The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-05-09
The South as it Truly Is.


l"felhgen"er the following communica-
ton endorsed to that paper, we bespeak
attention edtforialiy given to it by the
InteihSencer, as cons ituting voucher
at once for the genuneness of the arti-
ticle and for the reliableness of the
writer-a voucher which no one can
think lightly of who is at all acquainted
with The high character which our ven
cradle contemporary has ever maintained
through lis long career of usefulness,
about sixty years we think, amidst all
mutations and vicisitudes Of parry.
Letter from Loym Southern Gentleman
A recent visit TO and constant cor
respondence with he South has con-
WINGED the writer of this article of the
correctness of the views advanced in his
| communication to your valuable paper
some months since. The tauatics on
DO h sides wEo have asserted that the
people Of the South have been and are
q unit in their antagouism to the United
States Government are in lhe wrong,
and the falsity of their assertions is
every day becoming more APPARENT
Every Southcrner knows that majority
of the white population of his particu-
lar section are not in favor of establish
ing any stronger form Of government
than iha. set up by our fathers, and
that they have 10 interest In, but, on
the contrary, have an in crest against,
the maintenance Of slavery, which only
operates in competition with their labor
Every Southerner knows that there are
not over two hundred thousand persons,
all told, in that portion of the United
States now in rebellion who are directly
interested as slave owners in unfolding
slavery, and that a ma jori of them are
not disposed to abandon republican
form of government as Il failure. 1t is
true that the politicians of the South
who fomented and still con rol the rebel
lion do regard Il monarchy as the best
form of government, and have been and
are labo,ing insiduously get their
opinion adopted by the people who put
them in power. They have already
established rigid military despo,ism,
which, SO long as the war continues, will
answer their purposes well enough, but
in he event their rebellion were to prove
a success, which is now more improbable
than ever, what would become of them
IN case their armies were disbanded be-
fore some stronger government were
adopted and organized! They have
pondered well upon this question. They
know what in that event would be their
fate.
The writer of this article, having
been born in the South, having always
resided there, and having been in five
of the Seeded States within the last
six months, is perhaps better qualified
to Judge of public sentiment in the South
than those who have never been .here,
Those residing elsewhere who are known
Gas sympathizers with the South " are
not entitled to be so designated. They
Go not sympathize with the majority of
the white population of the South, but
with the poll iciaus that are riding them
TO heir ruin.
The question is often asked, why, if
such be the state of the case, do not the
masses in the South rise up, aud, after
deposing their rulers, return TO their
allegiance 1t is easily answered.
They lack arms, munitions of war, and
organization, all Of which are in the dcs-
potic control of Mr.. Jefferson Davis and
his confe derates. After having been
abandoned % their fate IN portions of
Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, and
Texas by our Government, it is not 10
be expected that the people of any por-
ton of the Seeded States will now de-
clare themselves for the Union until they
see clearly that they will receive perma-
aem protection.
1t is not all strange that Mr.. JEFF
tcrson Davis health seems to be giving
way under the pressure to which he has
been, is, and must continue to be, sub
jccted. What has become of the fiat.
ering inducements held out by him and
his associates IN the conspiracy to US,
the people of he south Have we had
peaceable secesson!" Has the export
duty on cotton filled the treasury of the
so-called Sou bern Confederacy by pay
ing the interest on the bonds issued by
MIR. Memminger! Have the great Pow.
ers of Europe interviewed and opened
our ports Have the Democrats of the
North held their party tie stronger than
their allegiance to their Government,
and consented % help out he treason of
those who regard u republican form of
government a failure Thus far what
have the leaders of the South gained by
the war they inau gurated save stay of
execution ? They know thai their doom
is fixed, and they are only fighting for
delay. If such is not the case, why are
so many of the knowing ones among
them occupied in converting, at ruin
Gus sacrifice, their assets into gold or
stirling exchange? Where has General
Sterling Price sent his personal effects,
and why Where have Floyd, Sidell,
and a host of contractors of the So called
Confederacy, put their available means
Why are millions worth of exchange and
gold, not to speak of Government cot
ton, quietly escaping out of the limits
of Seccssia " by the only safe rou C
left open by the neglect of President
Lincoln's enthusiastically way of
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