Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-01-16

He thought he might say that the principal
members of his staff, and the prominent
officers of his regiments, without any ex-
ceplion, went out 10 New Orleans bunker
Democrats of the hunkerest sort, for it
was but natural that he should draw around
him those whose views were similar to his
own, and every individual Of the number
had come to precisely the same belief Oh
the question of slavery as he lad put forth
in his farewell address TO the people OF
New Orleans. This change came about
from seeing what all of them saw, day by
day. In this war the entire property OF
the South was against US, because almost
the entire property Of the South was bound
up in that institution. This was a we'll
known fact, probably, but he did not be-
come fully aware of il until he Lad spent
some time al New Orleans.
The South had s163 100000 of tay able
property in slaves, and 100000 in all
other kinds of property. And this was
the cause why the merchants of New Or
leans had not remained loyal. They found
themselves ruined all of their property
being loaned npon planters notes and
mortgages upon plantations and slaves, all
Of which property is now reasonably worth
less. Again. he had learned what he did
not know before, that this was not a rebel
lion against us, but simply a rebellion to per-
petuate power in the hands of few slave
holders. AT first he did not believe that
slavery was the cause OF the rebellion, but
attributed it to Davis, Slidell and others,
who had brought it abont to make political
triumphs by which to regain their former
ascendency. The rebellion was agains; the
humble and poorer classes, and there were
in the South large numbers Of secret soci-
cites, dealing in cabalistic signs, organized
for the purpose of perpetuating The power
of the rich over the poor. 1t was feared
that these common people would come into
power, and that three or four hundred
thousand men could not hold against eight
millions.
The first movement Of these men was 20
make land the basis Of political power; and
that was not enough, for land could not be
owned by many persons. Then they an
nexed land to slaves and divided the prop
erty into movable and immovabIe.
He was not generally accused Of being
humanitarian-at least not by his Southern
friends. Laughter. When he saw the
utter Generalization of the people, resulting
from slavery, it struck him that it was an
institution which should be thrust out of the
Union. lie had, on reading Mrs Stoves
book Uncle Toms Cabin-belieyed it to
be an overdrawn, highly wrought picture Of
Southern life but he had seen with his own
eyes, and heard with his own ears, many
things which go beyond her book as much
as her book does beyond an ordinary school
girls novel. He related an instance Of the
shocking decentralization of society at New
Orleans. There came into his office wo-
man "a years of age, perfectly white, who
asked him in proper language if he would
put her in one of her fathers houses. Her
history was this: Her father had educated
her in the. city of New York until she was
between IL and IS years of age, and taken
her TO one of the metropolitan hotels aud
/ kept her as his mistress. Not relis hing the
connection, and desiring to get away from
him, she went TO New Orleans. He follow.
ed her, but she refused to live with him, fol
which he whipped her in the public street
and made her marry slave. She after
ward resumed the unnatural relation, going
to Cincinnati, but was brought back by hen
husband or father with a child belonging tc
somebody. Her father fed from the city
at the time of its occupation by the United
States forces, leaving her in state of des
titution. She wanted to live in one of hel
fathers houses, but her story was not cred
BILE, and he determined TO investigate it,
| To his surprise il was fanai 10 he vol
known, and testimony of its truth obtained
from A, 3 and G, without difficulty. Not
outstanding this fact, widely known as i
was, this man could be elected in Louisiana
in the city of New Orleans, Judge of on,
of the courts.
!, On one occasion one of his aiGs brouch
before h'm young woman, almost white
r who had been brutality whipped and turn
out Of the house Of her father. For thi
, outrage the man had been made to pay