized into home 9t,Hrdstu protect their fnmi-
lies and prevent insurrprIiOn nmOng the
slaves The army is composed of the
poor whites, except the ofFicers''
We have evidence of ilIe truth of this
IN the following letter, dated Pensacola,
AlHy 2. 1851:
Words are Inadequate to portray to YOU
the terrible state of the decentralization of
some of the Confederate States rruops stn-
,iouc,i ntthis place. and within its vicinl-
~. II seems to he the peculiar pleasure or
II majority of them, to practically test the
nums'eru of times per ,inv lhcv are capable
II becoming intoxicated. And in their.
n"rnuhnE expeditions to obtain tue vii.
lnin1us whisky, IW which theynre enabled.
TO accomplish this quite easy tlsk. they
have committed same of the most lieiurOns
crimes that ever were prrpeJrated in the
darkest nn,l most henighten regions 81 the
Giohe. Nothing seems too hnse for their
hands, nothing TOO mean for their particle
patton and Hn-Operatium. A system of ter.
rorisni unprecedented incivili5e,l countries
is universally prdcticed Icy these drunken
armed ninbs, and smilingly countenanccd
hy their chivHlric military lea'lerS. Privute
dwellings have beenrnthlesslv entered. the
fnn1iiV pirfsla fVN1sa ~
citizens whose hnirs have grown white in
the service of this their native town, have
! Lecn arrested willisimhanity f1rcinlaS5 :.
. causes simply, and upon mRny OrCnkious,
hive been iucNrCeratetl in the cnhviets
CELL there TO lie for an indefinite period,
unless some friendly intcrpositiOn cMnsed
II speedy release. would pnrticulnrize
numerous cases of this character hti I
time. They are of almost duly olcur-
renee. and IN some instances OF the .most
negrhr stamp
In order that we may ace the utter deg
Ind alton and hopeless ignorance of these
poor white mrn, these armed hhndiltirom-
rrisinS The southern army, aud be able
| fully to credit he,above statement, Isshnil
present. the testimony, not nf Uacle TOMS
Cabin, but of reliable Southern men. whose
statements no one will call in question.
The first witness pmt on IhC. $taud is
General Marion, South Cnrolinian.-
Whcn.tht Baron Dc KaIb met the General.
/ during the revolutionary war. lie expressed
nmazcmcnt that SD many South Carroll
| mans were running To take British prOtec-
ton. Marion replied: The people of
South Carolina form two cltsses, the rich
and the poor. The poor are very poor
the rich, who have slnTcs iu do nj! their
work, give them no cmpiuyment; and
thus unsupported by the rich, they con-
/ tinuc poor and low spirited. The little
/ they gain over and above very scaniy
Subsistence, is laid out in brandy, not in
/ hooks nnd newspapers, which. indeed,
they do not know the ytihe of, having no
education; hence they know nothing of
/ the comparative blessings of our -cOuAIry,
! or OF the dnngers which threaten it,
Therefore. they care nothing aboutit The
rich are generally afraid to stir, lest tile
British should burn their houses and carry
OF their negroes"
! The truth is. South Carolina has been
| the hOt-hrd of toryism and treason from
that time to the present. i,rst il should
be thomght that there is change in the
condition of the pnor white men IF the
4 Sutt since the days of Marion. I.pdiure
the Testimony of several gentlemen given
+! on different occasions within the last ten
= } GAA ~ ~ IN uaEl-
I rleil in Spanish America, said 10 AIr OIm.
stead, smaHing Of the Spanish aud His
PAMELA lndinn races, that he imd, s.sreu
nmung the worst of them. none s0entireiv
dvbnscd, snWaHting in nlI cnprgy. ministry,
purpose of life. and every thing In be re-
/, speci"d, as lie had seen among extensive
c"mmmnilips on the hunks Uf the COngarec
4 in South Carulinu. They are more igno-
rant, ,theirsmperstltion are more degrading,
/ they nre much less induslriuus, far ler s
cheerful and anilnatetl, and very much
more incapable of being improved and ele-
waited tim the most degraded poems 0f
Mexico. Their chief SustCnaace is n
tporttdEe of cOw-peas, antl tue greatest
luxury with which Thea. are acquainted
Is ~ stew of bacon aud beans, with red
irePPer, wtiel, they call shappy John. 80
| lSpri,king of tile g sand hills, y Mr. Olm.
steHd says that 4 river planter described
theIR in these words: They seldom have
any meat except they steal hogs which
belong 10 The planters. or their negrues;
| aud their ClIiefd fdiet is ril and milk. They
are small, gann;I and cAdnverous, and their
skin is just The colOrOf the sand hills they
live on. They are quite iurIPAble of ap-
EplyiUS themselves 70 any labor. aud their
habits are very much like those oFthe old
Indians
Speaking in fGyoEof Southern manufac-
btnres, the lion. ]. a. Lumpllin, .of Geoc-
EGm, in 1859, said: 81 amiby no means
ready to coucede that every poor, degra-
/ ded, haif-fed, lialf-elothed, and Ignorant
ipOpulation, without Sabbath schools, or
amy Other kind OF institutions. mental ur
moral, or without any just appreciation Oi
chararter, will he. injured by giving them
q zemPlnrmen in manufacturing establish
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