Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-04-03
Army correspondence.
Camp K;ak. Tenn, March 2

tcltained spark Of sympathy for these
people and felt as though could. if occa-
sion required treat them cordially and with
friendship. but experience has now demon
strated the utter fallacy of ever arriving
upon grounds of intimacy and sociability
with people who maliciously despisc.
dispraise. and contemn us. We have not
in any case invaded their rights. privileges
or liberties. Ia. least the division Of the
army to which am attached. but have
in all cases where damage was done re-
compensed them. as we'll as protected
them from the foraging incursions Of their
own troops. and yet notwithstanding our
leniency toward them they offer us the
most brutal treatment. and look upon our
favors and us with marked contempt, and
the reason does not originate from the fact
that the army is in hostile array against
them. but because their mate aristocratic
principles abhors the idea Of equality with
the laboring classes. This fact is demon
strated among neutrality-suspicious. Of the
same towns and counties.-but much more
so to us. who they presume to treat as the
Romans did the Cloths, and you might as
web talk Union to the Cloths and Vandals
as to these bloody minded gutta -percha
souled aristocrats. Southern Chivalry and
hospitality are among the defunct things
inferred with the bones of revolutionary he
roes. AM is no longer applicable as char
acteristic of the present degenerated, pamp-
cred race, who now represent the Southern
States.
The foregoing sentiments. deduced from
numerous peculiarly demonstrated facts.
may be attributed to prejudicial feeling.
which is so.-but they grew from con-
uection of circumstances rendered apparent
by unprejudicial observation. But whilst
1 am out of sympathy with southern in
stitutions. am deeply in love with their
country. of which some brief and imper-
feet descriptions have been forwarded to
you. and can only add to them that the
general appearances of the country increases
in beauty and grandeur as we advance on
the Nashville and Franklin Turnpike
The farms become plantations and their
entire appearance more captivating. AZ
ter crossing chain of conical hills. pro-
miscuously distributed, some FIVE miles
south of the Capital the road enters val
ley interspersed with hills of variety Of
shapes and sizes, surrounded by neat, large
and luxuriant farms. Systematically laid
out. and in an excellent state Of repair, IN
terpersed with magnificent residences. ris-
ing with singular grandeur from the midst
of profuse collection of tastefully trimed
cvergreens. A view Of some OF these plan
tations at sun rise. when his first rays be-
gin to gild the hill tops. and disperse the
hazy mist which overarch like curtain the
variegated earth. the blue smoke cnrling
from the white castilated edi6ces amidst
the giant cedears, surrounded by the broad
acres Of spotless dark green grain. fringed
with fences OF wood or hedge, the refresh
ing morning air bearing the lightest and dis.
tant sounds of animate nature. are pictures
to be found only in this part Of the sunny
south, and must be seen to be fully appre-
ciated. The town of Franklin. which is
the county seat of Williamson County,
contains some 5000 inhabitants. 1t is
neatly built and regularly laid out. m ,st Of
the buildings. which are Of brick, are large
and tastefully constructed. but many Of
them ont of'epair. The most prevalent feel
ing of the citizens here is one of great hos
tilify to the invaders as they call us. and
not single white person, from. Nashville
here. has displayed any other than strong
hostile feelings. The negroes are the onl,
friends we have here, and they crowd n
usual to the fences and line the road sides
in great exultation to see their friends
whilst their masters and the whites gener
ally remain in the back ground or peer
through the windows coutemptuously upor
the soldiers. In passing the streets o
Franklin 1 observe with regret for thu
SEX the ladies pntting on many scornfu
lglances. and one in particular was heard t.
remark that she wished she had million
lsf Us strangled. and in her enthusiastic &C
tons toward her white male friends. seem
ed to impcsch them with cowardice fp
standing inactive, whilst their enemies wer
invading the sacred soil Of their pa,rio
sires. The slaves appear to be the only
source oftheir troubles. and the poor eel
lows have an idea that the army has com
to set them free. and they are to have
general good time Of it in future withou
labor or restraint. In this thought the
! slip of from their masters and get in Wit
the soldiers, who put them 70 carrying thei
knapsaclSs and muskeis. but alter the
march mile or two. loaded down. Il thei
: masters do not overtake them, they VII