New-York daily tribune., 1862-05-02
YORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY MAY 2. 1862

nt Lhe wonhn VI % has no motive for mlsrepresehN-
ion, declares II ne and can ase 10 goo' ieaso',
r difer diin3 Jor account of tie annalnF@iy cf"ei
Ird eIureiyp y onstroGs transaction.
uoIRORs OF SLAVERY.
No one y the North, especially Que who has never
ravehd n the South, is aware how baroarous al"
nhums a s the influence Of Slavery on tho ""'o
ace; nnw il blunis and eventually destroys a'' soe'
'en Utilities, aud often demODzes humanity f'"'
~ crimes and horrors il generates are kept concee"'
or ia f.yoring atmosphere ia that Of darkness Vio
lepce and sin. No man, however cultivated II" W.
man. however refined by nature, ESCAPES '"e s''.'
coptapion Of Slavery, which bights whatever u
touches and destroys Of necessity, every Vesnse :"
beauty and truth that is exposed TO It's oaie'" !"
fuetce.
Your correspondent has seen in years gone oy !"
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, and other VI .n'
Slave States. scenes that made him shndder ana DID
blood Green, and when be spoke Of the cruelty anu
barbarity practicedupon planfat'ons' some ,'""
rent,eman' has said: "Ob it is unpleasant, out IL
necessary" and brutal oveiseer has 'angned anu
observed, with borrid leer, "D-a inc h'sse"'
You can't keep em do wn nness yon WHIP e" ''Ae
hi once in while" "once in while neahine
whenever hs savage nature, delshting, feem'ng'y I'D
the pc,ion of pain upon others, required the s'"u-
lns of human snIering for its gratificati'n.
I.ecree has been called by Southenersa a INDUSTRIOUS
.,rcat,re of the oyerseer an impossible and absurd
representative of that necessary app.ndage to plan
tnrion. Would il were so Bot Legrees are nn'
rnerous in Cottondom, AMI no one can long Journey
there without seeing many OF the class.
The Soutberners are very fond of saving the deep
preiudce of the North against the
rses from ignorance Of Us true character ana pracu
cal workings: that f the AbolitiOniss had irave e'
in the slaye States they would ho'e seen and cor
rected their errors and recanted their false ana IN
cendary theories.
Strange delnsjon or impeninent falsehood' The
man who possesses any sense OF justice, any s!mP"
thy with suffering, any commlse ration for hc'pc''
agony, must never 20 South If he wohin 'oefn'e
Slavery. To see Slavery is to abhor 1t, n"ieS' oe-
basod by It's assoca,ions 10 comprehend II " 10 ever
pray for its ex,Dcon to endure IL is proof positive
that ts contsgion has been impaired.
SLAVE woMAS's DREAD OF BoNDA'E'
Apropos Of this, there is negro chamoerin"' u"
one of the transports, the John II. Dickey, VINO was
formerly slave in Virginia. She has been ID great
terror down here thinking the Rebels might capture
the Dickey and taking her prisoner, return her "
her former condition Of bondage, OF which she Dss
the greatest terror; declaring she would rs'ne'
die thousand deaths than be slave again. 90
nucb has this fear acted upon her that she has re-
solved, though having q very good situation, sDo
earning excellent wages 10 90 North at ohcs' DUO
says she does 10, fear DEATH but That tbe Al
the idea Of losing her liberty. She often Dreams sue
adds of being slave again, and her sutierings even
;p sleep are greater than she can describe
Wha, doll, nngrsteiul creature must she be not 70
appreciate the blessings OF bondage, and TO love the
state which the South has selected to develop, hn'
mamie and elevate the black race even "a, The ex-
pense Of s own r. edom progress and civilization
Il REFUGEES PROM sECHssM.
Two more refugees from Secessia arrived here yes
terday They are or were two years ago, r.tident
Of st. Louis, and though protesting to have ben
Union men during al the present troubles, 1t is far
10 suppose they were advocates Of the Rebellion In
the soutr and that they have ct there because they
believed the Of the insurgents entirely hopeless
| REBEL LEADERS DEsPARtNG.
They say-I do not vouch for their statements,
though they bear the impress OF verismiiluds and
harmonic with what wo have beard beiore-that
many of the disunoni,s acknowledge they have lost
their cause; that they may continue the war, and
hanass troops and render IL necessary for us to
keep large force III the field for several years; but
that the hope Of establishing the Conederacy is An
empty dream. The leaders slaked everything upon
the issue but did not foresee divine the result;
they supposed the Government was weak and the
North divided, and that they would not have the
least difficulty in obtaining their independence with
out 10 Bins or at tho most alter few rkir
rnIshes in the Border States.
| TIE SOUTH GROWING SENTIMENTAL.
Many Of the Rebels are becoming sentimental over
the war aud talking OF the profound pity that great
aud brave nation should DO divided against itself
and race Of brothers should be engaged ia blood,
strife against each other; that the North aud South
have bitterly Suffered in purse aud person. that homes
have been made drsOate that the land fall o. sor-
row and amentation; that sad experience should
teach us reflection aud moderation; that our evil
passions must this have been gratihed and that
peace should once more reign over the distracted
country, enfolding the battling people in its white
embrace, and restoring them TO one anothers conf
deuce, sympathy and love.
| Such sentiments are noblein themselves and would
have done honor to their hearts year sgo or even
now, ii they spraug from patriotic principle instead
Of interest or fear. They discovered their error too
late, and uow with 10 make viru, of necessity.
Twelve months since they would have war. They
have II, aud In way tbey least expected They
forced tio desperate ISSUE Let them abide lie con-
sequences.
\ From the refugees ! Learn that il was the secret
belief in Memphis that tho battle Of Shiloh was the
heaviest blow the =" Confederacy' had yet received
and that Bcauregard had 60 informed his military
counsel after tie engagement though he had cl.imed