, 1863-06-30
EGYPTIAN CORRESPONDENCE,


Especial Correspondence Of the Chicago Tribune
r. CAIRO, june Is, 1879.
You have undoubtedly fresh in your mind
the fact, patent to ali who have. occasion to
travel through that section Of country, that
Williamson county ID the nest and present
hiding place Of gang Of desperadoes and
cut-throats Of the Copperhead species, not to
be equa11ed in -thirstyuess By the gueri1~
las Of the South, or the bandits OF Spain or
Italy. This county, 1t had been hoped BY all
loyal men, would not resist the draft; would
not place the least bar between the people
and the demands Of the Government, in the
way Of eonscfiption. ,Fallacioushope! =
+. The first Of the later outbreaks in William
son occurred when resident, a deserter from
q disbanded regiment, in cold blood, Killed a
member Of the 18th Illinois, who chanced to
be at home On farlough.: Officers who went
to arrest deserters, even previoug to this, had
been fred upon and wounded By the friends
Of the deserters.:. Later. the friends Of the
member Of the 18th Illinois, finding that jus
tIce WAS tardy in reaching the murderer Of
their comrade-as tits said, no proof existing
Of the tact--took the Law into their OWL
bands, and the criminal was found one morn-
ing, dead, not far from his own house, with q
bullet through his body. Thesematters arc
only merely touched upon here, to show that
condition Of affairs, now known to exist in
That county,is but the natural result Of the
lax prosecution OF Law for which Williamson
has Tor months past been proVerbial.' Where
law and order are not, there anarchy and mis-
rule hold sway. They do reign over William
son With most despotic power. And, strange
a It may eeem, the .rnlers are not Of the
people. They are part and parcel, but
not Of the people. On the contrary,
they are not favored with the entire sympathy
Of the iniquity Of their so-called constituents.
But it must be confessed that Allen and few
Of his class, represent fully the dominant or
the stronger class-the Coppsrheads. This is
criminal on the part Of the weaker, but by far
the more numerous party-the quiet, Union
sympathizing, but tor pid descendants of the
representatives Of northern, eastern, and some
southern etates.: Why these men should be led
byn pack Of bloodhounds,a school Of la1dahark
q nebt Of serpents, Is more than they them
selves can say; but that they are thus hauled
about by the nose no sensible man acquainted
with the facts will deny, yet It Is not so
strange, after a1l. Look at the same class Of
persons In Tennessee and Mississippi. They
were hauled about In the same way by the
same c1ass Of domineering and insulting
demagogues. Is there not patriotism, loye
OF country, loyalty to the constitution and the
Government Of the United States, enough In
Southern minois--aye, even tn Williamson
county to ra1se itself-to stir up the element
to bring out the timid ones from their hiding
places-to scatter the hordes Of the enemy j.
0..1 za fbfa gectfan nf F0urtrV RI he radnam-
ed from its present disloy1 and unhealthy
conditions We say there is! Let 1t only
once be Started Let the yolce Of reason only
once be pitted against that Of treason. Let
the men, who a9e men, once be brought out
Bc}ia}. the hosts Of the Knights Of the Golden
Circle, and tho work will be done. Shall this
be commenced.. It remains to be seen
whether IT shall OF shall not. 80.
:. have been4led to make these structures By
Phillips of-this district, he having Just COM
pleted the tour and the appointment Of his
deputies. He reports that In the thirteen
counties comprising his territory, through
which he has made thorough canvass, he has
only had trouble In one county-Wi11iamson.
most Northern one In the district, he has met
! NTH tho most courteous treatment,
and the most willing co-operation.
Everywhere he found true and loyal
men willing, and men anxlous to be appoint
| ed aa his deputies. And be appointed item,
after due consultation and examination Us to
| their fitness and capabilities. But in William
son county he met opposition-not the
| kind Of opposition which puts one off
| with a kind word and an ,eyasive
answer; but foreible, loud.mouthedd, ,
w3ggsrng opposition oatsna with aat whch ore there
force. With this weapon Afr, Phillips did not
chance to be provided, and he left the country